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...this symphonic reconstruction of time past, there is a soloist: young Rufus Follet, who plays a lighthearted, vagrant air in counterpoint to the heavier orchestration. Death, to Rufus, is scarcely more complex than the other riddles flung at him each waking day-the nagging puzzle of why he should not speak about the black color of a Negro maid's skin; or why the older boys on their way to school solemnly ask his name and then go into fits of inexplicable laughter; or why a woman will suddenly become so very...
...orchestra gave its guest soloist full support throughout. Except for some bad moments at the violin entrance, resulting from the fast tempo taken in the ritornello, Poto followed the soloist with amazing precision. While the orchestra did not play with as much expressiveness, rhythmic drive, and intensity as it might have, it at least supplied vigor and accuracy. The winds lapsed into insecure entrances and poor intonation at the beginning of the second movement, but their solos were generally good, especially those of oboist Michael Palmer. Miss Martzy received an immediate standing ovation at the end--a rare event...
Satchmo:The Musical Autobiography of Louis Armstrong (Decca, 4 LPs). This lushly packaged, $20 salute to the most influential jazz soloist of them all traces his long career from the shouting, heavily riffed style he learned from Joe Oliver in his Chicago days (Dipper Mouth Blues, High Society) to the high, singing lyricism of the late '20s and early '30s, admirably illustrated in one of his own alltime favorites: On the Sunny Side of the Street. Most of the numbers, recorded at the end of 1956, are replays of records Louis cut between...
...full Chorus, with soprano soloist Dorothy Crawford, gave three excerpts from Vaughan-Williams' enchanting In Windsor Forest? the jaunty "Falstaff and the Faries," the lush "Wedding Chariot," and the sturdy "Epilogue...
Miss Vosgerchian, a frequent soloist and ensemble performer in Boston, will present works by Scarlatti and Chopin, and the Sonata Opus 101 by Beethoven...