Evening star., 1961-01-01
IUkNI ABLE AK
/. Henry "
Well Played
Z On Records
BY HERMAN sCHADEN
star Record critis

We i0ho'pe forstcorH
Shakespeare
And feel the poorer for g.;
Forso0th. cGnst noiD catch up
Fast NTH the record habit.
An evening with Henry ".
Part I, dramatizes the pleas
ure to be had with recorded
Shakespeare. when the exc
cutants are such Is the Mar
lowe Society for London Rec
ords.
Marlowe and London have
been happily wed through
many Shakespeare plays, but
we've been slow about catch.
ing up with them. The intro
duction in this four-record
album has been convincing In
every respect.
Armed with Q book Of the
play. preferably read afore-
hand, the home auditor may
be transported In q trice to
the Boar's Head Tavern or
the bloody fields Of Shrews-
bury. The written play isn't
necessary, but adds to the en-
joyment.
For reasons best known to
themselves. the Marlowe So
ciety players remain anon
ymous in the recorded series.
Among them are the best In
Merrie England,
Much pains are taken in
the production to make the
spoken Word paramount.
That 10 to say, each player
has o microphone, and his
lines come through clearly.
The stereo edition lends =
depth that even the stage
does not always convey.
The players are masters Of
the Kings English. Old. bull
bous Falsta6 Is Q delightful
cross between Edward Everett
! Horton and w. c.. Fields.
Hotspur, hot for Boiling
broke's hide. Is emotionally
eloquent to the moment
Prince Hal cuts him down.
In every way. its o tidy bit.
Hard on the heels Of Part
Il, London has issued the
further adventures Of Prince
Hal, Falstaff. ct al. in Henry
: ~. Part II, another four
record Get. The quality fully
holds up to that Of Part I.
as action moves toward de-
feat Of the rebels and the
crowning Of Henry ".
GREAT RECORDINGS
Angels series, Great Re
cordings Of the Century, Is
producing more gems. Among
them. the Tchaikovsky Sixth
which wilhelm Furtwangler
recorded with the Berlin
Philharmonic In 1898. This
II the Pathetique ut its no.
blest-never will 1t be played :
more grandly.
Those who knew Lotte
Z lehman, and more espe-
cially those who did not, win
/, rejoice In Angels revival Of
many OF ther top soprano
arias ut the height Of her
powers in the early sos. Her
lovely voice Is heard In eight
arias which will bear many
repeats.
Young Rudolf Serkin 10
heard on q 1885 disc with
Adolf and Hermann Busch
In O songful performance Of
the Schubert Trio In e nat
major. And the great Artur
Schnabel Is ressurected in
Mozart's Quartet In @ minor
for piano and strings. On the
reverse side Is the Mozart q
minor quintet K. SIC. elo-
quently done by the Pro
Arte.
DON GIOVANNI
As long as records are
made, Don Giovanni will be
boasting Of his conquests.
Mozart's rogue has returned
under Angel auspices In q
four disc set which adds an
other entry to the mono and
stereo catalog.
There is some wonderful
singing from Elisabeth
Schwarzkopf as Donna Ell.
vira and Joan Sutherland as
Donna Anna. Anytime these
two are in the same per-
formance. q hit almost is
assured.
The Don in this opera Is Q
young, smooth-voiced BARI
tone named Eberhard Wae-
chter. Luigi Alva is heard as
Don Ottavio, Giuseppe Taddei
as Leporello. Piero Cappuc.
cilli as Masetto and Graziella
Sciutti as Zerlina.