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Debussy: Iberia (Pittsburgh Symphony, Fritz Reiner conducting; Columbia; 6 sides). Debussy's moon-drenched impressionist landscape of Spain (one (of his finest orchestral works) has yet to get an ideal recording. The Pittsburghers lack the New York Philharmonic's (Barbirolli; Victor) finish, but Conductor Reiner paints Debussy's highlights more subtly...
...next season the Philharmonic's directors decided on a similar setup. They signed up four of the conductors who appeared this year (Walter, Rodzinski, Mitropoulos, Barbirolli) and a new one, Fritz Reiner of the Pittsburgh Symphony. They also invited Toscanini. Last week, the morning after the second Beethoven concert, came good news. The maestro's son, Walter Toscanini, walked into the Philharmonic office, told Associate Manager Bruno Zirato that his father had decided to accept. He will direct the Philharmonic's first two weeks next fall...
Debussy: Ibéria (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner; Columbia; 5 sides). Magically scented music of old Spain, performed with rare imagination...
Richard Strauss: Don Juan (Pittsburgh Symphony, conducted by Fritz Reiner; Columbia; 4 sides; $2.50). An excellent new recording orchestra puts life in Strauss's jaded rake...
...called "cold, classical" and the "warm" jazz tone was given this reviewer the other day by one of the Hruby brothers, of the Cleveland Orchestra. These men have been a tradition for years with the Orchestra, taking various trumpet positions within it. Last year I printed remarks of Fritz Reiner to the effect that he wanted to get jazz men for his trumpet section because he felt that the clear and perfect tone of the average classical man was too cold for what he wanted, and that the slight vibrato that the jazz men added to their tones made...