Radio broadcast .. (1922-30)

442 RADIO BROADCAST APRIL, 1928 Cradle Song (Brahms-Grainger) and Molly on the Shore (Grainger). By Percy Grainger (Columbia). To realize how thrillingly alive piano music can be one should hear the vibrant beauty of Grainger's rendition of The Cradle Song. Molly on the Shore is the familiar Irish reel, jovially played by its composer. La Boheme: Musetla's Walii Song (Puccini) and Mignon: Connais-tu le Pays? (Thomas). By Maria Kurenko (Columbia). One moment we like this soprano voice exceedingly and the next it develops a harsh pinched nasal quality which is most unpleasant. In spite of this shortcoming we liked Mignon. Voices of Spring and Enjoy Your Life (Strauss). By Johann Strauss and Symphony Orchestra (Columbia). Strauss waltzes beauti- fully played. Need we say more? Do You Call That Religion and Honey by the Utica Institute Jubilee Singers (Victor). Two of the best songs in the repertory of this Negro quartet, sung with the subtle harmony which only Negro voices can achieve. "Popular" and Such 'S Wonderful by the Ipana Troubadours and My One and Only by the Clicquot Club Eskimos (Columbia). 'S Wonderful now holds first place in our own personal Best Number of the Year Contest. It is a swell Gershwin song and the Troubadours have done it full justice. The Eskimos were not quite as successful with the other Gershwin number but it is worth honorable mention. My Heart Stood Still and / Feel at Home With You by George Olsen (Victor). The A side is runner-up in our contest but the B is a come- down. (Note: If you want to be a social success you can't afford to be without both the above- mentioned records.) Together, We Two and die Me a Night in June by Johnny Johnson and His Statler Pennsylvan- ians (Victor). Despite their age these two numbers remain vigorous, due to the excellent Johnson rejuvenation. A Shady Tree and Dancing Tambourine by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (Victor). Your neighbors will cry for, not at, this record. The waltz with its haunting melody is our favorite. Beautiful Ohio and Missouri Walt^ by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (Victor). Beautiful revivals of the fittest. / Live, I Die For You and Eyes That Love by the Troubadours (Victor). Both these numbers from "The Love Call" have good tunes as backgrounds. Vocal refrains by Lewis James help put them across. There's One Little Girl Who Loves Me by the Ipana Troubadours and that'll You Do? by Leo Reisman and His Orchestra (Columbia). Two melodious dance numbers with a good chorus by Scrappy Lambert in the first. '5 Wonderful and Funny Face by Bernie Cummins and His Orchestra (Brunswick). This orchestra unfortunately misses most of the Gershwin subtlety and messes up the Gershwin time, but they can't completely ruin either of the songs. I'm in Heaven When I See You Smile — Dijne and Worryin' by the Regent Club Orchestra. (Brunswick). Two good languorous waltzes with old fashioned whistling effects. The Hours I Spent With You and An Old Guitar and An Old Refrain by Roger Wolfe .Kahn and His Orchestra with vocal refrains by Franklyn Baur (Victor). The first is a fair waltz. The second is called a fox trot but it cries out to be tangoed to! Up in the Clouds and Thinking of You by Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra (Victor). Hot and snappy in the usual Shilkret manner. There's a Cradle in Caroline by Nat Shilkret (Victor). Why didn't Mrs. Victor let Shilkret show the rest of them how to do it at the begin- ning? The Song is Ended by George Olsen and His Music. A good interpretation of a good waltz with a vocal chorus that's terrible! Down the Old Church Aisle and Is Everybody Happy Now? by Ted Lewis and His Band (Columbia). The first number stirs unpleasant memories. Has Ted Lewis been robbing the song cemetery? If so, he'd better replace the corpse. And, oh, Mister Lewis! lay the second number beside the first, while you're at it. From Saturday Night Till Monday Morning and She'll Never Find a Fellow Like Me by Ted Weems and His Orchestra (Victor). At last, a new idea in lyrics! And a catchy tune well played. We refer, of course, to the first number; the second is just a really good song on the old, old idea. Dear, On a Night Like This by Cass Hagan and His Park Central Hotel Orchestra and I'll Think of You by Al Lentz and His Orchestra (Colum- bia). Two smooth, gliding fox trots, if you know what we mean. Thinking of You and Up in the Clouds by Harry Archer and His Orchestra (Brunswick). Direction without enthusiasm. Where Is My Meyer? by Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra and Blue Baby by George Olsen and His Music (Victor). Fast-moving numbers handled by experts. Make My Cot Where The Cot-Cot-Cotton Grows and Sugar by Red Nichols' Stompers (Victor). Why, this orchestra must have been up all night! Or, how do you explain the monotony? Wherever You Are and Hcadin' For Harlem by Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra (Victor). Franklyn Baur helps the orchestra make the best of two fair numbers. Worryin by Don Voorhees and His Orchestra and Where in the World by The Cavaliers (Columbia). If they got rid of their worries they might play better, or perhaps it's the song. The other number is not much better. The Song Is Ended by the Columbians (Columbia). "But the melody lingers on." And why not? It's a good one and well treated by the Columbians. There Must Be Somebody Else by the Radiolites. Nice orchestration and a good vocal chorus by Scrappy Lambert, formerly one half of the Trade and Mark combination. Mother of Mine, I Still Have You and Blue River by Al Jolson and William F. Wirges and His Orchestra (Brunswick). Just your mother's boy, aren't you, Al? Two Black Crows, Parts 5 and 6, by Moran and Mack (Columbia). More an* more Moran and Mack. Good Records of Operas You Have Heard POURING the current radio season, parts of many great '-•^ and popular operas have been heard in the Balkite Hour, relayed from Chicago with the Chicago Civic Opera Company. And on the N. B. C. Networks, many well-liked operas have been done in tabloid form by the National Grand Opera Company. New electrical recordings of some of the most popular operas are offered by the leading phonograph com- panies. Some of these listed below are new, some not so new, but all are excellent and worth adding to one's collection. Celeste Aida Celeste Aida Ritorna vincitor O patria mia La fatal pietra Morir! si pura e bella! Grand March Nel fiero anelito) O terra addio \ ,1 Air des Bijoux Le Roi de Thule Parlate d'amore Ballet music (four parts on two records) Soldiers' Chorus Serenade Mephistopheles Duet from Garden Scene Aida (Verdi) Giovanni Martinelli Ulysses Lappas Elisabeth Rethberg Ponselle-Martinelli Columbia Symphony Orchestra G. Arangi-Lombardi and Francesco Merli Faust (Gounod) Edith Mason Florence Easton Margarete Matzenauer Sir H. J. Wood and the New Queen's Hall Orchestra Victor Male Chorus Marcel Journet Vessella's Italian Band *! Prologo, Si puo Prologo, Un nido di memorie Selections Ballatella — "Che volo d'augelli" No Pagliacci non son! ) Vesti la Giubba > Di Provema il mar Prelude II Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Lawrence Tibbett Creatore's Band Florence Easton Giovanni Martinelli La Traviata (Verdi) Giuseppe Danise Capitol Grand Orchestra (Mendoza conducting) Viclor Columbia Brunswick Victor Columbia Columbia Brunswick Brunswick Victor Columbia Victor Victor Brunswick Viclor Viclor Brunswick Victor Brunswick Brunswick