PHONOGRAPH musicians -knows in direct tradition: the Glinka operas, the ballets, operas, Continued from page 35 suites, and symphonies of Tchaikovsky, perhaps even Dargomijsky's Stone divorces is a to novel- cramping thought Guest. He could show us much in style ists who keep in view. Hollywood The and tempo in all of the Russian music Sérénade became the first of many re- of his background. He should be in- cordings that was Stravinsky to make vited also to record the Bach cantatas he for French and English Columbia. loves, or other music of his choice, and In the early 1920s Stravinsky began the Mozart Divertimento, the Falla Con- his career In he as conductor. 1925 -6 certo, the Brandenburg Concertos he has conducted recordings of Pétrouchka, made illuminating in concerts. Pire Bird, and the of Spring for Rite To conclude our chronicle we need English Columbia. These are still extant only list the admirable series Stravinsky in many libraries. I often heard them has done in the , chiefly for at school through earphones-and usu- Columbia, from the 1940 Rite of Spring ally when our music appreciation assign- to the soon- to -be- released Perséphone, ment required us to listen to something his first stereophonic recording. What of the order of the Caucasian Sketches! are Stravinsky's own preferences from The ballets were followed by a three cbe work of all those seventeen years? series of landmarks in Stravinsky's 1 would guess the Symphony in C, phono- biography, his performances of , and Baiser de la Pie with L'Histoire du soldat, the , the Sym- the Cleveland orchestra, and on the re- phonie de Psaumes, the Violin Concerto, WHY MORE PEOPLE BUY RACON cent Columbia chamber-music record the LOUDSPEAKERS and the Concerto for Two Pianos, all HI -FI Dylan Thomas: In Memoriam, the Jap- Racon is the oldest company (1922) in the U.S. made in Paris between 1929 and 1936. anese Lyrics, and the songs with flute, devoted exclusively to the manufacture of loud- Stravinsky says that in those years he speakers. Raton's 35 years of pioneering effort have harp. and guitar. served as a guide in the rapid development of the preferred to record in Paris, where he loudspeaker industry. Racon speakers differ radically Not many Stravinsky pieces still re- features with from competitive types by many exclusive of achieved "an entente cordiale the main unrecorded, but many works in construction and design. The model 15 -1-11X tri -cone musicians." However, Columbia's studio above, is a typical example of outstancing originality. old recordings have been dropped from It is characterized by the following: near the Porte d'Orléans was prey to the Stravinsky discography, the most MAGNETIC STRUCTURE street noise. During the recording ses- A unique magnetic "pot" structure with external lamented being Stravinsky's own per- leakage so minute that the outside surface will not sions of L'Histoire du soldat a neighbor- attract a pin. Yet the air gap will support an iron formances. He should rerecord such weight of 1000 pounds) hood dog barked loudly under one of works as the Violin Concerto, Capriccio, FOAM SUSPENSION windows its had been A plastic foam suspension (pat. applied for) is used the until owner , the Symphony No. 3, in be re- between the cone and basket to provide high compli- duly bribed. The bribe had to Three Movements, and do for the first ance resulting in a lowered resonant frequency (24.30 newed every half hour, however, and no cycles) and for the first time, introducing pneumatic time Marva, , Le Rossignol. damping. There are no harmful "'hangover" or amount of tribute could keep the silence Then, to replace his old pre -tape RCA boomy effects. longer. The Soldat, the Symphonie de CONE RE- ENFORCEMENT discs, he ought to record again the , A series of lowmass stiffening struts reinforce the Psaumes, and Octet, were all French Apollon Alusagète, the String Concerto, cone to permit distortion -free response at high levels. Columbia albums, while the Violin Con- APEX DIFFUSER , , ei A mid-range propagator is used in the 15-HTX to certo was contracted for by Japanese la russe. Stravinsky is not an admirer of increase output in the region whore the large cone Polydor. In re- would tend to fall off. It is set into a circumferential addition, Stravinsky other people's recordings of his music slot filled with a compliant compound near the apex corded Les Noces in London, in the of the large cone. (Monceux's Rite of Spring being a summer of 1934, for English Columbia TWEETER rare exception) and he ought to be The high frequency speaker is e con,oined compres- sion and direct radiator type. Highs are clean and given the opportunity to show us why, natural without the strident quality of many horn type in his own definitive recordings. He tweeters. CROSSOVER values his existing ones as models to Crossover at 2000 cycles is achieved mechanically an extent that in some few instances and at .5000 cycles electrically, built in. SOLID GUARANTEE they are given equal validity with the Every Racon high fidelity loudspeaker is guaranteed printed music. In two or three questions for one year. TECHNICAL DATA of tempo, when recorded tempo con- MODEL 15 -HTX tradicts the printed instructions of the RESPONSE 20- 20,000 POWER 25 w. music, Stravinsky regards the recording IMPEDANCE 8 ohms RES. FREQ. 24-30 cps' as a correction. FLUX 14,500 What records of other music does he CROSSOVER 2000, 5000 and the Card Party in Berlin, a few DISPERSION 1000 like? His collection contains mostly DIMENSIONS 15- 1/8 s 8 1/2 years later, for Telefunken. Renaissance and baroque music. The SHIP WT. 27 lbs. The recording of the Concerto for NET PRICE 109.50 records 1 list represent Stravinsky's taste 'Normal production variation. Two Pianos (with Soulima Stravinsky) as much for the music itself as for per- If your favorite dealer is out of stock, please write was made in Paris in 1937 just after us for name of nearest one. formance or sound. Here are some well - FREE LITERATURE ON REQUEST Stravinsky's South American tour. It was worn items: Mario Rossi's Falstaff, Tos- 'HIGH FIDELITY LOUDSPEAKERS' released by French Columbia; the record canini's Otello (Stravinsky regrets the album has never been issued here. This lack of a good Don Carlo and of a good RACON also contains Stravinsky's only recorded Guillanme Tell), the Glyndebourne -Stravinsky music, ELECTRIC performance of non Mozart operas conducted by Busch COMPANY. INC. fugue two 1, N. Y. Mozart's C minor for pianos, (Stravinsky cannot endure any other 1161 Broadway, New lock K. 426. Apropos of this, one may corn- performance of Don Giovanni or Coil plain that no entrepreneur has thought fan tutee), Scherchen's Bach and of inviting Stravinsky to conduct for Haydn, Deller's Tallis and Purcell, Export: Joseph Plasencia records music of other composers, music 401 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Canada: Dominion Sound Equipments Ltd. which he- almost alone among living Continued on next page 4040 St. Catherine St., West -Montreal 6, Clue.

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