LAB REPORT. ON, STEREO POWE,R AMPLIFIE.R KITS .- APRIL 1962 • 50 CENTS I I

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FOREIGN . ION . -LANGUAGE RECORDS: AN EVALUAT IS ELLA ' . R? NO b . FITZGERALD A GREAT JAZZ SINGE . y N~t Rentoff - YES by Leonard Feather

AN " ~J '.1n 3/lv QNV' H~IH 6JZ , I S ~ VV OHl 3 ~ __t;: c I 0 , Z 0 I H 8 I I 0 H ------i The 340 50·watt Tuner/Amplifier Combination is a new kind of compo· nent. Even though tuner, preamplifier and power stages are all on one 6 compact chassis, Scott's outstanding eng in eering group has been ab le to incorporate all the features and superb performance of sepa· • rate Scott units. No compromises have been made. No corners have been cu t. No specifications have been inflated. For examp le, the Ti me Switching multiplex section, like all Scott FM Stereo tuners, contains 4 tubes and 9 diodes. It is not stripped to 2 or 3 tubes li ke many compromise tuner /ampli fiers. The power stages pro· vide 50 watts at low frequencies where it really counts and where con· ve ntional tuner /amplifiers rated at 1000 cps fall down bad ly. Feature after feature, the 340 fulfills the Scott promise of superb performance. Obvious features and innovations tell only part of the story. All Scott components include refi nements and intangibles whi ch you wi ll find payoff in years of trouble·free performance. As leaders in technical innovation, implacable quality control and remarkable va lue, Scott stands alone. 1. Unique Sonic·Monitor tunes to the tone to tell you when stereo FM programs are on the air. Completely eliminates guesswork and mis· leading in dications. 2. Precision meter insures accurate tuning - a must for low distortion stereo reception. 3. Separate bass and treb le controls. To find FM stations broadcasti ng stereo multiplex simply push 4. Sub·Channel Noise Filter for reduced noise . the Sonic-Monitor Switch to "Monitor" and tune across the dial. Wh en you hea r the monitor tone from your speakers. you know 5. AGC switch for best reception of weak multiple)< signals. positively that you have tuned to a stereo broadcast. Then simply 6. Scott sil ver·plate d front en d to assure sensitivity better than 2.5 JJ.v push the monitor switch back to "listen", lean back and enjoy by IHFM standards. ,. FM stereo. Th e Scott Sonic-Mon itor' provides a positive, relia- ~ ble indicat ion of FM stereo broadcasting. It is never activated by 7. Special filters insure flawless off-the-air stereo tape recording. spurious signals as are most visual systems: 8. Inputs for tape re co rd er, TV, phono cartridge and tape deck. · Patent Pending 9. Compact! Size in handsome accessory case on ly 17 X" W x 6X/I H X 167;;/1 D. SCOT~~ 10. Plus, of course, all the hidden design and construction refinements . that make Scott co mponents your wis est long-term in vestment. H. H. Scott, Inc., III Powd ermill Rd .. Maynard. Mass. Dept. 245-04 Export : Morhan Exporting Corp ., 458 Broadway, N. Y. C. The new 340 is in the proud tradition of the famous Scott 355 tuner I Canada: Atlas Radio Corp ., 50 Wingold Ave., Toronto amplifier so widely acclaimed by aud io authorities. The 340 offers yo u superb performance and amazing flexibility at modest cost. If your Rush me complete details on yo ur new 60 watt 340 Multi. plex Tuner IAmplifier Combin ation. power requirements are more demanding, however, and you wish to receive AM as well as FM, we suggest that you see and hear the 355 Name ...... "" ...•..: ." : • ., •.• ' •• ,: _ " ,_ f , '! . '\. ~,:\!'~ 80 watt Tuner /Amplifier at your dealer. Pri ce of the 355 with separate 20880 walt stereo power amplifier is $449.90. Th e new 60 watt 340 is Address . .••.•• ' .•. , " ., " " ... - .. _...... • •••• , •• -.,. only $379.95, and w ill be available in late April. Pri ces do not in­ c\uoe case, ana are slightly higher west of the Roc kies. City . . ..••.• .••• . , . •• ..•• • ...•••••••State ...•••••...•.• ·Patent Pending

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• New inner envelopes with Recording Premiere of the Com­ A Brilliant New "Boheme" factory-sealed plastic linings plete Opera, scored for Voices and Puccini: LA BOHEME - Renata 97 Percussion Instruments. Super­ Scotto, Gianni Poggi, Tito Gobbi, vised by the Composer (and in others. Chorus & Orchestra of the • Double factory-sealing, Sensational Stereo Sound) Florence May Festival condo An­ inside and out Carl Orff: ANTIGONAE - Inge tonino Votto.-Sung in Italian. Two. Borkh, Ernst HaefIiger, Kim Borg, 12" records, boxed, with libretto. • Newly-designed, hard others. Members of the Bavarian LPM 18764/ 5 Radio Symphony Orchestra condo Stereo: SLPM 138 764/ 5 and sturdy outer jackets Ferdinand Leitner - Sung in Ger­ man. Three 12" records, boxed, with BRAHMS: Violin & Piano So·nata illustrated libretto. LPM 18 717/ 19 No.2 in A; Scherzo from the F-A-E These albums are further distinguished by Stereo: SLPM 138 717/19 Sonata; FRANCK: Violin & Piano The Fabulous Richter's Newest! Sonata in A.-Wolfgang Schneider­ handsome artwork and elegant typogra­ SVIATOSLAV RICHTER: Chopin han, Violin; Carl Seemann, Piano. phy. New releases of DEUTSCHE Ballade No. 3 in A flat; Haydn LPM 18 633 Stereo: SLPM 138 633 Sonata No. 44 in g; Prokofiev GRAMMOPHON, produced in Europe, HAYDN: Symphony No. 94 in G, Sonata No. 8 in B flat; Debussy "Surprise"; Symphony No. 101 in will be distributed exclusively by MGM selections from Preludes, Book I. D, "The Clock" - Berlin Philhar­ LPM 18 766 Stereo: SLPM 138 766 monic O rchestra condo Karl Richter. RECORDS. Exciting New Directions in LPM 18 782 Stereo: SLPM 138 782 Modern German Music Specialists in many fields have contributed WERNER EGK: Quattro Canzoni MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 17 (Irmgard Seefried, Bavarian State in G, K.453; Piano Concerto No. 21 their skills to make each DEUTSCHE Radio Orchestra condo by the in C, K.567-Geza Anda, Piano, and GRAMMOPHON GESELLSCHAFT composer). condo the Camerata Academica GOTTFRIED VON EINEM: Piano Orch. album worthy of a permanent, distinctive Concerto, Op. 20 (Gerty Herzog & LPM 18 783 Stereo: SLPM 138 783 place in your library. Naturally, these Berlin Symphony Orchestra condo MOZART: Symphony No. 29 in A, Ferenc Fricsay). K.201 ; Symphony No. 41 in C, splendid imported recordings, now avail­ BORIS BLACHER: i3 Ways Of K.551, "Jupiter"-Vienna Sym­ able at your record shop, cost a little more. Looking At A Blackbird (Ernst phony Orchestra condo Ferenc Haefliger & the Drole Quartet). Fricsay. They are well worth the difference. tPM 18 759 Stereo: SLPM 138 759 LPM 18 709 Stereo: SLPM 138 709

DIRECT IMPORT FACTORY SEALED For further information, write: MGM RECORDS 550 Fifth Avenue, New York 36 (A Division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.) 2 CIRCLE NO. 44 ON READER SERVICE CARD HIFI/ STEREO APRIL 1962 VOLUME 8 NUMBER 4 o

THE MUSIC Martin Bookspan 24 THE BASIC REPERTOIRE Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 Joseph Wechsberg 33 THE FESTIVAL MERRY-GO-ROUND A sharp look at the European music festivals Floyd St. Clair 46 FROM AAL TO ZUT: AN APPRAISAL OF FOREIGN­ ,," LANGUAGE RECORDS What recorded courses can and cannot do Leonard Feather 52 IS ELLA FITZGERALD CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Nat Hentoff A GREAT JAZZ SINGER? Christie Burter T wo jazz critics have opposing points of mew lilartin Bookspan 57 BEST OF THE MONTH William Flanagan The outstanding new releases Stanlev Green 66 MUSIQUIZ Nat -Hentof/ Julian D. flirsrh Nat Hentoff 92 A SINGING MAP OF GREAT BRITAIN George lellinek The Lomax-Kennedy fi eld recordings Igor Kipnis THE EQUIPMENT EDITORIAL CONSULTANT Oliver Read Hans H. Fantel 20 BEGINNERS ONLY A basic ajJProach to audio ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Lawrenre Sporn Julian D. Hirsch 29 TECHNICAL TALK Comment on CUTT ent hi-fi developments ADVERTISING SERVICE MANAGER Julian D. Hirsch and 40 DO-IT-YOURSELF Ardys C. Moran Gladden 8. Houck, Jr. POWER AMPLIFIERS Laborat01Y reports on the H eath AA-121, the ZIFF-DAVIS PUBLISHING COMPANY Editorial and Executive Oftlce (ORegon 9·7200) Knight KB-85, the Dynaco Stereo 70, and the One Park Avenue, N e w York 16, New York WliHam B. zur. Chairman of the Boat'd (1916· 1 953 ) EICO HF89K WlIllnm zur . Preside nt ii'~r:ti:ldy>.r~:r~tir.s. Executive Vice Pres ident INSTALLATION OF THE MONTH Vice President and General Manager 51 M. T . Birmingham. Jr., Vice Pres ident a nd Treasurer Stereo in the basement Hobert P . Breeding. Circulation Director Chnrles Housman. Financial Vice President Midwestern and Circulation Office ( WAbash 2.4911) J. Gordon Holt 56 SOUND AND THE QUERY 434 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago 5, Illinois Midwest e rn Adve rtlslnJr Manager: Jack Tie rney Prerequisites for hi-fi sound Wes tern OffiCe (CRestview 4·0265) 9025 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly HlIIs . Ca lifornia West ern Advertising Manager: Bud Dean I: ~~~IJ\~~nG~«jfrr;!~?~~tive THE REVIEWS 804 Firs t Nation al Bank Bundlng Ralph Bates, Martin Bookspan, Temple . 1'exas PRos pect 8·33 L1 William Flanagan, David Hall, 63 HIFI/STEREO CLASSICS Foreig n Advertising Representative George Jellinek, Igor Kipnis D. A. Goodall Ltd .• London, E ng la n d SUBSCRl.PTION SERVICE: A ll subscription corre· Nat Hentoff, Peter J. Welding 77 HIFI/STEREO JAZZ spondence s hould be addressed to HiFi I Stereo ~~ ~~~~~;: 'iMfc~;~toJ1. ~?fl~~~~n~ie~ :: ~I~~!~l ~rn~~'tss~ s ix w.eeks for change of address. Inc lude y our o ld Christie Barter, David Hall 83 HIFI/STEREO REEL addL'CSs . as well as n ew- e nclosing If possible an addres s label from a recent Issue. ED ITORI AL CONTRIBUTIONS must be accompanied AND CARTRIDGE ~b l ~e~ ~~~; q~g!'~~r~ngubN~h~~ ~sa~u~~~ ~~t~e~~:;'~os~: b liity for return or s afety of a rt work. photographs. Stanley Green, Nat Hentoff, or m:tnusc,olpts. 89 HIFI/STEREO ENTERTAINMENT ~?f~r~1t~~ ~e~~~v~::' Zlff ·Davis P ublishing Company. Peter J. Welding H1FI / STEREO REVLEW April . 1982 . Volume 8 , Number 4. Is publis hed monthl\' by ZIIT·Davls Pub· II s hlnJr Compnny at 434 South \"abash Avenue. Chi· THE REGULARS cn~o 5. Illinois. Subscription raLes : o n~ y ~a .. United Stutes nnd Poss(!sslons $5.00: Canada and Pan· Ame rican Union Countries $5.50: all oth(!r for­ e ign countries $6.00. Second·class postage patd 4 EDITORIALLY SPEAKING at Chicago. Tlllnois and at additional mailing of· ~c;8~c ADui~l~:i~e:nt~S 6it~~~~ c6ri~~d~~tlanbJ' }~~ ~~~~ m c n t of postnge tn Ctll':h. 6 HIFI SOUNDINGS 10 LETTERS 14 JUST LOOKING 98 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS

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by FURMAN HEBB

HERE HAS been a considerable hullabaloo in recent weeks over T an announcement made by a Corpus Christi, Texas, FM sta tion (KTOD) that it was going to broadcast its programs in such a way A PRECISION as to make it impossible to tape-record them . The purpose of this 4 SPEED technical devilry, it was said, was to force those people who record music off the air at home to go out and buy commercial recordings. On a national basis this would supposedly benefit the recording in­ dustry by something like $25 to $50 million annually. What would PLAYBACK UNIT, happen, technically, would be that a high-frequency signal in the in­ - audible range (about 60,000 cps ) would be transmitted along with SECOND TO NONE the program to interfere with the bias frequency of the tape recorder, $99""0 causing a recording of the program to produce a constant and annoy­ for only ;) comple te ing whistle. On checking into the facts of the case, I found that the situa tion For the ultimate in record was 'not so grim as it fi rst seemed. For one thing, it turned out that the playing togetherness, ask your dealer for the ESL Con­ KTOD announcement had been m ade by a consulting engineer and cert Series playback unit­ had not been authorized by the station management. The m anager the unique, high performance of the station, Carrol! Wakefi eld, said that he had no intention of Gyro/ Spension turntable, the putting the plan into effect, feeling that it would not be in the inter­ famed Super Gyro/ Balance ests of local listeners. arm and the Triumphant new Further, such action would invo lve both technical and legal diffi­ Redhead stereo cartridge­ culties. As to the technical problems, because there are few FM a II facto ry assem bled for your instantaneous pleasure. tuners that could pass a 60,000-cps signal through their demodulator This harmoniously engi­ circuits, the signal probably would not accomplish its jamming pur­ neered combination assures pose. As to the legal problem, FCC regula tions stipulate tha t FM you the finest reproduction stations must limit their programs to audio frequencies-which is to obtainable ... just plug it in. say, an upper limit of 15,000 cps. The provision can be gotten around ESL-61 Concert Series only if the stati on decides to change its mode of operation and run a playback unit, complete, background-music subchannel along with its primary channel. This $99.50 would involve a whole new set of financial considerations, and would not be a likely s ~e p merely to frustrate tape-recorder owners. So, all _ ~ o. U"'N'NO A< m.m in all , it is a distinct pleasure to report that tape-recorder users seem Electro-Sonic to have little cause for alarm. Laboratories, Inc. ************************************************ ');'-- Dept R . 627 Broadway ' Ne w York 12. NY Coming Next Month In HrFr/STEREO REVIEW THE ART OF BENNO MOISEIWITSCH By Victor Alexander

LAB REPORT ON STEREO AMPLIFIER KITS: PART 2 By Julian D. Hirsch and Gladden B. Houck, Jr.

RIAS: CULTURE VS. COMMUNISM By Frederic Grunfeld

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(You Will be billed $1.00 more If is very limited, mail the coupon today! tender, Enchanted, of manly eloquence" It Hot, Magnificent etc ...... $4.98 -N.Y. Times, ,$5.98 Seven, etc. • • $4.98 SEND NO MONEY - Mail coupon to receive your Stereo Phonograph for $7.95 COLUMBIA RECORD CLUB, Dept. 274-3 CIRCLE ONE NUMBER: Stereophonic Phonograph Section 1. Johnny's Mood 165 West 46th Street, New York 36, N. Y. ($4.9S ) Please send me - at once - the stereo r ecord I h nve indlcated ~t 2. Rhap sod y' in Blue the right With m y recor d I will receive n bill for S12.93 (that s $498 for 'the recor d . $7.95 for the p h on ogr aph ) plus a sm a ll ship­ ($5.9S) "--,./ pli,g ch arge. ( If I select a $5.98 record. I will be billed lor S1.00 3. TV Sing Along ($4 .9 S) more) Upon paym ent of this bUI. I will recelve a Columbia Com ­ pact Stereo Phonogr aph. En roll me in the following Division of the 4. Platters Encore Club: (check one box only) ($4 .9S) 7. Cathy's Clown, A 8. Also: Londonder­ 9. 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by DAVID H ALL

HOW MANY IS ENOUGH?

HE TURN of the year saw the release of five new stereo recordings T of Cesar Franck's Symphony in D M inor within as many weeks. At first view such unanimity of effort seems faintly ludicrous; the World's most effect is almost as though some mysterious little man were muttering Complete Line of instructions to the whole industry. But from the standpoint of serious listening by someone who really wants to find out what music is all Hi fi Phased about, not just in terms of lists of works but in terms of performance fM Antennas .. . styles as well, there is much to be said in favor of owning more than one recorded performance of basic masterpieces. Since the first issues of this magazine we have had letters and tele­ phone calls, we have been stopped by people in the street, in record • No matter how well your FM unit shops, and on commuter trains asking which is the "best" current is performing, you'll hear the differ­ recording of Beethoven's "Eroica," Bach's Bmndenburg Concertos, ence a FINCO makes. Rich, luxurious Mozart's L e Nozze di Figaro or Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. distortion-free saund is yours when Such queries, frequently unanswerable, provide the mison d'etre for you pick just the right FM antenna M artin Bookspan's series of "Basic Repertoire" essays, which have from FINCO's complete line. been a regular feature of HIFI/ STEREO REVIEW since the fall of 1958. The purpose of this series is to screen ou t for our readers the four or five most distinguished recorded performances of works that may be available in as many as twenty-five different recorded versions. Almost never is it possible to recommend one particular recording of fM2 KIT - $14 .50 a work to the absolute exclusion of all others. R ather, the author gen­ erally indicates his personal preferences and at the same time singles out two or three other versions of distinction that may be preferable FM3 - $1300 to listeners of different tastes. It is one of the exasperations as well as the delights of dealing with performing arts like music and drama that it is so hard to pin down anyone interpretation of a symphony, opera, or play and to say, "This is it-for a ll time." I n fact, the greater the masterpiece, whether i.t be Hamlet or the "Eroica," Saint Joan or the B Minor Mass, the more

FM4 - $24 .90 susceptible it is to varying emphases in interpretation, each of equal artistic validity. Without question, a major limitation of recorded performance as such is that once the listener has acquired what he feels to be the version of, say, the "Eroica," he is stuck with that particular per­ "?F ·f'.'E' formance, be it by Klemperer, Toscanini, or Szell. Especially if he is a relative newcomer to serious music, he will find over a period of Plus FMT-1 Turnstile Kit - $14.50 time that his opinions of all other " Eroica" performances he hears Write today for Catalog #20-213. have tended to become conditioned into rigidity by the single version he has in his own library-unless, that is, he has maintained his per­ ® spective by acquiring alternative recordings as safeguards against the calcification of prejudice. Then he may discover that in the manner . FINCO of Wallace Stevens' T wenty-Four Ways of L ooking at a Blackbird, there may be varied ways of looking at Beethoven. THE FINNEY COMPANY The burden of our argument, then, is: don't let yourself get into ' Dept. H.D. a rut with just a single recorded interpretation of a major master­ 34 W. Interstate Road Bedford, Ohio piece of music, particularly if you would know that masterpiece in depth. Also, while it is fascinating for the discophile to explore as CIRCLE NO. 63 ON READER SERVICE CARD 6 HIFI/STEREO We have nothing to hide

except this new ' concealable version

of the Fisher universal Multiplex adapter.

There is nothing secret about Fisher components - in specifications, circuitry or construction ,------...,-----,-",--.., details. It's easy to come out in the open when you have the best of everything. I FREE! $1.00 VALUE! Write for But there are quite a few FM tuner owners who don't find it easy to have a Multiplex J the 1962 Fisher Handbook, a adapter out in the open. No matter how eager they are to receive the thrilling new FM Stereo 40·page illustrated reference broadcasts with the finest possible equipment, they simply don't have room for another control guide and compon ent catalogue panel out front. For that reason they have been unable to take advantage of the superb Fisher for cu stom stereo installations. MPX-IOO, until now the only truly universal Multiplex adapter-the only instrument capable of Fi sher Radio Corpo ra tion converting any high-quality FM tuner or receiver of any make or model to FM stereo operation_ 21' 37 44th Drive The new Fisher MPX-200 now provides an alternative_ It can be conveniently hidden any­ Lon g Island City 1, N. Y. where, up to three feet from the FM tuner or receiver, and it completely duplicates the MPX· IOO in electronic performance - including universal compatibility, freedom from distortion, unusually Pl ease send f ree Handbook, complete with de· I great channel separation and a high signal·to-noise ratio_ tailed sp ecif ica tion s on Fi sher Multiplex Adapters. I There's only one essential difference between the MPX-IOO and the MPX·200: the former Name ______I incorporates the exclusive Fisher Stereo Beacon. This ingenious Fisher invention automatically I lights a signal to show whether or not an FM station is broadcasting in Multiplex and automati· .Addres s;______I cally switches the equipment to the correct mode of operation, Mono or Stereo. Stereo Beacon I necessarily requires a front control panel. City ______Zone_Stale'____ I The Fisher MPX·IOO universal MUltiplex adapter, less cabinet, is priced at $119.50* ; the SR 406 I Fisher MPX-200, less cabinet, at $79.50* . *PRIC[S SLIQ HTLY HICHER IN THE FAR WES T ------~ APRIL 1962 CIRCLE NO. 64 ON READER SERVICE CARD 7 broad a spectrum as possible of the musical repertoire, there is m uch to be said as well for developing one's knowledge and taste in the range of performance styles that are valid for the major works of the concert and opera repertoire. The highstrung T os­ 'canini treatment of Brahms's Firs t Symphony finds a telling contrast in the mellower Central European tradi­ tion represented by Bruno Walter. If M aria Callas makes the utmost of the musical-dramatic values of L ucia di Lammerm oor, Joan Sutherland pro­ jects the vocal brilliances of D onize t­ ti's score with peerless technique. Gus­ tav M ahler's poignant song-symphony Das L ie d von der Erde is associated in the minds of most record buyers wi th the sublime K athleen Ferrier and Bruno Walter reading, but a wholl y different and fascinating light is shed on this score when it is heard with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau singing the optionall y authorized baritone ver­ sion. Purists will tell you that the Bach

keyboard concertos should be heard only with harpsichord ; but it is both a revelation and a stirring artistic ex­ perience to play first the R alph Kirk­ patrick performance on DGG Ar­ chive, then to compare the Angel Great R ecordings disc with the late Edwin Fischer at the piano. There arc countless other avenues through which one can explore musi­ cal m as t e rworks in d e pth- for instance, how the texture of the re­ corded sound, in terms of rich rever­ berance or detailed presence, can affect one's image of a composition. Comparison of Bart6k's Concerto for O rc hestra as recorded by Antal Dorati and the Minneapolis Symphony on the one hand and by Bernard H ai tink and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orch estra on the other makes a good starting point for this sort of research. All in all, we say then, purse per­ mitting, one recording is not enough -not when it comes to the real mas­ terpieces of the repertoire. • 8 CIRCLE NO. 69 ON READER SERVICE CARD HIFI/STEREO How to test a stereo kit for • top performance •

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------...,.----.., You don't even have to open the box. If it's a Fisher Strata Kit, you already have better USE THIS COUPON FISHER proof of performance than if you had built any other manufacturer's kit and tested it in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ll.\ ); \)110m , one of the world's most elaborately equipped audio laboratories. Fisher Radio Corporation How can Fisher make this claim? Very logically. Fisher has one of the world's most 21-37 44th Drive elaborately equipped audio laboratories. Fisher did build and test everyone else's kits Long Island City 1. N. Y. before the StrataKit engineering program was finalized. The task then set for Fisher Please send me without charge the engineers was to outclass in every way what they had found in other designs. Which complete Fisher Strata Kit catalogue ...... ---- ...... they did. They drew on all the knowledge accumulated in the course of 24 years in high I fidelity and the results are in the box. Strata Kits are easier to build than others, the Name I StrataKit instruction manuals are clearer than others. the completed Strata Kits have more I advanced features and perform better than others. And we have yet to hear of some· Address I One who could not complete his StrataKit successfully and with the greatest of ease. The Fisher I StrataKits now at your dealer are the KX·200 aO-watt stereo control· City zon.e.-..,State I amplifier and the KM·60 FM Stereo Multiplex wide·band tuner. Both sell for $169.50. SR 411 I Both are the world's finest in their class. The proof is simply in their name. ------APRIL 1962 CIRCLE NO. 64 ON READER SERVICE CARD 9 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Historic Note ence becomes more difficu lt to attain­ • Among the Viennese operettas re­ a loss suffered alikc by the a rtist and his viewed by Stanley G reen in the J anua ry, public. 1962, iss ue I was su rpri sed to find Paul David H a ll is perceptive indeed when Abraham's Victoria alld H er Hussar and he call s attention to ilie " moral and ethi­ Flown of H awaii. It is curiou that these ca l consequence" of this de\'elopment, almost forg:otten works should now ri se For we are just rediscovering that the up again in recorded form, like ghosts moral qua li ties of a person a re to a con­ from tha t hadowy era of the 1930's when sidera bl e degree a ffected by his aesthetic the old ord er had di ed and Europe experience. Andre Malraux, probabl y seemed to be searchinR for a nell' id entity. the leading philoso pher of a rt today, goes Even the unpretentious art of operetta re­ so far as to say that in its formative in­ Aected this cul tural l'urninR point at Hu ence upon cha racter reli gion is being whi ch Europe for th e fi rst tinl<' looked to increasingly supplanted by a rt. This "iew America for artistic inspiration. would seem to be borne out by statistics NEW FUJICA In their naive way, these rather flimsy of museum a nd concert attendance, ElECTRONIC EYE scores were amon,g the earli est instan ces which may be taken to mean that ma ny of European musica l comedy imitating people now seek their piritual sustenance ZOOM 8 Ameri ca n models. They were written at in artisti c experience. COIl\'ersely, one a time when jazz ( pronou nced "Yahtz" might specul a te that the uglines of parts Automatically and promoted as "Negennusik" ) first fell of our cities contributes to social disinte­ makes your every movie upon the incredul ous ears of Central gration there. a professional show Europe. But rJle co mpose r of these oper­ There is no doubt that Mr. Hall is ettas, while imi tatin g certa in jazz phrases aware of these social functions of a rt, WHAT YOU SEE ••• YOU CAN SHOOT I and harmoni es, entirely missed the psy­ so hi s answer to the problem raised bv That's how simple it is with the new chologica l basis of jazz : its emotional Dr. Barzun seems unexpectedly glib, To FUJICA ... and everything you see is freedom. Evidently that was something say that " th e responsibility for conse1'\'­ big, bright and clear through FUJICA's the European mind could not thcn com­ ing the m eaningfulness of a rt master­ le ns-like viewfinder. If you wear prehend. pi eces. , . rests ultimately on the indi­ glasses, you don't have to take them off. Thc stage life of these operettas, onc(' vidual" is to pl ace upon the individual CORRECT EXPOSURE IS AUTOMATIC. favorites of Vienna, was soon cut shon a burden too great to be born e wi th­ FUJICA's electronic eye opens up or by Hitler's invasion of Austri a, and the out social support. Mr. Hall should closes down the lens all by itself •.. composrr Aed to th e United States. I t is surely rea li ze how difficult it is to m<1in­ fast ... you can follow the exciting tragic to recall that when Abraham, tain personal standards in the face of action from bright sunlight into dark whose jazz-Aavored music was a kind of inAuences from the surrounding society. shade and never be concerned about perso nal fantasy of Amcri ca (in thc sa me underexposure or overexposure. T o assume a widespread Thoreaui an sense as Kafka's Amerika ) had to face abili ty to iso late oneself i pl a inl)' un­ WORLD-FAMOUS FUJINON f/1.8 LENS. the reali ty of the Unitcd States as a n un­ realistic in an age characteri zed by the SO powerful in its light-gathering known immigrant, hi s mind gave way. H e qualities, you can take most indoor psychology of Riesman's The L Ollely sequences without special lights. Want spent his last years in a New York State Crowd. that change of pace that keeps your hos pital for the in anc and would' not Admittedly therc is no substitute for audience applauding? ... ZOOM in or recogni ze hi s own music when it was individual responsibility. But too oft en ZOOM out ... intermix impressive pl ayed to him on a phonogra ph. individual responsibility is invoked to scenics with screen-filling eloseups. "\fALT ER KRONBACH a\'ert our attention from failures of With every precision feature that O akl and corpora te and institutional responsibili ty helps you make every movie a profes­ California in the affairs of state, of bu sin ess, and sional show ... the automatic FUJICA of a rt. W e might well begi n with a seri­ ZOOM 8 is surprisingly simple to use. Individualism Reconsidered ous re-evaluation of our cultural in stitu­ When you have your • In his J anuary "Hi-Fi Soundings" tions-including broadca, ters and record camera dealer demon­ column, D avid H all takes issue with compani es- a nd of the direc ti ons into strate this NEW J acques Barzun's contention that the whi ch they impel our civi li zation, FUJICA .. .look through the ZOOMING view­ populari zation of art has led to its de­ HER BERT REID finder ... you're in for basement. As Dr. BarzuIl points out, in New York City a pleasant surprise. an agc wh ere virtually all the art s, and New York esprcia ll y music, a re relentless ly pro­ Complete with f/1.8lens moted as sa labl e commodities, the in­ • D a\'id H a ll 's editori al impressed me costs less than $130 dividual ex peri ence of any single work greatly, and I am happy to note that Mr. of art- be it a painting, a pl ay, or a H a ll has more fai th in his (ell ow-man', FREE sy mphony- is a pt to be diluted. The ra tional ca pacity than does Dr. BarZlln . FACT BOOK: IIHow to take b e tter pictures with deluge of distracti on that fl ows constamly I find it incredible that the Pro\'o, t of still or movie cameras." from the commercial so urces of a rt erodes Colu mbia University-the institulion Write fOf your copy todoy. a rtistic experi en ce to the IC\'el of mere that 'Walt K ell y, the creator of Pogo, entertainment. The se nse of both cle\'a­ call s " .. . one of the flowers of our civili­ FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL PRODUCTS INC . ti on and concentrated deli ght th at ac­ zation"- could be so pessimistic. P erhaps 111 Filth Ave., Dept. A-62, N.Y. 3, N.Y. compani es a meaningful artistic cxperi- Dr. Barzun is forgetting about the many NO. 6S ON READER SERVICE CARD 10 HIFI/STEREO small speakers for small rooms?

These two AR-3 speakers provided Christmas music last year for Grand Central Terminal's main concourse, whose capacity is several million cubic feet. Carols and organ music were played in stereo at natural concert volume. Passers-by were often seen looking around for a Jive chorus or,_ pipe organ. Relative size does not determine the suitability of small, medium, or large speakers to small, medium, or large rooms. The only criterion by which performance may be judged is the ability of the speaker to reproduce music naturally, without coloration. The price of AR speakers ranges from $89 for an unfinished AR-2 to $225 for an AR-3 in walnut, cherry, or teak. A five -year guarantee covers parts, labor, and reimbursement of any freight charges to and from the factory. Catalog and a list of AR dealers in your area are available on request.

