St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-11-13
THE WEEK
IN RECORDS
az ALBERT ANDERSON

NlOlln is Jne SOUL Vi IlS OiSHSSbid a.
and no more is this evident than
in Relationships "Serenade For
Strings In C Major, Opus 4S, on
the Mercury label.
Facil and smooth flowing and
Astounding in musical bouyanCy,
this four-movement serenade is
perhaps the noted 18th century
composers most arreSting work.
Audiences received it generously in
England, France and critical Aus
tria in past decades and theirs is
no doubt the score, as played by
the Philharmonic Hungaria under
the baton of Antal DOrati, will be
happily applauded by present day
music lovers.
Here is a work of art as well as
beauty. Tchaikovsky, who was
perfectionist, wrote the serenade
for the entire orchestra, instead
of the more popular string quartet.
And he put it together with coher-
ance and agility. The first move
ment. Pezzo In Forma Di Sonatina,
for instance, is smooth and melo-
die. The second, the Valse, is both
elegant and graceful. The third
movement is sensuous, and the
fourth is swift and more unres-
traint.
The second part of the LIP cent
ers on another gem, Arensky's
Variations On a Theme BY Tchai-
kovsky, Opus 34a." Perhaps, also,
it is appropriate here because
TchaikovslSy and Arensky were
close colleagues at the Moscow Con-
servatory. He was one of the few
Friends to whom Tchaikovsky re-
manned devoted through his life"
to quote writer Clair Van Ausdall.
This reviewer recommends both
these works.
It's a big jump from the class
ical to the jazz but we are doing
it here, with Jumping" Jonah
Jones providing the impetus. The
Trumpet star is out with a new
stereo CCaptioD LIP that takes the
listener on a musical jaunt around
the world, with stops at Rome
("Arrivederci Roma"), Mexico
("South of the Border'D, London
GA Foggy Day., Paris april In
Paris") and Brazil, on Side l,
and Spain C''Madrid"). Chicago,
Manhattan" Hawaii ("Song of
the Islands'O, the Isle of Capri"
and China (Shaghai"), on Side 2.
Playing the muted jazz that has
now become a trademark with him,
Jonah and his quarter provide
relaxing session of fine music that
is sometimes light, sometimes zest-
full and always artful . He also
does two vocals-"S South of the
Border" and Manhattan"
Ray Charles, who plays and sings
the blues the way his fans say it
ought to be sung, has a solid fol-
low-up to his The Great Ray
Charles" album in What D I
Say" pressed for Atlantic. This
LIP is the most in r & B entertain
ment Charles, besides playing
mean" piano, fairly shouts leo
herently and rhythmicly, of course)
through at least two of the 10
tunes. On others he is ably sup
ported by the Raylettes with their
background harmonizing On
one number, What Kind of Man
Are You" Mary Ann Fisher is the
featured vocalist All the ar
engagements are by Charles.
The tunes are "What'd l Say"
the title song, "Jumpin' In the
Mornin', You Be My Baby" Roll
With My Baby" Tell All the
World About You" My Bonnie"
and That's Enough" on the flip
side q. They are all good rockers,
but the already popular ''What'D I
Say" is the crowd stopper
Another fine performance by
Charles.
In the singles category, Tavern
Baker and Jackie Wilson have
strong entries.
La Baker comes on with an
appealing ballad titled For Love
of You" which fips to a joyful
tune in Tiny Tim" featuring a
lot of handiclapping Lavern's
voice fits well into both category
and her projection is felt through
out. It's an Atlantic waxing.
The funniest entry is by Wilson
"a thing called Talk That Talk, &"
On it, Wilson and the Dick Jacobs
orchestra and chorus combine their
efforts for a real jumping session.
Flip side is only You, Only Me,
a ballad . A Brunswick release
Next week the column will re-
view the first of the Christmas
releases.