St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-11-08
THE WEEK IN
RECORDS
BY ALBERT ANDERSON
Lena Horne scores On RCA
Waxing


Waxing
When you think og RIGA Victor
you picture all that Is finest In
recorded music, and when you
think Of Lena Horne, you perceive
the finest the entertainment world
has 10 offer.
Drawing such an analogy is no
exaggeration, either. The two -
RCA and Lady Horne-just seem
to 90 naturally together.
An example Of this is the sue
cess Lena and RCA are enjoying
as a result Of her recent waxing
for the company Of an album titled
stormy Weather" A New Or
thophonic' high fidelity recording,
the album. comprised Of a collec-
ton OF some Of Miss Horne's
choice musical selections hit the
record mart with a bang and Is
threatening to soar to unprece-
dented heights for a package Of
its type. SO popular is the disc
with record fans, in fact, that this
courier hustled TO get this review
before readers OF the entertain
ment pages. And all this popular
ity in the first two weeks Of It's
release.
Lena, Warm, Expressive
You hear a Lena Horne that Is
warm and tender, expressive and
charming when you listen TO such
congs as Tomorrow Mountain"
"out Of This World" Summer
time" Mad About The Boy"
"Ridin' on the Moon" and
stormy Weather" on side No. /,
and Baby Won't You Please
Come Home" ANY Place l Hang
My Hat Is Home" I'm BE A.
round" Il Wonder What Be
came OF Me" and Just One Of
Those Things" on Che flip side.
stormy Weather" win especially
bring back nostalgia memories Of
the not-too-distant past, when
Miss Horne starred in the movie
OF that name.
Music for the disc is provided
by an orchestra conducted by
hubby Lennie Hayton and forms
a fine backdrop for Miss Horne's
interpretations Another big hit
for Miss Horne, 1t says here.
Rublnstein Plays Beethoven
Two other selections by RCA
are Beethoven Concerto No. 3 and
4, featuring the great Arthur
Rubinstein at the keyboard. These
two fine Concertos, featuring also
the Symphony Of the Air with
Josef Kripps conducting, repre-
sents varying periods In the life
life OF the past great musical wiz
ard Beethoven. They cover the
periods from 1908 to 1904 and
1905 to 1905, and reveal in fine
musical texture the moods and
climes OF those eras. This column
considers the albums the finest In
classical music.
WellS, Scott on Coral Labels
Two recent Coral Records re-
leases are Lawrence welk's The
Worlds Finest Music" and Ray
mond Scott's This Time with
Strings" Produced in album form,
these releases are slanted parti-
cularly to those who like the
welk and Scott brand Of music.
That is not to say that these
maestros are not popular gen.
orally It's just that music on the
disc are so distinctively theirs.
Scott Is "a musical story-teller"
and an impressionist who likes to
reflect in his music the nature Of
experiences. Side No. / OF his al
bum runs through Power House, 4"
Pretty Little Petticoat," Night
fall Venice" Toy Trumpet" and
Mountain High Valley Low, /"
while Side ? features Twilight
in Turkey" "Kuckleberry Duck, "
"serenade." boy Scout In swift
zerland," and "A Cafe in Sor-
ento."
welk. the universally known
gentleman OF champagne music
features on Side I Of his album
Clair De Lune." Full Moon and
Empty Arms" Stranger In
Paradise" Walk with Me"
Till The End OF Time" and To
night We Love" The other side
runs through Our Love" MY
Revere. Il Think Of You" Hell