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CARTRIDGE men and women who do not attend uni­ versities. SHOULD YOU The basic trouble may be that, to quote Mr. Kell y again, "Language is the USE IN worst means of com m unication . . . . Pi c­ YOUR RECORD tures and good luck will get you any­ where." So, mi ght I add, will music. CHANGER? " VI LLlAn! ROXBU RGII Calgary, Alberta Canada THE selection of a cartridge for use with a record changer-mono or stereo-would appear to pose no special problem. Yet, there are certain things to be considered. Crooked Come-ons • Furman H ebb' column "Editoriall y A cartridge that tracks at some featherweight fraction of a gram may Speaking" in yo ur January, 1962 issue introduce problems if the record changer arm is not capable of track­ performs a much-needed service by call­ ing at that force. To adjust it, and attempt to use it at such a low force ing attention to the shady practices in may introduce complications. Joe Marshal, noted audio authority, dis­ door-to-doo r sellin g- of tape recorders. T o cussed this in his article I NSIDE THE CARTRIDGE (High Fidelity Maga­ hi s list of abuses Mr. H ebb might have zine, Jan. 1962)-HAn attempt to 1' educe needle p1'eSSW'e with an aTm added one more : the prom ise given b}' not designed fOl' low needle p1' eSSW' e will usually 1'esult in high di stoT­ the salesman to let the bu ye r come in and tion clue to loading the needle with the mass cmd f riction of t he co·m ." copy without charge the twenty top hits Induced hum is another problem to be considered and anticipated with each month. If this promise is kept, it a magnetic cartridge. The very nature of the magnetic cartridge implies copyright violati ons; if it is nor makes it an efficient hum transducer. In the field of an unshielded AC kept, it is a case of consum er fraud. The motor, it is prone to r eproduce hum in the loudspeaker system. Music Publi shers Protecti\'e Associa tion The r ecord changer owner must make fairly certain that the tracking or the Better Busin ess Bureau might well capabilities of the arm and motor shielding are suitable fo r use with look into this. a magnetic cartridge. He can avoid these complications, and enjoy S. A. CIS LE R superlative performance by selecting a ceramic stereo cartridge. Louisvill e K entucky . Sonotone was the first to develop the use of cer amics in piezo-electric phono pickup applications. And today, the Velocitone cartridge stands out as one of the most notable attainments in high quality record Mono Reviews r eproduction. The Velocitone tracks at 2 to 4 grams - well within the • I feel sure that a fair proportion of capabilities of any r ecord changer arm. And it will perform in the your readers sti ll do not have stereo magnetic field of an entirely unshielded motor without the trace of equipment and arc therefore chi efly in­ magnetically induced hum. terested in mono recordings. Yet your record reviews som etim es give only the With magnetically induced hum and stylus force problems out of the stereo number of a certain record and way, here's the kind of performance yci u can expect from the Veloci­ fail to list the corresponding mono num­ tone: usable frequency response from 20 to 20,000 cycles (-± 1h db ber. This may lead to the erroneous con­ from 20 to 6,000 cps ; ±1 db to 17,000 cps) . Output is 11 mv. per channel clusion that no mono version exists and with better than 25 db separ ation. may keep many rea cl ers from buying discs The Velocitone is provi'ded with matched equali zers (no tools re­ they rea ll y want. Can you remedy this? quired) so that it operates as a constant velocity device, and can feed "VILTON GLASS directly into the 'magnetic' phono input of any stereo preamp. What's Brooklyn more, the Velocitone's performance is unaffected by extreme tempera­ New York t ure and humidity changes. The Velocitone, priced at $26.50 with two 0.7 mil turnover diamond B ecause of the costs involved, rela­ styli, gives you, in effect, two cartridges for the price of on e. With tively few recoTCl com panies send out diamond/sapphire combination, the pr ice is $23.50. Ask your hi-fi both mono and stereo veTSions of the dealer to demonstrate the Velocitone, the cartridge that is perform­ same recording for Teview. About the 011.1 ), ance-matched to your r ecord changer. Write for descriptive literature. companies that do e.1'tend this collrtesy to reviewers are D ecca, D eutsche Gram ­ mophon, Library of R ecorded Master­ SONOTONE®CORPORATION pieces, R 'ichmond, RCA V ictor, T ele­ funken, Vanguard, and W estminster. In ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS DIVISION • ELMSFORD, NEW YORK the jJast, HIFr/ STEREO REVIEW has 11 0t CANADA: ATLAS RADIO CORP., TORONTO listed both versions when only one was submitted fo r feaT the reader might er­ CARTRIDGES • SPEAKERS • TAPE HEADS • MIKES TOn eously assume that the reviewer was ELECTRONIC TUBES • BATTERIES • HEARING AIDS commenting on a version that he had not actually hem d. However, since a number of readeTS have made suggestions similar to that of Mr. Glass, beginning with this issue both mono and steTeo numbers are listed for all LP records that m e available in both forms. T o avoid misleading the reader, the listing of al1 )' record not actually heard by the reviewer is foll owed by an ast erisk (). 12 HIFI / STEREO

CIRCLE NO. 120 ON READER SERVICE CARD Let it guide you to the wonders of stereo music being broadcast by FM Stations throughout the country. With this all new Heathkit Stereo tuner you can enjoy AM, FM, or FM Stereo ... listening unlimited (and when your FM station shifts to stereo, the light turns on; automatically alerting you). Throughout this amazing unit, both professional and hobbyist will appreciate the design, performance, durability, and styling that has made Heathkit the world leader in high fidelity electronic kits. And, as 1. listen 3 Ways; AM. FM . or FM Stereo 2. Separate Tuning Meters (AM & FM) Insure Precise Station Settings 3 . "Squelch" elimi· always, this superb engineering is accomplished within a nates noise betwee n FM Stations 4. Phase Control for distortion· less stereo reception 5 . Automatic Freq u e ncy Control " Iocks-in" price range that makes this truly remarkable instrument avail­ station signals 6. Factory-Assembled. pre-aligned FM front end able to anyone really interested in fine music. 7. Circuit Board Construction for easy assembly 8. Built-In AM a nd FM Anten nas 9. Multiplex Ci rc uit an integral part of unit Kit AJ-41 ..•• $119.95 Assembled AJW-41 •••. $189.95 r------~------, I The rema rkable AJ-41 is 0 Please send me a free copy of th e Heathkit 1962 Catalog I I just one of over 200 differ- I I ~,giWlil:"il .:~a\ ,:~~ec::oO; i~ e~~:~ ;. i~ ~ Name I I -- see all of these eco nomical I I THE H EAT H COM PAN V units. don't fail to write for Address I I Benton Harbor 40, M i chigan your free copy of th e giant I I 100-page Hea th kit Catalog. City Zone __State I ~------~ APRIL 1962 CIRCLE NO. 72 ON READER SERVICE CARD 13 just 100king p.~- presents: .. . at the best in new hi-fi components The Sensational New • Concord introduces a stereo tape phono input, I millivolt for the tape head transport mechanism (Model 400-D ) and input. The tone controls permit a 15-db a matching record/playback amplifier boost or cut at 50 and 10,000 cps. Phono MULTIPLEX (Model 400-RP ). The two components equalization for RIAA and NAB and are also ava ilabl e in a combined unit tape equalization for 7Y2 and 3% ips are (Model 401). The quarter-track trans­ provided, as are scratch and rumble fil­ SYSt·EM port operates at 7Y2 and 3% ips and is ters, loudness compensation, and a tape­ driven by an induction motor. Wow and monitor output. Dimensions: 15% x 5~ with the Famous x 8% inches. Price: $59.95 (kit), $89.95 (factory-wired). (EICO Electronics In­ strument Co., Inc., 33-00 Northern Blvd., Long Island City I, N. Y.) circle 167 on reader service card

• DeWald Tuners and Amplifiers are • Gromme5 offers as part of its new designed with exceptional skill, pre­ line of ampli fiers and tuners a low-cost cision, and tone quality. DeWald, a mono ampli fier, the LJ8. The amplifier leader in t he industry for over forty has 10 watts (sine-wave) output and fre­ years, produces High-Fidelity prod­ ucts of superior quality at popular quency response from 20 to 20,000 cps prices! Write for information and ± 1 db. Harmonic distortion is 1 per cent catalogs today. (at 1,000 cps), and 1M distortion is 3 per cent at full output. Hum and noise are - 52 db on the magnetic phono input. Separate treble and bass controls as well as tape input and output connections are provided. Dimensions: 11 x 7~ x 4 inches. Price: $39.95. (Metal cover: $5.00 ) . (Grommes Division of Precision Rutter are less than 0.18 per cent at 7Y2 UTheModel Overture" R·ll03 95 Electronics, 910 1 King Street, Franklin & 119 • A.M.·F.M. Mona ural Stereo t uner with built-I n ips and less than 0.25 per cent at 3% ips. Park, Ill.) multiplex. A udiophile circle 168 on reader service card Net-Case incl. Frequency response is from 30 to 16,000 cps ±2 db at 7Y2 ips. Crosstalk is -55 db. • Harman-Kardon's latest addition The record/ pl ayback am plifier has sep­ to the Award Series is the Stereo Festival arate equalization for the two tape III (Model TA5000X), which includes speeds, a signal-to-no.ise ratio of better in a single unit AM and FM tuners, an than 55 db, monitor jacks for hi gh-im­ pedance earphones, cathode-follower out­ put stages for conn ection to ex ternal playback equ ipment, and VU meters as

F .M. Multiplex level indicators. -Price: $119.95 (400-D wide and medium tape transport ), $ 119.95 (400-RP re­ tUners equipped with multi­ plex jacks. Audiophile Net co rd/playback preamp), $249.95 (401 -Case incl. combination ) . ( Concord E lectronics Corp., 809 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Los An­ geles 38, Calif. ) t circle 166 on reader service card adapter for recelvmg stereo-FM broad­ casts, and a stereo amplifier rated at 20 • EICO announces a stereo preampli­ watts per channel (sine-wave power) fier (ST84 ) ava il able both in kit form with complete control facilities. .... The Concerto" Model P-1400 or factory-wired. At 2 vo lts output, har­ Amplifier frequency response at the Stereophonic Pre-Amp., equ al- 99 9S monic distortion is 0.06 per cent from I-watt level is 12 to 70,000 cps ± 1 db. ~:JfO;~~ s ~~~Vr~l Y a\~f~i£\~re • uScherzo" a nd UOvertureU 20 to 20,000 cps, and 1M distortion is The FM section has a usable sensitivity Multiplex Tuners 5 how n above. A udioohil e Net­ of 3.2 microvolts (IHFM). -Case lncl. Operating features include a tuning meter for AM and FM, defeatable AFC, separate tone controls for each channel, blend control, function-indicator lights, scratch and rumble filters, variable equal­ -.~-~ DIVISION OF ~. (j. ization (RIAA/NAB), loudness compen­ UNITED SCIENTIFIC LABORATORIES, Inc. sation, and a stereo headphone jack on ~5 ·1 ~ 37th Ave. , Long Island City 1, N. Y. the front panel. Dimensions: 16 x 13;/2 EXPORT DEPT.: I In Canada: 0.04 per cent. FrequenC}' response is 5 to 25 Warren st. L. J . BARDWELL CO. x 6;,4 inches. Price: $299.95 (walnut en­ Nt':bl~o'::'~d:-:"S5; ' Box 142-Station D 25,000 cps ±0.3 db, and input sensitivity closure $29.95) . (Harman-Kardon, Inc., SIMONTRICE Toronto 9, Ontario (to obtain an output of 1 vo lt at 1,000 Plainview, N.Y.) cps ) is 1.6 millivolts for th e magnetic circle 169 on reader service card CIRCLE NO. 45 ON READER SERVICE CARD 14 HIFI/STEREO THE ANSWER IS: Use the cartridge of your choice ... any n~anufacturer, any model! The arm on the Type A will bring out the best in any cartridge with a weighted, full-size, non-magnetic turntable; a laboratory­ •.. tracking (and tripping) at the lightest pressure specified by balanced, double-shielded motor; and (when you want it) the the cartridge manufacturer. This includes the professional mod­ gentlest automatic record-handling mechanism ever designed; els, which were developed originally for separately-sold tone rewards you with the full measure of the magnificent reproduc­ arms because of their high compliance. 0 Now, Garrard integrates tion achieved by any of the latest, finest, stereo cartridges. 0 precisely such an arm into the Type A Automatic Turntable. This Extravagant concept, yes ... but the price of the Garrard Type A is a dynamically-balanced, counterweighted arm, designed and Automatic Turntable is exceedingly modest, only $79.50. built with the same precision, the same balance, the same free­ For illustrated literature, write Dept. GD-122, dom from friction, the same playback charac­ Garrard Sales Corporation, Port Wasbington,N.Y. teristics and low resonance expected in tone arms separately sold, regardless of price. GARRARD'S lABS~~~~~RY TYPE A The Type A arm, operating in conjunction AUTOMATIC TURNTABLE

CIRCLE NO. 147 ON READER SERVICE CARD • Lafayette's LA-440 is an alI-tran­ sistor amplifier rated at 20 watts music power per channel. It employs a total of 29 so lid-state devices (transistors and diodes) and has a frequency response of 20 to 20,000 cps ± 0.5 db. 1M distortion is 0.5 % at 1 db below clipping level, hum is - 72 db on the phono input, - 85 db on the tuner input. The unit has very low power consumption, which enables it to operate on batteries as well as on line voltage. Dimensions: 10Ys x SY2 x 3 inches. Price: $99.50. (Lafayette Radio, 165-0S Liberty Avenue, J amaica 33, N.Y. circle 170 on reader service card , • Sherwood, long known for ampli­ fi ers and tuners, enters the loudspeaker fi eld with the Ravinia, a three-way book­ shelf model covering the frequency range from 45 to 17,500 cps within ±2 db. The system consists of a 12-inch high-compli-

ance woofer, an S-inch mid-range speak­ er, and a 2Y2-inch ring-radiator tweeter. Both treble and mid-range controls !ue provided, making it possible to adapt the tonal balance of the speaker to vanous room conditions. The Ravinia is available in walnut (SR 3-W), unfinished hardwood suitable for stainjng or painting (SR 3-B) or in utility finish (SR 3-U). Dimensions: 2614 x 15 x 1314 inches. Price: $119.50 to $139.50, depending on finjsh. (Sher­ wood Electronics, Inc., 4300 North Cali­ forn.ia Avenue, Chicago IS, Il1. ) circle 171 on reader service card

AN EXHIBITION of the outstanding ex­ amples of industrial design of 1961 was assembled in J anuary by Industrial De- sign magazine. Along with products from 1! various other fields were a number of high-fidelity components, chosen, as werr ·other exhibits, for the way in which they refl ected their function and combined beauty of form with efficiency. Among the products so honored were the Acous- tic Research turntable, the Clevite head- phones, and the Wes tinghouse tape re- corder. Included in the annual Design Review issue of the magazine were the Hartley 220MS speaker, the KLH Model 8 FM radio, the Knight KN-125M stereo tuner, the Knight-Kit KX-60 stereo am- plifier, the Omega stereo amplifier, and the Transis-Tronics tuner-amplifier.

16 CIRCLE NO. 118 ON READER SERVICE CARD HIFI/ STEREO COOLNES,S OF TRANSISTORS­ WHAT MAJOR COMPONENTS ARE NEW CIRCUITRY, PRECISION OF FRAME GRID TUBES INCLUDED IN THE NEW "ASTRO"? NEW FEATURES, For cool operation, Altec makes judicious Five integrated stereo components are use of transistors. For highest sensitivity packaged in a compact 61/ x 151/ X 13~1/ cabinet: FM, FM multiplex, AM, dual­ NEW IDEA IN STEREO and quietest performance imaginable, new channel preamplifiers, dual-channel power : ultra-precise frame grid tubes are used. amplifiers. The wide band FM tuner fea­ "Modern" is not the word. Perhaps This proper combination of transistors and tures 1.5 microvolt sensitivity (equivalent "ahead-of-its-time" is a bit more descrip­ tubes in the "Astro" has produced results to 0.75 microvolts with matched 72 ohm that are just this side of miraculous. antenna), to assure highest gain, lowest tive of the new AItec 708A "Astro." How noise. A built-in FM stereo mUltiplex re­ else would you describe an all-in-one ceiver provides 30 db stereo separation be­ stereo center full of features and facilities The "Astro" is sensitive, stable and com­ tween channels over the entire audio never before l,lvailable in a single package? pletely consistent in its performance (top­ range. To take all guesswork out of tuning, a monitor light goes on automatically notch!) and utterly free of drift. Indeed, it when stereo signal is received. The AM For example, consider its circuitry. is the first truly practical stereo center be­ tuner provides high sensitivity and excel­ Transistors are combined with new frame cause transistors in the power stage make lent image and IF rejection. grid tubes to gain the best qualities of each. it run cool for hours on end. Unlike ordin­ The preamplifier section features a com­ As another example, consider its unique ary "hot boxes," the "Astro" secures peak plete complement of controls and includes stereo headphone facilities. The output re­ operating efficiency and maximum life facilities for everything from record and tape player to the stereo headphones. ceptacle is in the rear; you may leave the ,from resistors, capacitors, and other sub­ Powerful dual-channel amplifiers deliver headphones plugged in permanently, out components in its circuitry. And, because 25 watts each down to 20 cycles (IHFM of sight when not in use. The headphone it runs cool, the "Astro" is the first practi­ standard) with ± 1 db, 20-20,000 cps fre­ switch, however, is located conveniently cal unit for built-in installations. quency response. on the front panel. YOU MUST SEE & HEAR THE "ASTRO" Feel it, too, for that all-important cool­ Or, consider the unique tape recording ness. At your Altec Distributor's now. Or, monitor that functions much like monitors 50 watts from for information, write: Dept. SR4 in professional recording studios. Namely, an area the size of a postcard! it permits you to monifor any source © 1962 ALTEe LANSING CORP. material two ways during recording: the That's the magic A Subsidiary instant signal enters the record head or of transistors: of Ling-Temco­ directly from tape, th" moment it ,is re­ the four shown Vought. Inc. corded. And these features are only a at left make up sampling. Truly, the "Astro" is "ahead-of­ the power stage its-time" even down to the smallest details of the "Astro." ALTEC LANSING such as the exclusive friction-lock controls In all, 12 transistors and 17 tubes are used CORPORATION that obsolete awkward dual knobs found in this entirely new stereo center that is 1515 S. Manchester Ave., Anaheim, California on conventional stereo equipment. rated several years ahead of its time. 161 Sixth Avenue, New York 13, New York APRIL 1962 CIRCLE NO.7 ON READER SERVICE CARD 19 RIENDS have asked me, at times, to lend a diagnostic ear to high­ F fid elity systems, about which they had the unspecific complaint: " It just doesn't sound right." The cure, in several such cases, was spectacularly simple: I just put on the clean record that I providently carry along on such errands. It is surprising what ordinary household dust, even in almost invisible amounts, can do to the sound of a disc. Grains of dust in a record groove are to the pickup stylus like rocks on the road, and the impact of the stylus against them, in thousands of small collisions, adds up to a harsh, gritty sound that clouds the music. Moreover, the silky highs, which are the mark of a good recording, are distorted into stridency as the stylus, thrown off course by the dust particles, is unable to trace the subtler contours of the groove. The irony is that the better your equipment the worse it is likely to sound with dirty records; for the very qualities that enable your mark I a" model system to respond to the tonal sheen of a good recording also make 11" H x 91f2" 0 x 23" L Shipping wt. 27 Ibs:" , the most of the shrill distortion that is caused by a dust-troubled Sculptured Front Walnut $18°0 Veaeer, Oiled Finish $30.00 stylus. And aside from sounding unpleasant, playing a dirty record FOB Factory Unf,n, <, h('d does permanent damage to the disc itself. Under the concentrated Extended range domestic speaker, new hi­ efficiency magnetic circuit. Ideal for med. & pressure of the stylus ·tip (equivalent to thousands of pounds per low level monaural or stereo reproduction. 1" voice coil, 8 ohms impedance. Speaker resp. 45 square inch ) sharp-edged bits of dust dig into the soft vinyl and be­ to 13,000 cps. 3.16 oz. new type magnet. Nom­ inal power rating 10 to 15 watts. come permanently embedded in the surface of the disc. mark n 12" model It is no wonder then that seasoned record-listeners hold firmly to 14" H x 11112"0 x23%"L, Shipping Wt. 37 Ibs. the old adage about cleanliness being next to godliness. I myself Sculptured Front Walnut Veneer, Oiled Finish $43.20 am a devout practitioner of that creed, though I have noticed a few FOB Factory 12" coaxial 6.8 oz. Alnico V magnet with 1" snickers from friends watching me go through the ritual : sweeping voice coil, heavy l-pc. cone and specially de­ signed 3" Alnico V PM tweeter mounted co­ out the grooves with a camel's-hair brush, fli cking the dust over the axially with built in hi-pass filter, capacitor type. Power rating 15 watts ; imped. 8 ohms. edge of the record, dusting the turntable before putting on the rec­ Speaker resp. 40 to ' 15,OOO cps. ord, all the while displaying the gingerly legerdemain by which fin­ Cabinart Cabinets are made of extremely dense gers and their inevitable oil fil m are kept off the grooved part of pressed wood, unfinished. Walnut models are Jenuine hardwood veneers with superlative fin­ the record. Ish. Extra heavy 'Y4" thick construction, solidly ,Iued, achieves maximum speaker response • . Unique principle of acoustic resistive load in, There are times when, wanting to get the music going in a hurry, effectiYe/y improves low end response for bal­ I feel tempted to skip part of the routine. But then I remind myself anced full fidelity reproduction. Each system tuned, double ducted, acoustically ins.ulated. that even a single "dusty" playing will damage a disc and that, there­ "Astonishing!" says E. T. Canby in Audio, Nov. '61. Send for FREE re-print article on Cabinart fore, the cleaning routine must be followed consis tently to be effective. speaker systems. I t is that proverbial ounce of prevention for a case where no cure is AVAILABLE AT YOUR DEALER OR ORDER DIRECT FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY known. CAB/IIART GUARANTEES R ecord sanitation should extend beyond the turntable to keep You must be satisfied for 10 full days or your money back. your records from collecting dust in their off-duty hours. Immedi­ ONE FULL YEAR WARRANTY Written registration card and warranty ately after playing, replace records in their jackets-don't leave them included. strewn about "naked" on dusty shelves, sofa-pillows, and other such CABINART ACOUSTICAL DEV. CORP. convenient "parking places." And when you pull a record from its 38 Gey er St • • Haledon, N • .I. Please ship the foUowin, to be used in my hom. for 10 jacket or put it back in, billow out the cardboard walls so that the full days. I underst.nd unit (s) may be returned and my money refunded within thllt time unl.ss fully satisfied. record surface is not scraped as it slides in and out. _...... M.rk 1: Unfinished $18.00 each .'0,,-0. Mark XI Unfiniehed $27.00 each Is all this elaborate procedure reall y worth the trouble? K eep in ...... Mark:X Oiled Walnut $30.00 each ...... M.rk n Oiled Walnut $43.20 each mind that a clean record will sound almose as good on the 200th (Please make c.heck or money order pt,)'IIbl. to C8tHnart AcousticaL) playas on the first, while the sound of a grimy record often is fogged Nlme______Address' ______over after only ten plays. In cash and in terms of sometimes irreplace­

City 5101e_ able musical values, a record coll ection is a major investment, and a rigid anti-dust routine is your best way of protecting it. CIRCLE~------NO. 31 ON READER SERVICE CARD~ 20 HIFI/ STEREO ROBERTS ELECTRONICS, INC . Dept. HFSR-4-LD 5920 Bowcroft Ave ., Los Angeles 16, Calif. Please send me: o Roberts Stereo Tape instruction Ma nua l contain­ ing stereo and monaural applications. I enclose 25¢ (cash, stamps) for postage and handling. o The name of my nearest dealer. Name ______Address ______City ______Zone ___ state ______

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PIANO UONUERTO NO. 4

REVIOUSLY in this series there h as been occasion lengthy statements of the essential musical m ateria ls to mention an extraordinary concert that took from the orchestra, after which the solo instrument Pplace in Vienna on the 22nd of D ecember, 1808. enters to comment upon the subject m a tter, to On that evening Ludwig van Beethoven unveiled sev­ engage in dialogue with the orchestra, and - most eral of his most recent compositions for the first time importantly - to be the chief spokesm an for the -among them the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, the composer's deepest, most personal message. Early in ~. Choral Fantasy) and a new Piano Concerto, his fourth, his piano concertos Mozart did vary the format once: with the composer himself as the soloist. (The oc­ in the Concerto in E-flat (K . 271 ), which opens with casion, incidentally, marked Beethoven's last public a six-note orch estral flourish, whereupon the solo piano appearance as a piano virtuoso; he performed in immediately enters to complete the phrase. subsequent years in some chamber-music presenta­ Established tradition was thrown out the window tions, but the deafness that was rapidly enveloping in even more spectacular fashion by Beethoven in his him prevented any further solo appearances. ) Fourth Piano Concerto. Instead of the usual opening The piano concerto as an artistic expression had orchestral tutti, the music begins with five measures been brought to a pinnacle of perfe.ction by M ozart of subdued, lyrical contempla tion from the solo piano in his many works in the form. Mozart's classical­ in the "home" key of G M ajor; then comes the en­ formal design was the one followed by Beethoven in trance of the orch estra, playing in the remote key of his own first three piano concertos: each begins wi th B M ajor! H ow that fi rst audience must have gasped 24 HIFI/ STEREO The new Fine line Ampex 1200

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Veteran pianist Wilhelm Backhaus lltms in a performance oj th e Beethoven Fourth Concerto for London that jor fr eshness and clarity belies his years: th e reading by Emil Gilels on Angel is highly poetic and rich in sound; Fleish er on Epic is elegantly classical in his approach and backed by slLperb accom paniment under George Szell. with astonishment at Beethoven's violent unorthodoxy. who is more than forty years his junior) . Schmidt­ But how sublimely Beethoven sets the mood of the Isserstedt and the Vienna Philharmonic supply a concerto at the very start: this is to be music of quiet, superb accompaniment, and London has captured personal introspection. The slow movement, just 72 the sound in warm aI'ld vital stereo. measures in length, is one of the great spiritual ex­ Fleisher's performance (with Szell and the Cleve­ periences in all music, with the stern, inflexible accents land Orchestra) is along more classical, fin ely chiselled of the orchestra (strings only, in this movement) grad­ lines. The soloist plays with an attractive selflessness, ually softening before the gentle pleading of the solo yet at the same time he successfully communicates the piano. At th.e end of the movement the music arrives personal message of the music. The orchestral ac­ at a peace and serenity of ineffable beauty. The final companiment is a distinguished one, and the sound movement is an elaborate rondo of sparkling wit and is eminently satisfactory, if without the special bloom prodigal inventiveness, yet possessing a gentle poetic of the Vienna Philharmonic reproduction in the Back­ feeling that perfectly caps this marvelous artistic haus edition. creation. Gilels gives a more romantic performance of the music than does either Backhaus or Fleisher, with M AN Yof us grew to know and love Beethoven's special emphasis on its poetic content. His tempos G Major Concerto from the recording made in the are a shade slower than those of his colleagues, but early 1930's by Artur Schnabel with Malcolm Sargent the music flows freely and convincingly. Supplying conducting. A subsequent Schnabel recording made the orchestral framework for Gilels' performance are in this country about a decade later with Frederick Leopold Ludwig and the Philharmonia Orchestra, Stock and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra failed and Angel's engineers have provided well-balanced, to match the combination of lyrical grace and emo­ big sound. tional sureness that distinguished Schnabel's earlier All three pianists, incidentally-Backhaus, Fleisher, recording. In 1946, however, Schnabel recorded the and Gilels- use Beethoven's own cadenza in the first concerto a third time (with the Philharmonic Orches­ movement, and Fleisher and Gilels use the Beethoven tra under the late Issay Dobrowen ), and this last cadenza in the last movement also. Backhaus, for his Schnabel recording is one of the treasures of the disc part, plays a cadenza of his own in the last movement ; literature; intellectually and emotionally it is a stylistically it is quite acceptable, but I continue to uniquely satisfying experience. H appily, it can still prefer Beethoven's. be had on the imported Electrola label (60623, mono Of the remaining editions of the G Major Concerto, only) in sonics that are more than adequate, even three are by distinguished contemporary concert art­ by today's standards. ists, but each of them fails to come to grips with the The other outstanding recorded performances of music in the manner of Schnabel, Backhaus, Fleisher, the music are of much more recent vintage, and all or Gilels. Casadesus (Columbia MS 6111, ML 5437) are available in both stereo as well as mono editions. is altogether too casual and superficial in his treat­ They are the readings by Backhaus (London CS 6054, ment; Rubinstein (RCA Victor LSC/ LM 2123) has CM 9004), Fleisher (Epic BC 1025, LC 3574), and some rhythmic irregularities and is burdened with a Gilels (Angel 35511). Of the three, the Backhaus rather pallid account of the orchestral part (especially performance is perhaps the most amazing; the pianist in the slow movement) ; and Gould (Columbia MS is now in his late seventies, but his pianistic powers 6262, ML 5662) distorts the shape of the score, pre­ seemingly are undimmed: he plays the G Major Con­ sumably in an effort to be profound. certo with masterful clarity and freshness, and his Schnabel, then, remains the master, with eith er technical equipment is prodigious (his trills, for ex­ Backhaus, Fleisher, or Gilels as worthy interpreters ample, are cleaner and steadier than those of Fleisher, who have been recorded in stereo.

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"Despite the popularity of bookshelf-size speaker systems, the big speaker system is far from extinct. There is still a grea t deal to be said for the sound quality of a really good large speaker system, one of which is University's new Classic Mark II. In operation, the Classic Mark n handles low frequencies up to 150 cps through a 15- inch high-compliance woofer that is installed in a ducted-port cabinet. The bulk of musical program content, however, is handled by an 8-inch mid-range speaker, which covers from 150 to 3,000 cps. Above 3,000 cps, a Spheric on super tweeter takes over. The 'measured indoor frequency response of the Classic Mark II was remarkably uni­ form. As a rule, such response curves are so far from flat that I do not attempt to correct them for the slight irregularities c;>f the micro­ phone's response. However, the measurements for the Classic Mark II prompted me to plot the microphone response also. This further emphasizes the uniformity of the system's frequency response. A 5-db increase in the setting of the tweeter-level control would probably have brought the range above 3,000 cps into nearly exact conformity with the microphone-calibration curve. The low-frequency distortion ofthe woofer, even at a 10-watt input level, was very low, and it actually decreased at 20 cps, where the output was beginning to rise ... Any good amplifier of 10 watts rating or better should be able to drive it satisfactorily. In listening tests, the Classic Mark II sounded very clean .. . there was an under­ current of bass, more often felt than heard, that was completely lacking in some other quite good speaker systems that I compared to the Classic Mark II. The speaker sounded at its best (to my ears) at moderate listening levels. At high levels the bass tended to be overpowering. A different listening room, of course, could easily alter this situation com­ pletely. Over-all, the sound was beautifully balanced, with wide dispersion and a feeling of exceptional ease. There was never a hint that three separate speakers were operating; the sound seemed to emanate from a large, unified source. In my opinion the University Classic Mark II justifies the substantial claims that its man­ ufacturer has made for it. It is one of a limited group of speakers to which I would give 'an unqualified topnotch rating. Anyone who is in a position to consider a system of its size and price would be well advised to hear it. The price of the system is $295.00."

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28 CIRCLE NO. 136 ON READER SERVICE CA~D HI FI / STEREO NE OF the selling points of stereo amplifiers for This last is apparently due to better matching of the those who presently have mono systems and amplifiers to the load. For the same total output, the Omay be considering converting to stereo at a distortion in the parallel connection was no worse later date is their immediate usability as single-channel than with separate outputs. amplifiers. Let's look at some of the problems involved I repeated the m easurements at 20 and 20,000 cps, in such operation. where phase shift becomes appreciable, with the same When driving a single speaker from a stereo am­ results. Then I simulated improper operation of one plifier, it is customary to connect the two outputs in of the amplifiers by introducing a gain difference of parallel. The hazard in this type of operation is evi­ 1 db between the two channels (none of the amplifiers dent to anyone who has paralleled two a .c. generators, had a gain unbalance of more than 0.4 db). This either for an amplifier can be considered to be an a.c. gen­ raised or lowered the distortion slightly at 1,000 cps, erator. Unless the two outputs are identical in ampli­ depending on which channel had the higher gain, in­ tude and phase, there will be a circulating current be­ creased the distortion at 20 cps, and decreased it at tween the generators. Not only does this represent 20,000 cps. In no case did the distortion reach a wasted power, so far as the load is concerned, but it significant value, nor did any instability occur. may cause an output transformer to overheat or burn What can we conclude from this? In a good ampli­ out. Also, some amplifiers may become unstable when fi er that has reasonably well-matched gain and phase operated in this way. For example, suppose that one characteristics, for a given power output the distortion amplifier delivers 10 volts while the other delivers 11 of the amplifier is at least as low with parallel outputs volts (a phase difference between the channels would as with separate outputs. It doesn't seem to me that be a similar condition). Assume that each amplifier there is any good reason to use only one channel for has an internal impedance of 0.5 ohms, a reasonable mono, losing half of an amplifier's available output, value for the 8-ohm output of a good amplifier. The when full power is available by the addition of a one-volt difference in outputs will cause a current of jumper wire. Incidentally, the amplifier whose manu­ one ampere to circulate between the amplifiers. This facturer did not recommend parallel operation per­ might not damage them, but serious distortion (caused for-med admirably when it was connected in parall el. by disturbing the feedback circuits) as well as loss of power could result. Successful parallel operation of stereo amplifiers re­ ROBERTS quires that the gain and phase shift of both channels be closely ma tched over the entire audio rfl nge, and 990 preferably well beyond audible limits. At both ends of TAPE the spectrum most amplifiers exhibit appreciable phase RECORDER .. shift, which may not necessarily be identical for both channels. At least one manufacturer does not recom­ mend parallel operation of his amplifiers, suggesting instead that for mono operation only one channel be • THE ROBERTS 990, like most good recorders, is no used and the other simply terminated with a resistor. lightweight, weighing 46Y2 pounds. The carrying han­ To see for myself what the effect of paralleling out­ (lie recesses fully into the case, simplifying custom in­ puts would be, I made m easurements on a number of stallation. The entire recorder, case included, can be good amplifiers. ·1 measured the maximum power out­ neatly installed upright in a panel or wall cut-out with put of each channel separately (driving both channels no loss of utility, since all inputs and outputs are on at 1,000 cps) and the maximum output with the two the front panel. channels connected in parallel. In each case the paral­ The 990 consists of a two-speed tape transport and lel output was at least as great as the sum of the in­ two identical record/playback preamplifiers, each hav­ dividual channel outputs, and generally a little higher. ing its own input and output jacks and power supply.

