Phonograph Monthly Review, Vol. 1, No. 6 (1927-03)

The Phonograph Monthly Review 245 H.M.V. D 89-92—Berlin Philharmonic (Nikisch). Victor 55250-3—Royal Albert Hall Orchestra (Ronald). Withdrawn. Columbia Masterworks Set No. 12—London Symphony (Weingartner). Withdrawn. Polydor 69638-41—Berlin New Symphony (Seidler- Winkler). Victor 18124, 35580, 18278, and 35637—Victor Concert Orch. Withdrawn. Victor 6304—(Finale) La Scala Orch. (Toscanini). Victor 1069—(1st Mvt.) N. Y. Philharmonic (Mengelberg) Sixth Symphony (“Pastoral”): Columbia *Masterworks Set No. 61—Royal Philharmonic (Weingartner). Odeon 5086-90—Berlin State Opera House Orchestra (Weissmann). Parlophone P 1826-30—Berlin State Opera House Orch. (Weissmann). Polydor 69642-7—Berlin New Symphony Orch. (Pfitzner). Victor 35320—(2nd Mvt.) Victor Concert Orch. With- drawn. Seventh Symphony: Columbia *Masterworks Set No. 63—Royal Philharmonic (Weingartner). Polydor *69836-9—Berlin State Opera House Orchestra (Strauss). Odeon 5062-6—Berlin State Opera House Orch. (Morike). Parlophone P1781-5—Berlin State Opera House Orch. (Morike). Victor 55165-6, and 55174—Symphony Orchestra (Coates). Withdrawn. Polydor 69659-62—Berlin State Opera House Orchestra Wohllebe). IISV Columbia Masterworks Set No. 1—London Symphony (Weingartner). Withdrawn. Polydor 69648—(2nd and 4th Mvts.) Berlin Philharmonic (Pfitzner). Eighth Symphony: Columbia *Masterworks Set. No. 64—Royal Philharmonic (Weingartner). Odeon 5067-9—Berlin State Opera House Orchestra (Weissmann). Parlophone P 1786-8—Berlin State Opera House Orch. (Weissmann). Polydor 69786-8—Berlin State Opera House Orchestra (Klemperer). Columbia Masterworks Set No. 2—London Symphony (W eingartner). W ithdrawn. Second Movement: Victor 6243—Philadelphia Symphony (Stokowski). Columbia 7073 M—New York Symphony (Damrosch). Polydor 69647—Berlin New Symphony Orch. (Pfitzner). Ninth Symphony (Choral): Columbia *Masterworks Set No. 39—London Symphony (Weingartner). Polydor 69607-13—Berlin New Symphony Orchestra (Seidler-Winkler). Vocalion 35050-6—Berlin State Opera House Orchestra (W T eissmann and Morike). Parlophone P1852-60—Berlin State Opera House Orch. (Weissmann and Morike). Victor 55256-63—Symphony Orch. (Coates)., IL. M. V. D 842-9—Symphony Orch. (Coates). (To be continued in the next issue) Columbia Centennial Activities' T HE world is familiar with centennial edi- tions of the works of great authors. Com- posers have not been so fortunate. Their centennials have been observed by innumerable concerts. These left no monument to posterity such as has rewarded the authors. The phono- graph record, by perpetuating the centennial per- formances of the WT>rks of Ludwig Van Beetho- ven has opened a new path in the commemoration of the great composer. Music has conquered the bounds of time. The celebration of Beethoven’s life work from now on is not a mere memory, but an ever present force making for the music ap- preciation of the future. The Columbia Phono- graph Company, therefore, contributes its cen- tennial recordings as the one lasting memorial to the greatness of Beethoven. The “Special Beethoven Centennial Issues” are as follows: Set No. 57—Symphony No. 1, in C major, Op. 21: in eight parts; By Sir George Henschel and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. 45—Symphony No. 2, in D, Op. 36: in eight parts. By Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart., and London Symphony Orchestra. 46—Symphony No. 3 (Eroica), in E flat, Op. 55, in fourteen parts. By Sir Henry J. Wood and New Queen’s Hall Orchestra. 47—Symphony No. 4, in B flat, Op. 60, in ten parts. By Sir Hamilton Harty and Halle Orchestra. 48—Symphony No. 5, in C minor, Op. 67, in eight parts. By Felix Weingartner and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. 61—Symphony No. 6, (Pastoral) in F, Op. 68, in ten parts. By Felix Weingartner and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. 63— Symphony No. 7, in A major, Opus 92. By Felix Wein- gartner and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. 64— Symphony No. 8, in F., Op. 93. By Felix Weingartner and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. 54— Moonlight Sonata, Op. 27, No. 2, in four parts. By Ignaz Friedman. Sonata Pathetique, Op. if, in four parts. By William Murdoch. 53—Sonata in A (Kreutzer Sonata) in ten parts. By Albert Sammons—violin; William Murdoch—piano. 65— Sonata Appassionata, in F minor, Op. 57. By William Murdoch. 58— Quartet in F major, Op. 18, No. 1, in six parts. By Lener String Quartet of Budapest. 59— Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4, in six parts. By Lener String Quartet of Budapest. 60— Quartet in B flat, Op. 18, No. 6, in six parts. By Lener String Quartet of Budapest. 49— Quartet in F major, Op. 59, No. 1, in ten parts. By Lener String Quartet of Budapest. 50— Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2, in eight parts. By Lener String Quartet of Budapest. 51— Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3, in eight parts. By Lener String Quartet of Budapest. 56—Quartet in F minor, Op. 95, in six parts. By Lener String Quartet of Budapest. 55— Quartet in F major, Op. 135, in six parts. By Lener String Quartet of Budapest. 52— Trio in B flat, Op. 97, Violin, Cello, Piano, in ten parts. By Albert Sammond, W. H. Squire, and William Murdoch. Record No. 67273—Coriolan Overture, Op. 62, in two parts. By William Mengelberg and Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam. The critical listener to the classics of music will want to know that these Columbia Master- works are unedited, unabridged, and untampered with. The Company has asserted the policy of not re-writing great music.