Phonograph Monthly Review, Vol. 3, No. 5 (1929-02)

c MUSIC LOVERS’ Published by THE PHONOGRAPH PUBLISHING CO., Inc. General Offices and Studio: 47 Hampstead Road, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass. Telephone Jamaica 5054 : Cable Address: “Phono” THE PHONOGRAPH MONTHLY REVIEW appears on the twenty-eighth of each month. All material is fully protected by copy* right and may be reproduced only by permission. Yearly subscription price $4.00 in the United States and $5.00 in Canada and other foreign countries, postage prepaid. Single copies 35 cents. All communications should be addressed to the Managing Editor at the Studio, 47 Hampstead Road, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass. All unsolicited contributions must be accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. All checks and money orders should be made out to THE PHONO- GRAPH PUBLISHING CO., Inc. General Review T HIS month has been perhaps the most try- ing we have experienced since the first days of the magazine on account of the tremend- ous flood of records received at the Studio from both the domestic manufacturers and our im- porters. Several members of the staff did not escape the prevalent influenza epidemic—but I am happy to say that they are now all safely recovered. We trust that our readers will over- look on these accounts the unavoidable delay of two days in the appearance of this issue. Most significant on the Columbia list is a re- markable version of Weber’s Oberon overture played by Willem Mengelberg and his Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, a truly characteristic Mengelberg performance that eclipses every re- cording to date of this beloved overture. Be sure to enjoy hearing it on your next visit to a record dealer’s shop. Of nearly equal impor- tance is a Masterworks album of two new large piano works by Percy Grainger; Schumann’s Etudes Symphoniques and Sonata in G minor, neither of which has ever been recorded before and both of which are worthy companions to Grainger’s noted Chopin and Brahms piano sonatas. Our readers will be interested to know that we have already received samples of Wein- gartner’s replayed version of the Brahms first symphony to be released next month. A detailed review will appear in the next issue. The sen- sational Tristan and Isolde set, recorded on nine- teen disks and issued in three albums, is promised for early release and may be expected very shortly. Other orchestral disks from Columbia are the Ruy Bias overture conducted by Percy Pitt, two Chaminade pieces by Bowers and the Columbia Symphony, and Paul Whiteman’s Tchaikowskiana —a most interesting arrangement and perform- ance revealing Whiteman at his very best. The most interesting vocal release is a coupling of Handel and Mignon arias sung by Anna Case, making her Columbia debut and a most commen- dable one. Elsa Alsen sings two Schumann lieder, Martha Atwood makes her Columbia debut with two familiar Scotch folksongs, Kisselburgh sings two traditional English songs, Graveure is heard in his second release as a tenor. Among the Columbia instrumentals are an excellent record by Yovanovitch Bratza, violinist; a pleasant ten- inch disk by Tertis, master of the viola; Schu- mann’s F sharp minor Romance and the Liszt Liebestraum by Murdoch, pianist; and Boc- cherini’s Menuet and Hasse’s Canzone played by the Catterall String Quartet. Nor shall I forget to mention the new Black Crows release, The Black Crows in Hades, one of the most amusing and original of the entire series. The popular vocal and dance lists contain many noteworthy releases well above the usual standard. The two featured Brunswick releases are Verbrugghen’s version of Berlioz’ ever-popular Roman Carnival overture, and a most commenda- ble two-part version of Rubinstein’s Kammenoi See last page for Table of Contents Copyright, 1929, by the Phonograph Publishing Company, Inc.