Evening star., 1944-01-18
This and That
By Charles Z. TracepeU.
"FARRAGUT STREET.

Dear Sir:
Il am glad whenever I find another
enthusiastic builder of a recorded music
library. Much Of the fun lies in enjoying
music with an appreciative soul There
fore, in my own library of $50 albums. I
have tried to maintain a balance of a
sort.
L feel that the classical is the endur-
ing music, therefore my recordings lean
heavily in that direction. In the realm
OF the symphony. can list all of Bee
thoven. many of Brahms, Tschaikowsky,
Slbelius, Mozart and Schubert.
For concertos, both for the piano and
Tor violin, have Beethoven, Chopin and
Tschaikowsky. Some of my loveliest
music is in quartets. have organ music
OF Bach, woodwind instruments for other
composers, harpsichord and little brass.
I. too, love folk music, so include Carl
Sandburg and many others. have built
many lovely evening around the VOL
ume OF White Cliffs of Dover "A Christ
mas Carol and The Murder of Lidice. ;
1 number many children among my
friends, so 'Pinocchio. Snow White. >
Winnie -the-Pooh' and Sousa marches
are prime favorites
Sincerely, I. A. T."
There can be little question that the
backbone of any modern record library
is the symphony.
This comes about not only because
symphonies and symphony orchestras
are great, but also because electrical
recording and modern monographs give
them to you in all their real splendor
One can do no better in building up
a serious collection than to secure good
recordings of the master composers in
this field
With such basic collection. it is easy
to add to it, both in the classical and
the folk music fields.
We have always thought that one
could do no better than to secure all the
records made by Serge Koussevitzky and
the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Here we find great music, wonderfully
played and conducted, and magnificently
recorded in practically every case.
kousSevitzky's recording Of Sibelius'
Symphony No. s." for instance, is one
OF the finest recordings of symphony
orchestra ever made. We heard the
master and his great orchestra play this
over the air one night recently, and dis
covered that their recording is far supe-
rior to that one performance.
One thing in favor of recorded music
is that usually the recordings are out
standing performances
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One hundred and fifty albums will
give great list of music, and il they
contain some lighter moments, so much
the better.
Even the members of the Boston Or
chestra like to relax, and when they do
they call themselves the Pop" concerts
and play as they please, which usually is
louder and with less real musical feeling.
Collections of records in albums are
not only the best way to keep them
clean and whole, but it also makes them
into books or volumes, and thus pleases
the artistic senses of all persons who
love books.
1t will be found in almost every case,
we believe, that the same people who
collect books of their own also collect
records.
There is, of course, no really one best
way for every one.
One music lover may like Spanish
music and he will find magnificent list
OF such recordings Here he may revel
in the authentic music of the Flamenco
or Spanish gypsies, as well as in the
amazing Tilt and rustic of typical Latin
American numbers, including the magic
rumba.
There is something in music for every
one. The only problem is in finding 1t,
and here again there is no better guide
than the old saying about Ito thine own
self be true" etc.