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The COLUMBIA LP RECORD CLUB 'offers new members superb high-fidelity records from every, field of music FOR $398 ONLY eelail value REGULAR up to $29.80 FOR ONLY 598 1 STEREO value A s n scrollp to 535.68 if you join the Club now and agree to purchase as few as 5 selections from the more than 150 to be made available drying the coming 12 months

The Columbia © Record Club now MARCHE SLAY Ella Fitzgerald DORIS DAY GRAND CANYON enables you to acquire the worild's fl4WERDRUM SINGS finest high-fidelity 12" ong-playing WARM CAPRICCIO ITALIEN SUITE _ I' RODGERS SONG records either regular or stereo - ' aPn NIGHT ON ANO ORIGINAL . at great savings! t. - and o,,..,sa ht T BROAo BALD MOUNTAIN L. fi All 32 of the records shown here CASI (7Qw'\. HOORAY FOR are available in both regular long MITaOPOULOS HOLLYWOOD NEW tORA PHIINARaONIC HIULrli11I1 05011,0kitoaat 0000(05 0 HAMMERSTEIN play and stereo (except No. 24 - Listening In Depth stereo only). I Do, Where When, 1. Night and Day, 2. A beloved 15. Broadway's - B. What'll 7. Three brilliant 50. or Warm, 10 more 10 more plus 11 more hits American classic newest smash hit If you have a standard phono- hi -fl showpieces Manhattan, graph, you may join the Club and BEETHOVEN: SING REX HARRISON NORMAN LUBOFF receive the regular high-fidelity EANY IN BRUSSELS Tchaikovsky PASTORALE SYMPHONY ALONG JULIE ANDREWS versions of any 6 of these records M,Y FAIR LADY CHOIR ej,,blk WYT1E: álk PATHÉTIOUE' BRUÑO WALTER MITCII up to a $29.88 retail value - onmwl Ca1aIS A SYrm10.Nr ORCH MICE SOUR AM tat ooze ALL 6 for only $3.98! , SYMPHONY THE LAMP LS LOW wr 1 eacoeonro STRANGE MUSIC - If you have a stereo , 11,-- r Mitropoulos, MY REVERIE you may join the Club and receive New York 9 more the stereo high-fidelity versions of PhOl,armonic any 6 of these records ... up to Lovely 5. 6. score 12. Let's Dance, 30. A "must" for 19. No Other Love, 37. "musical 16 favorites - a $35.88 retail value ALL 6 for Complete portrait of nature" Violets, - musical Jubilee,.7 more any record library Our Love ]0 more Sweet etc. only $5.98! of this hit MASAUA (ACA SON BERLIOZ: PERCY FAITH Igwxlla BELOVED Read below how the Club oper- IN TO FOUR LADS LISTENING AT T141 1951 I SYMPHOt11E FANTASIIOUE CHORUSES ates, mail coupon without then - DEPTH NEWPORT rozo FESrfNic L -1 money- for your SIX records! nek,I A .a . oM 1

I MORMON TABLRNOCt1 IMPORTANT NOTE: AN INTRODUCTION AL iC NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC CHOIR Stereo records must he played TO COLUMBIA r ARUM ORCH. S ERIOOPlaS1C SOUND W ld0 on an anerrn airtOr06101. tono. MUSiC OF MEXICO PHILADELPHIA only on a stereo record player. I. If you do not now own a stereo 11. Berlioz' most 11. Granada, La 40. "Hallelujah" 16 It Rain, Come to Me, phonograph, you can continue 24, selections 3. Didn't 20. popular work Paloma, IL more "Finlandia", etc. God is Real, etc. Ago, 10 more to acquire regular long play - STEREO only Long THE FABULOUS high-fidelity records with com- IIELLiNGTON STRAVINSKY PINES OF ROME RAY CO?IÑIFF and utksut r I plete confidence that they will RITE OF SPRING OF ROME ° I II JOHNNY INDIGOS FOUNTAINS i always give you thrilling listen- 'S MARVELOUS SIRAYIN5KT; IA CASH( ing pleasure. They will play fIREB1RO 9111 with true-to-life fidelity on your t/`:1,S CHAIKOYSKY: present phonograph, and will ROMEO ANO JULIET ODET M Yt1 R AOd II TOM sound even more brilliant on a !I RIM Sanf, RMR stereo record player if you pur- U MOW TOR; PHIL( U.Y.OMIC NEW YORK PHILHARMONI chase one in the future. 16111111 PLUS to OTHERS (58088 e0u151PN Ln11W[VaLL M¿1,OIY40TII 10. Be My Love 16. Two colorful, 49. That's All Over, 31. Solitude, Au- 36. The ballet that 18. Two electrify- WhereorWhen,elc, exciting scores One More Ride, etc, tumn Leaves, etc. "rocked the world ' ing tone poems ROUMANIAN KOSTELANETZ R. IUAN I GRIL6: STRAUSS: DON RHAPSODIES I A 2 BRAHMSo Me coxa;, ROY HAMILTON IuII Y1 'ES.1 R.,a,.,nrlr Al.. a1 ,et cava) SYMPHONY NO 1 DEAiH relRANSFIGURAi10N RACAMIN10011limos), HUNGARIAN TCHAIISOVSKY RHAPSODIES I A 2 _PEDALSPEDALS AND &Linn nos FUl[1$FI[G[L on 1 +14 Irene al er,Ini PHILIPPE f. I FNIRFIE0.Y[,n. 100000T L BritblIAP CORO. ¡Or - odisea c 1 luaDY cOLt.O,eon HIS GREATEST HITS ORCH. , rele.,a.aatr .15 PHILADELPHIA I ICÉVELPND OeCH,SI'Ett SZELI-CLEYEUND ORCH- 25. Two very pop- 9. Always, Please, 21. Four dashing, 22. Organist Cole 33. 11 beautiful, .28. Brahms' most 45. TIco-Tico, 41. Strauss' love- ular plano works Speak Low, 9 more fiery rhapsodies plays 11 hit tunes Immortal melodies belched symphony Brazil, 10 others liest tone poems

HOW THE CLUB OPERATES . . . SEND NO MONEY - Mail Coupon Now to Receive Your SIX R ecords * You enroll in any oie of the six Club Divisions: COLUMBIA RECORD CLUB, Dept. 222-2 CIRCLE SIX If you have a regular phonograph you enroll In any one © of four Divisions: Classical; Listening and Dancing; Terre Haute, Indiana NUMBERS BELOW: I accept your offer and have circled at the right the numbers of the six Broadway, Movies, Television and Musical Comedies; . (Alto indicate here records 1 wish to receive. SILO me Tor 69.98 for, six regular tong plop wheelie? you want your if you own a stereo phonograph you enroll in either one of records OR 95.98 for six stereo records - plus small malting charge. FOnroll me In the following DRiston of the Club: 6 retards in regular two Stereo Divisions: Stereo Classical or Stereo Popular. long ploy or steree) (theft ene Son only) * Each month the Club's staff or music experts selects out- E REGULAR e - - - REGULAR DIVISIONS STEREO DIVISIONS Ir -96 standing recordings both regular and stereo from every - - Classical Broadway, Movie,, Classed field of music. These selections are described in the Club Stereo STEREO listening 8 Dancing Television and r.oS Magazine, which you receive free each month. Jars Musical Stereo Popular L Comedies You may 1 15 30 * accept the monthly selection for your Division ... T agree to putcnttse nve selections from the more than 150 regular long take any of the wide variety of other records offered in all play and stereo records to be offered dur ng the coming 12 months, at 2 16 31 the usual list price plus small mailing charge For every two additional Divisions . . or take NO record in any particular month. xelecuonx I accept, r am to receive a. Columbia or Enle Bonus record 3 18 33 * Your only membership obligation is lo purchase five selec (regular or stereo) of my choice FREE. tions from the more than 150 Columbia 5 19 36 and Epic recordings Nome to be offered in the coming 12 months. After purchasing five IPleaw Prins 6 20 37 records, you will receive your choice of a Columbia or Epic Addy., 7 21 40 Bonus record free for every two additional selections you buy. However, you may discontinue membership at any time after City ZONE.... Scala ,..... 8 22 41 purchasing five records. ALASKA and HAWAII: write /or special membership 00er CANADA: prices Jliphtly hiahe-. address 11-13 Soho Sr., Toronto :8 9 24 45 * The records you want are mailed and billed at the usual list If you want this membership credited to an entnbllehed Columbia or Eple record denier. authorized accept n11 10 25 49 price: regular long play at $3.98 (Popular) and $4.98 (Classi- to Subscriptions, In below: cal); stereo records at $4.98 (Popular) and $5.98 (Classicall- Dealer's Name 11 27 50 plus a small mailing charge. Dcolcr's Addre,s . ,..._281 12 28 * To receive your SIX records - mail coupon today! COLUMBIA ® RECORD CLUB, Torre Houle, Ind. 0 Cetumble Rerarda Sole% Corp.. 10Se 0 ..CoOumbIa, , "laic,' % Harem Hog. the original and positive sound reproduction techniques necessary for true are presented on AUDIO FIDELITY RECORDS the highest standard= in high fidelity i y hjur i. Iw LIP 1hlt rlttIttI/rl C 1, _` 3 P DUKES OF I ' a5# 1@NNESE- i -- (AF) AUDIO FIDELITY STLREODFSC :01 high 'IdIrty omphbre .. rb 45 stern/Inc to basil. DEMONSTRAEION AND SOUND EFFECTS RfC011 his Accorion ant Orchestra III I

