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MAHLER: SONGS FROM DBS KNABEN WUNDERHORN (Vanguard). In the 1890s, Mahler was so drawn to the German folk poems in the old anthology called The Youth's Magic Horn that he not only turned them into songs but turned the songs into symphonies. The texts are often grim or sardonic. The "tra-la-lee" in Reveille celebrates a roll call when "dead comrades muster," and after St. Anthony preaches to the fishes, "the carp's still a glutton, and sermon forgotten." Felix Prohaska conducts the orchestral accompaniment for the Swiss baritone, Heinz Rehfuss, and the Canadian-born contralto...
GOOD TIME! (Vanguard). The three young Rooftop Singers are working well-explored territory (Rock Island Line, Old Joe Clark, It Don't Mean a Thing), but they make the songs worth hearing again because of their style and a gleeful spontaneity reminiscent of the early Weavers...
Since then, Capitol, Victor and Vanguard have charged into the market. Capitol dubbed its revivals Paperback Classics ($1.98 for mono, $2.98 for stereo). Among the highlights are a rousing Brahms First Symphony with William Steinberg conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony, and a brace of Beethoven piano sonatas, the "Appassionato" and "Waldstein," masterfully played by Pianists John Browning and Rudolf Firkusny respectively...
...each mono LP, $3 for stereo). Among them: Puccini's Tosca with Soprano Zinka Milanov; Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" with Pierre Monteux and the Boston Symphony; and Brahms's Concerto No. 2 with Russian Pianist Emil Gilels backed by Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony. Vanguard Records' new line, Everyman, includes a fine performance of Haydn's Creation, conducted by Mogens Wo¨ldike...
...typical day for a member of the college vanguard begins when he gets up at about noon, grabs a quick breakfast, and runs for a good spot on the beach. After soaking up an afternoon of sun, he goes to the public dance (early in his stay) or a wild party in someone's motel room (once he has been there for several days). The usual evening includes as much dancing and drinking as humanly possible, and at about 4 a.m. everyone goes to sleep so that he'll wake up in time to spend the next day doing exactly...