Iano: Talna4 and MOZART OPERA "The Abduction from the Seraglio" MALCUZYNSKI PLAYS BRAHMS Conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM, Bart

E R U A R Y 6:1A(4/e and Xototniet bief/ret BRAHMS DOUBLE CONCERTO played by David Oistrakh and Pierre Fournier. Also: Brahms "Tragic" Overture. Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Alceo Galliera. Angel 35353

3/e xed Armed o/l%e amont/ ,iano: talna4 and MOZART OPERA "The Abduction from the Seraglio" MALCUZYNSKI PLAYS BRAHMS conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM, Bart. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel. Sir Thomas has only recorded two Mozart operas: this is the Intermezzo in E flat minor, Op. 118, No. 6. second. "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" is one of his favor- Rhapsody No. 2 in G minor. Angel 35349 ites; he first presented it in London 47 years ago, has since Note: After a round -the -world tour Witold Malcuzynski start' conducted it more than 200 times . . . his American concert season in mid -February. Cast: Constanza, Lois Marshall; Blondchen, Ilse Hollweg; Belmonte, Leopold Simoneau; Pedrillo, Gerhard Unger; VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY PLAYS CHOPIN Osmin, Gottlob Frick; Pasha Selim, Hansgeorg Laubenthal. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Beecham Choral Society. Concerto No. 2 in F minor (Warsaw Philharmonic) Two records (with dialogue) Angel Album 3555 B/L (35433 -4) Also: Ballade No. 2 in F, Etudes Nos. 1 and 15, Illustrated German-English libretto, foreword by Beecham. Mazurkas Nos. 21 and 29, Scherzo No. 4. MALCOLM SARGENT Soloists: Elsie Morison, Monica Sinclair, Richard Lewis. Wham het ihic Huddersfield Choral Society. Liverpool Philharmonic. /e4tta "This is tremendous music, enormously satisfying, visionary, 4 SYMPHONIES by 3 SONS OF BACH Miltonic - there are not enough adulatory epithets for it. Johann Christian Bach: Symphony in B flat. A quite superlative recording." The Gramophone, London. Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Symphony in D minor. (1st recording) Two records Angel Album 3550 B (35386 -7) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphonies 1 and 3. Illustrated booklet with text and essay by Sargent. Louis de Froment Chamber Orchestra. Angel 35338 Reminder: Conducted by Sargent with Huddersfield Choral Society and Liverpool Philharmonic: Handel's "Messiah" ( Album 3510 C), Elgar's "Dream of Gerontius" ( Album 3543 B) ¿XIessr/eetes eyi(.leVi ila :4emite /t e tfeatwie ANGEL'S NEW "LIBRARY SERIES" OTTO KLEMPERER conducts BEETHOVEN oWasnéet 5Alec4ie Symphony No. S; "Consecration of the House" Angel Records knows that chamber music recordings are Angel 35329 ideally suited to home listening. This is the third in the Beethoven Symphony Series Klem- perer is recording with the Philharmonia: "Eroica" Sym- Angel Records also knows that the public for chamber phony (35328) ; Symphony No. 7 (35330). music is not vast. For "we happy Jew, we band of broth- "People are beginning to talk of him as the leading Beethoven ers", Angel inaugurates this month a new "Library Series conductor of our time." of Chamber Music ". Desmond Shawe - Taylor, New Statesman and Nation The Library Jacket is simple, elegant and - since "Klemperer has emerged into an Olympian old age as the it is designed for records you will play over and supreme interpreter of the classics since the retirement of over - durable. It is made of material which will wear Toscanini." The Observer, London well, no matter how often you take the record off your library shelf Large gold label with notes. PAUL KLETZKI conducts SCHUMANN ... "Rhenish" Symphony No. 3; "Manfred" Overture SMETANA QUARTET Last of 3 albums dedicated to the Schumann Centenary, Jiri Novak and Lubomir Kostecky, violins; recorded with the Israel Philharmonic. Angel 35374 Milan Skampa, viola; Antonin Kohout, cello. Previously issued: Schumann Symphonies 1 and 4 (35372). Mozart String Quartets No. 15 in D minor, No. 16 in E flat. Symphony No. 2; Overture, Scherzo and Finale (35373). Angel Library Series 45000 Note: Kletzki, with the London Philharmonia, has recorded The Smetana Quartet begins its 1st American tour another work inspired by Byron's hero: Tchaikovsky's "Man- February 3 in New York. fred" Symphony (35167). IGOR MARKEVITCH conducts RUSSIAN BALLET (Alb. 1) QUARTETTO ITALIANO Satie: Parade. Weber- Berlioz: Le Spectre de la Rose. Paolo Borciani and Elisa Pegreffi, violins; Debussy: Afternoon of a Faun. Ravel: Daphnis and Piero Farulli, viola; Franco Rossi, cello. Chloe, Suite 2. Early Italian Music (Album 1) Angel 35151 Philharmonia Orchestra. Galuppi: Quartet in G minor; Boccherini, "La Tiranna Spagnola"; Note: This is the first of three single, newly -packaged records. Cambini, Quartet in G minor. Library Series 45001 originally issued together in the de luxe album, "Hommage Angel à Diaghilev ". The Quartetto Italiano is now on a transcontinental The factory- sealed package of Russian Ballet (1) includes American concert tour: January 12 -April 10. photographs of Nijinsky, Karsavina, Massine, Piccaso cos- turne design, notes etc. 35,000 Series LOVRO VON MATACIC conducts RUSSIAN MUSIC Factory- Sealed Package: $4.98 Balakirev: Overture on Russian Themes. Tchaikovsky: Standard Package: $3.48 Overture, "The Storm "; Fantasy- Overture, "Hamlet ". Philharmonia Orchestra. Angel 35398 45,000 Series-Library Package: $3.98

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