APRIL 1962 29 The playback response of the Roberts 990 proYed the Shure N78 (2.7-mil) stylus is available, which to be unusuall y good, 'm easuring within plus or minus tracks at from 3 to 6 grams. % db from 50 to 15,000 cps, as measured with the The unit I tested was the M 33-5, the model with the NCB 7;12-ips alignment tape. This response was 0.5-mil stylus. This is ideal for playing stereo records, achieved by setting the tone controls [or 'a bit more but it is not suitable fo r some mono LP discs, where the treble boost than recommended in the instruction man­ styl us tend to rattle in the groove. For these, the ual. The tone controls were left in this position for sub­ ?vI33-7 with the 0. 7-mil stylus is the preferred choice. seq uent tests. The new N33 stylus used in this cartridge refl ects The record-playback frequency response indicated the latest design trends, having very high compli ance an error in the recording equalization, with a loss of in both lateral and vertical pl ~n es (20 x 10-6 em/dyne) . high-frequency response sta rting at slightly below 1,000 The maximum tracking force for this stylus is 3 grams, with 2 grams being the recommended tracking force +5,-----.------r------,---, in a good tone arm. The M 33-5 tracked both the Cook 60 and the Fairchild 101 test records at 1.5 grams, ·'i~----+_---- however, so this force was used for subsequent tes ts. I measured frequency response and crosstalk vvith three test records (Westrex lA, RCA 12-5-71 , and CBS STR-100), and the results were quite similar.

TONE-CONTROL SET TINGS OPTIMIZED LEVEL; -20DB Since the CBS record covers the full 20-20,000-cps -15,f--+ ----I-- QUARTER-TRACK HEADS LEFT CHANNEL range, I plotted the data obtained with it. It should -2~~\cO------±,------,;IK;,-C,------;;;:,OK"C.-7n20KC . FREQUENCY -CPS be noted tha t the apparent drop in response below 50 cps and the 2.5-db rise a t 500 cps are due to the dif­ cps and falling smoothly to --7;12 db at 15,000 cps. The ference between the RIAA characteristic of the play­ low-frequency response fell sharply below 50 cps. At back 'preamplifier and the constant-amplitude char­ 3% ips, the record-playback frequency res ponse was acteristic of the test record. The response. when quite good up to about 5,000 cps, then falling off to --11 db a t 10,000 cps. The signal-to-noise ra tio was about -42 db relative FREOUENCY RESPONSE '\ to O-db recording level at both speeds. Stereo crosstalk D- ~~--r---+------+---~------~C~HA~NN7.El--+--4\r was below the amplifier's residual noise levels, and the ~,_, L-____r- __ +-______+-__ -r______~SE~PATRA~lID~N _iTIA~~ I VI \) output from the preamplifiers was about 0.7 volts at ~ - 15 b_::::,--r--I +I----_i--t-----+--/-7l-f/--''-'( 3Y1 ips and 0.5 3 volts at 7;12 ips. . L, o ~ 'A i;( .:=; ------·-"'-';:-'-' --.A"-,' v-i--:-r-1/l---j The Roberts 990 appeared to be excellent mechan­ -25 1----r----'''fAc-'----''''-::;r '--+-=--+-- = - -=='+1~, ,_7,"[--- - ICROSSTALK, icall y. It was very quiet in all modes of operation, and - 30I----:--+-----+----.lr-----~--+---' wow and flutter measured 0.1 per cent and 0.2 per cent SH URE ~33-5 C~RTRIOGE ORD --l (cas 100 T ) at 3% ips, and 0.04 per cent and 0.1 3 per cent at 7;12 ----R r ips, figures that attested to the unit's good design and 20 50 100 500 1,000 5,000 10,000 20,000 fREOUENCY IN CYCLES PER SECOND construction. The tape speeds were quite accurate. The recorder has two built-in speakers that h ave corrected, is actuall y within plus or minus 1 db from 20 swing-out so und-reflecting panels. The speakers are to 13,000 cps, falling off smoothly above that fre­ suitable for monitoring purposes but for nothing more. quency. The stereo crosstalk was down 20 db or bet­ T he built-in three-wa tt amplifi ers can drive external ter over practically the entire audio ra nge up to 10,000 speakers, but the full potential of the 990 can be cps, and at 13.000 cps, its worst point, the channel realized only when the head or preamplifier outputs se paration was 7 db, adequate at this frequency. are fed i,nto a good-quality high-fid elity system. The M 33-5 delivered 7.5 millivolts output per I used the Roberts 990 for recording stereo-FM channel at 5 em/sec velocity. The high stylus com­ broadcasts, and the recorded ma terial was essentia ll y p liance and low mass resulted in very low needle talk. indistinguishable from the original. The 990 is a sim­ The magnetic shielding of this cartridge was excep­ ple-to-operate, seemingly rugged and reliable recorder, tionally good, making it one of the two or three least and it appears to be a good va lue at its price of $399.50. bum-sensitive cartridges on the market. In listening quality, the Shure M33-5 had a quiet background, sweet and effortl ess sound, and freedom SHURE from break-up at high levels. Compared to the popular M33-S Shure M7/N21D, \vhich it succeeds, the M33 h as 50 STEREO per cent more output, twice the compliance, better CARTRIDGE than a 20-db improvement in hum pickup, and the choice of 0.5-mil or 0.7-mil styli, all at essentiall y tbe • Tl-IE SH URE M 33, like its predecessors, is a moving­ same price. By the most critical standards, the M33 is magnet stereo cartridge and is available with either a a \'e ry fin e cartridge. The price of the M33, with either D.S -mil or a 0.7-mil sty lus. For playing 78-rpm records. the D.S-mil or the 0.7 -mil stylus, is $36.50.

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ERHAPS the trouble with so many festiva ls is mind. In Bayreuth it takes place in the festival house that they do not live up to the spirit of the word. built by Richard Wagner especially for that purpose. PA festival should be festive - approached with Wagner decreed that Parsifal, a Buhnenweihfestspiel dedication, presented with devotion, remembered with - a "stage dedication festival play" - must be per­ enthusiasm. Above all, a festival must have an idea, a formed there and nowhere else. Half a century later theme, a raison d'etre. The fact that a great composer Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Richard Strauss, and Max once slept here or that long ago a music-loving prince Reinhardt devoted themselves to the idea of perform­ built a castle with a small theater in the vicinity is not ing opera and drama in what they considered the ideal a sufficient excuse for a festival. environment, away from the distracting noise of big A real festival is the product of heart and soul and cities, in the perfect artistic climate of Salzburg.

33 APRIL 1962 Wieland and Wolfgang Wagner have created a sensation. among Wagnerites with modern res taging 0/ th eir grand/ather's music dramas. Some call it heresy, others genius.

productions, even though some singing stars are go­ between performances at a nearby spa, taking a cure. ing around like 'vocal sputniks. Nor are there enough "Why not?" one of them said to me last year. "My first-rate, or even second-rate, conductors and stage reputation is established in the world's great opera directors. R ecently some performers have had to be houses. These tourists here don't know the difference shifted from one festival to the next, to the detriment anyway. And I have to have a vacation." of their nerves and voices. M anaging a major festival This singer currently enjoys a monopoly that no is .now a fine exercise in brinksmanship and demands trust-buster could assail. H e knows that opera is the experts in the mysteries of jet connections and sleeping­ most important festival contribution. Opera, which car schedules. Not everybody is as lucky as the people has been called "the most vulnerable of all musical who run the festivals in Bayreuth, Munich, and Salz­ forms," appeals to music lovers of all kinds, from burg, separated only by a few hours on the Autobahn. students of Byzantine musical nota tion to addicts of In a pinch, last night's Don Giovanni may become Schoenberg and W ebern. Opera is the hardest thing today's Amfortas. And if a delicious Schwetzingen to produce and the most difficult to make perfect, but asparagus tip gets stuck in the throat of Rosina, they still it attracts so many people because of its two ap­ can probably get help from a nearby provincia l opera peals to human emotions-drama and music. A beau­ house. But what will they do in Baalbek or in Epi­ tifully co-ordinated operatic performance in which daurus to get another Callas? the words, the sounds, the voices, the lighting, and the emotions are perfectly blended, is a true festiva l ex­ MOSTEurop ean opera houses that give perform­ perience. At the festivals that present opera as well ances ten months a year are run by artistic-minded as concerts, ba llet, and fine dramatic performances, managers or musicians, but quite a few festivals are run the great opera evenings are the true highlights. by h ard-sell chamber-of-commerce types who care " Opera," wrote Robert Ponsonby, then director of the more about financial profit than about artistic integrity. Edinburgh Festival, "must be the very core and heart The performances are inadequately directed and badly of any festival worthy of that name. There is always rehearsed, because rehearsals are expensive; and the latent in opera the possibility of a glorious fusion of whole production is haphazardly thrown together, all the elements which will result in an intensity of with no sense of unity. (This is, incidentally, the sort corporate achievement unsurpassable in any other of criticism that European critics often level a t opera artistic form." performances in America.) I know prominent artists The great festivals of the pas t have always stressed who consider their festival assignments as paid vaca­ the need for the best possible performances under the tions, who attend no rehearsals and spend their time best possible conditions-a noble purpose and a diffi-

APRIL 1962 35 The Festival Merry-Co-Round cult one to achieve. Reading accounts of the early production at Glyndebourne. "As a logical develop­ festivals of Bayreuth and Salzburg we realize that ment of our cultural mission it now remains to tap enormous difficulties had to be overcome before Bruno the sources of Mozartian and Rossinian opera . . . all Walter and Toscanini in the good years between the the masterpieces produced by highly-talented com­ two wars gave such memorable productions. The effect posers such as Paisiello, Cimarosa, Traetta, Auletta, of these achievements on music in Europe has been Pergolesi . . .. " said Vittorio Gui, musical director of considerable. In 1934, when the darkness of the ap­ the festival. How nice that there are stilI a few people proaching war already shadowed the stages of Bayreuth around who feel that a festival has a cultural mission. and Berlin, Vienna and Salzburg, Hitler's loss became Glyndebourne's gain. It has been said that Glynde­ THERE are other moments of such "glorious fusion" bourne advanced the cause of music in Britain by during the long festival summer in Europe, but ·it is half a century. Certainly it discredited what remained not easy to find them. It takes knowledge and inge­ of the star system that had reached its peak with nuity, patience and experience, and, above all, luck. Melba and Caruso. There have been such moments recently in Florence The early festivals at Glyndebourne were the prod­ and Vienna and Spoleto and Salzburg, but mostly in uct of devotion, patience, and teamwork. Richard Bayreuth. Wagner was ridiculed when he began to build his Fest­ Bayreuth is the greatest festival of all, not because spieJhaus on the Green Hill at Bayreuth. In the early of Richard Wagner, but in spite of him. Perfection 1930's John Christie was called a madman when he is not always to be found on the Green Hill. The decided to produce opera on the Sussex Downs, "four climate is humid, and the town is exasperating,. a miles from the smaIl country town of Lewes, a mile conglomeration of box-like buildings that pass for from the nearest bus stop, presumably in the open air." architecture in present-day Germany. Everything takes But Fritz Busch and Karl Ebert were true artists, and on exaggerated proportions in the ugly red-brick Glyndebourne has remained one of the few festivals Festspielhaus, which has the best acoustics on earth that conveys to everybody, both artist and listener, a and the most uncomfortable seats, endless pathos and festive feeling. "Here there is still a certain intimacy insufferable emotion. The performances start at the and simplicity," wrote Gunther Rennert, head of ungainly hour of four o'clock in the afternoon; when it is hot and everybody feels rather foolish in evening dress. The intermissions are much too long, and there Th e young Mozart heard his M·asses sung beneath th e Baroque towers 0/ th e Salzbnrg Ca.thedral. are far too many fancy M ercedes and Cadillacs; re­ cently 1,204 cars were counted at the opening per­ formance. A little over thirty years . ago, Romain Rolland wrote, ·"The French flirt, the Germans drink beer, and the English read the libretto during inter­ mission." Nowadays there are also Americans, who do a little of everything, and Italians, who have be­ come ardent Wagnerians. Wieland and Wolfgang Wagner have the same problems as opera managers elsewhere. They have to contend with higher wages, rising production costs, the vicissitudes of delicate throats and airplane sched­ ules, and a growing scarcity of voices powerful enough to withstand· Grandfather Richard's mad vocal de­ mands. For a while it looked as if there would be no Ring for lack of a new Briinnhilde and a new H elden­ tenor, but the good Lord sent us Birgit Nilsson from Sweden and Jon Vickers from Canada. He may also send another Wotan after Hans Hotter's retirement, possibly from America. Bayreuth is the most exciting musical theater of

36 HIFI/STEREO our times. Everything in Bayreuth is total- the devo­ like everybody else and went in. The auditorium tion, the preparation, the effort, the achievement. The looked dim a nd cheerless with its steeply ascending Wagner brothers have recreated their grandfather's rows of straw-woven seats. A girl behind me asked a vision of the ·total musical theater. The excitement boy where Wieland Wagner would sit. H e pointed of Bayreuth grips everybody from the most famous up to a m akeshift platform with a table, microphone, singer to the most obscure third clarinetist. Bayreuth and several phones and said, somewhat solemnly, "H e knows no prima donnas. The dress rehearsals start at sits up there, but his spirit is everywhere." The girl seven in the evening, after a day of solo rehearsals, nodded casually as though this was exactly what she and last until three in the morning. No one seems to had expected to h ear. It was, I soon discovered, a complain. By way of investigating this phenomenon statement of fact. .. I once spoke to a misanthropic viola player known as There was a commotion in the rear, up where an inveterate grumbler in his home orchestra. Wieland Wagner and his staff were going to sit, and "Of course it couldn't happen anywhere else," he the lights dimmed. For a few seconds we sat in dark­ admitted reluctantly. "But this damned place seems ness, complete, Wagnerian darkness. Then, seemingly to thrive on enthusiasm. Maybe it's because it lasts out of nowhere, came the sustained E-flat of the pre­ only eight weeks. But there's one thing for sure: yo u lude, so low that I couldn't say exactly where and

Delectable food and beautiful scenery add to th e many musical deligh.ts of Salzburg. From th.is roof-top cafe can be seen th e Cath edral in the foreground, and, above it, th e castle Hohe Salzhurg.

couldn't keep up this pace for a whole season . . .." when it started. Gradually the darkness around me I first came to Bayreuth one afternoon in July, was filled with music that seemed to come from every­ 1955, when I happened to pass through the town on where. The curtain parted and now the stage and the my way to the nearby Czechoslovak border and de­ auditorium were filled with water, the blue-greenish cided to have a look at the Green Hill. Around the waves of the Rhine, ebbing and flowing in precise Festspielhaus I saw quite a crowd, many of them synchronization with the music. The music, the lights, adolescents. Bayreuth always attracts adolescents, both the water, and later the voices and movements of the yo ung and old. I like the young adolescents who soak singers were perfectly blended. It was unforgettable, a in leitmotifs better than the old ones who wallow in total impression. memories of a time that happily no longer exists. I had another moment of supreme excitement in I was told that the dress rehearsal of Das Rheingold, July, 1959, during the first act of D er Fliegende Ii ol­ with Hotter as Wotan, would start immediately, and lander. This work, with its impossible staging prob­ that he would sing in full voice. I got myself a pass lems, has always been close to the heart of Wieland

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spi te of strong competi tion - Glyndebourne, Aix-en­ IVIusikverein, modern composers at the K onzertha us, Provence, Munich, Vienna - Salzburg's M ozart is and open-air concerts by the Fire Brigade Band or the probabl y still the best, owing to the ensemble spirit Guard Battalion Band. and the genuine Mozart style practiced here by every­ body. No orchestra on earth surpasses the Vienna L IE BE'ST thing about Vienna's Festwochen is their Philharmonic when they play Mozart. com pl etely casua l attitude. You enjoy yourse lf as you For some years it has been the custom in Berlin, go. No fuss, no special exploitation. There is a con­ Munich , and Vienna to perform, during a few weeks stant in terplay between pas t and present, between of the year, last season 's successes, with a new pro­ stage and life. I know some old people there who have ducti on or revival added, a nd with a few prominent known Bra hms and Bruckner and M ahler. I myself guests strengthening the local casts. Berlin's Festi ve remember Richard Stra uss and Pfitzner. There is the ' Neeks offer very good theater, opera, and ba llet la te coffeehouse where J ohann Strauss fiddl ed, the restau­ in September when practi call y all other fes ti vals are rant where Bruckner came for lunch, the house where over . Munich is a must for the admirers of Richard H aydn, Mozart, Dlttersdorf, and a local ce lli st nam ed Strauss, and there are often inspiring performances Wanhal (who thus acquired a touch of im morta lity) by the Bavarian State Opera. played string quartets. These places arc not secluded But the bes t of these city festivals is h eld every June shrines but li ved-in ; people refer to them casua ll y in in Vienna, when the metropolis becomes a vast audi­ their co nversation. torium with over a million and a h alf people as audi­ T here is also the Palais Auersperg, once the home ence. During the F estwochen, in June, Vienna, the of the great lady who inspired Hofmannsthal to create world's most music-minded city, is literall y fill ed with the fi gure of the M arsehallin in D eT R osenkavalieT, the music. There is music, and often very good music, in most charming woman in modern opera. The Palais Vienna's three opera houses, half a dozen concert halls, was headquarters of the provost marshals during the in the city parks and public squares, in the churches Four-Power O ccupation and is now used for diplo­ a nd courtyards. There is music for all tastes - great matic receptions. And speaking of D eT R osenkavalieT, performances a t the Staatsoper, Johann Strauss op­ I well remember the elderly gentleman who was said erettas at the Volksoper, Brahms and Bruckner at the to be the prototype of the Baron O ehs von L erchenau. Everybody knew him in Vienna, where you are never A mecca lor Vienna l estivalgoers is the simple bu.t cha.rm· quite sure whether something happens on the stage ing Beet/lO ren House in th e .I uhurh 01 lleiligell stadt. or in real life. Where else would the backstage antics of great divas and celebra ted conductors be front­ page news? The only problem of Vienna's Festwochen is abun­ dance. On some evenings the choice is difficult between several opera performances and concerts; a couple of recitals; a Bruckner symphony, performed a t St. Stephen's Ca thedral; a Schubertiade in the house where Schubert was born ; a serenade in H eiligen­ stadt, where Beethoven summered; a play a t the Burg­ theater or the Theater in der Josefstadt. . . . But jf it gets too much and you feel Like giving up in confusion, go out to the Vienna ""oods, sit down at the H euriger, order a glass of wine, and listen to • the zither player. H e's going to play Johann Stra uss wa ltzes, and there will be a pretty girl's laughter not far away. That night, I predict, you will come back with a true fes tive feeling in your head and heart.

]o.leph IJ1 echsberg, bom in Vienna bllt now a citizen of the United States. has w ritten. many articles and slcetches abont mnsiciall s (l.lI.d musical life in middle Europe. Before cO llling /.0 'this country in 1938. he h a.d stu,died mnsic in Vienna (lnd law ill Prag ll e. Th e latest of M r. IP echberg's nUlIl erO Il S books is Red Plush and Black Velve t. a. hiography of Dam.e Nellie Melba.

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A laboratory report on stereo power amplifier kits-Part 1 DO-IT-YOURSELF P,QWER AMPLIFIERS In this issue: Reports on the Heath AA-121, the Knight KB-85, the Dynaco Stereo 70, and the EICO HF89K

40 HIFI / STEREO . - .... -- ii' I,Ii +lOdb(IOOWATT 51 I "''''- +15d6 156 WP.TTS J . +5db l32 WATTS I .-.. MAXIMUM POWER:: 37 WATTs:. f2.Sdb 116 WATTS I ""' " --::::-- < Odbl10WAiTS "'1+7 ./ J ; -2 5db{S 6 WATTS J ~ preferably not by the builder-after it is completed to . -5db132 WATTS J ~ KNIGHT KB-85 d --- double-check against the possibility of errors." LEF T~CtlAN NEl POWER RESPONSE (80TH CHANNELS DRIVEN! I I . iii I I --2·" HARMON IC DISTORTION --:-- -- 1% HARMONIC DISTORTION •.••• "'. 112% /iARNONIC DISTORTION

KNIGHT KB-85 20 50 I 00 500 1,000 5,000 10,000 20,000 FREOUENCY IN CYCLES PER SECOND

COMMENT By TI-IE BUILDER: "Because I'd never • TI-IE KNIGHT KB-85 amplifier is rated at 35 watts soldered anything more critical than a connection on per channel, or 70 watts in monophonic operation. a toaster plug, I was a little apprehensive about tack­ Each channel uses a 6267 (EF86) amplifier, 12AX 7 ling this kit. (Never having even heard the word ( 7025) driver-inverter, and a pair of EL37 output "grommet," it took a little time to figure out what it tubes. The power supply is somewhat unusual in that was.) Aside from this implied reservation, the instruc­ it has two GZ34 slow-heating rectifier tubes in parallel tion book was quite explicit, and no particular prob­ that feed two entirely separate filtering systems. In lems were encountered in putting the kit together, effect, this isolates the two channels almost as well as other than the normal difficulties of working in tight if they were operated from separate power supplies. corners of the chassis. Due no doubt to my inexperi­ The speaker output impedances are 4, 8, 16, and ence, the kit took about twenty hours to build. I am 32 ohms. In mono operation, the outputs ar.e paral­ sure that anyone who is familiar with electronic parts leled, so that speakers up to 16 ohms impedance may could do the job in far less time. be driven. The mono/stereo switch connects both am­ "One difficulty did arise at the time the bias adjust­ plifier channels to the same input jack, but each chan­ ments were being made. It seems that I had not in­ nel still has its own level control. When the amplifier stalled the insulators on the balancing jacks precisely is to be used monophonically a test button injects a 0 120-cps signal from the power supply into both inputs, , I KNIGHT KB-85 to aid in balancing the gains. A speaker connected 6 INTERYODU LATlON OISTORTION I tBOTH CHANNE LS ORIYEN) across the two outputs will produce minimum sound I --LEFT CH ANNEL when the gains are balanced. ----RIG HT CHANNEL Each output tube has a phone jack in its cathode 2 g I I I circuit for metering the cathode current while bal­ I 0 ~ ancing the output stages. This is a rather cumbersome , r.I , I 6 D procedure, requiring several back-and-forth measure­ I I 4 ments while making the adjustment. I .. I I In most respects the Knight KB-85 proved to be an II~ I 2 excellent amplifier. Its intermodulation distortion was , I , , exceptionally low on one channel and very good on , , , o I , 0 1 1.0 \. POWER OUTPU T-WATTS 10 '0 50 70 100 the other. Power response was good, with some 72 EaUlvALENT SINE WAVE watts of continuous power obtainable from both chan­ • nels at mid-frequencies. right (the instruction book gives no special directions The only flaw in the operation of the amplifier was about this, however), and the output tubes started a tendency toward instability when delivering full glowing quite red. When this was taken care of, the power below 30 cps. A combination of motorboating amplifier worked perfectly." and high-frequency oscillation prevented our making distortion measurements at 20 cps. Fortunately, this only occurred at maximum power output, so it is un­ likely to become audible. No trace of it could be de­ DYNACO STEREO 70 tected in listening tests, during which the KB-85 sounded clean and effortless. There was a tendency toward high-frequency oscillation with certain amounts of capacitive loading (in the range of 0.1 to 0.22 mfd.) , but these, too, are unlikely to be encount­ • THE DYNACO Stereo 70, rated at 35 watts per chan­ ered except when using some electrostatic speakers. nel or 70 watts in monophonic operation, is the smaIl-

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est a nd lightest of this group of stereo power amplifiers. at low and high frequencies fell off considerablv. Lest Its n eat a nd compact sh a p e, combined with its this last a larm the reader unduly, it should be men­ chromium-plated chassis and the included dust cover, tioned that few ears, if an y, can distinguish between make it particularly suitable for installations where 2 per cent distortion and 0. 5 per cent distortion. Any­ the amplifier cannot be concealed . way, as a compensati on for this, the intermodula tion Each channel uses a 7199 and a pa ir of push-pull distortion was extremely low at normal listening levels EL34 tubes. A GZ34 slow-heating rectifi er and a (under 0.1 per cent up to 4 wa tts ), and did not reach selenium bias rectifier are used in the power supply, 1 per cent until both channels were delivering 40 ,,·atts. which includes a choke for improved filtering. The COMMENT By THE BUILDER: "This being my first slow warm-up of the rectifier prevents starting surges try at kit building, I took care to inventory a ll the .: parts, lay them out neatly, and double-check every in­ struction. After a few tries. my soldering technique t lOdb 1100 WATrs) seemed adequate, a nd I was careful to a\'oid 'cold MAXIMUI.I :tJOWEfl:: 3a~ WATTS H5db (5(; WATTS )

+5dbt3Z WA TTSl ~~ . . joints.' ~ H 5db {18 WATT S) ,~ 04'0(10 WAlTS} "The wiring charts were a great help. ' Nithout them -2 5db 15 6 WAftS} -5dbi32 WATTS I . ",' ~ I couldn't have told a poten tiometer from a soldering DYNACO SJEREO 70 .'ii~ < p5~~~ ~~~~~~~E (60TH CHANNELS DRIVENI 10, OYNACO STEREO 70 INTERYOD ULA TIO N OlSTOR TIO I

44 HIFI/STEREO \. \. "-

HE 1'l'EART of a high-fidelity system, and not in­ on the amplifiers' power-supply circuits), and the con­ frequently its most expensive single component, tinuous-power method of measurement, rather than is the amplifier. Combined preamplifier-power­ the less demanding m usic-power method, was em­ amplifier units, or integrated amplifiers, are popular ployed . (For a discussion of these measurement stand­ today, but they have certain limitations, particularly ards, see "Technical T alk," November, 1961 issue ) . in regard to flexibility of install ation and the amount Eight-ohm resistive loads were used, and line voltage of their power output. A good power amplifier, par­ was maintained at 117 volts. Power response was meas­ ticularly one tha t puts out 35 watts per channel or ured at distortion levels of 0.5 per cent, 1 per cent, more, requires large and heavy transformers and and 2 per cent over the frequency range from 20 to dissipates a considerable amount of heat from its out­ 20,000 cps. put tubes. Therefore, with few exceptions, the best Sensitivity and hum levels are expressed relative to high-power amplifiers are designed as separate units, a lO-watt level rather than to the full power output for use with remotely located control amplifiers. of the amplifier and thus can be compared directl y. Good stereo power amplifiers are generall y quite The sensitivity fi gures indicate the relative rotati on of expensive because the parts tha t go into their manu­ the preamplifier gain control required to drive each facture, while they are rela tively few, are costly. For amplifier to the same output level; that is, the lower this reason many manufacturers have made stereo the figure the more sensitive the amplifier. Although power amplifiers available in kit form a t considerable any good preamplifier can drive any of these amplifiers savings to the purchaser. We have tested eight kit-type to its full output, a person who is using a low-output stereo power amplifiers, ranging from dual 35-watt phono cartridge with a preamplifier that has low gain

units to dual 70-watt units. This month vve are report­ would probably be better off with one of the more ing on the H eath AA-121 ($79.95) , the Knight KB-85 sensitive power' amplifiers. The hum fi gures indicate ($84.50), the D ynaco Stereo 70 ($99.95 ) . and the the relative loudness of the hum from the various am­ EICO HF89K ($99.50). In the M ay issue we will plifiers with any given speaker system. The higher (or report on Lafayette KT-550 ($1 34.50), the Radio the more negative) the figure the less hum the ampli­ Shack Realistic 210 ($139.95), and the Scott LK-150 fier produced. Generally speaking, a hum level of -75 ($169.95) . db or better, referred to 10 watts, should be quite For purposes of comparison, we employed test pro­ • inaudible. cedures that may or may not conform to a particular The amplifiers were checked after they had been manufacturer's rating system. Since all the amplifi ers adjusted in accordance with the instructions in the were measured in the same way, however, valid com­ instruction manuals. It can therefore be safely as­ parisons of their ch aracteristi cs may be made from our sumed that our measurements are typical of what the data even though the figures may not directly relate average home-builder could expect. Of course, if the to published specifications. builder at home has distortion meters at his disposal, Incidentally, as the tests were made under very by adjusting the amplifier for the best possible per­ rigorous conditions, some of the measurements may formance the listed distortion figures could no doubt not be as good as those specified by the manufacturer, be low red. who may have used totall y different test procedures. In ten "!.1s of performance, each of the amplifiers cov­ For example, all power and distortion da ta were ob­ ered is capable of producing excellent sound. In fact, tained when both-channels were being driven simul­ one would be hard put to hear the differences between taneously (thus utting the maximum amount of stress them' in controll ed A-B listening tests. All of the alll-

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STEREO POWER AMPLIFIER KITS

plifiers are so designed that anyone who is capable of bias is then adjusted to establish the proper operating following instructions and using a soldering iron can current for each output stage. build them successfully, and the time required will The power output of the H eath AA-121 measured vary from about six to twenty hours. Comment on about 45 watts per channel over most of its frequency the construction of each kit is made, by the person who range at 1 per cent distortion. Its power-handling built the kit, following the technical discussi on of the capacity was quite uniform -with frequency. The in­ kit and its performance. termodulation distortion at ordinary listening levels (a few watts or less ) was not particularly low, but, be­ ing under 1 per cent, it can be considered as being quite acceptable. The AA-121 is essentially similar to the earlier H eath AA-40 amplifier, with a few mechanica l HEATH AA-121 'changes. It is a soli d, husky amplifier whose perform­ ance qualifies it for inclusion in any group of quality amplifiers, selling for the lowest price of any of the units included in this report. COMMENT By THE BUILDER: "I found the Heath • THE HEATH AA-121 is ra ted at 40 watts per chan­ instruction book clear and easy to follow, and my nel, or 80 watts in monophonic connection. Each only suggestion is that the pictorial wiring diagrams channel uses a 6AN8 and push-pull EL34 tubes. A might have given more warning about how crowded si licon rectifier voltage-doubler power supply and a some places would be when the last components were selenium rectifier bias supply are used in place of heat­ added. This caused some difficulty in getting my solder- producing rectifier tubes . The rectifiers and filter capacitors are protected against starting surges by a 10 8 surgistor, a current-limiting device in the primary HEATH AA-121 INTERMODUlATlON DISTORTION winding of the power transformer. (BOTH CHANNELS DRIVEN)

E ach input has its own level control. Speaker outputs --lEFT CHANHEL are provided for 4, 8, 16, and 32 ohms. For mono­ ----RIGHT CHAItNEL PI phonic operation, a switch connects both inputs to

1.0 !!:i~ the left-channel input jack and level control. The out­ ~~~ 0 8 puts then can be paralleled, using the 32-ohm terminals ~~,,.. 06 - for 16-ohm speakers, the 16-ohm terminals for 8-ohm 4 rill speakers, and so on. A phasing switch for one speaker output is supplied for use in stereo operation. A center­ 2 Ii< channel speaker output feeds a combined A+B signal " " ... , " o 1 to a third speaker if so desired. An external L-pad is 01 10 POWER OUTPUT-WATT S 10 30 !)O 70 100 required to control the level of the center signal. ." EQUI VALENT SINE WAVE The adjustment of the completed amplifier requires­ a d.c. voltmeter. A pair of jacks are provided for each ing iron into some of the tight places without acci­ channel, into which the meter is plugged for balancing dentally burning some parts tha t had been install ed the output-tube plate currents. After balancing, the earlier. Possibly I used too big an iron. Also, although meter is connected from one jack to ground, and the I was careful to cut all the leads to the lengths indi­ cated in the instruction book, these. often turned out to be a bit too long. This may be an allowance for possible mistakes, but, to do a neat job, I had to shorten many of the leads. The kit took twenty hours to build. "During the final check-out procedure I discovered that I had wired in one of the filter capacitors back­ wards. Fortunately, this became evident before any damage was done to the amplifier. This only points I out that any kit should be gone over thoroughly-and ~ __ -+ __ -+ ______~ __ ~ ______J__ ~I __~

20 so 100 sao 1,000 5,000 10,000 20,000 , fREQUENCY IN CYCL ES PER SECOND 42 HIFI / STEREO t!Odb (laO WATTS I t7 5db /56 WATTS I '" =5IWAT,TS +Sdbi32 WA TTS I .~ ., ...... ' " +2.560(18 WATTS I ' " OdbllO WATTS I -2 5db(5 6 WATTS I 3 -5db!32WATTS I EICO . HF89K channel, or 100 watts in monophonic operation. Each LEFT· CHA NNEl . POWER RESPONSE channel uses one section of a 12AX7, a 6SN7GTB (80TH CHANNELS . ORIVENI phase inverter, and push-pull EL34 output tubes. The - power supply employs a silicon diode voltage-doubling rectifier and a selenium bias rectifier. A surgistor pro­ --2'1. HARMONIC DIS TORTION -- --1% HARMONIC DIS TORTI ON tects power-supply components against starting surges. •....•••• 112'4 HARMONIC DISTORTION 20 50 100 500 1,000 5.000 10,000 Each channel has its own level control and speaker FREOUENCY IN CYCLES PER SECOND outputs for 4, 8, and 16 ohms. A switch parallels the two inputs for monophonic operation, and the outputs tight awkward places where assembly is difficult. The can be paralleled for use with speakers of up to 8 ohms kit went together quickly: unpacking and parts inven­ impedance. The adjustment of bias and the balancing tory took 90 minutes, mechanical assembly of parts 2 of the output tubes requires a d.c. voltmeter. J acks are hours and 15 minutes, wiring 5 h ours and 20 minutes, provided for the meter, which reads zero when the tube currents are balanced. The meter is connected 0 8 EICO HF89K from one jack to ground when setting the bias, which is INTERYOOUlATtQN DISTORTION n • ISOTH CHANNELS DRIVEN} individually adjustable for each channel. 4 IJ The Model HF89K delivered its rated 50 watts per --LEFT CHANNEL ----RIGHT CHANNEL U: channel at middle frequencies, even at 0. 5 per cent 2 distortion. Its power response was exceptionally uni­ I. 0 form at the high frequencies and showed only a slight ~ o8 -//' drop below 30 cps. The intermodulation distortion was 1I!'i:i1i,/ • !JIj,,/ under 0. 3 per cent up to 6 watts and did not reach 1 4 per cent until 30 watts output per channel. The gain 2 .",,/1 of the Model HF89K was exceptionally high, making it especially suitable for use with low-gain preamplifiers. o I !!!!!:Ii The hum level, despite the amplifier's gain, was among 01 10 POWER OUTPUT-WATTS 10 30 50 70 100 -EQUIVALENT-- SINE WAVE the lowest of the amplifiers tested. The Model HF89K had 1.5 milliamperes of power­ final inspection 10 minutes. Total time: 9 hours and line leakage current to its chassis. Although this is not 15 minutes. enough to be dangerous, it can deli ver an uncom­ "While the instruction m anual was completely ade­ fortable shock under some conditions. For this reason, quate, in some respects it seemed to be needlessly con­ it is desirable to ground the chassis to a good electrical fusing-for example, the exploded views of the chassis system ground. with dozens of screws, nuts, washers, components, and COMMENT By TI-IE BUILDER : "I've built a good miscellaneous parts connected by dotted lines. Other many kits before, and I found this one a straightfor­ instruction books I have used have coped with this ward job. The layout is uncrowded and there are no problem more simply and successfully."

