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PAGE 22 Record Review—
: Compelling From ‘Otello’ Offered.
RAMON VINAY and Eleanor Steber, the stars of this season's brilliant revival of Verdi's operatic masterpiece, “Otello,” have recreated some ‘of their most compelling ". scenes on a fine new Columbia long-playing, record. (ML-
4499, 12-inch). After listening to| it several times, we think it's a record that will find special favor |
vith operatic music fans. The Met staged “Otello” this past February for the first time since the 1948-49 season. Miss Steber made her debut as Desdemona while Mr. Vinay sang the title role for the 200th time. Critics were enthusiastic about both of them, Another Met star, Frank Guarrera, leading bari-| tone, is heard with them in the
‘actual concerts at Carnegle Hall,
{works for which he won the ac-
| |Funerailles.”
8 [recording for which no better
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Scenes
Apr, 2, 1951, when he “suffered a- fatal heart attack as hes was performing “the opening measures of the Grieg Plano Concerto, On the first anniversary of Barere's untimely death, Rem-| ington Records has released a commemorative record entitled “A Simon Barere Recital” (12inch, long-play). Taped during
the record consists of two Liszt
claim of the critics, “Sonata in B Minor” and, appropriately, "Les|
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AN INTRIGUING and exotic album of modern music which! we have not noted heretofore is Ibert's “Escales” (Ports of Call)| which RCA-Victor had recorded! by Leopold Stokowski and his, Symphony Orchestra (WDM-1628,| two 45-rpm discs). It is colorful,| evocative music that is offered as! a tone picture of Rome-Palermo,| Tunis-Nefta and Valencia, all, ports on an imaginary sea voy-| age. This is a completely new)
conductor could be found than Stokowski, the master of tonal
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IN FESTIVAL—James Servis (left), bass, of Toledo, O., and George McKinley, tenor, New Concord, O., both students in In. diana University's School of Music, will be among the eight soloists for the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir's May Music Festival at 8:30 p. m. May 17 in the Murat, The program will include Bach's "Magnificat," Beethoven's "Choral Fantasy’ and the Brahms "Liebeslieder waltzes.
Ramon Vinay
Columbia recording, while Faus- | to Cleva, our favorite opera conductor, leads the Metropolitan Opera Association Orchestra,
All of the high spots of the opera are on the record, including the “Love Duet” from Act I, Iggo’'s dramatic “Credo,” the famous third-act duet “Dio Ti Glocondi” in which Otello ac~ cuses Desdemona of falsehood, Otello’s superb monolog “Dio! Mi Potevi,” and Desdemona’s poignant ‘“Salce, salce” and lovely “Ave Maria.” They're all worth! hearing. ; » » Ld IT IS interesting to learn from Goddard Lieberson, Columbia's executive vice president, that the | Metropolitan Opera, which has been recording exclusively for Columbia Masterworks since] 1047, has grossed the equivalent | of a full New York season's box | office receipts, or more than $2,000,000, in record sales. Six complete productions, including the
eras in the repertory, have been recorded by Columbia with top-
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flight Metropolitan casts, chorus and orchestra, They are “Hansel |
and Gretel,” “La Boheme,” “Ma-
dame Butterfly,” “Faust,” “Fled-
ermaus” and “Pagliacel” . The |
best-seller has been the 1 “La Boheme” with Bidu Sayao! and Richard Tucker.
RCA - VIOTOR'S May feature release consists of two splendid albums in which world-famous instrumentalists are spotlighted in displays of outstanding virtuosity. In “A Treasury of Harpsichord Music,” Wanda Landowska interprets 15 shorter pieces by early composers and displays the expert technique that has made her the leading exponent of her instrument. Even though the composers may not be so well known to the general public, they wrote some of the most charming music of the 17th and 18th Centuries, Miss Landowska's eloquent harpsichord makes it both fascinating and gracious, You get it in RCA-Victor album WDMao consisting of six 45-rpm 8. .
Jascha Heifetz, the celebrated violinist, is heard in an album entitled “Heifetz Plays,” in which he presents four of his most engaging specialties, They are all renowned display pieces for the violin, are persistently ‘requested at Heifets concerts, and are completely identified with his singing tone and dazzling technique, They are the “Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso” and “Havanaise,” both. by. Saint Saens; the “Carmen Fantasie” by Waxman based on themes from Bizet's “Carmen”; and the charming and colorful “Zigeunerweisen” (Gypsy Airs) by Sarasate. The accompanying is the RCA-Victor S8ymphony under the batons of William Steinberg and Donald Voorhees. The album is Victor WDM1642, four 45-rpm records. f » - - THE BRILLIANT career of Simon Barere, noted concert pianist, came to a dramatic end in Carnegie Hall the night of
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