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FEATURE ARTICLES REVIEW The Truth about Record Clubs 28 Barry Darrel August, 1959 Pros and coils of membership in the various mail-order Vol 3 No. 2 dhc plans C2iffra Speaks His Mind 32 Gyorgy CziHra Publisher This controversial pianist Oliver Read parries some critical thrusts aimed at his recordings

Editor Hang It All! 35 Oliver P. Ferrell Harold Holden A simple solution to the problem of quaking floors and jumping Minis Edisar tone arms David Hall Private and .Panoramic 36 Hans H. Fantel Art Editor Stereo vio earphones proves Soul D. Weiner exciting for the listener- silent for others

Associote Editors The Oldest Song of Christendom 38' Mother C. A. Carroll, Hans H. Fantel Rodney N. William' A splendiferous presentation album R. S.C. J. reveals virtually unknown vistas of ancient church music Contributing Editors Martin Bookapan Catfish Row in a 'Wear Original .40 Stanley Green Warren DeMeAte Ralph J. Gleason Porgy and Bess disc, Stanley Green no worse for substitute singers, Nat Hentoff develops moving stereo drama George Jellinek David Ra.sdolph John Thornton Tape Cartridge Machines Arrive! 41 David Hall Boll Sound jumps the gun and enters Advertising nectar the tape cartridge field John A. Ronan, Jr.

Advertiürlgi °Manager REVIEWS Herb Olsow Stereo HiFi Concert 45 Marlin Bookspa9, Warren DeMolte, ZI.FF.DAVIS PUBLISHING CO. One Perk David Hall, George Jellinek, Ave., New York 16, N. Y. William BZiff, John Thornton Chairman of the Board (1946.1953),; William Ziff, President; W. Bradford Briggs, Execu- Mono HiFi Concert 53 Martin Bookspan, Warren DeMotte, tive Vice President; Michael Michaelson, David Hall, Jellinek, Vice President end Circulation Dlrector- George Hershel B. Serbia Vice President; Howard John Thornton Stoughton. Jr., Treasurer; Albert Gruen, Art Director. The Stereo Reel 61 David Hall, John Thornton BRANCH OFFICES: Midwestern Office 434 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago 5, III., Torn

Berry, Midwest . Advertising Manager; Western Office, Room 412 215 West 7th Stereo ,63 Ralph J. Gleason, Stanley Green, St.. Los Angeles 17, Calif.. James R. Pierce, Nat Hentoff Western Advertising Manager; Foreign Ad vertising Representatives: D. A. Goodall Albert Milhedo 'b Ltd., Ltd., London: Co., J. Antwerp and Dusseldorf. Mono Entertainment 73 Ralph Gleason, Stanley Green, Nat Hentoff SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE Forms 3579 and all subscription corre- spondence should be addressed to Cir. COLUMNS AND MISCELLANEOUS culation Department. 434 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago S. Illinois. Please allow at least four weeks for change of address. HiFi 24 Include your old address as well as new Soundings 6 Musical Oddentitiés -enclosing if possible an address label from a recent issue.

CONTRIBUTORS The Basic Repertoire 10 Advertisers Index 81 Contributors are advised to retain a copy Symphony of their manuscript and illustrations. Con- Sibelius' Second tributions should be mailed, to the New York Editorial office and must be accom- panied by return postage. Contributions are handled with reasonable care, but this 14 The Flip - Side 82 magazine assumes no responsibility for their Just Looking safety. Any acceptable manuscript is sub- ject to whatever adaptations and revisions are necessary to meet requirements of this publication. Payment covers all outhor's Cover illustration by Chuck McVicker rights, titles and interest in and to the material accepted and will be made at our current rates upon acceptance. All photos and drawings will be considered as part at material purchased. HiFi REVIEW is published monthly by Ziff -Davis Publishing Company, William R. Ziff, Chairman of the Board (194E-1953), at 034 South Wabash Ave., Chicago 5, III. Second clase e11ra Average postage paid at Chicago, Illinois. Authorized by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, Ont., and Net Paid Canada es second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Ono year U.S. and possessions, Canada Pan-American flnino countries $4.50, all other foreign countries $5.00. 'ABCCirculation 54.00; o 123,287 Copyright '1959 by ZIFFDAVIS PUBLISHING Company ce t.( All rights reserved ABC Publisher's Statement, 5 December 31, 1958 the HiFi Soundings a

1! By DAVID HALL seconds COMEBACK FOR PRE-RECORDED TAPE! By the time you read this, pre-recorded stereo tape and the machines for playing same will have undergone a remarkable (acclifting operation. The magic key to this transformation and impending comeback as a medium for stereo music can be spelled out in two words-FOUR TRACK. A year -end -a -half ago, pre-recorded stereo tape was counted out of the y¡ running for home stereo. The public could see no sense in pitying $15 for the same amount of music that could be had on disc for less than half the price-quality factors notwithstanding. Clearly something bad to be done to make recorded tape available at a price competitive to disc. The bombshell solution proposed by RCA Victor in the form of its tape cartridge and player resulted in a state of shocked paralysis for all- buyers, producers, and manufacturers alike. For though it meant getting that add twice as much music on half as much tape-by using four tracks and slowing the speed down to 3%í ips-it also meant obsoleting hundreds of thousands of tape machines already in home use together With their hours to your Libraries of pre-recorded tape. Furthermore, there were those who felt that the slow speed failed to offer the sonic perfection that had been achieved listening at the heretofore standard 7I,4 ips speed. Against these objections RCA Victor has continued to stress the easy haadlina of tape cartridges as against the acrobatics of threading. By the first of 1959, it became clear pleasure that the chángeover from 2 -truck to 4 -track stereo tape would be definitely "9 seconds - that's all it takes to put a step in the right direction, if the speed were kept at 7'/ ips. This at the GS -77 through one complete change - least would make it possible to put twice as much music on a reel of tape cycle. 9 seconds - and see 'what happens -without compromising quality. It remains to be seen whether the tape in that brief space of time. buying public will accept readily the additional jugglery involved in A record completes its play ... the "flipping" these reels for playback of alternate tracks. turntable pauses . . . the next record drops, gently- more gently than if you As matters presently stand, the tape industry-manufacturers and pre- were handling it yourself ... the tone recorded tape producers-stand thoroughly committed to the 4 -track tape arm lowers into the Iead-in groove. Only concept. Ampex, Bell, i-feath, Magnecord, Pentron, Revere, Superscope, then does the turntable resume its mo- Tandberg, Tclectrosonic, Viking, \Vebcor, Webster, and Wiallensak are tion. Thus, the original brilliance of your getting new 4 -track machines to the stores with all -possible speed. Ampex, records is preserved through hundreds Bell, and Tandberg have 4 -track conversion kits available for their older of additional playings by eliminating the models at prices ranging front $25, and more manufacturers are following grinding action that occurs when records Audio Fidelity, Bel Everest, HiFi, Mercury, are dropped on a moving disc -.a draw- suit. Canto, Concertapes, back in conventional changers. Omega, Stereophonic Music Society, Verve, and Westminster now -have Every GS -77 feature contributes to- substantial libraries of 4 -track 7% íps tape recordings in the stores, and wards your listening pleasure-inaudi- their plans call for eventual transfer of their entire stereo repertoire lo ble wow, rumble and flutter; uniform this format. 'l'o assure better national distribution and store availability stylus from first pressure to top record of prerecorded tape, Ampex Audio, has a new organiza- on a stack; resonance -free arm with he, established minimum tracking error; hum -free per- tion, United Stereo Tapes, which will handle the tapes of at least a formance. dozen companies in 2 -track and 4 -track format. The GS -77 combines traditional turn- What does this mean for RCA Victor and its tape cartridge plans? Again table quality with modern record changer two markets convenience. See it at your dealer, today. it appears that different listener are involved-somewhat In just 9 seconds, you'll gain a fresh, analogous to those which emerged for LP and EP back in 1951 when new point-of -view on record changers. the smoke had cleared front the "battle of the speeds." In short, RCA $59.50 less base and cartridge. Victor is not only going full steam ahead with delivery of its tape car- GLASER-STEERS CORPORATION tridge players acid the library to go with them, but Bell, Pentron, and 155 Oraton Street, Newark 4, -New Jersey V -M arc also manufacturing full lines of tape cartridge players. Mercury Dept. HFR-8 and Bel Canto are among the other recording companies who will be .GLASER -.STEERS building tape cartridge libraries. All told this represents a most interesting outlook for the coming season- and'a healthy one; for most 4 -track 7% ips stereo tapes will be available at a price not exceeding $2 more than for the equivalent music on a stereo disc. It stands to reason that the sonic perfection attainable on GS -7 these tapes will compel the stereo disc makers to keep very much on their SUPERB FOR STEREO toes in improving the quality of their product. better And who is the winner in all this?-listeningwisc, at least, the music- than ever loving, sound -conscious consumer who wants and deserves the best music for monophonic records and highest fidelity he can get-at a price that fits ins purse. 6 HzFi REVIEW \ew H.H. Scott Tuner features Wide -Band FIZZ and Wide -Range AM at only $13.9.y5

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'Elul.' `i}90.1' ffns I 1..1 PUT.' <,..,.:,. 11,b1,0,1 .,r.., !MO,., EUGENE ORMANDY'S Philadelphia Orchestra ANTHONY COLLINS' 1953 recording sounds presents Sibelius in rich -/rued stereo sonies. surprisingly tce?) for its age.