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AMPLIFIER PRICE TOTAL FREQUENCY HUM LEVEL SENSITIVITY DIMENSIONS WEIGHT .. POWER RESPONSE (db re (volts input OUTPUT (20-20,000 cps) 10 watts) for 10 watts h. w. d. (1 per output) cent dist.)

HEATH AA-121 $79.95 91 watts Within ± 1.5 db -76db 0.43 v. 7%" 15" 11" 351bs.

KNIGHT KB-85 $84.50 72 watts Within ± 0.5 db - 87db 0.29 v. 8114" 14" 9" 37.5Ibs.

DYNACO STEREO 70 $99.95 72 watts Within ± 0.75 db -90db 0.63 v. 6112" 13" 9112" 281bs.

EICO HF89K $99.50 100 watts Within ± 0.6 db - 91 db 0.22 v. 6" 15" 11 " 401bs.

Next month: Complete lab reports on the Lafayette KT-550, the Radio Shack HK-210, and the Scott LK-150

APRIL 1962 45 HE AMERlCAN traveler abroad has long been the victim of innumerable jokes pointed at his FROM T insularity- his lack of knowledge of the countries he visits, his uneasy or belligerent reaction to being addressed in strange tongues, and his consequent mis­ ha ps and headaches . V ery likely there will always be a quota of inept tourists from a ll countries, but it seems clear that an increasing number from this one are tired of being conspicuous for their lack of linguis­ tic abi lity. One sign of this is the growth of interest in language-instruction records. Unfortunately, in spite of the bes t intentions in the world, there is no really easy way to acquire a foreign tongue, and neither records nor teacher-led classes nor even contact with native speakers can guarantee flu ency in a language. Linguistic ability varies markedl y even with the most willing students, and a language, like any important discipline, is learned through inten­ sive work over a long span of time. Consequen tl y no miracles should be expected from a series of language AN records, or even, for that ma tter, from a year's coll ege course in the subject. The student's intelligence and APPRAI SAL application being assumed, each will produce results that are good, yet something short of miraculous. OF A prospective buyer should take with a grain of sa lt the claims that promise he will "speak like a nati" e" FOREIG N­ after using, however intensively, the set in question. This is just not possible ; a private tutor eight hours a LAN GUAGE day for several months would find it practically im­ possible to produce such a startling achievement. RECORDS Still, language records can give satisfactory and often exciting results, and keeping a scrupulously hon­ by est goal in view will facilitate, not hinder, the pupil's progress. Ideally, any language student should have a Fl oyd live teacher who can provide the sublety of explana­ tion and emphasis in pacing that no mechanical de­ St. Clair vice can supply. A wrong res ponse in speaking, when the student's ear betrays him, cannot be corrected by a record. 'With these qualifications in mind, it should be stressed that records are most valuable as reinforce­ ment for live instruction, even a t a school or coll ege that has elaborate laboratory equipment. The records arc a personal instrument.

L ANGUAGE records that are pre. ently on th e market vary markedly in scope and style of presentation, ranging from large sets organized on a firm gramma ti­ TO cal basis to more modest co ll ections of practical tourist phrases. Each type fulfi lls a need, and the purch aser should be careful to make an assessment of what h is own needs are and buy accordingly. In the category of records offering a li mited number of words and phrases a particularly good series is Conversa-phone's "conversational courses." H ere, on

46 lO-inch discs that are priced at $2.98, is an unusually A series covering approximately the same ground wide coverage of languages, among them French is entitled "Learn Spanish in Record Time," released (352), Spanish (351), Italian (354), German (353), by Institute for Language Study (ILS 248, two 12-inch Russian (369), Finnish (358), Norwegian (356), Dan­ discs, $9.98). Other languages in the series are French ish (357), Japanese (364), Turkish (388), Arabic (ILS-246), German (ILS 249), and Italian (ILS (360), and Hebrew (362). No pretense is made of 247). The format is basically well throughout and giving a sophisticated knowledge of grammar; the rec­ pedagogically quite sound. The work is carefully ords consist of a selective vocabulary for tourist use, . graded in difficulty, with initial lessons based on gram­ given without time for repetition. The accompanying matical usage and later exercises based on conversa­ booklet reproduces the text of the record and an Eng­ tional situations. The manual contains English, Span­ lish translation. In addition the series offers $2.98 10- ish, and phonetic renderings. Explanations of the gram­ inch discs in French (366), Spanish (365), and Ger­ mar are furnished at the back of the book. For some man (367) that provide 1,000 words in a vocabulary students this is a marked advantage, tending to keep list, useful for students reviewing both words and their minds on the matter before them, with grammar pronunciation. The series is more than adequate' for detail work saved for later. Others might be confused its purpose. One slight criticism is the irrationality of by not finding explanations immediately next to the having a female voice say «Ie suis Amhicain, je m'afl­ lesson. In sum, the set is to be recommended as an in­ fJelle Iohn BTown," but this is a small matter when troductory course for good students who have some stacked against the general virtues of the sets. language aptitude or for college students who want to A short Russian course produced by Monitor, en­ bolster knowledge already acquired. titled "Russian Conversations" (107, one 12-inch disc, A set of records with an overly enthusiastic claim $4.98), is something of a mixed blessing. The subject ("Six weeks from today! Speak this language fluently matter is grouped around a Russian summer school, with a perfect native accent !") does, however, have but one wonders how many people attend Russian some attractive features. Living Language's "Living summer schools? And a set of general phrases would German" (Liv. Lang. GER, four lO-inch discs, $9.95), seemingly be more useful than conversations for buy­ French (Liv. Lang. FR), Italian (Liv. Lang. IT) , and ing cars and playing tennis. If, however, the prospective Spanish (Liv. Lang. SP) records are accompanied by student wants to cover the material offered on this manuals and common-usage dictionaries. On the merit record, the production itself is good. Presupposing a basic knowledge of Russian, the record allows ample time to repeat each phrase, and it is well spoken.

MORE ELABORATE in format and ambitious in pur­ pose are some eleven series of releases that generally consist of two or more discs, usually with a manual of some sort. A novel example is the Educational label's "German Through Pictures" (LR-3, two 12-inch discs, $10.00), offered also in French (LR-1), Spanish (LR-2), and Hebrew (LR-4). The records are bol­ stered by a booklet that should be useful in itself. On balance, the series has considerable merit. The booklet has line drawings illustrating the phrase used, with a phonetic rendering beneath the German. No English equivalent is given. This brings up doubts about the advisability of printing the afJlJToximate sounds of a language, particularly when the record gives the fully nuanced version by a native speaker. The lack of a translation might also lead to some misunderstandings of the content. Lessons start immediately with com­ plete short sentences, and all is learned by a conversa­ tional method. Further questions arise over the use of irregular verbs and of past and future tenses so early in the lessons. With these potential limitations in mind, the records themselves are well spaced for repeating after the examples, and they are admirably spoken.

APRIL 1962 47 FOREIGN­ LANGUAGE RECORDS side, the speakers have particularly pleasant voices, the pacing is good, and the exercises are clearly grouped in traditional units ("Like, As," "Traveling"). The work is concentrated, covering a wide area, but no effort is made for review, and one might wonder at the value of using such a word as " velo cipede," even as a pronounciation exercise, before the verb "to be" is mentioned. The sets, then, can be recommended with "Do you think we should as k him to say it again a word of caution about its unreasonable goals. As slower, or should we just walk away ?" complete keys to the languages, however, they neces­ sarily fall short of the claims made for them. repeated, and the vocabulary is used in sentences more A REASONABL E course in conversational Spanish is than once to reinforce learning. offered by Folk ways (FP 8001, two lO-inch discs, An entertaining conversation-oriented series is of­ $8.50 ). The material is easily paced and intelligently fered by Columbia in "Passport to French" (CFL 1, chosen. An altogether more problematic language twelve 7-inch discs, $12.98) , Spanish (CFL 2) , Ger­ course is the "Mandarin Primer" (FP 8002, six lO-inch man (CFL 3) , and Italian (CFL 4) . The twenty-four discs, $26.10 ) offered by the same company. Initial lessons are particularly well adjusted to learning by lessons are devoted to elaborate pronunciation exer­ repetition. Simple conversations are built from a care­ cises, and later on slight stories are used as vehicles of fully pronounced vocabulary, with sufficient time al­ the language. No attempt is made to teach the student lowed for repetition. Additional vocabulary is given, to read. or write M andarin. The legendary difficulties and finally a more .complex conversation, using the inherent in teaching Chinese were borne out when two words already provided, is given at a normal French linguistically talented control learners experienced a speed. The advantage of hearing the same words first good deal of difficulty under these conditions. slowly and clearly, then repeated at a faster speed, is In its varied series of Russian courses, Monitor offers evident; in addition, the conversations, if occasionally two further sets. One, "Readings from Basic Russi an" a bit arch, are quite vital and full of French cultural (104/105; two 12-inch discs, $9.96 ), is designed to be references, from Racine to Yves Montand. Complete used in conjunction with a Pitman publication. Con­ printed texts for the lessons and a French-English dic­ sequently no explanations accompany the records, but tionary are included. These sets are highly recom­ they contain a series of phrases that could be learned mended. without the book. The book gives both Russian and Perhaps the best all-round two-record sets are pro­ English. There is, however, a misjudgment in the first duced by Berlitz for RCA Victor. Attractively pack­ lessons: pronunciation is 'coupled with approximate aged, the "Simplified French" (LSC 6080, two 12-inch English sounds, and some of these are very approxi­ discs, $11.96 ; LM 6080, two 12-inch discs, $9.96 ) , mate indeed. Since a native speaker is used on the Italian (LSC 6081, LM 6081 ) , and Spanish (LSC record, why use this device? Furthermore, the Rus­ 6090, LM 6090 ) sets are provided with a good accom­ sian woman's English borders on parody. Once into panying booklet and a verb rotatqr (an easily manip­ the purely Russian part of the records, however, the ulated wheel giving the conjugations of. regular and presentation is entirely satisfactory. irregular verbs ). Twenty lessons are divided into tradi­ Monitor has also produced "Simplified Russian tional conversational topics. (But why, like most other Grammar Readings" (MR 101 / 2, two 12-inch discs, series, do they waste time on terms for air travel ? This $9.96 ), again designed to be used with a separately is one of the few areas where English is spoken prac­ purchased book. The set is excellent, with the possible tically everywhere.) The explanations at the beginning exception of pronunciation too quick for easy repeti­ of each lesson are models of clarity. tion by the student. All of the work is in Russian ex­ . RCA Victor has also produced a series called "New cept for lesson announcements in English ; patterns are World Spanish" (LE 6104-1/3, three 12-inch discs,

48 HI FI/ STER EO $14.94) . The set is straightforward and easily used. suIts a child likes : he is either right or wrong, and No repeat time is allowed, but the words are pro­ he is marked accordingly. The child will not, of course, nounced slowly and clearly, and a variety of voices used become flu ent in French within the scope of this course, for models. For more advanced students, the company but the series is highly recommended both for children offers "Modern French by Sounds," produced by J ean who might travel abroad with their parents and as a Boorsch (LE 6200, two lO-inch discs, $8.50 ). The happy way of introducing a child to a foreign lan­ material is relatively complicated and is given in rapid guage at an early age. The benefits should be evident delivery ; it is accompanied by texts and exercises. later when the youngster takes a foreign language in This has proven useful as an auxiliary set for second­ school. year college students. For those seeking an uncomplicated set primarily A particularly challenging series is that produced fo r travel purposes, Dover Publications has excellent under the title Instant Spanish (three 12-inch discs, lessons in Fren"ch (T875, three 12-inch discs, $17.85), $9.95) , French, German, Italian, and Russian on the Spanish (T876 ), Italian (T877), German (T878 ), Instant Learning label. The system used is new and Portuguese (T881), Greek (T882), Russian (T879), quite different from that of any other language rec­ and J apanese (T880). No pretense is made of systema­ ords. Based on a theory of reinforced learning, the tic instruction in grammar, but the set does offer a student is asked to translate a given phrase; .after a clear series of conversations with useful travel expres­ pause the voice on the record gives the correct answer. sions and a booklet with English, French, and phonetic The process is repeated until the guesses have become approximations. reinforced into correct answers. The student is fur­ nished with a booklet in which to check his responses L IEREis a strong line of demarcation between the with a pencil; repetition is encouraged, and progress scope of the sets discussed so far and those that ap­ is visibly indicated. The material is well dis tributed proximate a one-year college course. The latter are (but why must 1,500 verb forms be learned orall y at both bulkier and much more expensive, but for the the end, taking up valuable record space? ), and the really serious student they offer a great deal of inten­ advantage of involvement by keeping score is evident. sive work. A fine series in this category are the Holt The one serious question lies in the area of accuracy : Spoken Language records in French (200/ 11 , six 12- will the learner be certain he is checking what he is inch discs, $50.00 ) , German (300/ 11 ), Italian (400/ hearing, or is his ear deceiving him ? Given this quali­ 11 ) , Russian (500/ 11 ), and Spanish (100/ 11 ). For the fic ation, the method should give first-class results. ambitious student of a language these records offer French and Spanish records for children are also everything short of what a classroom teacher can do. produced on the Instant Learning label (one 12-inch T he booklet is elaborate, in English and phonetic disc, $5 .95). No age level is given, but seemingly the French, indicating the basically oral approach of the sets would be most effective at the eight-twelve level, course. It suggests two means of using the records : with although younger and older children could certainly the booklet itself and a native speaker (Though why use them. The accompanying bookl ets are delightful, should "he be "neither too" well educated nor too with pictures and English underneath the French. The ignorant"? Why fear copying a cultured accent? ), score sheet has written French to strengthen responses. or with the booklet and the records. Good suggestions Clearly organized, the set gives the sort of tangible re- are given for using the records by a group of students. ...

" Do you know how to ask him if he's Slue this is the way to the Piazza San Marco?"

49 firm basis in French to get maximum value out of the FOREIGN-­ set, but it should be invaluable to an advanced student LANGUAGE of the language. A s can be se~n , the variations in language sets are RECORDS considerable both in size and method. The descriptions above may serve as a guide to the interested purchaser, but his final satisfaction will depend on the intangibles The lessons, which cover a broad vocabulary, with of his own learning ability and how well it is matched repetition of basic word-patterns and ample review, by the set he has purchased. Some of the sets are in­ have been worked out intelligently to further fluency tended solely for oral-aural teaching and so avoid any and extend vocabulary while not neglecting what has written material. This method has long been in vogue, already been learned. Explanations are always given and results are often appreciable. However, I myself after the examples on the record, and the clever stu­ have a marked preference for those sets combining a dent can deduce his own rules. Ample time is given detailed booklet with the records, feeling strongly that for repeating the words. In sum, then, the set is an anything heard and repeated orally should be rein­ excellent one for general use in basic conversational forced by seeing words and word-patterns in print. French ; perhaps most in its fa,:or is that each word Many people will use a ~oreign language for little more is repeated twice and then later is incorpprated in than a reading knowledge, and travelers freguently sentences for review, a technique with good assimila­ have to read signs as well as speak the language. The tive value. possible exceptions to this rule of thumb are. H ebrew Folkways has produced an equally ambitious series and Chinese, where the alphabet involves complica­ of French records but with a somewhat different tions in terms of a limited course. The Cyrillic alphabet orientation. Series I (Basic and Intermediate, 8101 ; should certainly be mastered by any prospective Rus­ three 12-inch discs, $20.85) consists of the equivalent sian students. of a one-year college grammar course. While the claims I also have a preference for records that allow time as to the scope may be a bit extravagant, the records for the student to repeat the foreign phrases. Mere are rich in possibilities. Rapid examples are given by listening can be an altogeth<: r too passive indulgence. particularly good speakers, with no time allowed for It does lengthen the records appreciably, however, repetition after initial lessons. The lessons combine and economic factors may have to be considered. grammar instruction with conversation extension, and Attractive packaging and informative booklets are there is a valuable section on ear training, with em­ by no means trivial adjuncts to thl=! records, either. Any phasis on word groups. Useful written exercises, with means to attract and hold interest are welcome, and answers provided, are also given. The final verdict, educators have long been aware of the value of eye­ then, is that the course would be particularly effective arresting book covers and illustrations. as a supplement to a classroom course, although it Finally, it seems certain that with such languages as could be used alone to advantage by an apt student. Spanish and Portuguese the records should indicate The Folkways Series II (Conversational, 8102, two which variety is used. As is generally known, there are 12-inch discs, $13.90) is especially good. It provides marked differences between Latin American and Cas­ a very wide and practical conversational vocabulary, tilian Spanish, and between Brazilian and Continental with a choice of subjects, from the practical (house­ Portuguese. It is only fair that the prospective student keeping) to the abstract (love and marriage). All are be given a precise indication of what he is undertaking ideally geared to Americans in France. One needs a to learn. It remains to admonish record buyers that no me­ chanical device can replace that somewhat unpopular virtue known as hard work. The best of the records and booklets offer a really wide scope of material, but the impulse must come from the student. 'Ultimate suc­ cess or failure rests squarely with him.

Floyd St. Clair was born in California and has since led a notably roving life-school in England, university at the Sor­ bonne, Army duty in France, a term of residence in Vienna. He did graduate work in Romance Languages and taugh.t at Stan­ ford University and is now on the faculty of Rutgers University. by Nat H entoff by Leonard Feather

EFI N ITIONS in jazz are ERY W ELL ; Ella Fitzgerald Dchronicall y imprecise, and Vis not really a jazz singer. perha ps the most fluid term . Segovia is not really a guitar­ of all has been the term "jazz ist. Carl Sandburg is not rea l­ singer." Through the years, ly a poet. Barry Goldwater is vehement claims have been not really a Republican. made for Peggy Lee, Chris L et us first state our terms. Connor, Fra nk Sinatr a, Eligibility as a jazz singer in­ Rosemary Clooney, and even Eileen Farrell as candi­ volves four basic factors : musical context, musical con­ dates for membership in the club. Moreover, Judy tent, timbre, and inna te rhythmic feeling nurtured by Garland considers herself fully capable of singing jazz, jazz association. and, if asked, Sophie Tucker would very likely respond T he impact of context is often stronger on the that she is not only hot but swinging. listener than on the artist. A singer who would other­ The case of Ella Fitzgerald is particularly enigmatic. wise be ignored, or passed off as belonging to the world If her relationship to jazz singing can be clarified, it of pop music, may be accepted in some jazz circles may be possible to come closer to constructing a meas­ through chance association (H elen Ward, H elen For­ uring rod for borderline cases like Sina tra and Peggy rest, Dick H aymes, and many others who happened to Lee. We may even begin to arrive at a definition of a sing with jazz orches tras during the swing era) or jazz singer that will not crumble at its first collision thro ugh their love for jazz and bookings before jazz with the next new set of qualifi cations as proclaimed audiences (Billy Eckstine, Nina Simone) . On the other in a record company's publicity release. hand singers like Roberta Sherwood and K ay Starr, By my criteria, Ella Fitzgerald is an above-average because they move in the Las Vegas-Miami-Copaca­ pop vocalist but a minor ja zz singer. An explanation of bana orbit peopled by unhip bands and audiences, are m y scale of values requires a check list bf the essential ignored by most jazz fans and critics, although they • qualities of jazz singing. It is possible for many vocalists qualify as jazz singers by every test except tha t of con­ to have one or more of these in varying degrees. On text. Ella, of course, moves with grace and consummate this basis of partial qualification, I would ca ll Frank ease from jazz to non-jazz settings, at home in a jazz Sinatra and Peggy Lee, for example, jazz-influenced. concert with Oscar Peterson or against a plush back­ But a complete, full-strength jazz singer, like Billie ground flanked by strings at the Hollywood Bowl. Holiday, Louis Armstrong, or J ack T eagarden must J azz content, too, involves psychological overtones. h ave them all. If the material dealt with has a built-in jazz identifi­ S w inging and PhTasing: A fl owing pulsation, which cation- an Ellington standard, say, or a bop instru­ can vary from the powerful a nd deeply personal thrust mental- the singer gains an advantage with the critic of Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie to the surface­ who subconsciously thinks in terms of jazz us. non-jazz. skimming of M aynard Ferguson and Ahmad J amal, But nowadays Ella leans as heavily on Broadway and is basic to any jazz performa nce. Ella swings smoothly H oll ywood as on Basin Street and Birdland for her and is an expert a t playing with rhythm while keeping repertoire. the meter accurate. But while her facility with the The matter of vocal timbre, in the definition of jazz beat often approaches virtuosity, she seldom applies it singing, has generally been associated with the jagged, with any great relevance to particular songs, as Billie throaty quality found in the .singing of Louis Arm­ H oliday did. In this res pect, Ella resembles a fl eet in­ strong and Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday a nd Anita strumentalist whose timing never stumbles but who O'Day. But if the presence or absence of this quality appears unconcerned with the meaning of a song's were in itself defining, Louis Prima and Frances Faye lyri cs. This tendency to ignore the ori ginal meaning would deserve entry to the jazz elite ahead of the softer­ of a song is understandable among jazz instrumentali sts voiced Ella. because they often use only the harmonic skeleton of a M os t importa nt of a ll is a natural rhythmic sense, piece to create a new structure a nd mood of their own. for a singer may have such an overwhelming feeling A singer, however, must deal with words, and if the for the jazz beat that the other factors become unim­ way she shapes her phrasing is at va riance with the portant. Ella, a professional singer almost from child­ story she tells, she has broken a key rule of jazz singing: hood, grew up completely in the jazz tradition, singing tell a story and tell it from the heart. from the age of sixteen with the unique Chick W ebb For example, when Ella si ngs L oue f OT Sale, she band, leading it herself for two years after his death, cannot be faulted musicall y, but she communica tes and later touring fo r many years ,,\l ith Norman Gra nz's ( C ontinued on page 54) ( C ontinued on jJage 55)

P II OTO FA C1 N G : BURT GOI. . OBLATT

APRIL 1962 53 IS ELLA FITZGERALD AGREAT JAZZ SINGER?

singular and compelling contribution to jazz m usic. Timbre: The timbre of Ella's voice is naturally rather thin and lacking in intensity. It is difficult for her to produce as wide and subtle a range of colors as Sarah V aughan or Anita O'Day. Still, Mildred Bailey had an even smaller spectrum to v\lork with, yet through the intimacy of her phrasing and the qua lity of her improvisations she personalized everything she Nat HentofJ has written on sang. Like the early blues shouters, like the later, more the subject of jazz for many magazines and is also a re­ sophisticated jazz vocalists ( H o liday, L ee Wiley, cording consultant. The Jazz O'Day), like Carmen McRae and Ray Charles today, L i fe is his latest book. Mildred Bailey brought to her singing a strong sense of life, of adult experience. H ad her voice been richer, she might have been even more effective, but there was no question that Mildred Bailey communicated basic little of the aching weariness that is in the song. emotions, hopes, and frustrations. By contrast, Ella too Similarly, her phrasing of the more urbane Cole often sounds like a child, and although much popular Porter and Lorenz Hart lyrics indicates an inadequate music is based on the fantasies of actual or arrested comprehension of the nuances involved. Ella, in short, adolescents, the essence of jazz has certainly n ever been always swings, but she too frequently swings in an for children. emotiona l. and intellectual vacuum. She neither re­ "What is jazz?" the veteran bassist Milt Hinton once mains faithful to the original nor creates a new story. asked rhetorically. "What m akes a great jazzman is Just as improvisation alone is not enough to char­ experience. Unless you've had experience and lived, acterize a performance as being jazz, pointless swinging what could you have to say? A person h as to have lived is not a certain guarantee of an illuminating jazz in­ to play great jazz." Charlie Parker put it even more terpreta tion. concisely : "If you don't live it, it won't come out of Instrumental Singing: It has become a common­ your horn." place to insist that a jazz si nger should approximate the work of an instrumenta list in phrasing and even I MAGINE, if .yo u will, Ella Fitzgerald singing God timbre. This requirement is often oversimplified. Ella Bless The Child or Good Morning H eartache, and then does indeed approach a song as if sh e were using her compare Billie H oliday's approach to the same songs. voice as a horn. Dom C erulli has accurately noted, The difference is rather like that between paintings by "On up tunes, particularly the scat songs, she im­ Norman Rockwell and Ben Shahn. provises in a steady flow, much as a tenor would. She At one end of the non-classica l vocal scale are the jumps octaves and adds little breathy afterthoughts to shallow, mechanical, teenage favorites-Paul Anka, phrases, much as a tenor. And she builds vocal riffs Chubby Checker, Ricky Nelson. At the other are R ay exactly the way a tenor would." Charles, Carmen McRae, J ack T eagarden, who are But a singer, after all, is not simply an instrument. aware, in Chaucer's words, that: Being able to imitate the habits of a tenor saxophone The Iyfe is short, the craft so long to Ierne, is not enough to ensure striking jazz vocalizing. There The assay so hard, so sharp the conquering. are many times- especially in wordless scat singing­ In between are accomplished stylists like Frank Sinatra when she sounds like an extraordinarily fluent but de­ and Peggy L ee, who use jazz techniques for greater humanized horn. The human being with fl esh and expressivity but who usuall y stop short of going down bones is absent. T echnically, these acrobatics are bril­ to the bedrock of their feelings. I t is to this camp that li antly sustained, but they -have less to do with self­ Ella Fitzgerald belongs. expression than with mechanics. A major jazz singer must swing, improvise imagina­ Billie H oliday never approached Ella's instrument­ tively, and phrase instrumentally. But a major jazz like facility, but there was not the slightest doubt about singer m ust also make each song refl ect what he has the complex nature and uniqueness of a human per­ lived and experienced. Musicianship, however skillful, sonality wh en Billie sang. A similar contrast is that is not enough. And Ella, technically brilliant as she is, between the wry, poignant individuality of everything is not emotiona lly open enough in her singing to merit Pee Wee Russell plays and the more fluent but basically a place in the first rank of jazz singers. After a ll these characterless clarinet of Buddy D eFranco. Accord­ years, do we know yet just who Ella Fitzgerald is ? And ingly, D eFranco is relatively a minor player while the if she has indeed revealed all there is to tell, there is durable Russell h as made and continues to make a not enough there for the best of jazz.

54 HIFI / STEREO jazz, a nd her early records h ad very little to do with the idiom; yet during the past decade she has matured in emotion, delivery, phrasing, has constantly sur­ rounded hers elf with a rhythm section of first-class jazz musicians, and today ranks as one of the fin est living jazz singers, as Quincy Jones, Lou Levy, and dozens of other jazzmen who h ave worked with her will tes tify. But the reverse of this process never takes place; it is L eonard Feathe r h as j ar impossible fo r a jazz singer ever to become a non-jazz twenty-five years been an au­ th ority on jazz. His The En­ singer. The qualities that were ingrained in Ella dur­ cyclopedia of J azz is a work ing the years with W ebb will remain with her always. 0/ th o roug h sch ol arship. In these times of planned nonconformity, I suppose I should be ashamed to admit that m y view of Ella is shared by the vast majority of her fellow-artists; in fact, she is held in esteem to a degree without parallel all-jazz concert group. Under such co nditions even in jazz history. It would be tedious and of little purpose Kirs ten Flagstad would proba bly have wound up even to begin a list of the jazz musicians who respect swinging. That Ella does not spill her guts before her Ella as a jazz artist, but in a poll I once took among audience and that she lacks a gutteral tone no more a hundred jazz players and singers she received sixty­ militates against her competence as a jazz singer than six votes as the greatest female jazz singer of a II ti me. her failure to acquire a police record. Psychiatrists' followed by Billie Holiday with twenty-three and Sarah couches and sta te-owned institutions are not manda­ Vaughan with twenty-one votes. tory training grounds for a jazz musician. Mildred Incidenta ll y, a comparison between Ella and Billie Bailey, Jimmy Rushing, J ack T eagarden, and many Holiday serves no more constructive purpose than others can be cited whose lives were never scarred by asking a wine-taster to compare champagne and traumatic experiences such as Billie H oliday endured. vodka. To my mind, no greater jazz singer than Billie Whatever bearing this lack may have on the character Holiday has ever lived ; there was in her work a bitter of their singing, it has none on their emotional honesty beauty that is not to be compared with anything con­ and intensity or on their ability to communicate by tributed by any other jazz singer. But Ella Fitzgerald means of a natural jazz beat. is peerless in jazz on another level ; she has virtues Seven tracks of Ella's "Lullabies of Birdland" on that are not to be sought, and certainly not to be found, Decca and eleven tracks of "Ella Sings the Duke El­ in Billie or anyone else. H ers is a different vitality, a dif­ lington Song Book" on Verve consist partly or wholly ferent not a lesser range of emotions-emotions that of scat, or bop, singing- that wordless brand of vocal reach most listeners as completely as Billie's emoti ons ad-libbing entirely indigenous to jazz. Because of her reached hers. To suggest that comparative measures mastery of this art, jazzmen have compared her with must be used in evaluating the contribution of either legendary instumentalists . As Cannonball Adderley ob­ artist is to suggest that only one means may be used served, "No girl living can sound more like a jazz to reach an artistically perfect end. There is an obvious so loist than Ella." But even in the more conventional fl aw in this syllogism : Billie Holiday had certain ex­ songs with lyrics, Ella uses every delicately oblique de­ peri ences and became a great jazz singer. Ella Fitz­ ... vice of syncopation, of shading and phrasing, that gerald did not have similar experiences. Therefore marks the work of a nonpareil jazz singer. Ella is not a jazz singer. In conclusion, it may be apt to summon as evidence L rERE is no direct relationship between jazz singing one of the most illuminating attempts to separate the and personal maturity or depth of emotional experi­ jazz from the non-jazz singers, undertaken some yea rs ence. A performer who h as lived in shallow spiritual ago by a jazz expert who voted in the Down Beat inter­ wa ters m ay, it is true, become a shallow jazz singer, but national critics' poll. "I dig Sinatra, but I don't con­ a jazz singer nonetheless. Another performer may en­ sider him a jazz singer," stated the critic, and fo r this dure psychic agonies and grow up to be a Judy Gar­ reason stood Sinatra in the corner and refused to vote land. But this does not give the Garland-type singer a for him. But the same critic, in the same poll, voted fo r passport to Birdland. Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday as the world's I have observed, however, in the course of listening greatest female jazz singers. to hundreds of singers during the past twenty-five In the light of the present discussion, this has a years, that it is possible fo r a non-jazz singer to become special interest, fo r the name of the voter in questi on a jazz singer. C ertainly Peggy Lee's roots were not in was :\Ta t H entoff.

