The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-18
The Records
Are TELLING

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A Peeisr n Music: corns-
la Skinner Album Of Verse: |
Stars of Yesterday. One fer
fhe Opera and Some Good |
JAZZ
Hector Rerioiz. the musical Peg
Ter ~ his dsY. ineerriglhiy set
against whatever wax and always
I trying 10 do something new. -
heved that music wss vehicle
for the conveyance ~ definite
IDEAS and impressions. There 10 No
vocal or instrumental work ~ Rer-
ioix in which ne does not attempt
n tell story. and IN most cases
he succeeds admirably This il par
ticularly true of the oxertur.
The Judges Of the Secret Court
and the King Lear" overture. an
album Of two i2-ineh records BY
Victor. Not the latest among the
new recordings but an interesting
and entertaining addition To the
record library.
Another Victor album which
may be overlooked IN the zeal for
the newest IL The Music Of
speech" or Anthology of Eng
lish Lyric Verse" recordings by
the noted actress cornelis OTIS
Skinner. The collection ranges
from Shakespeare. Shelley and
Keats to Edna st. Vincent Millsy
and Carl ssndburg. Much of the
charm Of poetry IL lost when II
appears IN the International type
faces Heard through the voice II
an artist II takes on q new depth
and significance and the entranc.
ing quality Of song. Three L.
inch records
Just how good were those good
old days musically speaking
The answer Is found in a new VIC
tor album. Voices Of the Golden
Age Of Opera" The collection
brings together a great array of
stars of yesterdsy-Tit Ruffo,
Italian baritone: Msrcella Sem
brioh. one Of Poland's greatest So
pranos: Antonio Scott. Italian
dramatic baritone: Geraldine Far
rar. charming American soprano,
Charles Dalmores. French tenor:
Johanna Gadski. German soprano
who once was considered as indis-
pensable to wagnerian opera at
the Metropolitan as Kristen Flag
stad was two generations later;
Nellie Melbs. Australian oolorstura
soprano: HEM Plamcon, French
dramatic bass. and Malta Rattis-
TIM. Italian dramatic baritone.
Battistini was the only one Of the
group who did not sing In America
he was afraid 10 cross the ocean.
One Of the numbers to h.
sunE by Lily Pons when she
opens the Civic Music season
In Tacoma Oct. 2, Ia The
Daughter Of the Regiment"
tDonlxetti). Columbia's re-
cording Of this number pro-
sides . good example Of what
Miss Pons can do ns . come
dienne as well n the top rank
ing coioratura.
Nine i2-inch records BY Column
bis adds Leonvavallo (PagliacclD,
to the opera repertoire with the
La Scala Opera company doing
the work. Loranzo Mola Joli con-
ducts like the master he il.
Victor introduce. In the popular
field q new cowboy album. Round
the Campfire Texas" Jim Rob
ert.on, with quartet and orchestra.
sings old favorites such as HON.
on the Range" The Cowboys
Dream" Bury Ne Not on the
Lone Prairie" The Texas Song"
and others. Very well done on four
i0-inch records.
Louis and Earl" four 10-ineh
records. 10 one ~ Columbia's con-
trbutions in popular recordings
The product IL described as hot
jazz without the sccretions Of
noise and excess that have mark
ID its taking over by musicians
without instinct or taste for the
style" Louis Armstrong does the
trumpeting and Louis Hines II al
the piano. The two artists are as
sisted by a competent ensemble.
And for something else In the
popular line and out OF the ordl-
nary there 10 Vaughn Aonroe's
recording Of In the Middle Of a
Dance. and Tommy Dorsey'x
Pale Moon"