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...Hammer circulated tirelessly between the U.S. and the Soviet Union on the corporate jet, arranging "cultural exchanges" that were more show than tell. Somehow one could not forget, when viewing the eclectic arrays he promoted as "treasures of the Soviet Union," how in the '30s he and his brother Victor had astutely brought a freighter load of furniture and bibelots from Russian flea markets and hotel lobbies and sold it as "the Romanov treasure...
...Complete Caruso (RCA Victor). The master's voice: Enrico Caruso's matchless discography (1902-20), now released on 12 CDs. At home in everything from Puccini arias to George M. Cohan's Over There, Caruso continues to be revered, rightly, as the greatest Italian tenor who ever lived...
...simply leaving is not the answer. Leaving Vietnam in 1964 would have meant allowing the South Vietnamese the right of self-determination (even if that determination would have yielded Communist tyranny). In the Persian Gulf, withdrawal would mean acquiescing to the conquest of an entire people and allowing the victor to turn his attention to new victims...
HOROWITZ: MUSSORGSKY/TCHAIKOVSKY (RCA Victor Gold Seal). A more breathtaking display of the piano's orchestral powers can hardly be imagined than Vladimir Horowitz's 1951 Carnegie Hall performance of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. He summons a galaxy of dynamics and colors from the instrument until, in the finale, he builds a mountain of gloriously controlled sound. The disk also includes Tchaikovsky's popular Concerto No. 1, conducted by Arturo Toscanini. A piano lover's dream...
...earthquake ended up on the black market, U.S. officials are also wondering how to ensure that food gets to the people who need it. Says one: "We would like to handle the distribution ourselves." As far as some Soviets are concerned, that would be just fine. As Victor Shinkaretsky, a Russian Deputy, put it last week, "As long as we are forced to beg for a foreign piece of bread with butter, let's invite in those who not only know how to produce but also how to distribute...