APRIL 1962 55 P eT haps your caTtridge is The quality difference you ob ­ A. mounted slightly askew; pcr­ A • serve w h en you mismatch SOUND Iw /)s its stylus is not precisely parallel s/leakers in this wa,y is mainly due to a with its body; or /) erhaps the manu/ac­ change in their fr equency response as turer of YOUT tone-ann made a mistake the Tesult of reduced amplifier damp­ and the in fi guring the overhang distance . But ing. In a feedback amjllifier, the elec­ in any case, if a different overhang dis­ trical damping applied to the speaker tance gives you clean er sound, par­ will be the same at each output tap as QUERY ticularly from the critical inn er grooves, long as the speakeT is correctly matched. then that is the overhang to use. But for a speaker of a given impedance, the higher the impedance it connects by J. Gordon Holt TV Tap-Off to, the 10weT the damping applied to it I would like to hook the audio from the amplifier. R educed dam/ling a forum for eliminating Q. part of my T V set to my hi-fi tends to emphasize frequency-response system to bypass the Ii [tI e speaker in irregularities, so w hat you h ear as the mo~t common-and the TV se t. I tried connecting to the "clearer" sound is probably emflhasis of often most exasperating­ secondary of its output transform er, but the speaker's inherent brilliance. this didn't help much. Is there a better !l1ismatching certainly won't damage problems of stereo hi-fi way of making this connection? anything, so if your system really does R. W. MICKLE sound better to you when mismatched Dubbed Disc Equalization .Chicago, Ill. ( and make sure you adjust for the change in vo lume when com/Jaring Ih e "Yhen a record company reissues One of the easiest ways of doing two conditions), then by all m eans use Q • some of its old 78-rpm record­ • this is by tapping off fTom the the amplifier's J6-ohm outputs . ings on LP discs, do they record them A primary of the TV set's output trans­ with RIAA equalization, or should the former through a pair of 600-vo lt ca­ LP's be p layed with the same eq uali za­ Durable Styli? pacitoTS. The capacitoTs are to isolate tion that was used on the original discs? I am skeptical about some of the the TV set's high-voltage supply from H. E SSER Q • advertising claims I've seen for J. the hi-fi system, and the Tesistor net­ Pittsburgh, Penna. stylus life. Some stylus manufacturers wOTk shown in the diagram is to pro- claim their diamonds will last fi ve years In theoTY at least, and according at one or two hours of pl aying per day. • to the Tecord jacket blurbs, all r=~~~. ==~ I've never known a diam.ond to last A TO HI-FI LP discs are equalized to the R I AA SYS TEM for more than a year even when treated curve, regardless of their source mate­ with the utmost care. Are th ese claims rial. I n pmctice, though, many of these of very long life merely exaggerated LP reissues of old 78's aTe gimmicked sales pitches, or is there some truth to in various ways to improve their sound, them? and you mayor may not agT ee with the BERRY WALL record company's idea of what consti­ Fort "Yorth, T exas tutes improvement. S et your playback equalizer to RIAA A diamond stylus will indeed to begin with, but if the discs don't A • last for fi ve years or so if it is sound right to you, don't hesitate to vide some attenuation of the output used about two hours peT day at , use otheT equalizer settings or your tone signal as well as additional high-voltage gram force on clean-swIaced discs. At controls. isolation. 3 grams, a diamond stylus should last This hookup won't deactivate the TV for about two years. Overhung Overhang set's own output section, but it will by­ A stylus that starts to sound WOnt out What are the facts about over­ pass the worst part of it, and it will after less than a year of use may be Q. hang? I refer, of course, to the allow the TV set's output tube to be doing so not because its til) is develop­ distance by which a pickup stylus passes operated at a very low vo lume, to hold ing flats but because its damping and beyond the center of the turntable when its distortion to an acceptable level. suspension material is d1' ying out the arm swings across the disc. through exposure to the air. Stiffening The manufacturer of my tone arm Mismatched Improvement of the stylus reduces its compliance, specifies that I mount it so that its My speakers are rated at 8 ohms exaggerates its ul)per-range resonance overhang distance is exactly % of an Q • each, but when I switch my peak, and generally dirties Ujl the sound inch. But if I increase this to one inch amplifier's output-matching switch in much the same way as does a worn or slightly more, I notice that the sound from 8 to 16 ohms, the spea kers sound tip. becomes quite a bit cleaner and more clearer. Most pickup (and stylus) manufac­ alive. I thought correct matching was al­ turers offer a redamping service wheTe­ Is there any reason why I shouldn't ways supposed to give the best sound. by styli whose tips are still in good simply ignore the manufacturer's over­ Why should my system behave differ­ condition can be equifJped with fr esh hang recommendation and follow the ently? And is it all right if I leave the damping and suspension materials. So testimony of my ears? im pedance swi tch set for J 6 ohms? it would pay to investigate this possi­ GUY B AGLEY WILLIM[ PIRO bility before laying out the cost of a Petersham, Mass. Brookl yn, N.Y. comj)lete new stylus assembly.

56 HI FI / STEREO HI FIISTEREO REVIEW'S THE TOP RECORDINGS BEST OF THE MONTH

CLASSICAL • RICHTER ON BEETHOVEN-THE SHINING LIGHT OF TRUTH The great Russian pianist provides some revelatory readings

EW PERFORMANCES present astonishing revelations of the authentic nature of a composition, and in view of the wealth of cataloged recordings of Beethoven's FFirst Piano Concerto, one might have thought that new light could not be thrown upon the work. Yet the new RCA Victor recording, with the redoubtable Sviatoslav Richter and the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Charles Munch's baton, shows it in all its pristine beauty. RCA VICT o n RECORDS It is not that Richter departs from the tradition or at­ tempts some dramatic coup to give the work a novel interest, but that he has superbly presented every detail with just relation to the whole with a virtuosity that is everywhere relevant to this joyful score. His tempos and dynamics are wonderfully adjusted, his tone translucent as a polished wine glass, the articulation of each phrase pre­ cise and vital, the dialogue of the two hands alert and vivacious. The character of each movement is admirably - defined; the ceremonial stateliness, the objectiveness of the opening Allegro con brio, with · its touch of martial pomp; the reflective lyricism of the Largo, never burdened SVLA T OS LAV RL CH T ER Tone as translucent as a polished wine glass with alien pathos; and the sparkling wit and rhythmic bite of the Rondo. Surely, the last movement was never per­ formed with such natural delight. And the excellence is not.only that of the soloist. Charles Munch has fashioned the orchestral part so that it emerges as vital as the music that shines from the piano. The recording, too, is very good in both stereo and monophonic versions, in that it pre­ sents a Beethoven score as it should sound, with solidity and impact but with no post-clas- sical tonal emphases. The hand-maiden clarinet in (continued overleaf)

APRIL 1962 57 the Largo, for example, sho"·s off its timbre ance. The incomparable strings of the Vienna without giving the sense of a soloistic effort. Philharmonic are imaged faithfully; the brass is Counterpoints are firmly drawn but never domi­ rich yet free from blast; the woodwind timbres nate the impression, and the tutti are solidly are sensitively displayed. For one building a basic based but never turgid. Perhaps the upper strings stereo collection this is the "New World" to buy. might gleam a little more, but against this must Ralph Bales be set the cle

O NE HAS only to listen to the folk-like theme in the first movement in this new London disc of Dvorak's "New World" Symphony to know that the praise given Istvan Kertesz by Eu­ ropean critics is well-deserved. Right from the start, from the first perfectly paced and beauti­ fully plastic phrase to the last pianissimo chord on four basses, every movement is played with all the naive drama and profound poetry that this score contains. The music is allowed to breathe. If Beethoven could hug the bass player Drag­ onetti, bass and a Jl , that is excuse enough for wanting to hug this Vienna flutist for his exquisite enunciation of the theme. And the fire is in this quite unbloated fir t movement, the simple sin­ cerity of its contrasts of outburst and quiet sing­ ing. The same exceJlence of part and whole is to be heard in the Largo. Rarely has the "Negro" melody returned at the close with such quiet, self­ contained feeling as it has in this reading, nor does one often hear the trio of the Scherzo played with such remarkable nuance. Rhythm, shading,

balance, control of the drama, are also good in l"'hLES DAVIS the Finale. The recording matches the perform- Fluent grace and controlled ecstasy

58 HIFI / STEREO • is sufficient cause for celebration. The searing passion and unabashed lyricism of his approach are tempered by an economy of expression and a rigorous discipline that bring the emotional and rational into perfect balance. The result is per­ haps the most satisfying style that contemporary jazz has to offer. D avis is at his most ardent in these six low­ keyed and gently luminous selections, recorded while his group was in transition. John Coltrane, who had reached a personal artistic maturity, was about to strike out on his own. His replace­ ment on tenor saxophone, Hank Mobley, was already on hand when several of these pieces were recorded, thus making a sextet that found Davis matched with two tenors. D espite the added horn, the arrangements are of the most casual sort, and the emphasis falls on lengthy solo explorations. In this wise, Davis utterly dominates the al­ bum, playing with fluent grace and with a con­ trolled frenzy that borders on ectasy. Particularly breath-taking are his eloquent statements on the modal selections, Drad-Dog and T eo, which hearken back to the lovely "Kind of Blue" album HELEN H UMES and on which his spare, reflective lines are most Fr esh inventiveness with some old standards effectively foiled by Coltrane's spiralling, thicker­ textured improvisations (Columbia CS 8163/CL although her style was formed in the swing era, 1355). It is in these pieces that Davis' art is to she can fit into any jazz context tha t is suffici­ be heard at its purest. Peter J. W elding ently hot and unpretentious. Miss Humes is reminiscent of Mildred Bail ey ® ® MILES DAVIS: Some Day My Prince Will Come. Miles Davis (trumpet ), J ohn Coltrane and in that her voice is light but capable of multiple H ank Mobley ( tenor saxophone), Wynton Kelly shadings, and her phrasing is consistently intel­ (piano ), Paul Chambers (ba s ), Jimmy Cobb ligent and subtly unpredictable. As L eonard (drums). Some Day My Prin ce W ill Come; Old Feather observes in his jacket notes, Miss Humes Folks; Pfrancing; D rad-D og; T po; I Thought About commands a "melodic inventiveness such as only Y ou. COLUMBIA CS 8456 $4.98, CL 1656~· $3 .98. the great jazz instrumentalists possess." Along with the collected works of Billie Holiday, Miss Bailey, and Lee Wiley, this album should be THE VOICE OF required study for the apprentice jazz singer as HELEN HUMES it displays phrasing that is always personal, yet faithful to the intent of the lyrics. To/match jazz singing The songs are all standards, but under Miss with a fin e combo Humes' spontaneous reshaping they take on new overtones of meaning and reveal new possibili­ ties of rhythmic life. Horn men Teddy Edwards and Joe Gordon match Miss Humes' soaring Wm "Swingin' With spirits, and the rhythm section could not be Humes," h er third Contemporary album in three more appropriate: Wynton K elly may well be years, Helen Humes moves farther into the fore­ the best accompanist in jazz ; L eroy Vinnegar front of the thinly populated ranks of mature is robustly firm; and Frank Butler plays with jazz vocalists. This time, moreover, she is spurred crisp taste and an alert beat that never constricts to fresh inventiveness by a vigorously improvising Miss Humes' remarkably elastic sense of swing. sextet of modern jazzmen, proving thereby that Contemporary's chief engineer, Roy DuNarm,

APRIL 1962 59 has again provided a model of jazz recording disc that bears her name does, and it offers a -bright, natural presence, and expert balanc­ revealing combination of traditional J ewish mu­ ing so that the full interplay of these congenial sic and modern compositions rooted in Israel's colleagues is strikingly reproduced. Nat H entofJ richly variegated past. Miss Damari herself ex­ emplifies the ties between present fusion and ® ® HELEN HUMES; Swingin' With Humes. former exile in that she was born in Yemen and H elen Humes (vocals ), Joe Gordon (trumpet ), raised in Israel. T eddy Edwards (tenor saxophone), Wynton Kell y H er voice is darkly powerful, and by means (piano), Al Viola (guitar), Leroy Vinnegar (bass ), Frank Butler (drums). When Day is Done; Baby of its arresting timbre and wide, secure range Won't You Please Come Home; and ten others. CON­ she communicates the lustrous sensuality of this 7 TEMPORARY S 7598 $5 .98, 3598 '. $4.98. music with incisive and joyful confidence, mov­ ing with grace from speech-inflected rhapsodic passages to euphoric dance meters. There are * ENTERTAINMENT * fiv e fascinating religious and love pieces from Yemen- mostly parallel in form and swellingly ARTFUL passionate. Two delightful Sephardic numbers ISRAELI complete the representation of traditional music. The remaining seven songs are by Israeli com­ FOLK SONGS posers and are marked by folklike naturalness of rhythms, as well as by clarity and suppleness S hoshana Damari communicates lust TO us sensuality of line. The close-fitting but never smothering arrangements are by Elyakum Shapira, an Israeli

OF Shoshana Damari's recordings composer and conductor who has worked in previously released in this country have come America as assistant conductor of the New York close to matching the compelling vitality of her Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein. Both the personal appearances, but this new Vanguard mono and stereo versions are superbly recorded. Nat H entofJ

SHOSHANA D AMA RI ® ® Shoshana Damari. Shoshana Damari (vocals ) ; A compellin.g person.ality with an arresting voice orchestra, Elyakum Shapira concl . Go Forth My Dove; To the Spring; The Gates of Heaven Are O/} en; and eleven others. VANGUARD VSD 2103 $5.95, VRS 9097 $4.98.

ON THE TOWN IN OLD VIENNA

The Gay Life is a work of chaTm and substance

I T SEEMS hard to believe, but The Ga}1 Life IS the first Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz musical in almost fourteen years. More impor­ tant, though, is the fact that they have lost none of their skills that have long established them as two of the foremost creators of words and music for the theater. In listening to Capitol's elegant original-cast album of the new score, inspired by Arthur Schnitzler's Vienna society comedy, The AfJairs of Anatol, I became struck once again by the rema~kable musical and literary quality of their work. Each of the eighteen individual numbers

60 HIFI / STEREO fulfills an important part in the musical, ye t K ind of a GiTl and the poignant expression of each has been carefully formed to give it as self-inadequacy, Something You Never Had Be­ much substance as it would have if it were the faTe, have melodies of singular beauty. As for only song in the show. the lyrics, Mr. Dietz is seldom willing to be con­ Magic Moment, sung by the superbly gifted tent with an obvious line or an easy rhyme. Few Barbara Cook, is a good example of the art of other lyricists today would be capable of main­ Dietz and Schwartz. H ere is a brooding, soulful taining the flow of internal rhymes in I Never melody (a Schwartz trademark ) mated to an Had a Chance, or, in Now I'm R eady For a expressive lyric that tells exactly who the heroine Frau, to have Anatol bid his adieux to bachelor­ is and how she feels about a boulevardier named hood with "Goodbye to rendezvous called clan­ Anatol. But there is also a distinctiveness to the destine/Goodbye to letting a late night guest in." song that you spot immediately as that inde" The cast is fine. Barbara Cook is surely one fin able something called quality, and you know of musical comedy's most valued possessions, and

FR1EDMAN-A-BELES

EI..lZARETH ALLEN AND WAI.TER CHlARI Gaiety and sparkle for The Gay Life

that it will endure long after the show's run is Walter Chiari, as Anatol, does well in spite of through. So, too, the attitudes of Anatol's two his misplaced Italian accent. Don Walker's or­ discarded loves, as played by J eanne Bal and chestrations, which use a cymbalom for local Elizabeth Allen, are revealed through melodies color, are satisfactory. and lyrics that set them apart while still being The sound provided by the Capitol engineers true to the characters of the girls who sing them. is fabulous. There is no stereo movement, but Both songs, incidentally, also express opposite the voices are nicely placed. Stanley Green views on travel: the blase Miss Bal couldn't care less about traipsing around the country with her ® ® THE GAY LIFE (Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz). Original-cast recording. vyalter Chiari, lover (Why Go Anywhere at All?), while Miss Barbara Cook, Jules Munshin, J eanne Bal, Elizabeth Allen offers him a seductive invitation to the Allen, and others; orchestra and chorus, H erbert open road (Corne A-Wandering with M e). Greene condo CAPITOL SWAO 1560 $6.98, W AO Even such closely plotted numbers as This 1509":' $5.98.

61 APRIL 1962 Bernstein Conducts Mahler A first in stereo: Maestro Leonard Bernstein, the New York Philharmonic, soloist Martha lipton, a boy's choir and women's chorus scale the heights of Mahler's towering Third Symphony.

Strauss and The Philadelphia 7 The sumptuous sound of THe Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy is revealed afresh in this steteo recording of Richard Strauss' stunning tone poems.

The Casadesus-Four Hands 'DEBUSSY, P.", Vi rtuosi Robert and Gaby Casadesus combine four hands and their special wit in a program of two-piano music by Debussy, Satie, Chabrier and Faure.

Richter Plays Rachman in off r-TH--IR-O~C-O-NC~E-RT-I-N~n--iE-I-II--ST--O~RIC~SE--RI~ES "Rachmaninoff himself could ~ ~~l'i~:~JI~R hardly have played these ...... ,"""""'8,''''';"'a~ I ,...{_'''' (preludes) more feelingly," ::~:':~~!ff.',~:" IH>~jor,O,. . IO,N(J.J said the N. Y. Herald Tribune of master pianist Sviatoslav Richter in his Carnegie Hall concert. This is the third complete concert in the historic Richter series, recorded live at Carnegie.

Superb Duo A superb chamber music team : violinist Joseph Fuchs and his sister, li llian, violist, lend special lustre to Mozart's appealing but rarely-recorded Duos.

Music From an Unknown Century Ri>-~~~::;----' Arias, anthems and chorales of the Moravian Church­ from a neglected but fascinating era in American musical history. Second in a Columbia ([ji)series, it is recorded withaffection as well as authority by the Moravian Festival Chorus and Orchestra . .."."'----' CHOOSE SPECTACULAR STEREO OR MATCHLESS MONAURAL 62 CIRCLE NO. 37 ON READER SERVICE CARD HIFI / STEREO preferabl e for its added dimension. A the light-hearted, even jocul ar, Ruins of ExpLan ation uj sYfllbo Ls: I 76-page facsimi le of Bach's presentati on A thens overture. R . B. ® =lJI onoph onic recordin g score to the Ma rkgrave of Brandenburg is ® ::.:: stereo ph o1l ic recordin g supplied wi th the album. I . K . ® ® BERIO: Ci1·cles. BUSSOTTT: ':' =m O Il O or stereo. version not received Fntmmento. CAGE: Aria with Fontana Jor review BEET HOVEN: Piano Concerto No.1; Mix. Cathy Berberian (voice ) ; Francis Piano Sonata in F, Opus 54 (see p. 57). Pi erre (harp ) ; J ean Pierre Drou("t and Boris de Vinogradov ( percussion ) ; Lu­ ® ® BACH: Six B-m n£lenbul'g Con­ ® ® BEETHOVEN: OverftL1'es: Eg­ ciano Beri o (piano ). TIME S 8003 $5 .98, certos. N elV York Sinfonietta, M ax Go­ m ont, L eonore N o.3, FideLio, Coriolan; 8003':" $4.98. berman cond. LIB RA RY OF R ECORD ED The Ruins of A thens: T urkish Marc h. MAS TER PIECES BB 1-3 three 12-inch Berlin Philharmoni c, Bamberg Symphony Interest: Avant-garde leaders di scs $25.50 (mono or stereo) (Avail­ Orchestra, H amburg State Philharmonic Performance: Presumably authentic able from Library of R ecorded M aster­ Orches tra, J ose ph K eilberth cond. TELE­ Record ing: Brilliant pi eces, 150 W. 82 St., N ew York 24, FUNKEN T CS 18049 $2.98, TC 8049 Stereo Quality: Superb N.Y.) $1.98. ' '''hatever else might be said about this Interest: Bach masterworks Interest: Symphonic staples recording of avant-garde vo cal music, it Performance: Good but not outstonding Performance: Very good cannot be deni ed that the experi ence of Recording: Clean Recording: Good li stening to it is fascinati ng-if not dow n­ Stereo Quality: Excellent Stereo Quality: Excellent right unhinging. Not content to give a thorough shaking­ H eard in a live concert, these perform­ This record is a sound investment at the up to the harmoni c, melod ic, contra pun­ ances of the six Brandenburg Concertos pri ce asked . J oseph Keilberth and the tal, rhythmic, and instrumenta l founda­ would be a n enjoyable and entertaining Berlin Philharmoni c present powerful ti ons of "Vestern music, the boys ha\'e set experi ence, for NIax Goberman has as­ performances of the Egm ont and L eonOTe upon the fun ctions of the human voice. sembled a highl y competent group of mu­ Brrio's work, whose highl y intrica te sicians playin g the original instruments se rial technique barely suppres. es its in­ spec ifi ed by Bach. I n addition to the nate voca l lyri cism, is, curiously enough, conce rtos, in cluded are a complete move­ a setting of 'E. E. Cummings. The wo rds ment and pa rt of another from an ea rlier a re sc rupulously mi sprosodi ze d, and, rC'­ version of the first Brandenburg, the Sin­ sultantly, are barely c ompr e h e n ~ ib l r , in [oni a in F, wh ose parts are scored quite spite of Cathy Berberi an's careful di cti on. differently from the later treatment, plus Still, th e pi ece reeks mood . a shorte r and earli er harpsichord cadenza Bussoti's Fmmmento is a , ('H in g of an from the fif th Brandenburg. uncredited I tali an text for vo ice and pi­ W hil e the ense mble playin g in general ano, a nd its vocal eff ects are rather more is very good, there are pl aces wh ere indi­ extreme than Beri o's work . Still , nC'xt to vidua l r xecu tion goes slightl y aw ry, J ohn Cao'r's Aria Wit h Fonta /1 a N/ix, it is where neither refin emcnt nor beauty of as unstartling as an aria by Flotow. tone can match that of so mc of the other Two se pa rate Cage pi eces a re hr rr in ­ disc docum enta ti ons, such as th ose by volved. One of them, Fontana Mix, con­ Dart (Oiseau-Lyre) and M enuhin (Capi ­ sists of several ta pes th at can be played CATH Y B ER Il EHI AN to l). Goberm an tends to take slow move­ simultaneously over different loudspeak­ Virtuosic singin g for Berio and Cage ments too slowl y (e.g., Nos. I and 2), ei·s. The ATia, on the other hand , i. a suc­ whil e fast sections a re usua ll y spirited No. 3 overtures and are recorded mas­ cession of moanings, caterwaulings, ba rk ­ and lively, though in a few cases (notabl y sively with clea r to nal pro fi le and over-all ings, purrings, mani acal laughs, blue'S No.6) the speed adopted may eem coherence. T he brass tone, in parti cular, fragments, AOt·id so prano li nes-all of rather too fas t. M any stylistic details, such is fully developed, and so, too,' is th at of them pi eced together with uncanny th e­ as the proper execution of trill s, are hit the woodwinds. There is, however, a atrical eff ect. or miss, and no attempt is made in the touch of coldness and even a trace of Cathy Berberi an's mastery of i1lC'se third concerto to extemporize or add a steeliness in the upper strings. The Bam­ biza rre techniques is quite as incred ible middle movement, as is done in the ex­ berg Symphony performs acceptably in as the music itself, and the recording is a cell ent Da rt, Menuhin, or' ' '''enzin ger the Fidelio and Coriolan overtures, but virtual tour de force of engineerin g. T aken altogether, the music of thi s r('c ­ (DGG Archi ve ) two-record edi tions. not in the same mas terl y fashion, and the Balance probl ems have been overcome recording is inferi or to that given the ord defi es the criteria of music criticism with considerable success, and the sound Berliners. The technical qualiti es of the as we understand it. But it doe make' one' is clean, with th (" stereo \'('rsion clearl y record are better in the lively reading of listen! lV. F. 63 APRIL 1962 anything cOI1\'entional or academic about rather than ma rch, and he tends to treat RECORDING OF SPECIAL MERIT the piece. It is, to be sure, couched in his instrument as an anvil. H e is far better ® ® BERLIOZ: La Damnation de an immaculately clear tonal idiom; it is, in the scherzo, perhaps because the music Faust (exce1·pts). Nicolai Gedda (tenor), moreover, a tuneful piece, and its formal is more impassioned and less bombastic. Rita Gorr ( m ezzo-sopra no), Gerard plan, although subtle and original, is It is only just to say, however, that the Souzay (bari tone); Paris Opera Orches­ cleanly and beautifully proportioned. But jubilant energy of the middle D Major tra and Chorus, Andre Cluytens condo this piece is contemporary to the core- a episode is finely presented. Perhaps the ANGEL S 35941 $5.98, 35941 * $4.98. fresh look at the notion of the American most convincing effort is the andante, symphony developed and practi ced by taken slightly faster than usual, with the Interest: Be rlioz ma sterp iece the likes of Harris and Schuman, Cop­ result that the orchestral cantabil e is bt't­ Performance: Excellent land and Piston, or Roger Goeb. ter realized. On the other hand, the Recording : Smooth It is difficult to guess, however, what dialogue between cello and oboe loses Stereo Quality: Good led the powers that be at Columbia to something of its nostalgic poetr)'. The imagine that the poorly recorded (too troubled middle section aO'ai n is too un­ It is a pity that such an excell ent per­ bass-heavy) second-rate reading of the controll ed. It is in the last movement formance has to be incomplete, but th e Siegfried Idyll that accompani es this new tha t Cliburn's temperament most clashes abridgement at least was accompli sllPd work would be of any interest to the with the music. The result is a perform­ with skill. Part One, for example, is given buying public to whom the symphony is ance that is at times grand, at times complete, ending with the A1arche Hon­ presumably directed. W. F. overblown, never at a loss technicall y but groise. The three principal singers are sti ll immature. In general the recording :I heard in two arias each, and the famil­ ® ® BRAHMS: Concerto No. 2, in has the m erits and faults of the perform­ iar M enuet d es toilets is immediately B-flat, op. 83. Van Cliburn (piano); ance, being sonorous and weighty, with fol lowed by the serenade of M ephistoph­ Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz th e virtuosity of tht' orchestra well-dis­ eles, as in the score, so a measure of con­ R einer condo RCA VICTOR LSC 2581 played, though the bass seems a little tinuity is achi eved. $5.98, LM 2581 $4.98. defi cient. The stereophonic perspecti"e, The singers a re all masters of style. however, is very good. R. B. Gedda is a ri ch-voiced and eloquent Interest: Major w ork Performance: Im mature Faust, Gorr d eli vers 11arguerite's arias ® ® BRUCKNER: SymtJhony No.4, Recording : Very good with exquisite tonal beauty, and, while in E-flat Major ("Rom.antic"). Bamberg Stereo Quality: Good perspective Souzay lacks the proper vocal weight for Symphony Orchestra, Ht'inrich Holl­ a fu lly effective Chanson d e la fJUce, his 1:he Brahms B-flat Major piano concerto reiser condo Symphony No.7, in E Ma­ serenade is just about perfect. jor. Symphony Orchestra of the South­ Cluytens favors broader and more re­ is not on ly one of the largest efforts in the form but one of the most difficult to west German Radio, Baden-Baden, I-Tans fl ective tempos than does 11unch in the Rosbaud condo STEREOVOX SVBX 5117 sti ll fine-sounding RCA Victor recording. three 12-inch discs $8.75, VBX 117":' (Markevitch's reading on DGG is the $8.95. most electrifyi ng of the three, but it would not necessarily have won the composer's Interest: Major Bruckner approval.) Whether by itself or in sup­ Performance: No. 4 adequate; plement to the complete versions, this N o. 7, very good silky-sounding disc cannot be too highly Recording : G ood recommended. C. f. Stereo Quality: Good ® ® BINKERD: SymjJhony No. 1. Rosbaud gives a thoroughly authentic WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll. St. Louis rea ding of the E M ajor Symphony- rev­ Symphony Orchestra, Edoard Van R e­ erent, perceptive, and sincere-but the moortel condo Columbia Symphony Or­ recording lacks lustre in the strings and chestra, M:ax Rudolf condo COT.UMBIA brilliance in the bass and is not reverber­ MS 6291 $5.98, ML 569F' $4.98. ant enough to give a real sense of true acoustical presence. Holl reiser's conduct­ Interest: Solid American symphony VAN CLIBURN ing of the " Romantic" surely fa lls short Perform a nce: Ha If-a nd-ha If Grand but immature Brahms of th e potential of the work, wh ich to Recording: Ditto me is the more attractive of these two Stereo Quality: Satisfact ory perform, not merely in point of tech­ symphonies. H is orchestra is recorded, nique but in giving a sense of organiza­ however, with more openness of sound, Gordon Binkerd, an American compOSf'r tion to its many episodes. The work is better representation of the choirs , and who was born in 1916, is not widely not a ha rmonious structure, like the Bee­ with wa rmth and weight in the tutti. known outside of the profession, although thoven C Major concerto, but a powerful, But with this kind of music, Holl reiser he has enjoyed respect within it for many turbulent, and at times inflated drama. is not a Von Karajan or a K eilberth, let years now. It is most urgently to be It is well known that Van Cliburn, after alone a Waltt'r (see Columbia M2S 622). hoped, then, that this splendidly realized early and youthful efforts, withdrew the R. B. recording of his Symphony No.1, com­ work from his repertoire but continued posed in 1954, will bring him to the at­ to spend ' time and thought on it. Now BUSSOTTI: Frammento (see BERIO). tention of a wider public. This work he has recorded it, with results that indi­ represents American compositional ex­ cate that more thought and di scipline are ® BYRD: Music for Voice and Viols: pertise of the highest order, and its re­ required. His performance is big, bold, La Virgin ella; My S weet Little Darling; lease on record comes at a time when and impetuous, but these qual ities are What Pleasure Have Great Princes; skill, clarity, and old-fashioned know­ gained at too great a cost. Fine as is Though Amaryllis; Dance in Green; how in American composition have been Cl iburn's statement of the ri ch passage Blessed Is H e That Fears the LOTd ; 0 rather buried by the avant-garde cult of of the opening of the first movement, he Lord, How Long Wilt T hou Forget; Thr complexity. fai ls to relieve later episodes of their Man ls Blest That God Doth Fear; Why This is not to suggest that there is thi ckness. Frequently his chords stamp Do I Use My Paper, I nk, and Pen ; Pr r-

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1) BACH: St. John Passion. Phyllis Curtin, Soloists, Vienna State 3) HANDEL: The Messiah (original Dublin version). Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Vienna Academy Chorus conducted by Her­ Opera Orchestra and Vienna Academy Chorus conducted by Hermann mann Scherchen. (3-record set) WST-319 (Stereo), $17.94; XWN- Scherchen. (4-record set) WST-306 (Stereo), $19.98; (3-record set) 3319 (Monaural), $14.94. XWN-3306 (Monaural), $16.98. 2) BEETHOVEN: Fidelio. Sen a Jurinac, Jan Peerce, Soloists, Bavar­ 4) HAYDN: Seven Last Words of Christ. Soloists, Vienna State ian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Hans Knapperts­ Opera Orchestra and Vienna Academy Chorus conducted by Hermann busch. (3-record set) WST-318, $17.94; (Stereo), XWN-3318 (Mon- Schercheri. WST-17006 (Stereo), XWN-19006 (Monaural). aural), $14.94. • FROM THE WESTMINSTER CATALOG OF MUSIC FOR THE SELECTIVE LISTENER~ BACH: Mass in B Minor. Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Vienna CAMPRA: Requiem. Soloists, orchestra and chorus conducted by Louis Academy Chorus conducted by Hermann Scherchen. (3-record set) Fremaux. WST-17007 (Stereo), XWN-19007 (Monaural), WST-304 (Stereo), $17.98; XWN-3305 (Monaural), $14.98. HANDEL: Highlights from the Messiah - Scherchen. BACH: St. Matthew Passion. Vienna State Opera Or­ WST-14095 (Stereo), XWN-18676 (Monaural). chestra, Hermann Scherchen, conducting, XWN-4402 The Westminster Listener is the Selective Listener (Mono). Fritz Werner, conducting, WST-402 (Stereo). Free ... for the Westminster Listener ... complete new catalog. Write Dept. HS-6. Westminster Recording Co., BERLIOZ: Requiem. Soloists, orchestra and chorus con­ Inc. A subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc. 1501 ducted by Hermann Scherchen. (2-record set) WST-201 Broadway, New York 36, New York. (Stereo), $11.98; XWN-2227 (Monaural), $9.98. Stereo: $5.98 - Monaural: $4.98.

