Evening star., 1944-09-17
Record Reviews
Bv Elena De .Savn.

As long as the art OF music existed
composers have always been at the
mercy of interpreters. Cesar Franck
who wrote one of the best-likec
symphonies in the repertoire of ev.
cry major orchestra today, might
easily have been a victim OF in.
competency on the part Of per.
formers when his Symphony in T
Minor" was given its first unappre-
ciated hearing.
There are number Of excellent
recordings Of this work on the mar.
ket, but the album recently released
by Columbia, played by the Londor
Philharmonic Orchestra under Sil
Thomas Beecham, may be classified
among the best.
Another release by the same COM
pany, possibly intended for dispel.
ling even an acute attack of mel
ancholy Is Offenbach's "Gaite Pari.
sienne," arranged by Manuel Rosen.
thai and presented by Efrem Kurt
with the London Philharmonic Or.
chestra. Tuneful valses, frolicsom,
and animated can-can, gallop anc
quadrilles take one back to an ers
where people seemed to be so en-
gagingly carefree. To this category
only differing from the former in the
choice of subject and approach, be-
longs Haydn's lighthearted Sym.
phony No. 103 in E Flat Major
Drum RolD excellently played by
another British organization, the
Halle Orchestra, directed by Leslie
Heyward and recorded by Columbia
Allusions made to the Teutons anc
the First World War by Debussy
In his suite En- Blanc ct Noir,'
created during that period, his use
OF warlike sounds and of other ma
terial with a special objective In
view and his satisfaction with the
descriptive results obtained, lend q
timely interest to this work. Re-
leased by Columbia, the suite gains
from the spirited execution of Ethel
Bartlett and Rae Robertson, duo
pianists.
1t Is always pleasure to vel.
come an old friend such as Bach.
Double Concerto in D Minor" fol
two violins, especially If it is as well.
recorded as the Victor's newly re-
leased European album made by
Yehudi Menuhin and Georges
Enesco, his teacher. One cannot
help but feel throughout the mutual
sympathy Of the players in perfect
accord with one another and the
work performed.
With the same enthusiasm one
may greet Victor's 10-inch dist
containing K. P. S. Bach's "Solfeg.
gietto," -Kreisler's Tam.
bourin" and Kreisler's "Allegrette
in the Style of Boccherini," played
by William Primrose, violist, with
Joseph Kahn at the piano: Rach.
maninof1's performance of Bach.
violin "Partita No. g. adapted by
him for the piano, consisting Of
Prelude" "Gavotte ct Rondo'
and Giga" on a 12-inch disc, ano
Villa-Lobos' "A Prole Do Beb<
No. l." which appears in album
form. Inimitably played by Artul
Rubinstein, whom the compose,
once honored by a musical portrait
"Rudepoema" Savage POEM. TO,
piano and orchestra, this suite deal
with the imaginary characteristic.
OF a doll family introducing =,
Little Paper DOLL" Poor Littl,
Rag Doll" Punch" Little Witch
DOLL Gingerbread Man." BRA.
lillian Doll" and a Little Chins
Doll" The release is climaxed by
the recording of a short number
Algeria ma Horta" from Suit.
Floral op. 97."
Rachmaninoff's THE Harvest O.
Sorrow op. 4 No. S" and Gretchani.
nof1's over the Steppe op S No. L
on Pinch record, show Alexan.
der Kipnis' basso to a good advan.
tage, especially the latter song
Celius Dougherty assists at tn,
piano.