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Schubert: Sonata in A Minor (Emanuel Feuermann, cellist; Columbia: 5 sides). In Schubert's rather discursive sonata for cello and piano, Cellist Feuermann proves himself the world's No. 2 cellist, a close second to Cellist Casals...
...soth anniversary of this first U. S. appearance. On the exact date of the former concert, November 13, Oldster Rosenthal prowled up to a special gold-lacquered piano in Carnegie Hall, bowed curtly before a tornado of applause, then pounced upon the opening measures of Weber's Sonata op. 39. Concertgoers who had long marveled at Pianist Rosenthal's strength, speed and musical under-standing now marveled at his endurance. Many a great virtuoso of the keyboard has bitten the dust since 1888. But lion-jawed Moriz Rosenthal could still teach tricks to pianists half his age, still...
...Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G Major (Ernst Victor Wolff, harpsichord, and Janos Scholz, viola da gamba; Columbia: 4 sides). Often played on the piano and cello, this sonata has rarely been heard on the instruments for which Bach wrote it. Harpsichordist Wolff and Violinist Scholz are persuasive and authentic...
Paramount and Fenway are showing a Technicolor "triumph" called "Valley of the Giants", which is overshadowed by the entertaining second feature, "Time Out for Murder", starring Gloria Stuart and Michael Whalen. The Fine Arts is continuing for the eighteenth week "Moonlight Sonata", which has the disadvantage of being an English film but the more than compensating advantage of Paderewski. Across from the Yard in Harvard Square the University in featuring "The Texans", a mediocre Paramount picture with Joan Bennett and Randolph Scott, and Stuart Erwin in "Passport Husband." Sunday will bring Harold Lloyd's decrepit but still amusing "Professor Beware...
...BRAHMS: SONATA IN E FLAT MAJOR FOR VIOLA AND PIANO (William Primrose and Gerald Moore; Victor: 6 sides). Brahms wrote this sonata originally for clarinet, then made his own arrangement for viola. NBC Symphony's William Primrose, widely regarded as today's No. 1 violist, gives it an impeccable performance...