APRIL 1962 CIRCLE NO. 142 ON READER SERVICE CARD 65 ftV!W)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Italian opera in true bel canto style, complete with ~ ~ Warren coloratura. Despite her active artistic career, she ~ ftV MUSI was the mother of eight and jovially said that f:) ~ with each birth a tone was added to her upper ~ ~ range. Who was she? ~ ftV 5 WHILE ITALY was in revolutionary ferment ~ ~ 1 IN 1910, Ernest R . Ball wrote Mother • during the 1850's, one of her greatest com- ~ ftV · Machree, and a while later, When Irish E)les posers ran into difficulties with the Neapolitan ~ ~ Are Smiling, two ballads of enduring fame. His censor over an opera libretto. The citizens of ~ ftV first hit was composed in 1905 to lyrics by a New Naples took up his cause and made his name- ~ 't' ~ _ York state senator who later became mayor of which spelled out the initials of the man they ~ ~ New York City. Ironically, the title of that song wanted as king of a united Italy- their battle cry. ~ ~ epitomized the career of the politician-lyricist, Who was the composer and who was the king? .~ @ whose free-wh~elinl g mdunNicipal ah dministradti ~n ~ .~:.t came to an uiltIme y en. arne t e song an Its ~ @ lyricist. ~ . ftiJ 2 THE HARPSICHORD IS played from a key- ~ • board and its stfirings are plucked by quills ~~~ that are activated by nger pressure on t he keys. ~,;,: ~~ >- ~ Name two other instruments so simfiilar to the ~ ~~~ ~ harpsichord that they meet the speci cations of ~ ~,;,: ~ this description. ~ ttJ ~ ~ e ~ 3 Ii- WAS 1682 and a great time in which to g' ttJ ~ • be alive. H e was in his thirties, a successful ; ~ ~ composer of vocal and instrumental music-and ~ ~ ~ amorous. As the story goes, he abducted the mis- f:) ~ tress of a Venetian nobleman, who reciprocated by 6 WH. EN :HE Narmy mharches o~ hto wh~rh' thhe ~ ~ having him assassinated. Subsequently, Friedrich • na tIOn smgs. arne t e wars WIt w lC t e ~,p' ~ von Flotow wrote an opera-with a h appy ending following songs were associated: ( 1) .W hen the ~ ~ -based on the incident, and its overture is still Liahts Go on Again; (2) Break the N ews to I ~ played . Who was the presumably assassinated Mother; (3) H ello, Central, Give Me No Man's ~ ~ composer? Land ; (4) Free America " (5 ) Just BefoT e the ~,;,: ~ Battle, Mother. ttJ @4IN1936, agreatcontralto,whose profes-7TI_TEREWAS one musl'c crl'tl'c l'n V' ~ ~:.t • sional career spanned more than half a '" lenna ~ ftiJ century, died. She was most famous for her • whom Richard Wagner detested . In one of ~ ~ Wagnerian roles, although she could also smg his great operas, he created a petty, pedantic char- t;\ ftiJ acter to satirize him. The first draft of the libretto ~ ~ hardly disguised the critic's name, but Wagner ~ ~ eventua lly changed it to Beckmesser. (a) Who ~ ~ was the critic ? (b) What did Wagner first call the @ ~ chharacter ?he inspired? (c) What is the name of ~ ~:.t t e opera. ~ ~ ~ ~ ANSWERS ~ ftiJ 1. J.vill YOH LOl'e Me i" December as You Do ill MCI)' ? by James ~ ~ J .~~. ~ 0":'1 2. ( 1) Virginals; (2) Spinet. rtv 3. Alessandro Stradell~. I~,;,: ~ 4. Ernestine Schumann-Heink, two of whose sons died in World @ ~ War I . one in the German Navy. the other in the American Q lGl Army. ~,;,: ~A 5. Giuseppe Verdi; Vittorio Emmanuele Re d'/talia. @ ~ . 6. ( I) World W ar Il ; (2) Spanjsh-American Wa r: (3) First 1 ,.... World War: (4) Revolutionary War; (5) Civil War. I..:..i: ~ (~ ,. . 7. (a) Eduard HansJick; (b ) H ans Lick; (c) Die MeiSTersinger. ttJ ~ ~ ~@~~~~@~~~~@~@~~~~~@~~~~ 66 H IFI / STEREO tude and Fantasia Ii 5; Fan/asia Ii 3; In tol erably reproduced, the ensembles a re Nomine Ii 5; Fantasia Ii 6. Russe ll Ober­ ill-defin ed, and the orches tral deta il s are lin (countertenor ) ; In Nomin e Pl ayers; lost in the all-consuming din. A full Ger­ D eni Stevens ( musical direc tor) . Ex­ man-English text is supplied, but Urani a PERIENCES ANONYMES EA 37 $4.98. could have updated its booklet, whi ch indicates tha t Peter Anders is still alive Interest: Valuable collection and refers to Erna Berger as "one of the Performance: First-rate m os t rema rkabl e persona li ties before the Record ing: Superb Ameri can publi c today." Some day we may get a modern and thoroughl y sa ti s­ This admirabl y va ri ed coll ection provides fying record ing of MaTtha, but, until then; us a relatively unrecorded facet of th e des pi te the technical shortcomings, this grea t Engli sh R enaissance composer's recording is preferred to the I tali an output. Russe ll Oberlin, h is diction as version on Cetra 1254. C. ]. usual im peccable, is at hi s very best, and the In Nomine Players pl ay this music ® ® FOSS: T ime Cycle. Adele Addison as to the mannf' r born, with li vely (soprano ) ; Im provisation Cha mber En­ rh ythms an d superb sense of style. The semble; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, balancr of vo ice and instruments is su­ Leona rd Bernstein con do COLUMBIA MS perior; the sound is warm and natural; 6280 $5.98, ML 5680'~' $4.98. and the jacket, with its thoroughl y de­ tail ed notf'S and compl ete texts, is a In terest: Foss in a new dimension modr l of presentation. I. K . Performance: Dreamy Record ing : Dazzling CAGE: Aria with Fontana Mix (see Stereo Qua lity: Apt BERJO). Lukas Foss's Time Cycle IS a work tha t DVOf~AK: Symflhony N o.5 (see p. 58). created a great stir with its first public performances, as we ll it should have: For DVORAK: Violin Concerto (see it is music of interl se inspiratiolLand high TCHAIKOVSKY). skill by a 'young Am eri can whose pro­ digious success over the past twenty years Virtuoso pianist Leonard P_en­ ® FLOTOW: Martha. E rna Berger (so­ has not, as so often happens, prec luded nario' creates' a vivid perform­ prano), Lady H a rri et (M a rtha ); E lse growth. Yet, havin g said this, I feel a ance of Gershwin's "Second T egetthoff ( mezzo-so prano) , Nancy; Eu­ certain discomfort about the work-an Rhapsody"' ... a stereo first. In gcn Fuchs (bass), Lord Tristan; J osef a mbivalence and uneasin ess that find Greindl (bass ), Plunkett;- Peter Anders their source in the word "growth." this exciting recording Pennario ( tenor), Lionel; Franz Sauer (bass), Foss's sty li stic enthusiasms have been joins Alfred Newman and the Sheriff of Richmond; others. Chorus of many over the years of his develop·ment. Hollywood Bowl Symphony Brrlin Civic Opera and Symphony Or­ Hindemith's neo-Baroque, Copland's' na­ Orchestra to present three more chestra of R adio Berlin, Arthur Rother tionalism, and Stravinsky's neo-c1 assicism brilliant Gershwin concert condo URAN IA UR 217 three 12-inch have a ll influenced his style. Now, as th e works . . . the spectacular "1 Got discs $ 15.94. composer approaches fO'rty, he has Rhythm Varia tions" .. . a nd latched onto musical techniques tha t' fresh new arrangements for Interest: light, tuneful opera demonstrate the influence of post­ piano and orchestra of the exotic Performance: First-rate ,,y ebern seri al ism ; and he has, moreover, Recording : Mediocre incorporated into T ime Cycle a meth od "Cuban Overture" and a lush involving yet another musical dern.ier cTi. medley from "Porgy and Bess." Despite its naive and old-fashioned plot, This would be improvisati on, or the " mu­ The sound of the recording is MaTtha can be thoroughl y charming sic of chance." One senses in T ime Cycle, glittering. The setting is the whr n it is given a loving treatment. And a Mahleresque conception for soprano glamorous Hollywood Bowl. thi s is exactly what happens on this re­ and orchestra, that Foss's desire was to The combination of Pennario co rding, restoTed to Urania's catalog after show how: musical, how movin g, h ow dra­ and Alfred Newman is dynamic. an absence of several years. The princi­ matic and touchin g th ese techniques can The performance is flawless. pals a re admirably cast: Ema Berger is be when manipulated by a man of talent utterl y deli ghtful in the title role-it is and broad m ll sico-cultural background. And the music good to hear again the airy grace, tonal And surely no one wou ld deny hi s success is G e r s h win. purity, and amazing technjcal security in achi evi ng thi s. For Time Cycle is an What more can that characteri zed this artist's singin g at extraordinaril y brilli ant musica l achieve­ we say? Cl CA PITOL RECORDS. INC. its best. Already past his vocal peak when ment- bi g in its ex pressive scope, daz­ this recording was made, the late Peter zling in its variety. And even a matter so Anders nevertheles contributes a vigor­ gratuitous as the composer's separation qERSl-iwiN by sTARliql-iT ous and appealingly vocali zed Lionel, and of th e movements by improvised inter­ PClItGy ANd bf,ss lhf. CUbAN (WER1URE i GOy R»yrllM VARIATioNS SECONd Rlu.psody plAYEd by leONlVld Josef Greindl, though tonall y a bi t rough­ ludes seems to work . pEN ...io I.ollywo

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® ® J OSQUIN D ES PREZ: JlIlissa Hercules dux F errariae; JlIlo tet, "Veni Sanct'us Spiritus"; lVIissa Da Pacem.: Et incanwtus est (instrumental ); JlIlotet "De Proftmdis." vViener K ammerchor and Musica Antiqua W'ien, H ans Gi ll es­ berger condo BACH GUILD BGS 5042 $5.95, BG 620 $4.98.

Interest, Rena issance genius Performance: Canvincing Recording: Well·balanced Stereo Quality, Mostly very good

Josquin's powerful and grand Missa H er­ cules dux Ferrariae, written as a tribute to the D uke of Ferrara, has been honored wi th no fewer than four recordings (two of them imports ), of which this new Vanguard may be said to be the most en­ joyable. In addition to the authenticity and flavor of the anci ent instruments doubling the vocal lines, the religious sentiment of this performance is con­ vincing, and the balance of voices to in­ struments is first-rate. The remainjng works, including a fine instrumental ren­ dition of Et incamatus est, are welcome bonuses, and the recording, save for slight di stortion in the loudest vocal sections of the stereo version, is very good. T exts and transla tions are included. 1. K.

® MASSENET: Tha'is. Geori Boue (so­ prano), Thais; R oger Bourmn (bari­ tone) , Athanael; J ean Gira':ldeau (ten­ or), Nicias; Michel Roux (baritone), Palemon; Yvonne Leroy (mezzo-sopra­ no ), Albine. Chorus and Orchestra, The­ One of the greatest records of all time atre National de I' Opera de Paris, Geo rge Sebastian condo URANIA 227 three 12- conducted by inch discs $14.94.

Interest: Ra rely heard opera Performance, Intense and idiomatic Reco rd ing: Fair saund, poor surfaces GEORGSOLTI Authenticity of spirit is the main strength of this performance (about a decade old, with now reissu ed by Urania ) . America has Eberhard Wachter, Gerhard Stolze & Grace Hoffman seen little of Thats since the days of Mary Garden and Maria J eritza and, surely, and nothing to match the stylistic rightness The Vienna Philharmo nic Orchestra and conviction proj ected by these front­ line m embers of the Paris Opera, where Thats is still regarded as an impoltant work in the lyric repertoire. Vocall y, both Geori Boue and Roger Bourdin have their limita,tions- Boue's 68 CIRCLE NO. 82 ON READER SERVICE CARD HIFI/STEREO tone acquires a harsh and biting edge in ® ® RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody thing. Yet, virtuoso that she is, Margrit the mid-high register and Bourdin labors on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43. Weber does not dazz le here. Perhaps her with his top notes-but the totality of TCHEREP-NIN: Ten Bagatelles fm' instrument lacks crystalline qualities, but their contribution is impressive. What is Piano and Orchestra, Op. 5. WEBER: there is also something obscure in her most important, both artists possess strong Concert Piece, in F Minor, Ot}. 79. lower registers and her rapid passage theatrical personalities that breathe life Margrit Weber (piano) , Radio Sym­ work achieves sparkle only in the louder into the characters of Thais and Athanael phony Orches tra Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay passages. The recording does not help, and sustain interes t in their conflict. condo DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON SLPM for it presents a massive but opaque Michel Roux, in the role of the old pri es t, 138710 $5.98, LPM 18710'''' $4.98. body of sound. The orchestra performs stands out among the competent support­ well enough under Ferenc Fricsa y, but ing singers. Sebastian conducts with Interest: New personality his conducting lacks any real di stinction. vigor, and, though the recording strongly Performance: A verage The Weber piece is far better perform ed fa vo rs the voices, he manages to reveal a Recording: Ina d equa t e than the rhapsody, though the piano's good deal of Massenet's rich and evoca­ Stereo Quality: A d equate first utterance is disconcertingly dry. tive orchestration. Thereafter things go very well indeed, While the over-all so und is acceptable, Under the hands of a virtuoso, the Rach­ and even the tone of the piano improves there are variations in volume level and maninoff work can indeed be a dazzling to a marked degree. R. B. instances of sagging pitch; also, the sur­ fa ces are lamentable. The opera is not complete--apart from a few minor cuts elsewhere, the second scene of Act III is omitted entirely. But the performance Compare... , is vital, and,· si nce the foreseeable future is unlikely to bring a better one, it is recommended, especiall y to devotees of D A V S T R D M ~ ~'" French opera. C. f. STE REO / HI - FI K ITS rj~ ,} R ECORDING OF SPECIAL MERIT !fil MOUSSORGSKY: Songs and Dances for value of Death; The NU1'Sery (Song C"cle); The He· Goat; HotJak. Netania Davrath Co mpare the features of this de luxe (oprano); Erik W erba (piano). VAN ­ Daystrom AM-FM Tuner: 12·tube circuit, FM automatic frequency CUARD VRS 1068 $4.98. Kit DA·286 control, flywheel tuning, separate Interest: Uniqu e so ngs tuning "eyes," FM multiplex adapter output jack. Co mpare this low pricer Performance: Prob ing Record ing: Wel l-bala nced Listen ' to the so lid powe r and fine As those familiar with her haunting songs fidelity of this stereo amplifier-pre­ of the Auvergne (Vanguard VRS 9085 ) amp ... 36 wa tts (18 per channel) at IHFM standards with four can testify, Netania Davrath is not only stereo inputs, clutched volume con­ a remarkably endowed vocalist but also trols, separate ganged tone controls, an exceptionall y im aginative interpreter. styled in the sparkling Daystrom motif of bei ge vi nyl-clad steel and H er pleasing vocal quality is enhanced brushed anodized aluminum. Loo k by uncommon technical agi lity and a at this low price! keen musical intel1igence that animates all her work. In the charming Nursery Enjoy FM in Stereo wi th this Day· Kit DA·330 cycle she captures the breathless excite­ strom Multiplex Adapter kit ... easy to build circuit complete with cabi­ ment and fleet sensations of the child's net and cables. Ch eck this low price! world with an uncanny and seemingly uninhibited mastery. The same penetra­ Bring the wonders of high·fidelity ti on and command of nuance is evident FM radio to you r home easily and in the S ongs and Dances of D eath, but economically with this Daystrom FM these tremendous character sketches call Tuner kit. Wide·band circuit features factory·built " front'end," multiplex for a male interpreter; not even the prob­ adapter output, automatic frequency ing art of Miss Davrath can fully com­ control, flywheel tuning, and cabi· municate the total impact of Moussorg­ net. Extra va lue at this low price! sky's stark and haunting evocations. This is the only single a ll -Mousso rgs ky for easy assembly art-song disc currently listed in the

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® ® STRAUSS: Till Eu len spiegel, Performance: Expertly vocalized 01J • 28; Don Juan, 01J. 20_ Berlin Phil­ Recording : Orchestra distant harmoni c Orches tra, J oseph Keilberth Stereo Quality: OK condo T ELE FUN KEN TCS 18050 $2.98, TC 8050 $ 1.98. R ichard Tucker is in form here in four excerpts that have long been associated Interest: Late Romantic staples with his career, but Eileen Farrell 's co~ ­ Performance: Fair to good tribution is less consistent. H er voice i.s Recording: Good sumptuous in mid-register, her phrasing Stereo Quality: Excellent is always musicianly, but edginess and MOMENT OF EXALTATION insecurity of intonation enter whenever A spirited and dramatic Don Juan is here the tessitura reaches the perilous region The reaction to a moment paired with a T ill Eulens fliege l that is of G to C above the staff. of exaltation in the theatre occasionally at a loss for wi t. The Berlin- . The real drawback, however, is not the ers, all but one, are equal to both the is intensely p ersonal. singing-Farrell and Tucker are never main drive and to the fireworks. That less than first-rate by any standard-but Equally pers oI3al is the one is the concertmaster, whose bri ef the unev.en quality of the orches tral per­ reaction evoked within you violin solos are perfunctory and starved fOl-mance and the oddly balanced re­ by music. Your own ear is in tone. The recording is excellen t, with cording. The Don Carlo scene lacks t11 e­ the best judge of the ability remarkabl e differentiations of tonal color. atl'ical feeling, and the Ballo duet is of a spea ker system to The onl y defect is one I have noticed prosaic and rh ythmicall y unsteady. And . re-create the emotional in others of these low-price T elefunken at the climax of this duet, when Riccardo impact of the original di scs. The upper strings seem a little cool, and Am elia are singing their infatuated musical performance_ and this diminishes the sensuousness of hearts out, the orches tra practi call y drops Technical details can not Don Juan. R. B. out of the recording. C . f. be expected to answer the ® ® TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Con ­ W AGNER: Siegfried Idyll (see BINK­ question, "Does it sound certo, in D M ajor, Op. 35. DVORAK: ERD). natural?" Each p erson must Violin Concerto, in A M inor, Op. 53. li sten and judge for himself. Ruggiero Ricci (violin ).; London Sym­ RECORDING OF SPECIAL MERIT The concept behind phony Orches tra, Malcolm Sa rgent condo the Wharfedale Achromatic LON DON CS 621 5 $5.98, CM 9284+' $4.98. ® ® W AGNER: Tannhiiuser. Gottlob Speaker Systems reflect Frick (bass), Landgrave I-Iermann; H ans Interest: Good pairing H opf (tenor), T annhauser; Dietri ch extensive musical training Performance: Average Fischer-Di eskau (baritone) , Wolfram ; and great respect for musical Re cording: Average Fritz Wunderlich ( tenor ) , Walther; Ru­ values. Here is the truly Stereo Quality: Satisfactory dolf Gonszar (bass), Biterolf; Elisabeth natural r eproduction of Griimmer (soprano) , Elisabeth; M ari­ sound, free of spurious No fewer than sixteen artists are currently anne Schech (soprano ), Venus; others. resonance and artificial on record with performances of the Chorus and Orches tra of the German T chaikovsky concerto, and a few of them State Opera, Berlin, Franz Konwitschny tonal coloration. An are more than acceptable : H eifetz, Stern, condo ANGEL S 3620 four 12-inch discs exclusive sand-filled baffle, and Milstein, for instance. The promises $23.94, 3620-x- $1 9.94. coupled with special of the score are not suffi cientl y made speakers built to match it, good by Ricci on this record, though hi s Interest: Substantial projects full, true bass and failure may in part be due to the record­ Performance: First-rate rich, non-strident high ing engineer and to the conductor. Ricci's Recording: First-rate tone is slender, affecting enough in lyrical Stereo Quality: Directional notes. To appreciate this passages, but it is too colorless for all achievement, listen to a else. Indeed, in the last movement of the I t took a long time coming, but here at recording you know Dvorak it becomes positively wiry. The las t is a complete Tannhiiuser the home and enjoy as it is reproduced recording is fairly good. At least, the listener can live with. ' '''hile Konwit­ \;l y a Wharfedale speaker lovely conversation between oboe, cl ari­ schny's reading is neither very exciting system. net, fI ute, and bassoon in the adagio of nor in any sense revelatory, it is firmly the Dvorak is presented with fin e lucidity, controlled and convincing, and, thanks to though this is hardly enough to lift the engineering that ranks with Angel's bes t disc beyond run-of-mill category. R . B. accom plishments to date, interes t is sus­ tained throughout the considerable span TCHEREPNIN: Bagatelles (see of the opera's uncut "D resden versi on." R ACHMANINOFF). The cast combines singers of strongly contrasting vocal personalities and styles. ® ® VERDI: D on Carlo: 10 vengo a Thus a certain unevenness results that is '~:i:\~O domandar; A ida: Pur ti riveggo; Simon compounded by the J ekyll-Hyde per­ THE WHARFEDALE W60 ~ Boceanegra: V ieni a mirar; Un Ballo in formance of H ans Hopf, the Tannhauser. achromatic speaker system ~ true wood $1 16.50, unfinished $101.50 Masc hera : T eeo io sto . .. N on sai tu; In the passages that expose his remark­ Otello: Cia nella notte densa. Eileen able middle register he is a distinct joy Farrell (soprano), Richard Tucker (ten­ to hear; at other times his dark voice or ); Columbia Symphony Orchestra, sounds unwieldy. The upper tones then Fausto Cleva condo COLU MBIA MS 6296 become throaty and strangulated in tJ:e $5.98, ML 5696" $4.98. time-honored heldentenoT tradition. But A reprint suitable for framing ava il able HopE's characteriza ti on remains consist­ on t c'l.uest.. AddGottlob Frick's Landgrave is not par­ ance, and the wa ltz from T chaikovsky's ti cularly signifi cant, hi s deep, rolling Eugene Onegin has inesistible rhythmic tones pour forth with rega l power in both snap and vigor. more more narrative and decl amation, and they pro­ The Royal Philharmonic plays superb­ vide a rock-like foundation for the en­ ly, and the whol e is recorded in bettcr­ se mbl es. By contras t is the pure, lyric than-usual Angel stereo sound, with O"ood twin-oak twin-oak voice of Fischer-Dieskau, whi ch never separation and clear, transparent detail. fails to deli ght, though in his Wolfram There are still a few more Beecham one ques tions the need for accentuating recordings to be released ; probably none every phrase. This bit of vocal overacting wi ll give more pleasure than this one. samOlers samolers aside, the baritone is at hi s consummate M.B. bes t in the first two acts, a shadc less sc­ I I cure,in the scene of th e "Evening Star." ® ® BEECHAM: My Favm'ite Ove)'­ • • Elisa beth Grumll1cr is a hi ghly' satis­ tures. ROSSINI: La Cambiale di jYlat"i­ Available May 1 at your Tape Centers and prog ressive fying artist whose voice makcs up in monio; La Gazza LadHi. MENDELS­ music dealers: sensitivity and ex pressivencss what it SOHN: A Nlidsumma Night's Dream; 1. Son of Moods. Dozens of artists, 24 se lections. lacks in luxuriance. l\ifarianne Schech, The Fair Melusina. BERLIOZ: Le Cm" On e hour, 20 minutes. UST L 408 $7.95 the Venus, is also eminently musical and sail·e. R oyal Philharmoni c Orchestra, Sir 2. Musicfrom Motion Pictures. Dozens of artists, 24 se lections . One hour, 20 minutes. UST L 409 $7.95 sensiti ve, but othen vise she yields little Thomas Beecham condo CAPITOL SG 3. 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C 1500 $7.95 and good projection of motion and dis­ As thc release titl e implie, these are tance contribute to a stimulating stcreo For a co mplete catalog and monthly new release an· program-openers that th e late Sir Thomas nouncement, wri te : United Ste reo Tapes, Dept. HS, experience. In all, a fin e production that had been kicking around since practica ll y 88 Llewellyn Av enue in Bl oo mfi eld, N ew Jersey. leaves previous recorded competition far anyone was a child. I t's a pl easure to hear behind. C. f. him run them through again with thc ClRCLE NO. 10 ON READER SERVICE CARD WEBER: Conce,·t Piece (see RACH­ P,"eserve ti,e Genills MANINOFF). of ti,e MusWI"s '''ith. the COLLECTIONS

RECORDING OF SPECIAL MERIT ® ® BEECHAM LOLLIPOPS, VOL. 2: Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust: Min­ uet of the Will-O-the-Wisps; The TTO­ jans: Trojan March; Debussy: L'ElIfant Nat •• ,-a' SOl',." Prodigue: Cortege and Dance Air; Saint­ Saens: Samson and D elilah: Dance of the Priestesses of Dagon and Bacchanale; ·'JaHdbetg Tchaikovsky: Eugene Oll egin: Waltz; Mozart: Thamos, King of Egypt: Entr'­ acte No.2; Gounod: R omeo and Juliet: ARTUR R UBI NSTEI N The Sleep of Juliet. R oyal Philharmonic The best Grieg Concerto yet Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham condo wit and zest that were so characteristic ANGEL S 35865 $5.98, 35865'''' $4.98. of him in music of this sort. The Royal Philharmonic sounds excell ent and full­ Interest: Beecham magic bodied in Capitol's fine, resonant sound. Performances: Exquisite W.F. MODEL .6 3 SPEED 4 TRACK Recording: Fine STEREO RECORD/PLAYBACK TAPE DECK Stereo Quality: Fine Feature for feature, a superb instru­ RECORDING OF SPECIAL MERIT menl! Records 4 track, pl/lYs back 2 & 4 track stereo & mono. Records/ One of the most endearing qualities of ® ® ARTUR RUBINSTEIN: Grieg: plays back FM Multiplex Stereocast the late Sir Thomas Beecham was his Piano Concerto, in A iV/in or, Op. 16. with outstanding fidelity even at 3 %, ability to take music of less than first im­ Falla: R itual Fire Dance. Liszt: Valse ips. Has push button controls; 3 separate Tandberg ' precision lamin­ portance and infuse it with a style and Oubliee. Schumann: R omance . Proko­ ated heads and many other features. spirit that was uniquely his. Under the fieff: March from The L ove tor Three Price--$498. magic of the Beecham baton, many a Oranges. VilIa-Lobos: Polichinelle. Artur Model 65 Stereo Playback Tape Deck battl e-weary warhorse acquired new life Rubinstein ( piano ) ; R CA Victor Sym­ .available at $199.50 . and vi tality. The present disc assembles a phony Orchestra, Alfred Wall enstein coll ection of such trifles, some of them condo RCA VICTOR LSC 2566 $5.98, HTaHdber. OF AMERICA. INC •• ~ U' • THIRD AVENUE. PUHAM. N . Y. less well known than others, but all of LM 2566 $4.98. CIRCLE NO. 127 ON READER SERVICE CARD 72 HIFI/STEREO Interest: Old favorite far as I can trace, new to records. The Non jJ iangere, Liu; N essun donna. The Performance: Excellent performances are extraordinarily virtu­ GiT! of the Golden West: C h' ella mi Recording: Very Good osic. In addition to the deft, masterful creda. Manon L escaut: Tra voi, belle. Stereo Quality: Fine playing of H elmut Wobisch, the orches­ Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana: Brin­ tral work is extremely stylish and well disi. Verdi: R equiem Mass: I ngemisco. Pianists as musically so phisticated yet balanced, with an audible and imagina­ A Masked Ball: Di tu se fedele. Ponchi­ different in temperament as Solomon, tively realized continuo by Anton Heil­ elli: La Gioconda: Cielo e mal'. Gior­ Lipatti, Gieseking, and Curzon have re­ leI'. The reproduction is very vivid, and dano: Fedora: Amo1' ti vieta. Cilea: co rd ed Grieg's A 11inor concerto, yet the disc is cut so loud that so me listeners L'Arlesiana: E la solita sto1'ia. Jussi none so well as Artur Rubinstein in this may find a reduction in the trebl e (as Bjoerling ( tenor); various orchestras; full-bl ooded, generous, yet controlled well as the volume) control necessary Erich L einsdorf, Alberto Erede, and performance. Every resource of pianism for comfort. I. K . Fritz R einer condo LSC 2570 $5.98, LM , and taste is brought to bear upon this 2570 $4.98. si ncere but so metimes pretentious music. RECORDING OF SPECIAL MERIT Its naIvete, its lyricism and simple exul­ Interest: Bjoerling tations appear disarmingly natural and ® ® THE INCOMPARABLE Performance: Outstanding persuas ive when filtered through Rubin­ BJOERLING. Puccini: Tosca: R econ­ Recording : Good stein's temperament. The chordal pas­ dita ar1nonia; 0 dolci mani. Turandot: Stereo Quality: Imperfect sages are warm and sonorous, and the long singing episodes are phrased with affec tiona te sensitivity. The recording it­ self makes the most of Rubinstein's play­ ing, offering some of the best piano tone on record , resonant in the bass, warm and weighty, clear and singing. All or­ chestral timbres are well reproduced, and the stereophonic perspective is excell ent. The encore numbers are, in general, su­ perbly played. The Fall a piece lacks so mething of the Spanish rhythmic bite, but the Villa-Lobos Polichinelle is bril­ li ant in the extrem e. R. B.

