Word: rachmaninoff
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Therefore, extreme care must be used in choosing programs from the Romantic school. This year, we have heard Berlioz and romantic Beethoven, then Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff, and Sibelius. This week we shall hear Tchaikovsky. The choice here appears quite unfortunate. Perhaps this will be remedied later. But not even the ghost of an impressionist has entered Symphony Hall, despite the recent productivity of Milhaud...
...strange and glorious ideas, but the majority of them are bad. the prevailing philosophy of Symphony programs seems to be: any recent work by a reputable living composer is worth performance, but, to make up for subjecting our customers--to such difficult music, let us play pap such a Rachmaninoff, Sibelius, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Tchaikovsky. And, to hide the fraud, when we play Mozard, let us botch...
...been one brilliant program: the contrast of the great intellectual classicist, Bach, and the great intellectual romantic, Berlioz. But, on another night, the audience was subjected to a double dose of Sibelfus, with a new Martina symphony thrown in; last Saturday the orchestra would up its program with Rachmaninoff and Rimsky-Korsakov, and broadcast...
...Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor (Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York, Artur Rodzinski conducting; Columbia, 12 sides). Except for the serene adagio movement, Rodzinski's treatment is heavyhanded. Performance: fair. Recording: good...
...Chicago's swank Fourth Presbyterian Church this Easter, worshipers will hear music by Composers Cesar Franck, the late Sergei Rachmaninoff and Sir Edward Bairstow, a widely-recognized English contemporary...