The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-06
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The Records
Are Tellinu

| Are Telling
Record Business al Neio
Peak: Chinese War Songs
With Paul Robson: DrO-
roks ".Sldponic Dance.
A Bit Of Strauss and Some
Other Things
The recording business sppsr-
emily Is booming. although defense
priorities may play = part In keep
ing production In pace with the
demand. At any rate. Columbls
announces that IL viii omit it's
customary January issues of Mas
terwork Records to permit its
plants in Bridgeport and Holly
wood to achieve peak production
on current orders"
The decision to drop the jan
uary Masterworks releases will
permit Columbia to release presses
previously assigned 10 January
production and start them oper-
atins Immediately on a tremen-
dous backlog of orders placed by
dealers for the Christmas season"
the announcement continued.
On the December list, Columbia
has . superb recording of SINE
tanais The Moldau," supplement-
ed by Dvotak's "slsvonic Dance
No. l." on two l2-inch records. II
10 by Bruno Walter conducting the
New York Philharmonic SYM
phony and il just tops for this type
Of music.
A Columbia recording of Bruna
Castasna singing an aria from La
Gioconda" and another from
Don Carlos 10 also a
prize number. The recording 10
almost perfect and does full justice
to this rich contralto voice. II
on q single 12-inch record.
New albums OF Johann Strauss |
waltzes usually find q receptive
public. Columbia provides another |
puch In an album of three 12-inch
records by Andre Kostelanetz and
ais orchestra. II congresses some
II the most favored numbers in
,ix SIDES.
Other current Columbia offer
ngs:
Till Eulenspieger' of Richard
strauss. by Artur Rodzinski and
hssc Cleveland Orchestra. II Ia up
o the Rodzinski standard Of
strauss Interpretation. Two L.
nch records.
Three Romantic waitzes' of
chabrier, by Robert and Gaby
SaMdesus. The famous pianist
Ind his talented wife are heard |
Tor the first time on records as a
two piano team in music which is
right up their alley. Two 10-inch
records.
Romeo and Juliet" overture of /
rchsikovsky, by Rodzinski and the
Cleveland Orchestra. An old fav-
'rite expertly done. Three H.
nch records.
And here 10 something new
'attle hymns of the Chinese Key
tote. three 1o-inch records. with
Paul Robson singing in both Chi
iese and English. That may be
II q bit, and Robeson
nay only be doing a bit of "pidg-
'on English" but you won't know
it's good Chinese or not.
China has found" says Madame
Sun Yat-sen, in the new mass
singing movement source of
strength to resist the enemy"
In the booklet accompanying the
ilbum Lin Yutang says that
everywhere in China today - at
he front and the rear. among sol
hers and guerrillas. refugees and
'rphans. at schools and colleges. in
'emote villages China is find
ne her voice. This mass singing
Il patriotic songs owes its inspira-
ion to Liu Liango-mo, the shang-
al Y.A.C.A. secretary who COM
his enthusiasm TO many
'theu and WAS called to teach at
he 'front.'
While there may be some propa-
'anda in these unusual recordings
the title song. Che Lai." is an
fficial national anthem which says
omethins akin to Arise you who
efuse to be bond slaves. let's
tand up and fight for democracy"
-it's very appropriate from the
shinese standpoint. This number
oses none of its significance in
fr. Robeson,s vigorous singing.