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This system tracks at Interest: Trumpet pyrotechnics Both of these qualities reslilt ill: % gram! Surely with these exclusives, it Performance: Very exciting is worth your while to hear superb Audio 1 Recording: loud Lowest tracking force: less than gram! , DynamiCS components at your dealers' renders record wear and distortion negli­ Stereo Quolity: Good today! gible. Pritchard Pi ckup Sys tem Model ADC ·85 $85.00 Vanguard has a winner with this assem­ Next, T he Pritchard TOil e AmI : Pritchard Tone Arm Model ADC·40 39.50 bl age, in spite of the fact that some of Very low inertia with perfect balance: Plug in Car tridge Shell Model ADC·S40 6.95 the repertoire is already available in gives highly stable tracking at low stylus ADC · l Stereo Cartridge 49.50 ADC ·2 Stereo Cartridge 37.50 other coll ections of trumpet music. With pressure. For morc inFormation on Audio DynamiCS Only 1 %" rear overhang: makes instal­ th e exception of the Clarke and Stanley components, write : pi eces, whi ch are arranged, all the works lati on easy in the ti ghtes t cabin et space. are original, the compositions by Gia­ The side thrust compensator: first of its AUDIO DYNAMICS CORPORATION como P erti ( 1661-1756 ), Domenico Ga­ kind in an Ameri can model, helps to main­ 1677 Cody Avenue bri eli ( 1655-1690), and Corel li being, so tain even groovt' wall press ure. Ridgewood 27, New York ....--...... ,...... "!'!!' .- APRIL 1962 CIRCLE NO. 19 ON READER SERVICE CARD 73 There is no new material here--the nancy. The despair of Orpheus is made Tosca, Turandot, CavalleTia, and Re­ gradually more painful in the recitative quiem excerpts come from the complete bridges and in tJle mounting intensity of Hard to get. .. you bet!..but sets; the others have been available for the recurring verses. For Alceste's aria some time on the fill er side of RCA one might miss the weightier sound of Victor's Cavalleria Rusticana set (LM/ Flagstad or Farrell , but Callas captures LSC 6059). But for those who value the the grandeur of Gluck's writing and im­ WORTH, late tenor's art this coll ection will be parts a personal id en ti fication tJla t other something to cherish. Capitol recently interpreters have not revealed. perpetuated the remarkable artistry of The impeccable style and controlled Bjoerling at the beginning of his career. passion of her Habanem and S eguidilla The current release confirms the bril­ indicate that the Call as Carmen--a long liance of his vocal powers and the ma­ turity of his art during the last four years of his life. This is singing at the summit. What purpose can be served by picayune crit­ icism of isolated moments when second­ best Bjoerling often represents an unat­ tainable standard for other tenors? Let it be said, instead, that the melting beauty of Bjoerling's "Ingemisco," the legato arch of his "Amor ti vieta," the passion of his "E la solita storia," the rhythmic vital­ ity and musical accuracy of his "Di tu se fedele" are examples of his art at its best, a statement that renders further elabora­ tion unnecessary. I strongly recommend the mono ver­ sion over the stereo. In the la tter, par­ MARIA CALLAS Triumphant in the French repertoire ticularly on Side A, the orchestra tends to blanket the voice. G. f. overdue stage realization--may yet rival the diva's most unforgettable crea tions. R ECORD I N G OF S P E C IAL M ERIT Dalila's arias are hauntingly delivered, beautifully phrased, and smoothly vocal­ ® ® MARIA CALLAS: "Great Arias ized right down to a rich and firm A-flat From French Opera." Gluck: Orphtfe in "AmouT! viens aider." The Gounod et Eurydice: rai perdu mon Eurydice; and Thomas excerpts leave little room Alceste: Divinites du Styx. Biz'?-t: Car­ for the Callas quali ti es, and they reveal m en: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle; Pres the familiar strain in the upper register. des remjlarts de Seville. Saint-Saens: Far more successful is Chimene's poig­ Samson et Dalila: Printemjls qui com­ nant air from L e Cid--a welcome ap­ m ence; Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse! pearance of a seldom-heard piece of Gounod: R om eo et Juliette: Je veux music--and "De/luis le jour," in which vivre. Thomas: Mignon: J e suis T itania. a pervading lyric rapture makes it easy Massenet: L e Cid: Pleurez, m es yeux. to overlook the few passing bl emi shes at Charpentier: Louise: D e/JUis Ie jour. 'the troublesome top. Pretre's accompani­ Maria Call as (soprano ) ; French Na tional ments, splendid throughout, reach a Radio Orches tra, GeorgE's Pretre condo height of inspiration when the magic of ANGEL S 35882 $5.98, 35882* $4.98. Paris, the ecstasies of love, and the re­ bellion of Louise all seem to be ca pturcd Interest: New directions f or Ca llas in one rising orchestral sweep surround­ Performance: Exceptional ing Louise's cry: "Ah! je suis heureuse!" Record ing: G ood A treasurable disc. G. ]. Stereo Quality: Natural

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Interest: Shakespeare accompaniments I I Address I Pedormallce : Delightful ALLIED RADIO Record ing : Excellent I City Zone_State_ _ _ I Stereo Quality: Excellent APRIL 1962 CIRCLE NO~------. 6 ON READER SERVICE CARD -- 75 Shakes peare's plays ;n the eighteenth ever grudgin n- Iy, that yo u'd rather listen century " 'ere usuall y accompanied by to Gigli's FloweT Song or "Salut, de­ vocal settings of Shakespearean lyrics. m euTe" in I talian than to almost anyone This record consists of a sampling of else's version in Aawless F rench. these, as well as iso la ted songs and a ri as The sound is a good approxima tion from operas (such · as those from J ohn of the originals. Very disappointing, Christopher Smith's The Fairies), based however, are the imperfections of pitch. on Shakespearean texts. The coll ec tion Both "Celeste Aida" and "Salve dimoTa" offered here ranges from a moving Come a re a half-tone too low. This is pa rticu­ away D eath ( T welfth Night) by Arne to larl y depl orabl e in the latter in tance vVilliam Linley's humorously sung Now where the expectant li stener is deprived the hungry lion roars ( A1idsummer of a luscious high C. Night's Dream), to mention onl y two of G.J. the many' enjoyable items. The British soprano April Cantelo, who has previ­ ® GRAZIELLA SCIUTTI: Recital. ously been heard herc on sen 'ral Van­ Rossini: It Bm'biere di Siviglia: Una voce guard coll ections " 'ith Alfred D ell er, poco fa. DOllizetti: La figlia del Teggi­ performs the selections with great vocal m en to: Convien partir; Don Pasquale: agili ty, commcndable stvle, and delight­ Quel gum'do il ca valiere . . . . So al1ch'io ful projection. Fine notes but no texts. la virtu magica. Bellini: I CafJuletti ed i I . I<. M ontecchi: Eccomi in lieta vesta . .. Ok! Quante vo lte. Mozart: Cosi fa n tutte: In RECORDING OF SPECIAL MERIT uomini in soldati; Una donna a quindici anni; Le Nozze di Figa ro: D ek Vif' l1 i, 110n ® BENIAMINO GIGLI: Verdi: R igo­ tardar; Chi sa, chi sa, qual sia ( K. 582) ; letto: La dOllna e mobile. Aida: Celeste N ehmt m einen Dank ( I< . 383) . G raziell a Aida. Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci: Vesti la Sciu tti (soprano ), V ienna Philharmoni c giubba. Puccini: T osca: E lucevan Ie Orchestra, Argeo Quadri condo LO NDON stelle. La Boheme: Che ge lida manina. OS 25244 $5.98, A 561]<" $4.98. Donizetti: L'Ehsir d'AmoTe: Una furti va lagTima. Massenet: Nianon: 0 dolce in­ Interest: Stimulating program canto . Bizet: Carmen: It fioT che avevi Performonce: Sensitive and musicianly . a me ttl dato. The Pem l Fis hers: Mi fJar Recording : Warm and smooth d'udiT ~n co ra. Agnus Dei. Handel: Stereo Quality: Appropriate X erxes: Om bTa mai fll. Goul1od: Faust: Salve, dimoTa casta e /JUTa. Beni amino In Italy Graziell a Sciutti is known as Gigli ( tenor ) ; various orches tras; Franco "The Queen of The Piccola Scala," in Ghione, J ohn Barbirol li , Eugene G oos­ recognition of her many triumphs in th at sens, and Walter Goehr cond. ANGE L theater's repertoi re of chamber operas. COLH 11 8 $5.98. For an international audience, she has ap­ peared quite impressively in several com­ Interest: One of the immortals plete recordings, more recently as Z erlina Performance: Exceptional in Angel's Don Giovanni and Rosina in Record ing : Some reservations the Pa isiell o Barb !' r. While this, her first solo recita l, is not an unqualifi ed uccess, Angel's first all-Gigli recita l ( more, ap­ it does sustain her rr putation for stylistic parently, wi ll follow ) embraces the pe­ refin ement and musicality, riod from 193 1 to 1937, when the popu­ On th e positive side we have, first of lar tenor basked in hi most res pl endent a li , an excell ently chosen program that, vocal estate. This was the time " 'hen in neatly balancing M ozart and the Ita l­ most vocal connoisseurs consid ered only ian pre-Romantics, sheds light on some two singers for these popular arias: Ca­ seldom-heard mate ri a l. Then, Miss ruso or Gigli . Our age of abundance has Sciutti is an unu ua ll y musical singer, changed a ll tha t, but great \'oca l a rt re­ whose tones a re pure and who phrases mains great vocal art: Gigli is perpetu­ with pointed inAection and instrum rnta l a ted on hi s records for the consummate faci li ty. F in a ll y, the orchestral ba ck­ master he was, whose sty li sti c liberties grounds are excell ent. The sound of the and temperamenta l excesses are easy to Vi enna strings is a joy to hear, and the accept as a price for th e surpass in g tonal extended horn and cor angl ais so los an' beauty and insinuating magic of hi s in­ beautiful ly done. terpretations. The reservations: not enough tempera­ As for the spc(: ific joys in the present ment in "Una voce poco fa"; introduc­ coll ection, note the perfec t evenness of tion problems and too much porta mento hi s scale from the baritonal ri chness of in the Bell ini ari a, some unsteadiness in the middle range ("Ombm mai fu") to Mozart's K. 582. Miss Sciutti's voice is the fu ll-bodied, vibrant high C in "Che probably smaller than one would guess gelida manina." Note the command of from this engineered repU ca. It is adroitly m ezza-voce, Il"hi ch he invested with vel­ used, however, and evenly ~ ro du ced ve ty warmth, and wonder at that incred­ though with a sense of strain at the ex­ ibl e tour-de-force he makes of " Mi par tremes of the range. All told, in spi te of d'udiT ancOTa ." Admit tha t Caruso's ; 4610 N. I!INDBERGH BRIDGETON, the reservations, this is a disc well worth ~ ~ "LaTgo" was brtter, but admit also, how- hearing. G. J. CIRCLE NO. 145 ON READER SERVICE CARD 76 HIFI / STEREO Reviewed by NAT HENTOFF • PETER.J. WELDING

Recording: Excellent in this album, which is a studio recreation Explana tion 0/ symbols: Stereo Q ua lity: First·rate of the NBC-TV special that brought to­ ® =monophonic recording gether aga in some of the members of th e ® =stereo phonic reco rding K enny Burrell , one of th e most lyri cal of group of white Chicago jazz musician of "= mono or stereo version modern-j azz guita ri sts, makes hi s record the late 1920's who were call ed "The not received for review debut as a voca li st in this J ohn H am­ Austin High Gang." H ere six of the orig­ mond production. While Burrell 's sing­ inal members (Freeman, :McPartland, ing is small-scaled and agreeable, it is also Russe ll , Sullivan, Condon, and Krupa) ® ® ART BLAKEY: Mosaic. Art Bla­ unremark abl e. As could be expected and two ringers (T eagarden and J-Iag­ key ( dr~m s ) Freddie Hubbard (trum ­ from so accomplished a musician, Bur­ gart ) run through a selecti on of pieces pet ), Curtis Fuller ( trombone ), Wayne rell 's vocal style is marked by rhythmic associated with that bygone eta. The re­ Shorter (tenor saxophone), Cedar Wal­ ease, accurate in tonation, and supple su lts are delightful, with a good number ton (piano), J ymie M erritt (bass ). Mo­ of stunning so los, .particul arl y by trom­ saic; Children of the Night; Crisis; and boni st T eagarden and cl arinetist Russell. two others. BLUE NOTE 84090'" $5.98, In such circumstances, it is of scant im­ 4090 $4.98. portance that the ens r' mbl es are occa­ Interest: New Messengers sionall y muddy and busy. Lil Armstrong contributes a pair of striding pi ano so los. Performance: Driving I <;:o uld have done without th e vocals by Recording: Very live and clean her and Blosso m Seeley, whi ch arc cm­ In the summer of 196 1, Art Bl ake'y's J azz barrass ing in their clumsiness. P. /' W. Messengers experienced one of their peri­ odic shifts in personnel. The addition of ® ® HAROLD CORBIN: Soul Curtis Fuller makes the combo a sextet, Bl·other. H arold Corbin (piano ), Spanky and the other two replacem cnts are D eBrest (bass) , Eddie Campbell Cedar Walton for Bobby Timmons and (drums). S oul Sister; Don't Blame M e; Freddie Hubbard for Lee Morgan. The R ene; and seven others. RO ULETTE S third horn a ll ows for richer and more 52079':f $5 .98, R 52079 $4.98. varied ensemble writing, although as a KENNY B URRELL Interest: Lackluster piano jazz soloist, Fuller is somewhat too sli ck for His guitar says more than his voice this fiery a band. ''''alton's ideas are more Performance: Derivative and sloppy incisive than his predecessor's, and Hub­ phrasing. Missin g, however, is penetrat­ Recording: Good bard is one of the more searching younger ing emotional impact. His performances hornmen. The most venturesome soloist have the casual charm of a musi cian try­ In his debut album Harold Corbin, house in this coll ection is ''''ayne Shorter, who ing out a new instrument after hours. The pianist for several Philadelphia jazz spots, is a Bl akey veteran by now. accompanim ent, including Burrell 's own reveals himself th e possessor of a style As usual, Blakey has encouraged hi s gui tar, is aptly uncluttered i\ nd flowingly made up of borrowings from current fa­ young charges to contribute to th e group's sy mpatheti c. There are two instrumental vorites on th e instrument. H e blatantly repertoire, and there are substantial ori g­ tracks. The recorded sound is intimate parades them here in a seri es of sli ck, inals by Hubbard, Fuller, Walton, and without being overly close. N. H. superficial pasti ches of little depth or Shorter. The basic M essengers' style re­ conviction. Corbin has the fa culty of mains immune to personnel change. I t is ® ® Chicago and All That Jazz! Pee "composing" pieces by stringing together swinging, emotionally unbridled jazz in ' ,Vee Russell (clarinet ), Bud Freeman a number of cli ches and lifting whole seg­ which Blakey's powerful polyrhythms (tenor saxophone), Jimmy McPartl and ments from other tunes. As such, th ey serve as a bristling center of gravity. N. H . (trumpet ), J ack T eagard en (trombone), might stand as a sort of apotheosis of Joe Sullivan (piano), Eddie Condon fas hionable funkmanship. Withal , it ® ® KENNY BURRELL: Welwer of (gui tar ), Bob H aggart (bass), Gene hardly matters that he hits a good num­ Dreams. K enny Burrell (vocals and gui­ Krupa (drums ), Lil Armstrong (piano, ber of clinkers. P. f. w. tar) , Tommy Flan:l,;an (pi ano ) , ' '''en­ vocals), Blossom Seeley (vocals) . Chi­ dell Marsha ll (b::ss), Bobby Donaldson cago; China Boy; Sugar; and eight others. MILES DAVIS: Someday My Prince (drums), Bobby .r aspar (tenor sa xo­ VERVE V 6-8441 * $5.98, V 844 1 $4.98. Will Come (see p. 58). phone ). A Fine R omance; Like S omeone in Love; and ten others. COLUMBIA CS I nterest: Historic assembloge ® LOU DONALDSON: Here 'Tis. Lou 8503 $4.98, CL 1703+f $3.98. Performance: Bright and breezy Donaldson ( al to saxophone), Grant Record ing : Lovely Green (guitar), "Baby Face" Willette Interest: Guitarist turns singer (organ ), Dave Bailey (drums ). A Foggy Performance: The guitar wins There are any number of happy moments Day; H ere 'Tis; Cool Blues; and two APRIL 1962 77 others. BLUE NOTE 4066 $4.98. Who's Sony Now; Mardi Gms Parade; HAVE YOU HEARD and fi" e others. SOUTHLAND LP 234 Interest: Blowi ng dote $4.00. Performance: Undistinguished Recording: Ve ry good Interest: Amiable New Orleans style DynalDic Performance: Jefferson sets the pace This is another of the sprawling, over­ Recording: Competent BealislD? long blowing sessions that have become Blue Note's stock in trade 'over the past This session by New Orleans-based tra­ THE EXPERTS HAVE .•• few years. Certainly this kind of jazz re­ ditionalists would be quite ordinary were HERE'S WHAT THEY SAY cording-bringing a number of musicians it not for the tangy trumpet of Thomas together in a studio to see what develops J eff erson. His spare, ardent style has ABOUT THE -is a valid enough approach, and is in fact not too greatly different from what most usuall y occurs in jazz clubs. In prac­ tice, however, what more often than not results is jazz of a spontaneous but also fairly routine level, with few highs or lows. This is just what we have here. AI­ "I can state frankly that the COMPANDER toist Donaldson seems to be patching to­ works magnificently. Th e full effect of even gether almost aimlessly remembered bits parti ally restored power must be heard to be completely appreciated ' • • It does and pieces of Charlie Parker solos. This no t seem to introduce any distortion or he does ski ll fu ll y enough, but not nearly other effect to reproduction. It will not in so well as, say, Sonny Stitt, who mines any way degrade the finest equipment. In this same vein at considera bly greater conclusion, I can state that having li ved depth. P. f. W. with a COMPANDER for a couple of months, I could not possibly go bock to listeni ng to music without it in my system. RECORDING OF SPECIAL M ERIT D EXTE R GORDON I am tempted to soy everyone should run ® ® DEXTER GORDON : Dexter out and buy one." FTesh, grippingly peTsonal jazz Calling. Dexter Gordon (tenor saxo­ American Record Guide-Larry Zide phone), K enny Drew ( piano ), Paul plainly been influenced by Louis Arm­ " .. . It [the Compander] makes a welcome Chambers (bass), Philly Joe J ones strong, but it has a personal stamp. J ef­ addition to most any system and puts new (drums). Soul Sister; Modal Mood; I ferson's vocals, however, are more imi­ life into many recordings which appear to Want More; End of A Love Affair; Clear tations than adaptations of Armstrong's be dull and monotonous. * * * There is no the Dex; Ernie's Tune; Smile. BLUE singing approach. The res t of the band doubt that there is considerably greater realism t o reproduction using the NOTE 84·083* $5.98, 4083 $4.98. is adequate in ensemble, but its members COMPANDER than the re is without - the are pallid soloists. As a bonus, there are best way to see this is to listen with Interest: Major jazzma n two robust vocals by Blanche Thomas, the COMPANDER in the circuit for awhile Performance: Brilliant whose conversati onal phrasing and exact and then to switch it out. * * * But for all Recording : Very good sense of swi ng are absolutely delightful. genera l lis tening, w e feel t ha t the N.H. COMPANDER is a satisfying addition to This powerful co ll ec tion is a tour de forc e. any good home syste m." In it Dexter Gordon reveals a strong, ® ETTA J ONES: SO Warm. Etta J ones Audio Magazine virile tone, an extraordinari ly fresh con­ (vocals); orchestra, Oliver Nelson condo " Th e COMPANDER is a fresh approach to ception, and a rhythmic attack that never Unchained M elody; I Laughed at Love; this problem [expansion] * * * No sig­ Aags. Not surprisingly he has assimilated Y ou Don't Know W hat Love Is; RUTTY nificant harmonic or 1M distortion could ~he recent advances of Sonny Rollins and R ome; and eight others. PRESTIGE 7204 be detected * * * It did a ve ry effective John Coltrane (both of whose styles, by $4.98. job on orchestral music where 8 db the way, are in large measure based on expansion definitely added to realis m." Interest: Jazz-ting ed vocals . Electronics World hi s), fa shioning a grippingly personal and Performonce: Pol ished and sure Audio Test Report fully integrated style. His earlier, less complex approach is best seen in the bal­ Recording: Exce ll ent by Hirsch-Houck Laboratories lads End of A Love Affair and Smiles, "In listening tests the expansion proved very while such pieces as Modal Mood illus­ This disc is interes ting not fo r th e pleas­ effective on most orche stral music. The trate the raw-edged, convo luted side in antly mannered singing of Miss Jones but a ttack wa s so rapid as to be inaudible all its rythmic and harm oni c intricacy. for its evidence of the growing assurance and the decay was usually ma sked in th e The support furnished by Drew, Cham.­ of altoist O liver Nelson as an orchestrator mu sic * * * The compression mode worked extremely well * * • As an a id to back­ bers, and Jones permits Gordon to play of taste and inventiveness. In fa ct, the ground music, the COMPANDER is hard with complete freedom and confidence. fresh, discrete frameworks he has pro­ to bea t." The recorded sound is superior. P. f. w. vided account for much of this collec­ HiFi Stereo/Review tion's success, for lvliss Jones is herself a Fairchild Compander $75.00 HELEN HUMES: Swing in' With vocalist of limited means. In current par­ In Kit form $59.95 Humes (see p. q9). lance, she's working out of a very tiny bag, and she soon exhausts her stock of See your dealer for a demonstration of ® THOMAS JEFFERSON: New Or­ tricks. It's true that she has a strong, vi­ the remarkable Compander. Write for leans C"eole Band. Thomas J efferson brant voi ce that at times suggests the late complete details. (trumpet and vocals), Sam Dutrey (clar­ Bi lli e Holiday. H er references to Lady inet), Waldron Joseph (trombone) , Paul Day are merely passing ones, however, FAIRCHILD BaJbarin (drums ), Les ter Santiago (pi­ and far too infrequent to ra ise her heavily RECORDING EQUIPMENT CORPORATION ano), J erry Adams (bass), Blanche gimmicked singing above the routine. Thomas (voca ls) . Blues for Yesterday; P. /. W. CIRCLE NO. 61 ON READER SERVICE CARD 78 HIFI / ST EREO @ ® RAMSEY LEWIS: Never on Sun­ day. Ramsey Lewis (piano ), El Dee NEW ARGOS Young (bass) , Isaac Holt (drums)_ The Ripper; I Got Plenty of Nothing; Water­ boy; and seven others_ ARGO S 686* $4_98, LP 686 $4_98.

Interest: Graceful chamber jazz Performance: Pretty, but vapid Recording : Very good

Ramsey Lewis is a pianist whose gossa­ mer playing is only a short remove from SPEAKER SYSTEM cocktail-piano ·style. Still, he dresses his with 2 "'ENSEN speakers emasculated playing in the trappings of hard funk, thus providing an illusion of Use it anywhere - shelf, table, wall or floor - jazz strength that has fool ed many a lis­ only 18" x 12" x 3%" thin. Ideal for stereo. New tener. This disc is li ke previous Lewis Outperforms high-compliance Jensen woofer has up to 200% outings-bright, frothy and facile, but anything more cone travel; deep rich base. Two-way system essentially gutless. There are, however, a • Tweeter with crossover network. 8-ohm input pair of sturdy, quietly impassioned solos close to • Screw terminals polarized for stereo. Volume control by an unidentified cellist (perhaps bassist its size recessed oh side • Hand-rubbed, %" oiled American El Dee Young) on Thanks t OT the M em­ walnut veneer. Modern cane grille. Solid brass ory and You Just D on't Care that contain legs. Wall hangers on back more honest jazz playing than does pian­ • At your hi-fi store or write direct ist Lewis' entire output here. P. 1- W_ for free catalog. $24.95

RECORDING OF SPECIAL MERIT ® ® GARY McFARLAND: The Jazz Vel'Sion of "How to Succeed in B""siness Without Really Trying." The Gary Mc­ PRODUCTS COMPANY Farland Orchestra. H ow to Succee d in Dept. F, Genoa, Illinois Business W ithout R eally Tlying; Paris Original; L ove from A H eaTt of Gold; and five others. VERVE V 68443* $5.98, V 8443 $4.98.

Interest: Solid success Performance: Delightful SAVE TAPE, Recording: Lavish TIME This is the first extended sampling af­ SUPRA ford ed us of the abilities of young Gary PROFESSIONAL McFarland, a vibist-arrange r whose few AND MONEY prior recorded arrangements- for such as Gerry Mulligan, J ohnny Hodges, and Bob Brookmeyer-gave the evid ence of a fresh writing talent. That earli er prom­ ise is fully justifi ed in his fr ee-swingin g World's EDITALL* and imaginative scoring of the Frank Leader TAPE EDITING BLOCKS Loesser musical. Not being familiar with in • Patented curved groove holds tape the ori ginal I cannot say how success­ without clips for fastest, safest splicing. fully McFarl and's charts capture the fla ­ Quarter • Spliced tape can be used thousands of times and splices vor of the show's music. On the other Track never separate. hand, I can say that he has fas hi oned a Stereo • For single-track, 2-track and 4-track. series of warm, witty, and ri chl y tex­ • Only in the ED.TALL can shattered tured arrangements that provide the so­ bits of ta pe be put together loists with a durabl e fabri c for th eir Model B24-Quarter Track Stereo . good as new. decorations. The emphas is is on a loose, Also available in full track, half • Splices require NO TRIMMING, track and two track stereo. NO GOUGING; do not stick or "wow." effo rtl ess swing that keeps everything • EDITAlL remains accurate for over moving briskly along. Clark Terry, among Crown gives more performance per dollar FREIlUENCY IPS FLUTTER NOISE 1,000,000 splices. other topnotch jazzmen, is l·he featured RESPONSE SPEED & wow RATIO • NEW 5-2 and KS-2 ED.TAI.L have soloist, and his cri sply humorous trumpet ± 2 db 30 to 30, 000 CPS 15 .06 % 57 db adhesive-mounting, no hole drilling! ± 2 db 30 to 20,000 CPS 7'12 .09 % 55 db • 'A-inch to 1-inch sizes, $6.50 up. work affords constant pl easant surprises . ± 3 db 30 to 11 ,000 CPS 33t'BUDDY RICH : Blues Caravan. TO GERMAN lim (piano ), Stan Conover (bass), Pur­ Buddy Ri ch (drums), Sam Most (flute), nell Rice (drums) . Glad Lad; Parker's Rolf Ericson ( trumpet), M ike Manieri $3.95 Pals; Low Brown; and four others. BLUE -( vibes ), Wyatt R uther (bass), Johnny TOTE 4087 $4.98. Morris (piano). Blo, w'n The Blues Away; Cara van; and four others. VERVE V I nterest: Thin 68425* $5.98, 8425 $4.98. Performance: Narrow conception THE EASY WAY Record ing: Bright and clear Interest: Ene rgetic but shallow TO ITALIAN Performance: Skillful From 1944 to 1948, Leo Parker was a Recording: Could be w armer $3.95 fa mi liar sideman on many of the earl y modern-jazz recording combos. In the Buddy Rich's sextet, refl ecting the musi­ years since, Parker has been largely in­ cal personality of its lea der, is viril e, COMBINED PACKAGE OF 4 LANGUAGE RECORDS active in jazz, and this album is a come­ technically expert, and limited in emo­ only $9.95 back attempt. Parker's style has not tional and imaginative depth . Rich is a changed appreciably in the interim_ H e brilliant drummer, as the introduction to plays with rough force but with smal1 Blow'n The Blues Away makes cl ea r, but A. S. Barnes & Co . Inc. 11 East 36th Street concern for subtleties of phrasing or tex­ too often he is m erely dextrous by con­ New York 16. N. Y. ture. His ideas are mostly commonplace, trast with such searchingly musical drum­ Plea se send me : although he can be laconicall y expressive m ers as the late Big Sid Catlett and _ _ EASY WAY TO FRENCH at $3.95 in the blues, as in Blue L eo in thi s col­ curren t explorers Elvin J ones and Max __EASY WAY TO SPAN ISH at $3.95 lection. Roach_ __EASY WAY TO GERMAN at $3.95 Of the rest of the front l ine, J ohn Of the sidemen, vibist Manieri is the Burks' crisply assured trumpet is the mos t accomplished; but like his leader, ___EASY WAY TO ITALIAN at $3.95 and / or more arres ting horn, but Burks receives he is more impressive for his skill than __ALL FOUR RECORDS for only $9.95 too little solo space. T he rhythm section for the , emotional range of his work. I enclose $,------0 Send C.O.D. swings loosely, and bassist Stan Conover Sam Most is a facile but seldom absorb­ NAME______has an impressively fu ll -bodied tone. The ing fl utist. Rolf Ericson, a Swedish tru m­ material is rather slight and incl udes a peter who has spent much of the past ADDRESS,______couple of conspicuously funky tunes in fourteen years in America, plays with the fading gospel-and-simplified-blues taste, but he has no style of his own. The CITY groove. N. H. combo is at its most enjoyable on re- 80 HIFI/STEREO • CHRISTIE BARTER • DAVID HALL

Performonce: Sublime D espite noticeable ba ckground hi ss, the E:rpianation 0/ symbols: Recording: Very good tape version of these highlights is soni c­ ® = monophonic reco rding Ste reo Quality: Ditto ally an enormous improvement over the ® =st ereo phonic recording disc issue reviewed this past November. J oan StHherland 's Lucia in the wo rld's The rich bass line, especially, lends to the opera houses has received accolades climaxes of the Coronation Scene and the a pl enty, a ll of them deserved, and the 4-TRACK CLASSICS D eath of Bori s a shattering aural- emo­ very special importance of this recording tional impact. is that it documents her magnifi cent stage George London for all practical pur­ RECORDING OF SPECIAL MERIT portrayal. It also introduces the Donizetti poses carries the whole performance. His ® NETANIA DAVRATH: Songs of opera to tape, textuall y complete. The support from Schippers on th e conduc­ the Auve1'gne (arr. Canteloube). N e­ first and second acts are contained on tor's podium is adequate but hardly elec­ tani a Davrath, soprano (vocals ); orches­ the first ree l, each to a side and each trifying; Howard Fried gets by as the now tra, Pierre de la Roche condo MalouTQus over forty minutes in length. sycophantic, now malicious Shuisky in Qu'o uno Fenno; La Fiolaire; Bailero ; Vocall y the performance is res plen­ the dialogue, but the scene as a whole Chut, Chut; and eleven others. VAN­ dent. Miss Sutherland makes up in tech­ lacks genuine tension. Mildred Allen , GUA RD VTC 1636 $7.95. nica l expertise what she fails to summon however, brings genuine poignance to her in dramatic intensity. R enato Cioni dis­ moments as Boris' son. Interest: Folk classics plays splendid dramati c flair, while A recording such as this merely whets Performance: Impeccable M essrs. M errill and Siepi both bring one's appetite for a complete Boris Go­ Recording: Excellent considerable substance to their roles. The dounoff in stereo, which we understand Stereo Quality: Just to be in the making in Russia. It also arouses the hope that one day GeorgI' Any performances of songs of th e Au­ London will have the opportunity to sing vergne must stand comparison with Mad­ the title roJe in a complete Boris record­ elein e Grey's, long venerated on 78's and ing that would give him better support available now on an imported LP disc. than he receives here. D espite the fact Netania Davrath, a silver-voiced Israeli that the performance is in Russian, the so prano, lacks Miss Grey's earthiness, but revi ew tape included no text. D. H. she brings to these lovely settings a vocal purity and a radiance that are altogether RECORDING OF SPECIAL MERIT captivating. She is delightfully coy in ® OFFENBACH: Ga'ite Pm'isienne ehut, Chut and Oi Ayai, playfully mock­ ing in Lou Boussu (The Hunchback), and (arr. Rosenthal ) . GOUNOD: Faust: tenderly wistful in La D elaissado (The Ballet Music. Orchestra of the Royal Abandoned)-songs not included in "the Opera House, Covent Garden, Georg French artist's recorded repertoire. It is Solti condo LO NDON LCL 80081 $7:95. likewis e good to have the deli cate color­ GEORGE LONDON I nterest: Top pops ings of. the Canteloube orchestrations so J-J is Boris is better on tape than disc faithfully rendered as they are in this Performance: Heady recording. The sound is clean, the stereo vo ices are well to the fore most of the Recording: Spectacular separation acceptable, the balance of time, and the orchestral sound is clean, Stereo Quality: Just fine vo ice to orchestra nea r perfect. C. B. we ll balanced for stereo, and vividly pro­ jected. There is so me hi ss. C. B. Solti does here for the popula r Offen­ • bach-Rosenthal ballet what H erbert von RECORDING OF SPECIAL MERIT ® MOUSSORGSKY: Bm'is Godou noff: Karajan did a year ago for D ie Fleder­ ® DONIZETTI: Lucia di La.mmer­ Coronation Scene; Boris' Monologue maus. In both instances a frothy, almost mom'. Joan Sutherland (soprano ), Lucia; fr om Act II; Dialogue and Hallucina­ co mpUlsively light-hearted score gets th e Renato Cioni (tenor), Edgardo; Robert tion S cene from Act II; FaTewe Ll and full "gala" treatment. That the men un­ M errill (baritone), Enrico; Cesare Siepi D eath of Boris fro m Act IV. George Lon­ der Solti's baton are British-based and (bass), Raimondo; Ana Raquel Satre don (bass-baritone), Mild red Allen (so­ tha t the conductor himself has spent most (mezzo-so prano ), Ali sa; K enneth l'vfac­ prano ), Stanley Koik and Howa rd Fried of hi s professional life in Budapes t and Donald (tenor) , Lord Arturo Buckl aw; (tenors) ; Columbia Sym phony Orches tra l'"funi ch make it the more remarkabJ e Rinaldo Pelizzoni (tenor) , NOrmanJlo. and Chorus, Thomas Schippers condo that their evocation of a mid-nineteenth­ Chorus and Orches tra of L'Accademi a COLUMBIA MQ 418 $7 .95 . century Parisian salon has the zest, vi­ di Santa Cecilia, Rome, John Pritchard brancy, and styli stic elan it has in this condo LO NDON LOR 90036 two reels Interest: Boris tape premiere recording. The ballet music from Faust , $21.95. Performance: Very good too, is stated with grace. The sound is Recording: Spacious gorgeous: instrumental timbres are spar­ Interest: Mostly for Sutherland Stereo Quality : Likewise kling, musica l filigree is cleanly articu-

APRIL 1962 83 lated, dynami cs arc resounding, and th e stereo is big, bi g, big. C. B.

® RODGERS: Victory at Sea, Vol. 3. Orchestra, Robert Russell Bennett condo R ings Around R abaul; Full Fathom Five; The Turkey Shoot; and four others. RCA VICTOR FTC 2079 $8.95.

Interest: Musical maneuvers Performa nee: Tense Recording: Splendid Stereo Quality: Startling

For the first time in this series, noises of combat (courtesy of the U . S. Navy) are interspersed with segments of the Richard Rodgers score, whose musical glamour often beli es the unpleasant real­ ity of its subj ect matter. Six previ ously unrecorded numbers, along with the a l­ ready familiar "symphonic synthesis" of themes assume in this montage a more war-like aspect than they othenvise mi ght. Little attempt is made to impart move­ e~~~1· ment to the sound effects that brighten The new look in "bookshelf" speakers. Place a speaker on each end, Bennett's stereo battlescape, but hi s or­ amplifier and tuner on the adjustable shelf, and your components are trans­ chestra is arrayed over a broad expanse. formed into a striking stereo cabinet which will highlight every interior and T echnicall y, the recording is fin e. T ape accent your fine components. Naturally, crafted from the finest of hardwoods buye rs, incidentally, are denied the 16- in a choice of finishes. see your dealer or write for free brochure of the complete line. page folio of text and pictures that ac­ company the disc version. C. B. iludio ® R. STRAUSS: Till EulenstJiegel's Uriginals M erry Pranks, Op. 28; Salome: Dance 474 SOUTH MERIDIAN STREET. INDIANAPOLIS 25, INDIANA of the Seven Veils; Death and Trans­ CIRCLE NO. 156 ON READER SERVICE CARD figuration; Op. 24. Vienna Philhar­ monic, H erbert von Karajan condo LON­ DO N LCL 80078 $7.95.