IT may come as a shock to the average listener but Jean the folklore of Finland for his musical inspiration. In the Sibelius. as he is painted in Karl Ekman's excellent bio- Finnish national legend, Kaienala, he found the impetus for graphy (Knopf, New York, 1938), wits something of a "beat- such works as Kullervo, En Sage and the Lenuninkainen nik" during his late twenties! Around 1890, when lie was tone poems. The First Symphony of 1899 and the Second twenty-five, Sibelius was drawn into a youthful circle in Symphony of two years later may be considered to be the Helsinki which boldly waved the banner of Swedish and culmination of this romantic and highly charged emotional Finnish solidarity against Eastern influences. Young intel- period .iii Sibelius' life. lectuals they were, who met regularly to debate the problems The Second Symphony is in bold, heroic vein. Like Bee- which seem fo be the perennial conaer,n of their kind: politi- thoven in the "Eroica" or Tchaikovsky in his Fourth Sym- cal freedom, the individual versus the mass, the place of the phony-both, incidentally, composed at similar age periods artist in society, and so forth. They were authors, poets, in their composers' lives --Sibelius in this Second Symphony teachers and painters and they called themselves "The Sym- speaks with a supremely self-confident voice; here is the posium.` A painting by one of the group (Gallen-Kale]a) artist in full command of his resources and hurling his thug= once shocked all Helsinki because of the frank "Bohemian - dcrbolts with devastating accuracy. It. is a Symphony burst-

ism" of its subject : ithe members of "The Symposium" are ing at the seams with irrepressible vigor and strength. shown sitting gloomily around a restaurant 'table brooding In his analysis and description of the Sibelius Symphonies over their wine glasses. In the foreground is to be seen a Cecil Gray writes: "In outward appearance the Second

disheveled, scowling Sibelius and arotuid the figures there Symphony would seem to conform to the traditional four - hover ghostly wings and a partially obscured moon. movement formula of allegro, andante, scherzo and finale, If all this sounds terribly arty, the fact remains that the but the internal organization of the movements reveals many association with "The Symposium" was a vital and dynamic important innovations, amounting at times, and particularly one for Sibelius. "The Symposium evenings were a great in the first iuovetnent, to veritable revolution, and to the in resource to me." he once said, "at a time when I should troduction of an entirely new principle into symphonic form otherwise have stood more or less alone. The opportunity of ... Instead of preventing definite, clear-cut melodic personal- exchanging ideas with kindred souls, animated by the same ities in the exposition, taking them to pieces, dissecting and spirit and the same objects, exerted an extremely stimulating analyzing them in a development section, and putting them influence on me, confirmed me in my purposes, gave me con- together again in a recapitulation, which is roughly speaking fidente." the method of most 19th century practitioners of symphonic The group broke np in about 1895, but not before the form, Sibelius inverts the process, introducing thematic frag- stimulation from "The Symposium" had turned Sibelius to ments in Abe exposition, building them up into an organic 10 liI)FI REviEw THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL NAT4KING'COLE SYMPHONY ORCU25TJtA JuT KF1YlON'rnHtil aNc Illlii}:'OF GrTHasc r DINGS - ..ótms A

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The peculiar strength and attraction of slightly deliberate tempo for the first movement (the tempo this method of construction consists in the fact that it is the in the 1950 recording is a shade faster, incidentally) but for method of nature and of life itself; Sibelius' most character- the rest, here ís Sibelius' Second Symphony in an intense, istic movements are horn, develop, and die, like all living passionate presentation of nobility and sweep. Koussevit- things." zky's extraordinarily brilliant account of the climax of the The Second has always been the must recorded of Sibelius' symphony used to lift me out of my seat in Boston's Sym- seven symphonies, and it probably is also the most popular; phony Hall and it does so here, too. The 1950 recording is a current listings show seven monophonic and two stereo ver= great improvement in the sonics department but there is not shins. Of these it is not too difficult to single out the versions quite the same degree of tension and classic nobility in the by Collins (London LL -822 ---if you can find it!) and Or- performance. Still, in perception and penetration it is for mandy (Columbia ML -5207 or stereo MS -6024) as the most the miles ahead of any currently available version. meritorious. Both conductors have a steady grip on the score To suns up-until something is done to make either or and keep it moving, and they are both well recorded (sur- both of Koussevitzky's recordings of the music available prisingly so in the case of Collins' version, considering its once again (and "enhancement" of the 1935 recorded sound age). No other available versions offer a conductor able to would be welcomed), get either Ormandy or Collins, hut muster any special feeling for the score. Kletzki (Angel grab either Koussevitzky recording if you should ever cone 35314 or S-35314). Sargent (Capitol G-7124) and Schmidt- across it. -Marlin Bookspnn Isserstedt (Capitol P-18009) turn in readings ín which all the musical T's are crossed and the I's dotted, but the net result in each case is the same: dull routine. The Stokow- ski recording with the NBC Symphony Orchestra (RCA Victor LM-1125) is morbidly fascinating as an example of Basic Repertoire Choice To Date how far wrong this illustrious conductor can go when lie I, Tchaikovsky's Firsf Piano Cliburn; Kondrashin with Orch. falls off the interpretative deep end. f respect Stokowski Concerto RCA Victor LM 2252 "( mono) as one of the supreme masters of the baton and salute him Nov. '58. p. 48 Cliburn; Kondrashin with Orch. for his many great accomplishments in a half century of ex- RCA Victor LSC 2252 (stereo) citing music -making. But his recording of Sibelius' Second Symphony is just plain wrong: the tempi go every which 2. Beethoven's Fif4h Sym- Toscanini-NBC Symphony phony RCA Victor LM 1757 (monol way, the rhythms arc pulled out of shape, inconsequential Dec. '59, p. 41 Kleiber-Amsterdam Concerf- secondary themes are emphasized at times beyond all reason- gebouw. London LL912(mono) able proportion while the main is melodic line slighted. Anrermet-Suisse Romande Of course, there used to be a conductor around who made Orch. London CS 6037 (stereo) the Sibelius Second Symphony seem like the greatest piece 3. Beethoven's of music ever whenever "Moonlight" Petri written he conducted it. He was able Sonata Westminster XWN 18255 to pierce the very core of the score and reveal it to us Jan. '59., p. 37 (mono) anew at each successive performance. That conductor was Serge 4. Dvor`ák's "New World" Toscanini-NBC Symphony Koussevitzky, whose career in this country spanned a Symphony RCA Victor LM 1778 (mono) quarter of a century of die most exalted Feb. '59, p. 54 devotion and dedi- Reiner-Chicago Symphony cation tb the art. He was the supreme and absolutely match- RCA Victor LSC 2214 (stereo) less master of the French and Russian symphonic literature. His efforts on behalf of the American composer almost single- 5. Beethoven's "Eroica" Klemperer-Philharmonia Symphony Angel 35328 Imono) handedly hrought into being a significant repertoire of na- March '59, p: 49 tive symphonic composition Sell- Cleveland Orchestra and his demonic drive and pas- Epic BC 1001 (stereo) sionate intensity created in the Boston Symphony Orchestra of his era what was probably the most responsive and supple 6. Bach's Chaconne for Heifeti Violin RCA Victor LM 6105 (mono) symphonic instrument in the history Solo of the art. April '59, p. 16 The tragedy is that Koussevitzky passed from the musical Segovia (guitar) Decca DL 97511 (mono) scene just before truly high fidelity recording techniques be- gan to reach perfection, so that even though he made many 7. Schubert's "Unfinished" Fricsay- recordíñgs with the Boston Symphony Orchestra during his Symphony Berlin Radio Symphony May, "59, p. 14 Decca DL -9975 (mono) twenty-five year tenure as its conductor, very few of these Szell--Cleveland Orchestra remain in present-day catalogs. RCA Victor was perspica- Epic LC -3195 (mono) cious enough to record Koussevitzky's performance of Sibe- 8. Beethoven's "Emperor' Rubenstein-Symphony of the lius' Second Symphony twice-in January, 1935, and again Concerto Air, Krips in December, 1950 (at what proved to be his last recording June '59, p. 18 RCA Victor LSC 2124 (stereo) RCA Victor LM 2124 (mono) sessions). In preparing this article I was shocked to dis- cover that neither of these two recordings is currently avail- tsfomin-Philadelphia Orch., able although were Ormandy both transferred to longplaying discs at Columbia ML .5318 (mono) one time (the 1935 performance on Camden CAL -108, the 1950 one on RCA Victor LM 1172). Obviously both perform- 9. Mozart's G Minor Sym- Klemperer-Phitharmonia should phony (No. 40) Angel 35407 (stereo & mono) ances be restored to currency without a moment's de- July "59, p. 10 lay. The 1935 Reiner-Chicago Symphony recording. a miracle of sound reproduction iñ RCA Victor LM -2114 (mono) its time, now sounds quite undernourished, but that perform- 4.41.4~~~..rr~) 12 IMF! REVIEW The world's thóst sensitive FM TUNER is now the Fi: E

