Columbia Record Catalog (1942)

SL eu: RECORDS W WEINGARTNER, FELiX—Continued + Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Symphony No. 39 in E(SEroica’.) (Beethoven). set M-285 Hate (IMOZGart) sane. aso set M-105 Symphony No. 3 in F Thousand and One Nights. .69563-D zB SEPs) CAA .set M-353 A (J. Strauss) in set M-364 ympnony No. In BToy S h Haydn)....7242-M flat (Beethoven)...... set M-197 Pi ects eye g Triple Concerto Symphony No. 4 in E (Beethoven) set M-327 minoraconranms) 2 es..2e set M-335 PRE eC Te verter ena : Tristan Und Isolde—Prelude to Symphony No. S:in C Act Ill (W ) 69805-D minor (Beethoven) ....set M-254 ¢ ST Sane tts ; Symphony No. 7 in A Variations on a Theme by : (Beethoven) ......... set M-260 Haydn (Brahms) ...... set X-125 Ma Symphony No. 8 in F Voices of Spring re. (Beethoven) ......... set M-292 GE aStrauss) =. eta eet: woe .69564-D Bt Symphony No. 9 in D in set M-364 minor (‘’Choral’’) Wine, Women And Song (BEETHOVEN) S ...2seier <0 set M-227 (SROSTEGUSS Moret eee. ae cae 71208-D WELLES, ORSON (Actor) Recently a young man upset the whole tradition of the New York theater and then went on to upset the country with an amazingly realistic performance of H. G. Wells’ ““Men From Mars” that created an enormous furore. This man is Orson Welles who, as director of the Mercury Theater, has developed a new technique for the presentation of Shakespearean drama as well as other plays of yesteryear. i) A young man in his twenties, Welles was a member ——— ~ of the Federal Theater Project. With fellow members of the Project, he formed the Mercury Theater to produce Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in a modern version and with relatively modern dress. The intensity of his performance and the coherence of his acting company gave Broadway the streamlining it long awaited. The beauty of the Welles performances is that they are so conceived as to enable their complete presentation on phonograph records, and Columbia in conjunction with the Mercury Theater presents these works under Mr. Welles’ direction. Welles Recordings: : Julius Caesar Macbeth (Shakespeare) ...set C-33 * (Shakespeare) ....... set M-325 Merchant of Venice Julius Caesar—Complete (Shakespeare)irs . cselews es set C-6 Mercury Theater Version Twelfth Night ) (shakespeare): i... fe. san set C-10 (Shdkespeare) Mac.sae smn che oie set C-7 v WESTMINSTER ABBEY CHOIR—see: A OMT UT Eee Ol PU Sicu aetenuet te eee ence heat Onatere > eats ere wtane uheoem oheliee 17146-D SMS UT MU Cet GD VOM suche reurawone ove smote kum ccenG oe el ont Seeeaks wdetetane 17146-D WESTMINSTER CHOIR, THE In the early twenties a volunteer church choir in Dayton, Ohio, began to attract a city-wide fame. Soon it achieved regional and then national fame and is known today as the Westminster Choir. The founder and leader, John Finley Williamson, had no idea of making it a concert attraction, but he did want to make it the best church choir possible. Mr. Williamson held two truths to be self-evident: first, that the musical part of a worship service gave one of the best opportunities for participation by the congregation, and ~ second, that music had more power to create mood and arouse emotion— ; and consequently to stimulate the spirit of worship and epitomize the point of the sermon—than worlds of preaching. These principles guided Dr. Williamson in all his work with the volunteer choir at the Westminster Church in Dayton. Because of his sincerity and devotion he found himself in much the same position as the famous mousetrap man—the world was literally clamoring for a chance to see and hear the superior product he had created. Since its initial tour in the winter of 1921, the Westminster Choir has sung in all parts of the United States, in Canada, and in most of the countries of Europe. In 1935, when it made its second 421 A \ re a ay . yee