YOU Interest: Two faces of Strauss Performance: Studied Recording: Good SAVE Stereo Quality: OK Combining Strauss's most depressing tone poem (transfi guration notwithstanding) MONEY! wilJ1 his sunniest, and adding for good measure some of the most seductive of RUSH US YOUR his theater music, this reel offers an an­ thologist's eye view of his range as a LIST OF HI-FI composer. The trouble is that there are COMPONENTS few conductors who can encompass the whole of it. Von Karajan cannot, at FOR A SPECIAL least as evidenced here. His perform­ ances with the Viennese are strong and QUOTATION cl ean of line, at their best in Death and Save money as you enjoy constructing T ransfiguration, where his seriousness as your own fine table-model TV set. Any­ WRITE FOR FREE an artist, his commanding musi cianship, one can build it-no technical knowledge or skill needed. The "Custom 70" is Per­ AUDIO DISCOUNT and his understanding of the work's meta­ formance Guaranteed by NRI-the top physical content are cl early expressed. name in Electronic training for nearly 50 CATALOG A-15 But his T ill Eulenspiegel is humorless years. Picture tube has 206 sq. in. of view­ and his Salom e's Dance would seduce no ing area. All-American parts. Quality H erod. All has been handsomely re­ "slim-line" cabinet. Everything included New low prices on corded. C. B. at one low price. Package payment plan. amplifiers, tuners, tape Tear out this ad, write your name and ad­ dress in margin and mail. Conar will rush recorders, speakers, etc. ® TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto, pictures and facts on the "Custom 70." A Division of National Radio Institute. in D Major, Op. 35. DVORAK: Violin ELECTRONICS CO. Concel·to, in A Minor, Op. 53. Ruggiero 120 LIBERTY ST. Ricci (violin ) ; London Symphony, Sir C(Q)JNA~ instrume~~~ NEW YORK 6, N.Y. Malcolm Sargent condo LoNDON LCL 3939 Wisconsin Ave., Washington 16, D.C. KEY 80080 $7.95. CIRCLE NO. 154 ON READER SERVICE CARD CIRCLE NO. 76 ON READER SERVICE CARD 84 H I Fit STEREO Interest: Felicitous coupling Performance: Satisfying Recording: Very good LA FAY E HAD Stereo Q uality: Good presents Ruggiero Ricci is still a prodigy, but a mature one. A violinist possessed of a IuMMtP~S~Pw ' S~ I ~ fl awless technique and a sil very tone, R icci is today a master of rare interpre­ tative ski ll s, and the present recordings The FAMOUS LA·2S0A SO·WATT STEREO AMPLIFIER bear eloquent testimony in this regard. CHOICE OF fiARRARD AT-6 DIAMOND STEREO H e uses th e Tchaikovsky concerto neither CARTRIDGE as an occasion for pyrotechnical display nor as the vehicle for a kind of Byronic .,. outpouring, but simply as the nobl e work _PICKERING it is. In the Dvorak his sense of integra­ 380C tion with the orchestra, which assumes a more im portant rol e than mere accom­ - LAFAYETTE paniment, is supreme. His playing is taut OUR BEST STEREO SYSTEM BUY BASE .• SHURE M7D » and fin ely phrased, hi s pace unhurried, MATCHED COMPONENTS LAFAYETTE SK-58 ye t not overly deliberate. Sargent's col­ 12" COAXIAL SPEAKERS laboration is in every way sympathetic. Lafayette LA-250A 50·Watt Stereo Amplifier .... 99.50 Whil e the orchestra is well distributed - Garrard AT-S 4-Speed Record Changer __ __ .. ______.. _54.50 between th e two stereo channels, the solo­ Pickering 380C Diamond Stereo Cartridge ____ .. .. 29.85 LAFAYETTE lafayette Wood Base .. _.... ___ .. __.. ______.. .. ______.. _____ 3.95 ELiPTOFLEX ist is pl aced ri ght of center. The level is BOOKSHELF 2 Lafayette SK-58 12" Coaxial Speakers ENCLOSURES , a bit low, but hiss is kept to a minimum. @ 29.50' each .. __ .... __.. _ ...... _.. __ .. __ ... __.. ______. 59.00 C. B. Total Price if Purchased Separately ------.. 246.80 ® THE VIRTUOSO TRUMPET. HI-FI STEREO SYSTEM, as above, with chOice of LAFAYETTE Pickering 3aOC or Shure M7D Cartridge and Walnut, Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary. Vivaldi: Mahogany or Blonde Changer Base (specify finish) Concerto in C for T wo Trumpets. Perti: SPECIAL PRICE 199.50 LS-252WX __ .. __ ...... _.. ___.. __ ...... ,.. __ __.. _.. __ _ Only 199.50 Sonata for Four Trumpets. Torelli: Same as LS-252WX but includes 2 Lafayette Elip­ tollex Series Bookshelf Enclosures In walnut Oiled TmmjJet Sonata; Sinfonia for Four Walnut, Mahogany or Blonde (specify finish j TTUmp ets . Purcell: TTumpet Sonata; YOU SAVE 47.30 LS-254WX .... __ .. _...... _.. __ .. ______.. .. ______.. _ Only 265.50 Trumpet Overture. Gabrieli: Trumpet Sonata_ Corelli: T rumpet Sonata. Stan­ ley: Trumpet Tune_ H elmut Wobisch . (solo trumpet ); I Solisti di Zagreb, An­ tonio Janigro condo VANGUARD VTC 1637 $7.95.

Interest: High-flying high Baroque KT·600A PROFESSIONAL Performance: Idiomatic STEREO CONTROL CENTER Recording: Full-bodied Ste reo Quality: Wide-spread KT·600A In Kit Form 79.50 With the current upsurge of interest in LA-SOOA Completely Wired 134.50 Baroque trumpet music, many of the works in thi s program are also included in others like it. J anigro's orch estra is perhaps more supple and has a richer NO instrumental tone than does Emanuel MONEY .DOWN Vardi's group in Kapp's two reels of "Music for Trumpet and Orchestra" • Rated at 50-Watts per Channel (KTL 49000 and KTL 49006), but tlum­ • Response from 2-100,000 cps, 0, -ldb at l-Watt peter Roger Voisin, under Vardi, is • Grain Oriented, Silicon Steel Transformers • Response 5-40,000 cps ± 1 db. matchl ess. Wobisch, nevertheless, is a • Multiple Feedback Loop Design • Precise "Null" Balancing System • • Easy-To-Assemble Kit Form • Unique Stereo and Monaural Control Features trumpet player of no mean accompli sh­ • Concentric Input Level Controls ment, and the continuo provided by An­ A new. "Laboratory Standard" dual 50·watt ampli­ • Easy-lo-Assemble Kit Form. fier guaranteed to outperform any basic stereo Sens itivity 2.2 mv for 1 volt out. Dual low im­ ton H eill er on the harpsichord and organ amplifier on the market. Advan ce d engineering pedance " plate follower" outputs 1500 ohms. Less techniques plus the fine st co mponents ensure than .03 % 1M distortion; less than .1 % harmonic is a prominent feature of this Vanguard flawless performance. Distortion leve ls - so low distortion. Hum and noise 80 db below 2 volts. they are unmeasurable. Hum and noise better than 14xl0o/8x4'12". Shpg. wt., 16 Ibs. recording. The sound is bright without 90 db below 50-watts. Complete with metal en- being strident, the stereo deployment of closure. 9 y'X:12'I2"D. Shpg. wt., 60 Ibs. Jr.!I~~. the solo instruments alJ that it should be. ------Radio, Dept. HMD -2, P.O. Box 10, Syosset, -----1.1., New York Level is a li ttle low, but hiss rarely in­ Name ______• ______. ______, ______• ____ ._. __ •• __N trudes. C. B. Address ------.------.------.------CA~~~~G 4·TR. ENTERTAINMENT City ______. ____ • ______• ______Zone ______State ______340 PAGES _ _ G...... A..F.A.. "Y'ETTE ------® BING CROSBY AND LOUIS 4L.. ~.A.. X»_ ::J: <> I NEWYORK13,N.Y·_ BRONX 58,N.Y. NEWARK2,N.J. ARMSTRONG: Bin g & Satchmo. Bing SYOSSET L.I .. and JAMAICA 33 . NEW YORK PLAINFIELD, N.J_ PARAMUS, N.J. BOSTON 10, MASS Crosby and Louis Armstrong (vocals ) ;

APR IL 1962 CiRCLE NO. 79 ON READER SERVICE CARD 85 Now preserved on London life-ti me4-track stereo ta pe: orchestra and chortls, Bill y May condo the immortal performances of Joa n Suthe rl and. In ­ Mush at R amble; Sugar; Preacher; Dar­ cluding her triumphant d"but role at the Metropolitan , danella; and seven others. MGM STC Lucia di Lammermoor. Ask yo ur Tape Center or pro­ gress ive music dealer for these Sutherlan d tapes: 3882 $7 .95 . LOR 90036 Lucia di Lammerm oo r (co mplete; 2 ree ls) LO H 90035 The Art of the Prima Do nna (Twi n - Pak) Interest: Old pro s LOL 90040 Joan Sutherla nd Operatic Reci tal Performance: A miable LC R 80077 Han del: Mess iah (co mplete; 2 re els) Recording : Fine LCO 80051 Beethove n: Symphony M9, "Choral" Stereo Qua lity : Right channe l favored For a com plete cata log and monthly new release an­ nouncements, write: Un ited Stereo Tapes, Dept. HS, 88 Ll ewel lyn Ave nu e i n B loomfi eld, N ew J ersey . These two singers, each wi th a distinct idea of how a tune should go, so mehow achi eve a near-perfect blend. Their ease, their apparent spontaneity uncl er J ohnny M ercer's guiding hand , and their virtu­ ally unrelieved high spirits are infec ti ous. Bi ll y May's arrangements are excell ent, and the sound is clean as a whistle. The voices are centered, but the chorus oc­ casionall y present is to the ri ght, along with the brasses ancl the other instru­ mental heavies. C. B.

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Interest: Benign balladry ~;:ft~~~;~ Performance: Su a ve Recording : Clean Impol"tcd b ~' .J...ESA o f Ame r ica • $4450 Ste reo Qua lity: OK For Iree brochure and nearest deal ers, writ e: $ll""LYH1CII{tWU I LESA of Am eri ca Co rp., Dept . H, 32-17 61 st St ., Wood si de 77, N. Y. The Lubo ff Choir, of more intimate size CIRCLE NO. S2 ON READER SERVICE CARD than its name mi ght suggest (eight men and four wo men ), steers a lazy course up a ri ver of drowsy enchantment in this DISCOVER co ll ection. The tun es are fa mili ar, the ar­ the Sound of the "iolin rangements are geni al, the harmonies are c1ose,'and the tempos are easy-going. The cumulative effect verges on the so porific. The recorded ound is seduc­ ti vely ri ch, and stereo balance is just ri g h~ C.B.

® MUSIC OF LEROY ANDERSON, VOL. 2. Eastman-Rochester Pops Or­ chestra, Frederick Fennell cond o Belle of the Ball; H orse and Buggy; The Waltzing • Unle ss yo u're a mu lti-millionaire get our quote , like these shre wd buyers did! Cat; Blue T ango; Summer Skies; and six • These excerpts from lelters in our files are proof others. M ERCURY STB 90043 $6.95 . positive that RA BSO N'S PR ICE S ARE ROCK BOTTOM! • Your purchase backed by ou r reputation for 57 years of RELI ABILI TY ! PLUS our si x (6) months Interest: Pops showcase • guarantee, instead of th e usual 90 days. STAN DARD Pe rformance: Engaging • LI NES. Reco rding: Good DVORAK VIOLIN CONCERTO From "B.M." North Corolina- • ' " was p lea sed with your quotation on my proposed Stereo Qua lity : Unpronounced • Hi-Fi set, a s it was $30.00 less than th e next lowest 'Romance'in F minor bid of over ten. " • The cheery hi gh sp.irits of Leroy Ander­ N ever before has the warmth of From "W.W .B." California- son's music are ni cely conveyed in this • " Your p ackage Quote was b est I received. to the violin been reco'rded with program by Mr. Fennell 's excell ent pops such superb fide lity. Hear this • From "J.K.B." New York State­ orches tra. L et no one think that the East­ " Yours wa s the lowest of six Quotations." definitive inter'pretation by vio­ • man-R oches ter Pops men stand eclipsed lin vi'rtuoso Josef Sulc, great­ • From "G.E.M." Ohio- by their Bostonian counterparts. They are "Your q uotati on wa s prompt a nd I was i nfluenced g1'andson of Antonin Dvorak, • by the six months warranty offer." every bit the equal of Fiedler's corps, in with the Czech Philharmonic Or­ • FREE -With our quote on the equipment or sys- technical expertise and in the way they chesb"a, undeT the brilliant di­ te rn of your choi ce we will incl ude a $1. 00 have of infusing a sense of joy into almost 'recti01~ of Ka1'el Ancerl. genuine Miracle Re cord Cl eaning Cloth. anythi ng they play. hI superb Hi Fi ALP 193 • In IIrillial\t Stt ftG AlP(S) 193 absons -57 ST., Inc. Dept. 14 T he recording fall s somewhat short of R . 119 West 57 St., New York 19, N.Y. M ercury's usual high standard, stereo ARTIA RECORDING CORP. • • • • • (Diagonally opposite Carnegie Hall) depth being mi ni mized and separation at 38 West 48t h St., New York, N.Y. CIRCLE NO. 101 ON READER SERVICE CARD CIRCLE NO. 16 O N READER SERVICE CARP 86 HIFI / STEREO times barely noticeable. The frequen cy range is adequate on the low end, cut off a bit on top. I t is necessary to rewind the ta pr partia ll y to start the second , stereo track. C . B. ® DOROTHY PROVINE: The Vamp of the Rom'ing 20s. Dorothy Provine (voca ls); trio', chorus, and orchestra, Sandy Courage condo Baby Face; Looking for a Boy; Halle­ lujah!; There's Y es! Y es! in Your Eyes; and twenty-six oth­ ers. W ARNER BROS. WSTC 14 19 $7.95.

In terest: Wack wackadoo Performance: Spirited Recording: Good Stereo Quality: Good

Like its forerunner ("The R oa 'r l l ~g 20s" on vV arnrr Bros. WSTC 1394) this ta pe spins out thi rty numbers of th e P ro- J hibition Era in a bout as m any minutrs. Some of thr tunrs have proven th eir dura bility- Thou S well, The A1all / Love, and H ard-Hearted H anlla among th em. A good many of th e othc'rs di sa ppean'd wi th the C rash. But they a ll sound n('1\' and authr nlic here. 1\1i ss Provin e, though she is gin' n top billing, is "on" only ha lf of th e tim r, but she still carrirs the show- a charming, sIll okey-voicrd s in ~'e r at hOIllr in ballads and boop-e-doops a like. T he recording is bright and sa ti sfactory in every way. C. B. ® GEORGE SHEARING: The Shea.ring Touch. Grorge Shrarin g ( pi ano ); orchrslra, Billy May conel. Autumn Noc­ turne; Nola; Nlisty; Canadian Sunset; and eight others. CAP­ ITOL ZT 1472 $6.98.

I nterest: Spotty Performance: Slushy Re cording: Acceptable Stereo Quality: All right THORENS TD-135, COMPLETE WITH INTEGRATED ARM • For the Illost pa rt the Sh earing toqch is pretty sticky here. For the first time, Thorens - in the new TD-135 - offers a Shearing is more inlrnt upon recrratin g the SO llnd and style component-quality arm and turntable mated with a precision of C laude Thornhill in Aulumn Nocturne, Erroll Garnrr in that insures you perfect tracking, perfect sound ... always, .. tII/isty, and Fats 'Na il er in H ml.I'VS llckle R asl' than he is with a minimum of installation effort on your part. upon contributing his o\Vn idras to Dill y 1\1<1Y's "iscous string There's no compromise whateve7' with quality such as you b ac kin ~. ''''hat he does to N ala and the forevrr r Illbarrass­ usually find in integmted turntable and a7"m units. THORENS ing Tonight TVe Love is tastelrss in til(' extrrITl r . Stereo is TD-135 is Swiss-precision crafted throughout ... true compo­ unpronounccd, but there is a nice opr nncss a nd cla rity in nent high fidelity all the way, You get: A precision turntable featuring 4 speeds, all a.djustable, with an 8-pound non­ the recording. C lose miking and hravy modulation cause magnetic table . .. plus a completely new, advanced tone arm thr piano to di stort in som e passages, ho\Veve r. C. B. that's so good we also sell it separately (see below) for use with any turntable of your choice. Exceeds NAB specs for ® CAL TJADER: In a Latin Bag. Cal T jad rr (vibra­ wow, rumble and flutter. Has same belt-plus-idler drive as phone), Paul Horn ( flute and saxophone), Lonni{' I-I{'wit t famous TD-124. Shuts off automatically at end of record, ( pi ano), J ohnny Rap (timbalrs ), Wilfrpdo C hongito Vi­ Many, many more features than we can detail. $110 net crnte (conga), Arm ando Prraza (bongos), A I :McKibbon (bass). Ben-Hur; Davito; Grl'fn Dolphin. StTel't; Pauneto's Point; and six others. VERVE VSTC 26 1 $7.95.

Interest: Jazz a la Latin Perform ance: Nicely integrated Recording: Splendid THORENS BTD-12S, 12" PROFESSIONAL TONE ARM Stereo Quality: Pronounced Identical arm included with TD-135, but sold as separate unit. Less than 0.5 0 linch tracking error. Built-in cueing device, All In addition to th e h eadliner, possibl y the best vibist in the adjustments: vertical height; calibrated gram-force; stylus business next to the MJQ's Milt J ackson, thrrr is anothrr positioning slide; balancing counter-weight. Unique vertical sta r p crfo rmr r on this reel. H e is fluti st Paul I-l orn, rc prr ­ pivot keeps stylus vertical for any height adjustment. s{' nled as well by two compositions of his own- Half and Resonance well below audible frequencies. Interchangeable Half, a so-so mixture of 6/8 and 4-/4 rhythms, a nd a Ill ood 4-pin cartridge shells. Mounted on Qoard for THORENS TD-124, TD-121 turntables. $50.00 net piece call ed Ecstasy. In the latter I-l orn di sclosrs a ballad styl e evrry bit as free and as fl rxiblr as TjadPr's, which in See and hear the THORENS TD-135 and ALL the members turn is at its IllOSt flu ent in a srtting of A1ist)'. Save for a of the "TD" family of fine turntables at your franchised rath rr unremarkable version of lY/amho in Ai/ami, Tjader's dealer's today; there's one for every budget! For additional a rrangrm ents blend the jazz and Latin idioms ",,· ith a crr­ information, write us direct. ta in fl a ir-especia lly in thr graceful statem rnt of Oreen Dolphin Street and the rhythmica ll y intricate T riste-and THOREN'S DIVISION the w{' lI-separated stereo rrcording s('[vrs thpIll beautifully. Timha\("s, conga, and bongos fl ank thr soloists \eft and ri ght, ElPA MARKETING INDUSTRIES, Inc. whil e the piano and b ass, cast mQs tly in secondary rolps, New Hyde Park, N. Y. p.rovide firm, unobtrusive support. C. B. APRIL 1962 CIRCLE NO. SS ON READER SERVICE CARD 87 (M; AUDIO FIDELITY ~~~~I

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Reviewed by STANLEY GREEN • NAT HENTOFF • PETER ..... WELDING

® AN EVENING I N D AMASCUS. a m elod y and hi s intelli gen t way with a Explanation oj symbols : , Sabah; N aji b A I-Sarraj ; Fairuz; -Fayda lyric make him one of the brst voung ® = lIIu l/,ophul/ic recording Kam il ; M uha m mad Diya AI- D in; 1:.a ra- singers around. This co ll ection, assc lll ­ ® =stereopholl ic recording . wan. D amascus; Sa'mra Ya'll! 11'! " Uyun bl ed from previously-released sin gk s, fa­ =m ono or stereo version lVisa" ; Y am.m H usain; and four oth ers. vo rs up-tempo a rrangem ents throughout, not received for review CAPITOL T 10 268 $3.98. with th e exce ption of the el11ba rras. in glv m aud li n W hen a Man Cries. O f sprcial ® ® JULIE ANDREWS: Broadway's Interest: Ex otic fare interest arc I've Got a L ot of L ivin' to Fair .Julie. Juli r' Andrews (\'o(als ) ; Performance: Mostly good D o, a rousing number from C ha ri ('s Hrnri R ene and hi s Orclw stra. I Feel Recording: Almost perfect Strouse's and Lee Ad a illS' Bvt' Bvt' BiTdie, Pretty; This I s N ew; I D idn'l K/l ow Lionr l Bart's propulsive Big T i'me from Whal T imf' I t TV as; and nine orhr r5. C a pitol has rounded up a group of popu­ the E ngli sh musica l Fings Ain't W ot CO LUMBfA C S 85 12 $4.98, CL 1712+:' lar singers of D amascus to crea te som e­ T hey Us ed T'Be, and a swingin g vrrsion $3.98 . thing of the atmosphere of Syri an night of [hr D onkf'Y S f' rt' nadl', a song made life. "Vhile th C' ir songs ha\'e a tendency fa mous by ~1r. J ones 's fath er, IIl ger Interest: Should be greater tOwa rd the intcrminable, these \'oca li sls All an J ones. S . C. Performance : Elegant a rr generall y pr rsuasive p erformers, " 'ith Recording : Atrocious m y own favorite being the lady kn own Stereo Q uality: I doubt it RECORDING OF SPECIAL MERIT

Colu mbia has nOI ber n rxactly fair with ® ® PA UL LA VALLE: The SlJ ectacu. Hroad wayls Fair L ady. T hough the reper­ l a !" Sound of Sou sa. P ;] ld Ll\'a llP and to ire is topnotch and shr trills as swrrtly the Band of Am r ri ca. K ing Cotton ; High and persuasively as r\"(' r, ~1i s s Anc!rr,,·s S choo l Cad ets; I-i /JeTI,' Bl'il; il nd nin e' is at thr mercy of a n I.InIJ r li eva bl y poor others. MGM E 3976 $3 .98, S 3976 '~ recorded SO UIl.d. The ha pless vir l"im is $4.98. heard th rough ridicul ousl y sou ped-u p Inte rest: Sousa's greatest acousti cs that not onl y h

® ® J ANE MOR GAN: At the Cocoa· nu t G1"Ove. J ane Morgan (vocals); or­ chestra, Dick I-Jazard condo Fascination; The Second Time Around; The Day tHe Rains Came; and nin etp.en others. KAPp KS 3268 $4.98, KL 1268'" $3.98.

Interest: Attractive program Performa nce: At her b est Recording: A b it muddy Stereo Quality: All right

Although I have always found it easy to resist the charms of J ane Morgan, I must confess that this on-the-spot recording at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angel es is a genuine delight. T he secret, of course, is that Miss M organ becomes far more in­ vo lved with her material when singing before an audience than when singing merely into a microphone. In addition to the inevitable items­ Fascination, The Day the R ains Came, and a French medley-there is a divert­ ing Lil li an Russe ll routine call ed I t T akes Love that she does with two men, appar­ ently in costume. Written by the talented team of Fred Ebb and Paul K lein, it reall y has the cocoanuts shakin g as it turns into a rousing revival number. S. C.

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'WING established its pre-eminence anothcr. After hcaring, for example, Thl' for e:" a mple, when the child outwits the H in thf' field of spoken-,,'ord record ­ Foggy Dew, sung " 'i th ru III bl ing, id io­ fal sr kni ght, th r dc,-il- s rm issil ry_ ings, Caedmon has now branched into m atic , -irility by a l\'orfolk tree-felkr, Particularly intriguing on the discs of folk music with ("he first fiv e ,'olumes of no morc elTrte ,'crsion is likely e,-cr full), C hild ballads a rc composite tracks of a series called " The Folkso ngs of Gn'at to sa ti sh" diff('rrnt ,- ersions of th r sa m e taiC', as Britain," The project was directed by The r('co rdings also emphasize rill' ',,-ith th(' murein of Lord Randall , which A lan Lomax, the prodigious Ame rican contro l that thcse interprrrers, so m c of is rrcountr d in Scotla nd, in thr('(' Iri h collector, and Peter K enned y of tl1(' th elll quilt· old, ha,'c o,-er their hOIllC'­ counti rs, ane! in south r rn 1\' alrs_ I-Tr'ard BBC , Although more limited in gene ra l bred tC'c hniques_ The Illajorit sing " 'ith­ [h is " 'ay, a story can produce a fascinat­ a ppeal than Lomax's seven-,'olumr out accompanim cnt, and yet they krrp in gh' , -,niC'c1 crop of con noI<1l ions, de­ " Southern Folk H eritage" seri es release e! the rhythmic linc accurate and pliablC', prndin g- on whrrr it W

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Interest: Screenland fa vorites Performance: Top arrangements on both Recording: Both gorgeous Stereo Qua lity: Both very good

The arrangements for both Vardi's and Ell iott's orchestras are quite similar and were probably written by the same person. Both sets feature colorful, though not flamboyant, orchestrations with strings predominant. And both records Send HiFi / Stereo Review benefit from unusually fine sound. Standouts on the Vardi se t include an atmospheric Carioca; a sparkling Co cktails Every Month fo r T wo co mplete with an insinuating rock-and-roll bea t; and the saxophone playing of Phil Bodner on Paradise. On the E ll iott set, I particularly like the trombone-and-strings combination in I Had the Craziest Dream, and the h int of gypsy campfires in Colden Ea1Tings. S .C.

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Interest: May g ive you a few chuckles Check one : 0 3 yea rs for $ 12 Performance: Good team o 2 years for $9 0 1 year for $5 Recording : Satisfactory in the U.S. and Posse ssions Stereo Qua lity: V ery effective o Paym ent Enclosed 0 Bill Me Foreign rat es : Ca nada and Pan Am erican Un ion coun­ tries, add $.50 per yea r; all other foreign countries add There is something old-fashioned about a comedy routine $1.00 per year. that is neither sick, sinful, nor cynical. There is also some­ na me______thing strangely appealing about it. The old radio routine ca ll ed The Bickersons used the well-worn device of the add ress ______squabbling married couple played then-as it is now- by Don Ameche and Frances Langford. In creati ng four epi­ c ity ______zone ______so des for two sides of the record, author Philip R app has state ______· ______tossed in every conceivable type of gag pertaining to marital strife, and it's a wonder that it can still be funny. M ail t o : Since Mr. Ameche and Miss Langford occupy twin beds HIFI / STEREO REVIEW during most of the routines, stereo placement creates the illusion beautifully by having their voices emanate from HSR-462 434 S. Wabash Ave. Ch icago 5, III. opposite speakers. S.C. APRIL 1962 93 THE GA. Y LIFE (see p. 60). In terest: Fairly well sustained Perfarmance: Expert Reco rding: Excellent RECORDING OF SPECIAL MERIT

® ® KWAMIN A (Richard Adler). Although thc namc of the compo cr of Orig ina l-cast r eco rding. Sa ll y Ann the core, J acques },!farray, is not to be I-l ow es, T erry Cartr r. Ethel Aykr, Brock found a n y,,·h r re on th e a lbum cover, such P ctf'rs, R obr rt G ui lI aume, and othr rs; or­ anonymity is undeserved. H e h as, fo r thc If you 've recently changed your ad­ che tra a nd chorus, Colin R om off condo m o. t pa rr, contributed some highly dis­ dress, or ·plan to in the near future, be C APITOL SW 164·5 $5.98, W 1645·;:· $'1.98. tincti vr j azz them cs fo r th e vari ous epi­ sure to notify us at once. We 'll make socJcs o f this French film, a nd they h a ve the necessary changes on your mailing Interest: Superior theater score been ski II fu II y perform ed by the sm a II plate, and see to it that your subscrip­ Performance: Splendid company grou p led by Mr. Bla ke'v. Unfo rtuna telv, tion continues without interruption. 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ADVERTISER PAGE NO. 2 Acoustic Research, Inc. . . .• • . • .•.••.•.•.••... ..• 11 HIFI/ STEREO 4 Airex Radio Corporation ...... 90 6 Allied Radio Corporation ...... •...... 75 7 Altec Lansing Corporation ...... 19 8 American Concertone, Inc...... 82 REVIEW 10 Ampex Corporation ...... 25 12 Apparatus Development Co., Inc...... 96 14 Argos Products Co., Inc...... 79 18 Audio Devices Inc ...... 3RD COVER 19 Audio Dynamics Corporation .. ..•...... 73 PRODUCT 20 Audio Fidelity Records, Inc...... • ... .. •...... 88 Audion ...... 95 156 Audio Originals ...... 84 Audio Unlimited ...... 95 INDEX 24 Bonafide Radio ...... 95 147 British Industries (Garrard) ...... 15 28 British Industries (Wharfedale) ...... 70, 71 Brown Sales Corp., L. M...... 96 --.." . As an additional reader service we have indi­ 31 Cabinart Acoustical Dev. Corp...... 20 33 Capitol 'Records, Inc...... 67 cated the products advertised in this issue by Carston ...... 95 classifications. If there is a specific product Citadel ...... • ...... 95 36 Columbia LP Record Club...... 5 you are shopping for, look for its listing and 37 Columbia Records ...... 62 turn to the pages indicated for the ads Commissioned Electronics, Inc...... 96 42 Daystrom Products Corp...... 69 of manufacturers supplying that equipment. 44 Deutsche Grammophon ...... 2 45 DeWald Radio Mfg. Co ...... 14 Dixie Hi-fi ...... 95 Dressner ...... 95 ACCESSORIES 51 (EICOl Electronic Instr. Co ., Inc...... 32 76 53 Electro-Sonic Laboratories, Inc...... 4 AMPLIFICATION SYSTEMS 54 Electro-Voice, Inc...... : ...... 22, 23 1, 9, 12, 13, 14, 31, 32, 69, 75, 94 55 Elpa Marketing Industries (Thorens Div.) ...... 87 56 Empire ...... _...... 27 ANTENNAS,FM 61 Fairchild Recording Equipment Co...... 78 6 63 Finney Company, The ...... 6 64 Fisher Radio Corp...... 7, 9 CAMERAS 65 Fuji Photo Optical Products Inc...... 10 10 155 Furnett (Fum-A-Kit) ...... 93 CARTRIDGES, PHONOGRAPH 69 Grado Labs ...... 8 4,8, 16, 73, 75 71 Harman Kardon ...... 31 72 Heath Co...... 13 FURNITURE 73 Hi Fidelity Center ...... 94 84 151 International Radio & Electronics Corp...... 79 75 KLH Research and Development Co ...... 81 FURNITURE KITS Kersting Mfg. Co...... 95 93 76 Key Electronics Co...... 84 79 Lafayette Radio ...... •. . . . . 85 LITERATURE 52 Lesa of America Corporation ...... 86 90 82 London Records ...... 68 RECORDS 145 Mosley Electronics ...... 76 2,5, 62, 65, 67, 68, 78, 88 154 National Radio Institute Conar Div . ..' ...... 84 16 Parliament Records ...... 86 SPEAKERS AND SPEAKER SYSTEMS 101 Rabson's-57th Street, Inc...... •... .. 86 1, 11, 12, 13, 20, 22, 23, 28, 75, 79, 81, 85 111 Roberts Electronics Inc...... 21 Saxitone ...... 96 TAPE, RECORDING 116 Scott Inc ., H. ~ ...... ' " 2ND COVER, 1 3,25, 79, 84 118 Sherwood Electronic Laboratories, Inc...... 16 Sleep Learning Research Association ...... 95 TAPE, PRERECORDED 120 Sonotone Corporation ...... 12 25, 72, 79, 84 Stereo Component Supply Co...... 95 Stereo Parti . ... • ...... 95 TAPE RECORDERS AND DECKS 126 Superscope, Inc...... 91 1~ 21, 69, 7~ 74, 75, 8~ 91 157 Tall Company, The ...... 79 127 Tandberg of America , Inc...... 72 TONE ARMS Theatre Arts ...... 90 4, 8, 27, 73, 75, 85 Transi s·Tronics, Inc ...... 4TH COVER 135 United Stereo Tapes ...... 72, 86 TURNTABLES AND CHANGERS Universal Record Club...... 95 4, 11, 13, 15,27,69,75,85,87 136 University Loudspeakers . _ ...... • ...... 28 TUNERS AND TUNER AMPLIFIERS 138 Vanguard Recording Society, Inc...... 90 Cover 2,1,12, 13, 14, 19,31,32,69,75,85, Cover 4 139 Viking of Minneapolis, Inc...... 74 142 Westminster Recording Co ., Inc...... 65 98 PRINTED IN U.S.A. HIFI/ STEREO toot

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