Phonograph Monthly Review, Vol. 1, No. 5 (1927-02)

Columbia. Fine Art Series The Columbia Fine Art Series of Musical Masterworks, as expanded by the issuance of so many of the greatest compositions of both classic and modern schools during the past two years, has become so much a part of the musical life of America that extended introduction now seems superfluous. Since Columbia’s first announcement in November, 1924, of a collection of eight works inaugurating this series—an event which marked the commencement of a new era of musical recording in this country—the significance of the initial offering and of the many great works that have followed has rapidly been grasped by real music lovers and the musical public in general throughout America. The Columbia Masterworks Series offers to all of discriminating musical taste the most extensive repertory extant in record form of the tone masterpieces of all time. of Musical Masterworks The list so far includes the best-loved of the symphonies of Beethoven (including the Choral Symphony), Mozart, Brahms, Haydn, Tschaikowsky, Berlioz, Dvorak and esar Franck; tone poems and orchestral suites by Richard Strauss, Saint-Saens and olst; concertos by Bach, Mozart, Lalo, Bruch; sonatas by Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Grieg, and Franck; many of the greatest works of chamber music—trios, quartets, quintets—by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Schubert, and numerous orches- | tral excerpts from Wagner, Rimsky-Korsakov, Moussorgsky, Debussy and Lalo. No more than a casual inspection of the imposing Masterworks list on this page is needed to reveal the wealth of musical enjoyment and profit that awaits the searcher after the great masterpieces of the world’s literature of music. All works recorded in five or more parts are enclosed in permanent art albums; almost all are complete except for conventional repeats. These Masterworks Sets Are NowAvailah e: Nine Parts SET NO. 1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, in A Major, Opus 92; in Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, in F, Opus 93; in Seven Parts Dvorak: Symphony From The New World; in Ten Parts Mozart: Symphony No. 39, in E Flat, Opus 543; in Six Parts Tchaikowsky: Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique); in Eight Parts Beethoven: Quartet in C Sharp Minor, Opus 131; in Ten Parts Haydn: Quartet in D Major, Opus 76, No. 5; in Six Parts Mozart: Quartet in C Major, Opus 465; in Eight Parts Brahms: Symphony No. 1, in C Minor, Opus 68; in Ten Parts Cesar Franck: Symphony in D Minor; in Eight Parts Mozart: Concerto in A Major, for Violin and Orch., Op. 219; in Eight Parts Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, in C Minor, Opus 67; in Eight Parts Bach: Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins; in Five Parts; Suite in B Minor for Flute and Strings; in Four Parts; Chaconne for Viola; in Four Parts Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole, for Violin and Orchestra; in Six Parts Richard Strauss: Tod Und VerUaerung, Opus 24; in Five Parts Richard Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme; in Six Parts Saint'Saens: Le Carnaval Des Animaux; in Six Parts Schubert: Quintet in A Major (Forellen), Opus 114; in Nine Parts Brahms: Trio in A Minor, Qpus 114; in Six Parts Mozart: Quintet in G Minor, Opus 516; in Six Parts 21. Mozart: Quartet in B Flat Major, Opus 458; in Six Parts 22. Haydn: Quartet in C Major, Opus 76, No. 3 (Emperor); in Six Parts 2 . 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8 . 9. 10. 11 . 12 . 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20 . $7.50 6.00 7.50 4.50 6.00 7.50 4.50 6.00 7.50 6.00 6.00 6.00 10.50 4.50 4.50 4.50 4.50 7.50 4.50 4.50 4.50 4.50 COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH COM Columbia 4 Others Are Being Added Constantly SET NO 24. Brahms: Sonata in D Minor, Opus 108; in Six Parts 4 50 25. Mozart: Sonata in A, for Pianoforte and Violin; in Six Parts 4.50 26. Beethoven: Quartet in E Flat, Opus 74 (Harp Quartet); in Eight Parts 6*00 27. Beethoven: Quartet in A Minor, Opus 132; in Ten Parts 7.50 28. Haydn: Symphony No. 6, in G Major (Surprise Symphony); in Five Parts 4*50 29. Gustav Holst: The Planets; in Thirteen Parts 10.50 30. Bruch: Concerto in G Minor (No. 1) for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 26; in Six Parts / 4 31. Grieg: Sonata in G (No. 2), Opus 13, for Violin and Piano; in Six Parts 4.50 32. Chopin: Sonata in B Minor, for Pianoforte, Opus 58; in Six Parts 4.50 33. Cesar Franck: Sonata in A Major, for Piano and Violin; in Eight Parts 6.00 34. Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Opus 14; in Twelve Parts 9.00 35: Brahms: Quartet in A Minor, Opus 51, No. 2; in Eight Parts 6*00 36. Brahms: Sonata in A Major, Opus 100, for Violin and Piano; in Six Parts 4.50 37. Brahms: Sonata in F Minor, for Pianoforte, Opus 5; in Eight Parts 6.00 38. Beethoven: Sonata in A, for 'Cello and Piano, Op. 69; in Six Parts 4^0 39. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Choral) in D Minor; in Sixteen Parts 12.00 40. Schubert: Quartet No. 6, in D Minor; in Eight Parts 6.00 41. Schubert: Symphony No. 8, in B Minor (Unfinished); in Six Parts 4.50 42. Mozart: Symphony No. 35, in D, Op. 385; in Six Parts 4.50 43. Mendelssohn: Trio in C Minor, Op. 66; in Eight Parts 6.00 44. Saint'Saens: Concerto in A Minor, Op. 33, for Violoncello and Orchestra; in Six Parts 4 50 PANY, 1819 Broadway, New York MEW OCESS Records