Phonograph Monthly Review, Vol. 3, No. 7 (1929-04)

April, 1929 The Phonograph Monthly Review 219 Das Rhinegold and Siegfried (eight records). A variety of artists are represented: the London Symphony under Coates. The Berlin State Opera House Orchestra under Blech, and the Vienna State Opera House Orchestra under Karl Alwin. In the cast are Arthur Fear, Friedrich Schorr, and Emil Schipper (Wotan), Maria Olczewska (Erda), Rudolph Laubenthal (Siegfried), Frida Leider (Briinnhilde), Walter Widdop (Loge), etc. Also from H. M. V. are the following major works: a complete Yeoman of the Guard album (eleven records) by the D’Oyly Carte Company, Haydn’s Symphony No. 2 in D (London) con- ducted by John Barbirolli (who also conducted the N. G. S. recording of this work last year), de Falla’s Nights in the Gardens of Spain (re- pressed from the French H. M. V.) conducted by Coppola with Madame van Barentzen as piano soloist, the Bach-Elgar Fantasia and Fugue in C minor conducted by Coates, the Ballet Music from Le Cid conducted by Goossens, Ravel’s Alborado del Gracioso conducted by Coppola, Handel’s Or- gan Concerto in B flat played by Dr. E. Bullock, Beethoven’s Piano Sonata in A flat, Op. 110, played by Frederic Lamond, and Bach’s Violin Sonata No. 3 in E played by Isolde Menges and Harold Samuel. Among the H. M. V. vocals are records by Ivar Andresen (Magic Flute arias, with orchestral accompaniment conducted by Fritz Zweig), Mavis Bennet (Musetta’s Song and the Coleridge-Taylor Willow Song), John Goss (sea shanties), and Frida Leider (Armide and Don Giovanni arias). Among the instrumentals are disks from Mark Hambourg (La Campanella, Schumann’s Aufschwung, Debussy’s Clair de Lune, and two sea shanty arrangements by Rut- land), Moiseivitch (Scarlatti’s Pastorale e Cap- riccioso, Medtner’s Concerto in E minor—one record side, and Prokofieff’s Suggestion Diaboli- que). Dr. Albert Schweitzer (Fugue and Finale of Mendelssohn’s Organ Sonata No. 6), Renee Chemet (Chabrier’s Album Leaf and Groolez’ Berceuse), etc. For novelty is a record of a “Spanish Lute” quartet, Cuarteto Aguilar, heard in pieces by Turina and de Mena. The British Columbia list is also extensive. For major works there are Schumann’s Piano Concerto played by Fanny Davies and the Royal Philharmonic under Ernest Ansermet, Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet ulaved by Charles Draper and the Lener Quartet. Witkowski’s Mon Lac by the composer and the Paris Symphony Orchestra with Robert Casadesus as piano soloist, the first nine Preludes and Fugues in Book I of the Well- Tempered Clavier nlayed by Harriet Cohen, Beethoven’s “Harp” Quartet by the Capet String Quartet of Paris. Arbos’ Noche de Arabia by the composer and the Madrid Symphony, Der Freischiitz Overture by Weingartner and the Basle Symphony Orchestra of Switzerland, and a number of French and American re-pressings. Among them are the Pelleas et Melisande records conducted by True, Poulenc’s Trio for Oboe, Bas- soon, and Trio, with the composer playing the piano part. Among the vocal records on the Columbia list are those by Gentile and Borgioli (Traviata arias), Aurora Rettore (Un Ballo in Maschera arias), Mile. Denya (Turandot arias), Ebe Stignani (11 Trovatore arias), Merli (Manon Lescaut arias), and Alessandro Grando (Turan- dot) . Instrumentals: Messager’s Two Pigeons by the Garde Republicaine Band, Delius’ Summer Night on the River by Beecham and the Royal Philharmonic, Chopin’s Ballade in G minor by Robert Casadesus, popular arrangements for viola played by Tertis, and Commette’s Allegretto played by the composer on the Lyons Cathedral Organ. Columbia also offers a Spanish Mandoline and Guitar Quartet heard in the Martini-Madami Balletto and the Scarlatti-Madami Tempo di Ballo. The British Parlophone Company releases Klemperer’s performance of Brahms’ First, a Coppelia Fantasy conducted by Dr. Weissmann, a Gypsy Baron selection by Edith Lorand’s Or- chestra, and vocal records by Margherita Salvi (Fra Diavolo—Cavatina di Zerlina), Seinemeyer and Pattiera (Otello—Act I Finale), Nino Piccaluga (Pagliacci arias), and Conchita Super- via (Figaro arias). The German Parlophone Company announces a re-recording of Popy’s Oriental Suite played by Dr. Weissmann, the Offenbach Barcarole sung by Bettendorf and Branzell, and in the Odeon series, Fire Bird Suite excerpts conducted by Erich Kleiber, Chopin’s A flat waltz and Fantasie Impromptu played by Emil von Sauer. The French Columbia Company announces the early release of a number of piano records by Marcel Ciampi, among them to be Debussy’s Preludes. There are a large number of re-press- ings in the March list; new works are: Beetho- ven’s Quartet in A, No. 5, and Hayden’s Quartet in D, No. 67 (by the Quatuor Capet) ; songs by de Falla (1/Amour sorcier and three of the Sept Chansons Populaires), Nin (Tirana), and Val- verde (Mari-Gloria) sung by Dolores de Silvera; and recitations by Andre Brunot. The new Polydor releases of special note are Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony (seven records) played by Jascha Horenstein and the Berlin Phil- harmonic, and Liszt’s Les Preludes played by Oskar Fried and the Berlin Philharmonic. On another page in this^ issue we have the pleasure of publishing a picture of Miss Elma V. Adams, of the noted H. Royer Smith Company of Philadelphia and (as we have stated on a former occasion) one of the leading record sales ladies in the United States. Miss Adams is shown sell- ing The Phonograph Monthly Review, for which she has more than trebled the sale in Mr. Smith’s shop, as well as greatly boosting the record sales of this live-wire organization. Like other leading dealers, the H. Royer Smith Com- pany attributes a large part of its gains in record sales directly to the influence of The Phono- graph Monthly Review. We are starting a campaign endeavoring to