Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03

NEW RECORDS
VICTOR

Nowadays q program is hardly con-
sidered to be complete without some
thing Russian and when the artist is
also Russian. that c~onsummates it.
There is something pat about Chali-
apin's singing In the Town of Kaz-
an" from Boris Godounow' on a De-
cember record for Victor. both because
the melody is typically Russian and
because this artist himself was born
in kazan. There. as a young child, he
worked as n cobbler's apprentice. The
song, in q way. is a classic among bar
room ditties, for Narlaam, Il r~ecreant
monk. sings it in melodious, if, half
savage. bass, between draughts of vod-
ka at an inn on the Russian frontier.
1t opens whimsically. tipsily, but gath
ers force. ~tromboncs laundering a
rough sort OF dance beneath the mar
rative. For all it's dramatic force,
Chaliapin never sacrifices the tonal
beauty Of one single note throughout
the record.
If it is possible to put the sense of
memory into music. Mischa Eiman
who is to visit Great Falls next month
does it on his latest Victor record,
Fond Recollections." 1t is first in
slow. short phrases, like wondering
questions and ha~lf-breathless answers,
as of a mind communing with itself. 1t
is n charming composition, Eiennese in
style, set for the violin with the or
chestra, without establishment of any
kind.
Orvillc Harroid's December Victor
record is of the popular concert room.
and home-parlor type. In other words
it might be described rs an English
I...,.-fJo =, 1a+o Victorian Ctyfa s"No1I
Her / Love Her So is a healthy and
charming love ditty. in vigorous. nj
most rollicking rhythm, the smooth
tenor voice and an equally smooth
trombone passing melodies back and
forth with perfect mutual ease and
understanding. Mr.. Harold visited
Great Falls in the fall of 1920 with the
Scotti Grand Opera company.
For December the Great White Way
orchestra makes it's bow with the Vic
tor. first with Lovely Lucerne," a
lovely waltz. as fresh and outstanding
as a mountain meadow. There are bits
of Modelling by human voice and by
s]axophone. ON the reverse of this
record Paul Whiteman and his orches-
ira have skillfully blended some mel
oding of Il seemingly hungarian or
Polish gypsy origin, with Oriental
touches, into an American dance
RHYTHM in 'Romany love- an exceed
ingly beautiful record.
On q record of it's own again the
Great White Way orchestra is heard.
first in I'll BE in My Dixie Home
Again Tomorrow Jolly in tune, with
interesting modulations and some ex-
ira work for the piano. On the other
side You Gave Nc Your Heart. has
a habanero rhythm something like a
fast tango. Neither of these records
has anything freakish and they are
played with a fine sense of dancers
needs.
The Whitemans make another fine
record in due keeping with their own
exacting standards. These are regular
fox trots, one Il medley. scored with
s~axophone harmonies, trumpet effects,
and string melodies, handled with that
definite and peculiarly "Whiteman''
method. blowing Bubbles All Day
Long and Just As Long AS You
Have Me" are essentially Whiteman.
EDISON
I'm Ballo in M%aschero' 1.-The
Masked Bnlr') is not ono of Serdl.s
most popular operas. However, it IS
replete with charming melodies, and
the aria, rs 1t Thou?" sung in Eng
lish by Thomas Chalmers. Metropoli-
tan Opera company's baritone, for the
December list of Edison r~e-creations
is n genuine treat. for Chalmers is
heard at his best. On the reverse side
of the disc is Idle Spirit" q beautiful