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FISHER DOES IT AGAIN Year after year, tuner after tuner, there is only one best-THE FISHER. Today, the leader is the FM -100, latest in a series of FISHER FM tuners now used by radio stations, the Satellite Tracking Project of Ohio State University and by many government agencies. The reason is simple- these tuners meet the exacting standards of performance and reliability required by professional users. And where standards are concerned, the audio enthusiast is, in his own right, a professional. He desires maximum sensitivity for optimum reception of stations near and far. FM -100 SENSITIVITY is 0.8 microvolts for 20 db of quieting! The audio enthusiast wants an FM tuner that permits simple adaptation to stereo. THE FM -100 IS CUSTOM -DESIGNED FOR STEREO. It has space directly on its own chassis for installa- tion of a multiplex adaptor. Moreover, it includes feed -through facilities for FM -FM and FM -AM stereo as well. The audio enthusiast expects maximum fidelity. THE FM -100 OFFERS FOUR WIDE -BAND IF STAGES, uniform frequency response (20 to 20,000 cps) and less than 0.5% harmonic distortion. The audio enthusiast wants an FM tuner that eliminates noise when tuning between stations. THE FM -100 EXCLUSIVE INTERSTATION NOISE SILENCER automatically eliminates noise, side -band response and unwanted weak and noisy signals. For the audio enthusiast who buys the best at the outset, there is only one truly logical ,choice-IT IS THE FISHER FM-100 TUNER. $159.50 Cabinet, $15.95 Slightly Higher iu the Far Welt.

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'/i '' Export: Morhan Exporting Corp., 158 Broadway, New York 13, N. Y. AUGUST 1959 13 DYNAKITS Look Best - Test Best - Sound Best -- - - Ytzny NEW STEREO 70 KIT r1,, + oóoo',LI ° y I ..., .. Altec Lansing has a new 15 -inch tions. Lou- distortion circuitry permits AM speaker, the Model 605A, which replaces reception of exceptionally- high quality. A the familiar 604D that for fourteen years traveling "exclamation point" tuning indi- \lr_..s..- held sway as one of the most respected cator makes it easy to pinpoint stations. -*; member_ of the coaxial ilk. Dubbed a The kit price -is 539.95; dactory-wired $65.95. "Duplex" speaker to denote the Mechanical (Electronic Instrument Co., inc., 33-00 *Dual 35 watt super -quality amplifiers as well as electrical independence of woofer Northern Blvd., Long Island City, N. Y.) -70 watt continuous monophonic and tweeter within the common frame, the rating -160 watt peak. 605A auerz; the range from 20 to 22,000 *All critical parts on prefabricated cycles with crossover at 1600 cycles. It han- Ekotape is launching new tape decks printed circuit assembly reduces wir- dles 35 watts, has 16 ohms impedance, a (Models 360 and 362) for 2 or 4 channel ing time to five hours. 3 -inch edge-wound woofer voice coil, and playback, 2 -channel stereo recording or *Premium quality parts conservative- sells for 31.75.00. (Altec Lansing Corp., playback, 4 -channel pilayback (only), or ly operated permit one year guar- Anaheim, Calif.) mono operation. Mounting either vertically antee. or horizontally, the decks feature dug -speed *Uncompromised for finest (3'1i and 7114 ips), a channel selector ad- design changer, called performance-usable with all speak- Collaro's new stereo justing heads fnr either half or quarter ers. the - Model TC:-99, is heavy- Constellation track opetation. Model 362 differs irons 360 challenger in its field w.itlt a 6V-2 lb. weight by having an automatic end -of -reel stop as *Only $99.95* net including all parts, non-magnetic turntable that minimizes wow, instructions, and protective cover. well as a program selection finder. A com- fiatter, runshle, and magnetic hum pickup. plete portable stereo recorder (Model 350) by a -made, Driven precision dynamically based on this deck with built-in recording balanced 4 -pole motor, the Collaro Constel- amplifiers is also available. (Webster Step up to STEREO styjus lation also has provisions to keeli Electric Co.. Racine, Wis.) Superb Dynakif Qualify Us Fully Com- pressure constant within one gram as the patible with Stereo Requirements stack of records builds up. Price: 159.50. ( Rockbar Corporation, Mamaroneck, N. Y.) Electrical Chemical Specialty Company makes a tape conditioner that remores dirt and other contaminants from De Wald enters a trim and compact ad- the tape and reduces friction on heads and dition'In die growing family of integrated guides. A "Tower Applicator" that applies stereo amplifiers. Dubbed tine -Concerto," . a measured anionnt of Long Life Tape Con- the new \[oriel N-120011 is rated at 30 watts ditioning Fluid as It is played through lire per channel and 'incorporates complete con- *Famous Dynakit Preamplifiers-Dis- machine is now sold as an attachment to fit trol facilities including speaker phasing and tortionless and noise free - stack all lope recorders and decks. Price: $3.98. harmoniously for stereo. $34.95x° each. input reversal switches and inputs equalized (Electrical Chemical Specialty Co., St. Paul, for ceramic as well as cartridges, magnetic Minn.) *Add ,DSC-1 Adaptor unit for com- sells for (DcWaid Division, United plete flexibility. Includes blend, bal- 399.95. ance, dual volume controls plus loud- Scientific Laboratories, Inc., 35-15 37th ness, tape monitor, and reversing Ave., Long Island City 1, N. Y.) switches. Only 512.95* net. Fisher's latest item, the FM -100 tuner, is designed with an eye to file future and *PM -2S Panel mount kit .in- features power rontoections on the chassis provides Eieo has announced a new AM tuner, tegrated handsome appearance plus Fisher MPX-20 mounting facility $5.95" net. Model l-1FT94, designed to match its. popu- to accommodate 'the Y1ug-in lar Model 1-1F'í90 FM tuner. The new de- Multiplex Adaptor, enabling the unit to *CM -2S Cabinet Set includes single receive FM multiplex stereo transmitted front panel and walnut table top under the Crosby system. The tuner cir- cabinet. $17.95* net. cuitry includes a cascodc RF stage of

Fisher. special MicroGap design, a bridge - Available from leading HI -Fl dealers everywhere. _ connected mixer and oscillator, four wide - Descriptive brochure available on request. z . _wr~ - band IF stages with Limiters and a ratio Slightly higher in West . o - a detector. Price: $159.50. (Fisher Radio I , Corp., 2121 44th Drive, Long Island City 1, t - New York.) DYNACO INC. sigu. features a "bi-fi Wide' 14 kc bandpass Dept. HRt 617 N. 41if Sf., Phila. 4, Pa. with an alternate narrow 7 kc bandpass for greater selectivity in pulling in distant sta- General Electric's long dynasty of 14 HiFi REVIEW

VR-225 .5 mil diamond stylus. For pro- fessional -type tone arms, $27.95. 1

VR-227 .7 mil diamond stylus. For record changer or turntable, $24.95.,

Now outstanding in all four critical areas of stereo cartridge performance-Compliance-Tracks precisely, not a trace of stiffness. Channel Separation-Up to 30 db for maximum stereo effect. Nothing higher on the market! Response-Smooth and flat for superior sound from 20 to 20;000 cycles (VR-225), 20 to 17,000 cycles (VR-227). Virtually hum -free--triple shielded against stray currents. This is our masterpiece. We urge you to hear it. GENERAL ELECTRIC

Audio.Components Section, Auburn, N. Y. AUGUST 1959 15 famous phono cartridges now has a Stereo scion in its newly created VR-22 series. In NEW terms of response. separation, compliance and hunt eiiminutiou, the VR-22 series sur- from passes its forerunners, though the essential magnetic principles and outer appearance remain similar. Two models are available: University the VR-225 with a ,5 mil stylus, intended for use in professional -type tone arms is three somewhat- superior in performance to the elegantly 9 styled a ultra -,---. compact }

