Evening star., 1962-01-07
RECORD REVIEW
Gilbert and Sullivan
Offer: GondoIiers

ma ana MunCnlnger, master
of ensemble playing. And
Will Boskovsky's solo violin
is icing on the cake.
POULENC: Concerto for
Organ, Strings and Timpani,
Berj Zamkochian, organ;
STRAVINSKY: Jeu de Car
tes; Boston Symphony,
Charles Munich conducting
(RCA Victor)-The tranSpar-
ent beauty of these works
tells us how much Munich
will be missed OH his retire
ment from the Boston, Pou-
lenc's great concerto bene-
fits from sheen of the Bos-
ton strings. The Stravinsky
Card Game is equally a thing
of pure magic.
BACH: Concerto for 2 'Vio-
Inns and String Orchestra in
D minor; BEETHOVEN: Ro-
manceS for Violin and Or
chestra in G major and F
major; VIVALDI: Concerto
crosse in A minor; David and
Igor Oistrakh; Royal Phil
harmonic orch e ira, Sir
Eugene GooSens and David
Oistrakh, conductors
Deutsche Grammophon)-
This is one of those rare gems
one likes to examine over and
over. Father and Son Disk
trakh play with the rapport
that only such relationship
could afford. The Vivaldi es-
pecially is ETHEREAL.
RAVEL: Daphnis ct Chloe,
Alborada del Gracioso, LIE
Tombeau de Couperin; Wales
Mobiles ct SentimentaleS;
L'OrcheStre de la Suisse Ro-
mande. Ernest AnSermet
conducting-London) An
other definitive set of works,
some of Ravel's most Win
ming, played by one of the
worlds most knoWledgeable
conductors and one of the
top-rated orchestras. Well
worth every penny.
FALLA: The Three-Cor-
nered Hat; Ansermet and
the Suisse Romande-Gon-
don)-So if the Ravel is all
that, how about this COM
plete ballet score? Well,
Ansermet has recorded it
again and again, but this to
these ears is the absolute
peak. The sound is dazzling,
the playing up to par. Mezzo-
soprano Teresa Berganza
adds extra fire.
BARTOK: Concerto No. l
for Violin and Orchestra;
VIOTTI: Concerto No. % for
Violin and Orchestra; Isaac
Stern, violin, with Phila-
delphia Orchestra, Eugene
Ormandy conducting - Co
lumbia)-The Bartok is a
recently discovered product
of the great composers youth
full of warm, romantic
melodies and teeming with
his budding ideas. The vi
valdi-like Viotti makes a
charming companion for it
with Stern playing both to
the hilt.
BEETHOVEN: Triple Con-
certo, Geza Anda, piano;
Wolfgang Schneiderhan, vio-
lin; Pierre Fournier, cello,
with Berlin Radio Symphony,
Ferenc FricSay conducting
CDeutsche Grammophon)-
This beloved work was never
more Winningly played,
thanks to the graciously light
touch of these gifted artists,
RITA STRETCH: Lieder by
Hugo Wolf, some from the
Italian and Spanish song
books. Erik Werba, piano
(Deutsche Grammophon) -
Miss Stretch is chiefly known
for opera, and is we'll known
on the DGG label. Here she
turns her light, airy voice to
some of the most attractive
songs ever written, with de-
lightful results.
RICHARD STRAUSS: Der
RoSenkavalier excerpts,
with Marianne Schech, Kurt
Boehme, Irmgard Seefried,
Dietrich FiS C h e r-Dieskau,
Rita Stretch, Sieglinde Wag-
ner and others; Saxon State
Orchestra, Dresden Opera
Chorus, Kal Boehm conduct
ing - CDeutsche Grammo-
phon) - This is really a
dream of a one-record ex-
tract from the opera. The
voices are uniformly great,
and the engineering is daz-