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INSTRUMENTAL DUETS
By Soloists of the Victor Orchestra
The ability of the players who compose the Victor Orchestra may be judged by the finished manner in which these duets are rendered.
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HEINE ’Cello Soloist
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Aida— Duet, Act IV. ( The Fatal Stone) (Verdi) Cornet — Trombone
Pryor-Keneke This lovely duet from the last act of Aida has been placed among the most masterly of Verdi’s compositions.
This last scene of the opera, in which the number is sung, is a highly impressive one. The upper part of the stage represents the temple of Phtha, thronged with chanting priests who seal the stone over Rhadames, seen in the vault below.
As the fatal stone descends he discovers Aida, who has secreted herself there in order to die with her lover. The impassioned strains of the duet music blend strangely with the droning of the priests and the whole effect is a thrilling one.
It is played by Mr. Pryor and Mr.
Keneke with great beauty of tone and fine expression.
Angel’s Serenade (Braga) Violin —
’Cello Rattay-Heine
The recent death of Braga, in Milan, at the age of 79, makes the issue of this fine record of unusual interest. It is a melancholy fact that Braga, whose “ Angel’s Serenade ” and other popular compositions helped to make the fortune of the French publishers, died in extreme poverty.
The Braga number is given here in a most attractive form, a violin and cello duet being something of a record novelty.
Call Me Thine Own (Romance from L ’Eclair) (Halevy) Violin — Flute
D’Almaine-Lyons A well-known bit of melody from an almost unknown Halevy opera. It is a most beautiful air and the record is an exceptionally good one.
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KENEKE Cornet Soloist
DARIUS LYONS, Flute Soloist
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Cousins (Clarke) Cornet — Trombone
Clarke-Zimmermann
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Dream of the Mountains (Idyl) (Labitsky) Violin — Flute Rattay-Lyons
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Ecstasy Waltz Clarinet — Flute
Christie-Lyons
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Evening in Naples, An (Quaranta) Clarinet — Flute Christie-Lyons
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Golden Robin Polka (Bousquet) Clarinet Duet Christie-Whittaker
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LOUIS H. CHRISTIE Clarinet Soloist