VR-227 (with a .7 mil stylus), intended chiefly (or record changers. Price S27195 (or systems the VR225, $24.95 for the VR-227. (Gen- eral Electric, Specialty Electronic Compo- of superb nents Dept., Auburn, N. Y.) Model RRL-1212" 3 -Speaker RRL System quality Harman-Karrlon has reduced the catty fee to sonic ,{paradise for the small - pursed multitudes with a complete inte- at grated stereo amplifier priced at 579,95. modest Named "The Lute," the Model A220 serves cost .e. :, -' a

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The low,round, billowing notes of the tuba flawless fidelity; 2) controlled uni- 4PII a ::-p as a band swings out on "El Capitan."Try formity for perfect response of every to capture them on tape without the inch of every reel; plus 3) dry silicone w rhythm going muddy! At the same time lubrication to reduce recorder head wear. catch the shrill staccato of the piccolo! "SCOTCH" BRAND Magnetic Tapes are It's a challenge to your recording skill, products of 3M Research, the only your equipment and most of all to the pioneer of magnetic tape in all its appli- tape you use. It takes tapes that are cations: audio, video and instrumenta- engineered for professional require- tion. So whatever your recording chal- ments-"SCOTCH"BRAND Magnetic Tapes lenge, look to "ScorcH" BRAND Magnetic available on acetate or polyester back- Tapes for the engineered fidelity that ings. These tapes protect you from can help you capture the "living" sound. dropouts and response variations. They And remember-stereo music sounds "SCOTCH" BRAND Magnetic Tape have: 1) precision oxide dispersion for best on tape! -the memory of tomorrow

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AUGUST 1959 17 Pilot has begun production of its new Model 216:A "deluxe professional" stereo- phonic preamplifier, whose features include two illuminated VU meters to indicate tape 41 recording output level or to visually balance vsk'i. both channels of a stereo system or to moni- `< i ls iñ 1r.1 tor tape recording gain individually on each . °. channel. The 216-A has a total of 14 inputs -'í: -two each for record changer, turntable, ?7' tape head, microphone, FM -AM, multiplex k.: y'`:: ; and tape recording. The four outputs con- a.:vi ,. '1 . V. 'I sist of two audio outputs (cathode follower) and two outputs for tape recording. Twelve tir .r. Fairchild is a way of sound '"'''-'1. front panel controls assure maximum flexi- t ,ti ;r.,. . bility of operation. Price: $199.50. (Pilot Radio Corporation, Long Island City 1, Model SM-1 Rotating Magnet Stereo/Mono- Qí :.1.,; New York.) phdnic Rotating bill magnet for VO Cartridge. Oh- permanent channel separation; wide, smooth . response. Complete mu -metal 'shielding. ,`lrf`r Easily replaceable 0.6 mil diamond stylus. f ~l Sela has a strobe flasher, about the size Extremely high output . . 16.2 my @ 7 of a pen light, incorporating a gas dis- cm/sec and 1 kc. Complete with install -a - } .1.0,:..,,y., charge bulb in conjunction with a germa- kit screw driver and gram gauge. $34.95 .,,'v ir + r,, Replacement stylus assembly $15.00 nium diode rectifier operating off 60 -cycle . t \Vith S house current. a flash duration of only 100 microseconds it produces a sharp (!, - bar image from rotating strobe discs to f Hi 1 indicate proper turntable speed. Price (in- cluding 4 -speed strobe disc) : 54.89. (Scla Electronics Company, 545 West End Ave., New York 24, N. Y.)

Sherwood just introduced á multiplex adapter, called the Model SMX, whichPer= mits reception of the various stereo multi- plex FM programs now being transmitted experimentally.in many localities. Matrix circuitry, switching and balance adjust- Model 282 Stereo Arm. Mass and spring counterbalanced for maximum tracking ac- ments are included for both the Crosby curacy'..Two plug -In cartridge slides provided. sum/difference "system and split -channel sys- Universally adaptable contact block, permits all leading cartridges to plug in without tems. The subchannel I,andpass extends soldering. Complete with integral 6 -foot plug- from 22t/ kc. to 120 kc. and is adequate to terminated, leads. $42.50 receive transmissions with up to 60 kc. l bandwidth. Normal monophonic FM tuner

Model 412-1 Double Belt -Drive Turntable. 33rh rpm. Resilient -double belts on -large pulleys eliminate drive slippage, and keep rumble to a minimum of 100% better than the NARTB standards for professional tables. Speed constant ±0.3%. $79.50

FAIRCHILDis a way of sound a pattern for listening ... 1 ... a pa,SGport to musical enjoyment. All this is yours with the acquisition of three pieces of fine FAIRCHILD equip- ment: revolutionary rotating-magnet cartridge, double belt -drive turntable and double counter -balanced arm. reception is possible with the Model SMX power switched off without upsetting Engineered by the pioneer in monophonic and stereo- either the adapter controls or interconnecting ca- phonic recording -and reproducing these equipment, three, bles. The controls on the adapter include a either alone or in concert, will add new dimension to stereo balance (or dimension) control which your system. They will distinguish you as a person of adjusts the degree of separation, a selector musical discernment, for FAIRCHILD up front puts your switch for choosing- between on Crosby enjoyment way ahead. sun -and-difference or split -channel systéms, Write for complete specifications or consult your selected $.multiplex level control and a power switch. FAIRCHILD dealer. The Model SMX is self -powered and can be operated with any FM tuner. Installa- tion is only a matter of minutes where a "multiplex output" jack is available on the FM tuner. Price: $55.50. (Sherwood Elec- .FA,IRCHILD RECORDING EQUIPMENT CORPORATION tronic Laboratories, Inc., 4300 N. California 10.40 45th Avenue, Long island City 1,11. Y. Ave., Chicago 11, Ill.) 18 Hin REVIEW 1.

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style performance --:_ w 't : quality STEREO EQUIPMENT CABINET KIT MODEL SE -1 (center unit) $14.995 Shp°. Wt. 162 lbs. (specify wood desired)

MODEL SC -1 (speaker enclosure) $3995 each Stipp. Wt. 42'Ibs.(specify R. or L also wood desired) Superbly designed cabinetry to house your complete stereo coSTA ., system. Delivered with pre-cut panels to fit Heathkit AM -FM your' tuner (PT -I), stereo preamplifier (SP -1 A 2) and record changer (RP -3). Blank panels also supplied to cut out for any other equipment you may now own, Adequate space is alsó provided for tape deck, speakers, record storage and am- plifiers. Speaker wings will hold Heatitkit SS -2 or other speaker units of similar size. Available in 3/4" solid core Philippine mahogany or select birch plywood suitable for finish of your choice. Entire top features n shaped edge. Hard- ware and trim are of brushed brass and gold finish. Rich lone grille cloth is flecked in gold and black. Maximum overall dimensions (all three pieces); 523/' W. x 36y," H. x 20' D.

PROFESSIONAL STEREO -MONAURAL World's largest manufacturer of AM -FM TUNER KIT electronic instruments in kit form MODEL PT -1 $8995 The 10 -tube FM circuit features AFC as well as AGC. HEATH COMPANY An accurate tuning meter operates on both AM and FM Benton Harbor Michigan while a 3 -position switch selects meter functions with- 40; out disturbing stereo or monaural listening. The 3 -tube front end is prewired and prcaligned, and the entire AM IJb5/drY of Daystrom, /ñc. circuit is on one printed circuit board for ease of con- struction. Shpg: Wt. 20 lbs. r MONAURAL -STEREO PREAMPLIFIER KIT MODEL SP -2 (stereo) (TWO CHANNEL MIXER) $5695 Shp°, wt. 15 lbs. Complete control of your entire stereo system in one com- pact package. Special "building block" design allows you to MODEL SP-1 (monaural) $3795 purchase instrument in monaural version and add stereo or S bs.Wt. second channel later if desired. The SP -1 monaural pre- amplifier features six separate inputs with four input level MODEL C -SP -t controls. A function selector switch on the SP -2 provides (converts SP -1 to,SP-2) two channel mixing as well as single or dual channel monaural $2195 Shpp. Wt. and dual channel stereo. A 20' remote balance control is 5 lbs. provided.

