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Prokofiev: Sonata in F Minor (Joseph Szigeti, violin; Joseph Levine, piano; Columbia, 1 side, LP). This sonata, finished in 1946, is even a shade more beautiful than the earlier Sonata in D, which is on the other side. Performance and recording: excellent...
...indignant. Sniffed one of them: "Why play this symphony here? Who is this M. Franck? A professor of Harmonium, I believe." Cesar Franck was then 67, an advanced age for a man offering his first symphony. He had already composed his Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra, his fiery Sonata for Piano and Violin; he was an esteemed teacher. But he was still almost unknown to the Parisian public...
Beethoven: Sonata No. 2: (Claudio Arrau, pianist; Columbia, 2 sides, LP). One of Beethoven's better middle-period sonatas (the "Waldstein"), played with great energy, eloquence and understanding. Recording: good...
...Brahms: Sonata No. 3 (Julius Katchen, pianist; London FFRR, 2 sides, LP). Composed when Brahms was only 20, this is the romantic best of his three piano sonatas. Performance and recording: good...
...artists include Jean-Pierre Barricelli '45, 3G, Howard Brown '51, Caterina Beer-Fornario, Ruth Gallagher '49, Anthony A. Giarraputo '50, Andrew M. Hoath '50, and Cynthia Lloyd '50, The program includes Renaissance metots and madrigals, 17th century music for the harp, Bach's Italian Concerto, da Vinci's Fluto Sonata, arias by Mozart, Puccini, Vordi and Donaudy, and a Fantasia Russa for piano composed for this occasion by Jean-Pierre Barricelli...