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...major U.S. symphony orchestras, both without permanent conductors since stormy Artur Rodzinski left them, finally picked replacements last week...
...been three years since Conductor Rodzinski quit the New York Philharmonic-Symphony after a fiery row with the directors (TIME, Feb. 17, 1947). The orchestra at first threatened to disintegrate under a series of guest conductors. But last year Leopold Stokowski and the Minneapolis Symphony's Greek-born Dimitri Mitropoulos, sharing most of the season under Bruno Walter as musical adviser, began to pull it together again...
Wagner: Die Walküre, Duet from Act I, Scene 3; Act III complete (Helen Traubel, soprano; Herbert Janssen, baritone; Emery Darcy, tenor; vocal ensemble of the Metropolitan Opera; the New York Philharmonic-Symphony, Artur Rodzinski conducting; Columbia, 4 sides, LP). Great music sung by great singers. Conductor Rodzinski gives it the pace and force to make it an exciting performance. Recording: excellent...
Gould: Spirituals for Orchestra (the Philharmonic-Symphony of New York, Artur Rodzinski conducting; Columbia, 6 sides). Composer Morton Gould, a master of syrupy orchestration, has sweetened this music (some of it his own) until it smacks more of cotton candy than hominy grits. Performance and recording: good...
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 (the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski conducting; Victor, 8 sides). Mendelssohn's trip to Scotland was almost as happy musically as his tour to Italy, which produced Symphony No. 4; Rodzinski here gives the "Scotch" a good piping. Recording: fair...