At7cusT 1959 19 HIGH FIDELITY RECORD CHANGER KIT MODEL RP -3.$6495

Every outstanding feature you could ask for in a record changer is provided inrtlle Hcathkit RP -3, the most advanced changer on the market today. A unique turntable pause dur- ing the change cycle saves wear and tear on your records by eliminating grinding action caused by records dropping on a moving turntable.or disc. Record groove and stylus wear arc also practically eliminated through proper weight distribution and low pivot point.friction of the tone arm, which minimizes arm resonance and tracking error. Clean mechanical sim- plicity and precision parts give you turntable performance With the automatic convenience of a rccórd chángcr. Flutter and wow, a' major problem with automatic changers, is held to'less than 0.18% RMS. An automatic speed selector posi- tion allows intermixing 331 and 45 RPM records regardless of their sequence. Four speeds provided: 16, 33./3, 45 and 73 RPM. Other features include RC filter across the power switch preventing pop when turned offand muting switch to prevent noise on automatic or manual change cycle. Changer is supplied complete with GE-VR-11 cartridge with diamond LP and sapphire 78 stylus, changer -base, stylus pressure gauge and 45 RPM spindle. Extremely easy to assemble. You simply mount a few mechanical components and connect the motor, switches and pickup leads. Shpg. Wt. 19 lbs. Model RP -3 -LP with MF-I Pickup Cartridge $74.95

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HIGH FIDELITY AM NOW! TWO NEW STEREO -MONO TAPE TUNER KIT RECORDERS IN THE TR-IA SERIES MODEL BC -1A $2695 Offering complete versatility, the model TR-1A series tape recorders enable you to plan your hi-fi system to include the Designed especially for high fidelity applications this functions you want. Buy the new half-track (TR-IAH) or AM tuner will give you reception close to FM. A quarter -track (TR-1AQ) versions which record and play- special detector is incorporated and the IF circuits are back stereo and monophonic programming, or the half- "broadbanded" for low signal distortion. Sensitivity 'track monophonic record -playback version (TR-I A). and selectivity tire excellent and quiet performance is Precision parts hold flutter and wow todess than 0.35%. assured by high signal-to-noise ratio. All tunable Four -pole, fan cooled motor. One control lever selects all components arc prealigned. Your "best buy" in an tape handling functions. Each tape preamplifier features AM tuner. Shpg. Wt. 9 lbs. NARTB playback equalization, separate record and play- back gain controls, cathode follower output, mike or line input, and two circuit boards for easy construction and high stability. Complete instructions guide assembly.

MODEL TR-IA: Monophonic hall track record /ptayback with fast forward ano rewind Yu-notions. Shoo. Wt. 24 lbs. $9995r7 TR1A SPECIFICATIONS-Frequency response: 7.5 IPS±3 db 50.12.1100 cos. 3.75 IPS ± 3 db 50.7.000 cos- SIanal.tonoise ratio: Better than 45 db below full output of 1.25 volts/channel. Harmonic distortion: Less than 2% at full output. Bias erase HIGH FIDELITY FM TUNER KIT treocency: 60 he (pushpull oscillator).

MODEL TR-IAH: Halt-track monophonic and stereo record/otayback with fast MODEL FM -3A $2695 forward and rewind functions. w Shpp. Wt. 35 lbs. F .7 For Boise and static -free' sound reception, this FM TRISH SPECIFICATIONS-Freouency response: 7,5 IPS±3 db .0.15,000 con. 3.75 tuner is least IPS±3 db 40-10.000epa. Stenaltonofse ratio::5 your expensive source of high fidelity db below full output of 1 volt /ehon eel. Harmonic material. Efficient design distortion: Less than 2% at full output, Bias erase Irequency: 60 kc circuit features stablízed (nushnull oscillator). oscillator circuit .10 eliminate drift after =warm-up and MODEL broadband IF circuits for full fidelity with high sensi- TR-I AO: Oucricrtrack monophonic and stereo with record/playback fast forward and rewind furctions. tivity. All tunable components are prealigned and Shea. Wt. 35 lbs. $' 4995 front end is preassembled. Edge-illumlinated slide rule T1/1A0 SPECIFICATIONS-Freouency response: 7.5 IPS±3 05 40.15,003 cps. dial is clearly marked and covers complete FM batid 3.75 IPS 40.10,e00 ±3 db Cps. Sional-to-noise ratio: 40 db below full output of .75 volts/channel. Harmonic from 88 to 108 mc. Shpg. \Vt. 8 lbs. distortion: Less than 2% al full output. Bias erase: 60 kc (oushoull Oscillator). 20 AiFlr REVIEW 14 -WATT HI-FI ECONOMY AMPLIFIER (EA -3) Top performance at budget cost! From H1ATHKIT audio labs comes an exciting new kit . .. New Styling, New Features, Brilliant Per- formance! Designed to function as the :heart" of your hi-fi system, the EA -3 combines the preamplifier and 1 amplifier into one compact package. Providing a full 14 watts of high fidelity power, more than adequate for operating the average system, the EA -3 provides all the controls necessary for precise blending of Musical reproduction toryour individual taste. Clearly markedtcoritrols give you finger-tip command of bass and treble "boost" and "cut" action, switch selection of three separate inputs, "on -off" and volume controL A hum balance control is also provided. The con- venient neon pilot light on, the front panel shows when `^' t instrument is on. Styled to blend harmoniously into any room surroundings, the handsome cover is of black vinyl coated steel with gold design and features I the new "eyebrow" effect over the front panel to match the other new Hcathkit hí-fi instruments. The MODEL EA -3 panel isrsatin black with brush -gold trim strip, while $2999 the control knobs are black

with gold inserts. - NOTE THESE OUTSTANDING SPECIFICATIONS: HARMONIC DISTORTION, less than 2% (20 cps -20 kc)at I4 watts. I.M. DISTORTION, Shpg. Vet. 15 lbs. less than I% (60 and 6.000 cos, 4:1) at 14 walls. FREOUENCC RESPONSE. 20 ces20 kc, ±1 db at I4 watts. HUM G NOISE, moo. Dhow input. 47 db below 14 watts, tuner and scat °hono input, 60 db below 14 walls. A truly remarkable buy for the beginning or advanced .

World's Iargest,manufacturer of 1 electronic instruments in kit form S ENCLOSURE KIT MODEL CE -2 HEATH TRADITIONAL: Model CE -2T (mahogany) COMPANY CONTEMPORARY: Model CE -2B (birch) J $4398 Benton, Harbor; 8, Mlehigay) Model CE.2M (mahogany) each Space saving and attractive, the CE -2 puts control of your Ij.bsid/arY olOaystrom, Inc. 1 entire hi -ft system right at your chairside. Designed to house the Hcathkit AM and FM tuners (BC -I A, FM -3A, FM -4), WA -P2 preamplifier, RP -3 record changer, and r - any of the Heathkit power amplifiers. Supplied -in beauti- ,yr ful furniture -grade, veneer -surfaced plywood suitable for the finish of your choice. Shpg. Wt. 46 lbs. i

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"UNIVERSAL" HI-FI 12 WATT AMPLIFIER KIT "EXTRA PERFORMANCE" 55 WATT UA-1 $2199 HI-FI MODEL' AMPLIFIER KIT Ideal for stereo or monaural applications. Teamed MODEL W7 -M $5496 with the Hcathkit WA -P2 preamplifier, the UA-1 pro- vides an economical starting point for a hí -fi system. This hi-fi amplifier rekesents a, remarkable value at less In stcrco applications two UA-l's may be used along than a dollar a watt. Full audio output and maximum with the Heathkit SP -2, or your present system may damping is a true 55 watts from 20 to 20,000 CPS with be converted to stereo by adding the UA-l. Harmonic less than 2% total harrrionic distortion throughout the distortion is less than 2% from 20 to 20,000 CPS at entire audio range. Features include level control and full 12 watt output. "On -off" switch located on chassis "on -off" switch right on the chassis, plus provision for and an octal plug is also provided to connect pre- remote cofltrol. Pilot light on chassis. Modern, functional amplifier for rcmóte control operation. Shpg. Wt. design. Shpg., Wt. 28 lbs. 13 lbs.

"MASTER CONTROL" PREAMPLIFIER KIT MODEL WA -P2' $1979 All the controls you need to master a complete high fidelity home musicsystem are incorporated in this versatile instrument. Featuring five switch -selected inputs, each with level ,control. Provides tape recorder and cathode - follower outputs. Full frequency response is obtained within ±.I t/z db from 15 to 35,000 CPS and will do full justice to the finest available program sources. Equaliza- tion is provided for LP, RIAA, AES and early 78 records. Diniefisions aPe l2It4' L. x 354' H. x 57's' D. Shpg. Wt. 7 lbs.

