Phonograph Monthly Review, Vol. 4, No. 2 (1929-11)

November, 1929 The Phonograph Monthly Review 39 its usual noteworthy Italian and Spanish-Ameri- can lists, containing many interesting selections by leading artists in these fields. The American companies’ releases have been so heavy this month that we have not imported any new records from abroad. However, there are two items of note in connection with importa- tions: first I have information that the Edison Bell Company will soon be regularly represented in this country, meanwhile their records can, of course, be obtained through any of the American importers. Second, comment should be made on the opening up of a new field of imported records by the International Records Agency of Bellerose, N. Y., which is specializing in the lesser known European makes, such as Pathe-Art, Decca, Me- tropole, Artiphon, Broadcast, Witton, etc., many of which have hitherto been entirely unknown to American collectors. In England the Delius Festival is celebrated by the issue of Brigg Fair in a performance by Sir Thomas Beecham from Columbia, In a Sum- mer Garden, conducted by Geoffrey Toye, and A Song Before Sunrise, conducted by John Barbi- rolli, from H. M. V. The latter company also is- sues records of Delius’ Violin Sonata No. 1, play- ed by May Harrison and Arnold Bax. The H. M. V. orchestrals are Wagner’s Faust Overture con- ducted by Coates, Debussy’s Nuages conducted by Coppola, the Ballet Music from Eugene Goos- sens’ new opera Judith conducted by the composer, German’s Merrymakers’ Dance and Boccherini’s Minuet conducted by Sargent. The other leading releases, excluding re-pressings, include the clos- ing scene from Strauss’ Salome sung by Gota Ljunberg with the Berlin State Opera Orchestra under Blech, two disks of excerpts from Act II of Parsival sung by Ljunberg and Widdop con- ducted by Coates, Kaddish and Eili Eili sung by Nina Koshetz, two old French songs by Yvette Guilbert, Brahns’ Violin Sonata in A played by Isolde Menges and Harold Samuel, Bach’s Air on the G string and the Coq d’ Or Hymn to the Sun played by Thibaud, two Bach choral preludes (My Heart is Longing and When in Deepest Need) played on the Queen’s Hall Organ by Dr. Albert Schweitzer, two Hungarian folk settings by Kor- bay sung by Keith Falkner, organ pieces by Dr. Stanley Marchent (Bach’s Fugue in D minor, Parry’s Bridal March, Arensky’s Basso Ostinato, and Smart’s Pdstlude in C), Chopin’s Berceuse and Rachmaninoff’s Polichinelle played by Mark Hambourg, and excerpts from Bitter Sweet by Peggy Wood, George Metaxa, and Ivy St. Helier of the original company. Besides Brigg Fair the English Columbia Com- pany offers the Valse and Prelude from Faust conducted by Molajoli, Tales from, 1 the Vienna Woods conducted by Bruno Walter, a complete Boheme album by La Scala artists, Schumann’s Quartet in A minor played by the Capet String Quartet, Sarasate’s Romanza Andaluza and Zar- zycki’s Mazurka played by Bronislaw Huberman, the Vitali-Charlier Chaconne played by Yelli D’Aranyi, choral pieces by Gibbons, Mundy, and Byrd sung by the St. George Singers, arias from Don Giovanni and Dalla Sua Pace sung by Hed- die Nash, Glinka’s Midnight Review and Loew’s Edward sung by Norman Allin, Schumann’s Kin- derscenen played by Fanny Davies, Mendelssohn’s Fingal’s Cave Overture and two songs without words conducted by Sir Henry Wood, and a Hen- schel album containing four records of Schubert and Schumann lieder sung by Sir George Hen- schel (in his eightieth year!) accompanying him- self at the piano. The fifteenth series of Interna- tional Educational Society releases included lec- tures on Sound by Sir William Bragg, Sunshine Recorders and Rainbows by Sir Oliver Lodge, Properties of Space by Sir Oliver Lodge, and the International Labor Organization of the League of Nations by H. B. Butler. Parlophone lists a new version of Salome’s Dance conducted by Knappertsbusch, a Trova- tore selection conducted by Weissmann, Keler- Bela’s Lustspiel Overture and Massenet’s Angelus conducted by Heidenreich, Donizetti’s Daughter of the Regiment Overture by the Grand Opera Orchestra of Milan, Saint-Saens’ Danse Macabre by Karol Szreter with the Grand Symphony Or- chestra under Weissmann, Hagen summoning the vassals (Gotterdammerung) sung by Emanuel List, Schumann’s song cycle “Frauenliebe und Leben” sung by Lotte Lehmann (four records), the late Meta Seinemeyer singing Rubinstein’s Die Nacht and Liszt’s Liebestraum No. 3 solo, and the Act III Finale with Pattiera, Schubert’s Ave Maria and Handel’s Largo sung by Emmy Bettendorf, and two Tales of Hoffman arias sung by Richard Tauber. The National Gramophonic Society issues a Vivaldi ’Cello Sonata, Bach’s ’Cello Sonata in G, and three Irish folk tunes played by John Bar- birolli—an excellent ’cellist as well as conductor— and Ethel Bartlett. Other British releases include Schubert’s Un- finished Symphony conducted by Stanley Chappie for Broadcast Twelve, Malipiero’s La Cimar- osiana played by the Classic Symphony Orchestra for Regal, Svendsen’s Carnival in Paris and the Bridal March from Coq d’Or conducted by Leslie Howard for Decca, Smetana’s Bartered Bride Overture conducted by Julian Clifford (Decca), Lord Berners’ Fugue conducted by John Ansell (Decca), pieces by Hermann Wassermann, pianist (Rachmaninoff’s G minor Prelude, De Falla’s first Spanish Dance, Scott’s Danse Negre, etc.) from Dominion Classic, and Arensky’s Scherzo and Romance for two pianos played by Rae Robertson and Ethel Bartlett for Homocord. A six-record album of little plays and songs by French children, to accompany Prof Findlay’s book, “Nos Amis Francais”, is announced by Columbia. The Italian Columbia Company issues a six- disk recording of Monteverde’s Lagrime Dell’- amante al Sepolcro sung by the Cantori Bolognesi under the direction of Marino Cremesini.