AUGUST 1959 21 'O "ADVANCE DESIGN" 25 WATT HI-FI AMPLIFIER KIT HEATHKIT MODEL W5 -M $5975 Enjoy the distortion -free high fidelity sound reproduc- tion from this outstanding hi-fi amplifier. The W5 -M design features for the super - - incorporates advanced critical listener. Features include specially designed o .,.. .. lv,., Peerless output transformer and KT66 tubes. The cir- ::..,. - F'3 cuit is rated at 25 watts and will follow instantaneous i. 6...4. to 42 watts. .'y n power peaks of a full orchestra up A "tweeter saver" suppresses high frequency oscillation and a unique balancing circuit facilitates adjustment N of output tubes. Frequency response is ±l db from 5 160,000 .at 1 watt and within ±2 db 20 to F 1 to CPS 20,000 CPS at full 25 watts output. Harmonic distor- tion .is less than 1% at 25 watts and ]M distortion is 1%r at 20 watts (60 and 3,000 CPS, 4:1). Hum and "HEAVY DUTY" 70 WATT HI-FIAMPLIFIER KIT noise arc 99 db below 25 watts for truly quiet per- MODEL W6 -M $10995 formance. Shpg. Wt. 31 lbs. For real rugged duty called for by ndvanee hi-fi systems or P.A. networks, this high powered amplifier more than fills the bill. Silicon -diode rectifiers arc used to assure long life -.Kti" m ó-' ' -.Ió ',e and a heavy duty transformer gides you extremely good =. `' __ power supply regulation. Variable damping control provides r optimum performance with, any speaker system. Quick . 1 change plug selects 4, 8 and 16 ohm or 76 volt output and the 1~1 correct feedback nresistance. Frequency response at 1 watt H_° is ±1 db from 5 CPS to 80 kc with controlled .HF rolloff z. o above 100 kc. At 70 watts output harmonic distortion ís be - o 1ów 2%. 20 to 20,000 CPS and i M distortion below 1% 60 \ r- - °.77- WO 1_ J¡ and 6,000 CPS. Hum and noise 88 db below full output. 4# Shpg. Wt. 52 lbs.

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20 WATT HI-FI AMPLIFIER KIT MODEL W4 -AM $3975 This iop quality amplifier offers you full fidelity at minimum cost. Features extended frequency response, low distortion and low hum level. Harmonic distor- Healhkit hi -fl systems are designed for maximum flexibility. Simple tion is less than 1.5% and iM distortion is below conversion from basic to complex systems or from monaural to stereo is easily accomplished by adding to already existing units. 2.7% at full 20 watt output. Frequency, response Heathkit engineering skill is your guarantee against obsolescence. extends from 10 CPS to 100,000 CPS within ±1 db Expand your hi -fí as your budge! permits .. , and, if you like, spread at 1 watt. Output transformer tapped at 4, 8 and 16 the payments over easy monthly installments with the-Healh Time ohms. Easy to build and a pleasure to. ,use. Shpg. Payment Plan. Wt. 28 lbs.

GENERAL-PURPOSE 20 WATT AMPLIFIER KIT MODEL A0 -C $3550 The model A9 -C combines a prcainplifier, plain amplifier and power supply all on One chassis, providing a compact unit to fill the need for a good amplifier with a moderate cash in- vestment. Features four separate switch -selected inputs. Separate bass and treble tone controls offer 15 db boost and

Cut. Covers 20 to 20,000.CPS within ± I db. A fine unit with which to start your own hi-fi system. Shpg. Wt. 23 lbs.

ELECTRONIC CROSSOVER KIT $1895 1 MODEL XO-1 This unique instrument separates high and low frequencies and feeds them through two amplifiers to separate speakers. i It ís located ahead of 'the main amplifiers, thus, virtually eliminating IM distortion and matching problems. Crossover frequencies for each channel are at 100. 200, 400, 700, 1200, 2,000. and 3,500 CPS. This unit eliminates the need for con- ventional crossover circuits and provides amazing versatility

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"BASIC RANGE" HI-FI SPEAKER "LEGATO" HI-FI SPEAKER SYSTEM KIT SYSTEM KIT MODEL HH-1 $29995 MODEL SS -2 413991 Words cannot describe the true magnificence of the "Legato" Legs optional extra. 34.95 speaker system ... it's simply the nearest thing to perfection in Outstanding performance at modest 'cost make reproduced sound yet developed. Perfect balance, precise phasing, this speaker system a spectacular buy for any hi-fi and adequate driver design all combine to produce startling real- enthusiast. The specially designed enclosure and ism long sought after by the hi-fi perfectionist. Two 15' Altec high qulaity 8' mid -range woofer and compression - Lansing low frequency drivers and a specially designed exponential type tweeter cover the frequency range -of 50 to horn with high frequency driver cover 25 to 20,000 CPS. A unique 12,000 CPS. Crossover circuit is built in with bat- crossover network is built. in. Impedance is 16 ohms, power rating ance.control. Impedance is 16 ohms. power rating 50 watts. Cabinet is constructed of 3/' veneer -surfaced plywood 25 watts. Cabinet is constructed of veneer -surfaced in either African mahogany or imported white birch suitable for furniture -grade 1/2' plywood suitable for light or the finish of your choice. All parts arc precut and predrilled for dark finish. Shpg. Wt. 26 lbs. easy assembly. Shpg. Wt. 195 lbs.

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"RANGE EXTENDING" HI-FI DIAMOND SPÉEDWINDER' KIT SPEAKER SYSTEM KIT STYLUS HI-FI PICKUP MODEL SW -1 $2495 MODEL SS -1B $9995 CARTRIDGE Rewind tape and film at the rate of Not a complete speaker system in itself, the SS-IB MODEL MF-1 1200' in 40 seconds. Saves wear on is designed to extend the range of the basic SS -2 tape and recorder. Handles up to (or SS -1) speaker system. Employs a 15' woofer $2695 101/2° tape reels and 800' reel's of and a super tweeter to Replace your present 8 or 16 millimeter film. Incorporates extend overall response pickup-with the M F-1 automatic, shutoff and braking de- from 35 to 16,000 CPS and enjoy the fullest vice. Shpg. Wt. 1.2 lbs. ± 5 db. Crossover circuit fidelity your library is built-in with balance of LP's has to offer. 40 \ control. Impedance is 16 Designed to Heath ` ohms, power rating 35 specifications to offer ~#, watts. Constructed of you one of the finest 3/4' veneer -surfaced ply- cartridges available wood suitable for light tbday. Nominally flat 4,-=- ° or dark finish. parts All response from 20 to Il precut and predrilled for 20,000 CPS. Shpg. t easy assembly. Shpg. Wt. 1 lb. Wt. 80 lbs. -.'11/

NEW! "DOWN-TO-EARTH" HEATH COMPANY BENTON HARBOR 40, MICH. High -Fidelity Boole pioneer In aa bsidiary of Daystrom, Inc. The"HOW AND WHY OF HIGH FI- DELITY". by Milton Sleeper explains "do-lf-yourself" Please send the Free Heathkit catalog. what high fidelity is, and how you can electronics Enclosed is 25c for the Hi -Ft book. select and plan your own system. This liberally -illustrated 48 -page book Enclosed line f tells you the hi -fl story without fancy Moose cncloso postage name for parcel post-express technical jargon or high-sounding orders are shipped de terminology. 25e. livery cherOes collect. All prices F.O.B. Benton address Harbor, Mich. A 20% de posit is required on all SEND FOR FREE CATALOG iii::::--(-- C.O.D. Orders- Prices subject to change with city 6 state Write today for free catalog describing out notice. over 100 easy -to -build kits in hi-fl- test-marine and amateur radio fields. QUANTITY ITEM MODEL NO. PRICE Complete specifications, schematics, and detailed information to help you in your selection. -1 AUGUST 1959 23 JansZen` usical ddentities Sae! try roiling Your enclosure In 1910 Caruso unexpectedly bccáme the target of the Mafia in New York. City. own roarer cube tt. only 2.2 The criminals who tried to extort money from him addressed their communications in Italian. The translations of these communications were supplied by Caruso to the press. and they read as follows: No. 1. "Signor Caruso. You tomorrow at the hour of two o'clock, will be stopped by a boy and you must deliver 815,000. You think right not to say anything to nobody." Signed: Cum pagnic della Morte. No. 2. "Signor Caruso. You yesterday went -in company with two policemen. The boy couldn't make the salute. And tonight must come to the house, hour of eleven. sound You must put in one bag lire sum of S15.000, under tltc stairswhere the factory is at the corner of Suellen. and Van Brunt Streets in Brooklyn. You think good, and if you fail, Saturday tight. will not -pass that you will pay." Signed: La Mano without fury ,Vera, Consprrg,ia della Morte. Caruso was besieged by reporters. "I am not afraid," in 3 easy steps he said. "I carry pistols and a sword cane." that Here's a compact, do-Ikyoursel( speaker system de- For his engagement in Brooklyn on March 7, 1910, he took the subway front his livers realistic transpareat reproduction without the fury of bass or treble exaggerations. Perfectly matched Electro- apartment in the Knickerbocker i-iotel, Manhattan, to the Academy of tfusic, in static mid/high range speakers and a dynamic woofer give measurably Oat response over the entire audio spectrum. Brooklyn, accompanied by several policemen. The seas La Gioconda, and What's more, you need not be an expert cabinet maker. Caruso sang the role of Enzo. i-iis initial lines on the stage were: "Assassini! You create high fidelity a: a sensible, do-it-yourself Cost. Assassini!" and the audience broke out in spontaneous applause. After the end of the opera, plainclothesmen placed a decov package at the spot indicated in the 0 Mafia letter. Soon a man appeared, and as he bent down to pick up the package, lie was seized. He turned out to he an impoverished saloon keeper.

Ifane von Bulow had a large picture of a ballerina which he kéldt in his theater office during his opera-conductingdays. "You must MID/HIGH RANGE SPEAKER ELECTROSTATIC be a great admirer of her art," remarked a friend. "Quite so." Model 65, illustrated, uses two JansZen electrostatic elements with a built-in power supply' and high-pass filter, replied flans rots Billow. "She is the only member of the company Each element contains 176 perfectly balanced, sheathed conductors to give absolutely clean response from 700 to who does not sing out of tuuc."

beyond 30,000 cycles. Furnished complete in cabinet at e' e w 586591.50, depending on finish. Slightly higher in West. \Ioriz Rosenthal, the pianist, possessed a great gift for quick repartee. When he Better yet , , . Model 130-considered as THE mid/high range speaker-contains four elements for a broad, 120° arrived in America in 1906, a reporter asked hint where the must intelligent audi- sound source. $161-$188, depending on finish. Slightly higher in West. ences are found. "At my concerts, of course," he replied.

When asked for biographical data, Rosenthal said: "I was born at an early age, o and sang a chromatic scale when I was one hour old. i practiced the piano when- ever f was whipped." "Are you nervous when you perform?" inquired a reporter. "No, but pianists in the audience usually -are." In his hotel roost he kept a huge box marked "Valuable-Fragile." This naturally aroused the curiosity of reporters, but every time they approached the box, Rosenthal woitld rush to stop them, ex- WOOFER DRIVER DYNAMIC claiming, "Don't touch ii! It's my contract!" Specifically designed to Jomplement the delicate clarity of JansZen Electrostatic Mid/High Range Speakers, the * Model 350 Dynamic Woofer offers clean, honest bass, devoid of coloration, false resonances, hangover or boom. The French publisher Chondens made a fortune on Gounod's It is the only separately available woofer to give such . When the two met one day near the Paris opera, Gounod clean response In so small an enclosure-only 2.2 cu. ft. Response is uncannily fiat from 40 to 2000 cycles with touched the lapel of a resplendent fur coat worn by (:ltouder's. excellent output to 30 cycles. Only 544.50. Slightly higher in West. "Faust??" he inquired. Then, indicating the publisher's custom- nutde hat, he asked, "Romeo et Juliette?" n 0 Auber, the great French opera composer, lived to be nearly ninety years old, but his last year of life was spent under tragic circumstances, during the siege of Paris. Ile, owned two horses, _named Alntasiva and Figaro. Horse meat was a delicacy in those days. and poor Almaviva was requisitioned by the military, and eventually

00 -IT -YOURSELF WOOFER ENCLOSURE eaten as "cheval de luxe." But Auber was determined to save Figaro. Work horses Working with the plans we 'furnish with each woofer, were exempt from confiscation, and he had Figaro sent to Pleyel's music factory. you'll be able to build your own enclosure with basic Auber tools. The enclosure 'Is a sturdy, yet simple, totally died in May, 1871; Figaro survived him and continued to transport musical enclosed cabinet. There are no tricky baffle arrangements instruments for the rest of his equine life, or adjustments. Size without legs: 13" high x 25" wide x 13" deep. Cost of all materials should run about $12 to $18. Discover JansZen clarity for yourself. Write for Karl Friedrich Abel, the Germans composer who -was active in literature on JansZen's complete speaker systems and the name of your nearest dealer. Londón- in the second half of the 18th century, was greatly dis- pleased with the Lorfdou pérformanuce of one -of his overtures, and complained about it to an acquaintance. "Who was the conduc-

!whirling etalpns bit Arthur A. Janson end mode onto, by tor?" inquired his friend. "Cain," replied Abel. "Cain?" asked the other incredulously. "Yes, Cain. you hear NESHAMINY ELECTRONIC CORP. Neshaminy, Pa. Didn't him rdcr my music?" Export Div.; 25 Warren St.. New York 7, N. Y. Cable: Simóntrtce. N. Y. -Nicolas Slonimsky 24 HIFI REVIEW _,W e o Il ~ o-ó ó OF H1. HARMAN-KARDON STEREO L

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Once again Harman-Kardon has made the creative leap which distinguishes engineering leadership. The new Stereo Festival represents the successful crystallization of all stereo know-how in a single superb instrument. Picture a complete stereophonic electronic center: dual preamplifiers with input facility and control for every stereo function including the awaited FM multiplex service. Separate sensitive AM and FM timers for simulcast reception. A great new thirty watt power amplifier (60 watts peak). This is the new Stereo Festival. The many fine new Stereo Festival features include: new H -K Friction -Clutch tone controls to adjust bass and treble separately for each channel. Once used to correct system imbalance, they may be operated as conventionally ganged controls. Silicon power supply provides excellent regulation for improved transient response and stable tuner performance. D.C. heated preamplifier filaments insure freedom from hum. Speaker phasing switch corrects for improperly recorded program material. Four new 7408 output tubes deliver distortion -free power from two highly conservative power amplifier circuits. Additional Features: Separate electronic tuning bars for AM and FM; new swivel high Q ferrite loopstick for increased AM sensitivity; Automatic Frequency Control, Contour Selector, Rumble Filter, Scratch Filter, Mode Switch, Record -Tape Equalization Switch, two high gain magnetic inputs for each channel and dramatic new copper escutcheon. Ideal for limited space (only 15rlic" wide, 6W' high, 1234" deep-excluding enclosure) the TA230 is simplicity Itself to operate. Five minutes with its exceptionally complete instruction booklet, and' you will use the Festival to its full per- formance potential. The Stereo Festival, Model TA230, price is $259.95. Copper and black metal enclosure (Model AC30) price is $12.95. Handsome hardwood - walnut or fruitwood - enclosure, (Models WW30 and FW30) price is 529.95. For free attractive brochure on the complete H -K line, write to I-Iarman-Kardon; Inc., Dept. M12.-8, Westbury, New York. b (Prices slightly higher in the West) ha r m a n ka r d o n = AucusT 1959 .25 NEW STEREOPHONIC EQUIPMENT, HF85: Stereo Dual Preamplifier is a complete stereo con trol system in "low silhouette" design adaptable' to any type of installation. Selects. preampllfies, controls any stereo source-tape, discs, broadcasts. Superb variable crossover, feedback tone controls driven by feedback amplifier pairs in each channel. Distortion borders on unmeasurable even at high output levels. Separate lo level input in each channel for mug. phono, tape head. mike. Separate hi -level Inputs for AM 8 FM tuners & FM Multiplex. One each auxiliary A & 0 input In each channel. the Independent level. bass-& treble controls in each channel may be operated together with built-in clut:h. Swit,ched- STEREO in loudness compensator. Function Selector permits hear- ing each stereo channel individually, and reversing them; also use of unit, for stereo or monophonic play. Full -wave AND rectifier tube power supply. 5.12AX7/ECC83, 1.6X4. Works experts with any high -quality stereo power amplifier such as EICO HF86, or any 2 high -quality mono power amplifiers MONAURAL such as EICO HFI4, HF22, HF30, HF35, HF50, HF60. "Extreme flexibility . , . a bargain" - HI-FI REVIEW. say... Kit $39.95 Wired $64.95. Includes cover. -HFe6: Stereo Dual Power Amplifier for use with HF85 above or any good self -powered stereo preamp. Identical Williamson -type push-pull EL84 power amplifiers, con- servatively rated at 14W, may be operated in parallel t0 deliver 28W for non -stereo use.,Either input can be made in -Hl-FL common -for bosh amplifiers by Service'Selector. switch. Voltage amplifier & split -load phase inverter circuitry feature EICO-developed 12DW7 audio,tube for significantly better performance. Kit $43.95. Wired $74.95. t'h-,e best buys are HF81: Stereo Dual Amplifier -Preamplifier selects, ampli- fies, 8 controls any stereo source - tape, discs, broad- casts -8 feeds it thru self-contained dual 14W amplifiers to a pair of speakers. Monophonically: 28 watts for your speakers; complete stereo preamp. Ganged level controls, separate focus (balance) Control, independent full -range bass 8 treble controls for each channel. Identical William- son -type, push-pull E184 power amplifiers, -excellent out- Wor'Id-famous put transformers. "Service Selector" switch permits one 5EICz, preamp-control section to drive the internal power ampli- EICO advantages fiers while other preamp-control section is left free to drive your existing external amplifier. "Excellent" - guarantee your complete satisfaction: SATURDAY REVIEW; HI -Fl MUSIC AT HOME. "Outstand- ing quality ... extremely versatile" - RADIO,& TV NEWS z LAB -TESTED. Kit $69.95. Wired $109.95. Includes cover. Advanced engineering, Finest'qual'ity compone''s MONO PREAMPLIFIERS,(slack 2 for Stereo) 11F-65: superb V new design, Inputs for tape head, microphone, mag- "Beginner -Tested." easy step-by-step instructions, phono cartridge A h¿level sources. 1M distortion 0.04% dR 2V out. Attractive "low silhouette" design. HF65A . LIFETIME service & calibration guarantee Kit $29.95. Wired $44.95. KM (with power supply) Kit Wired IN- $33.95. $49.95. STOCK - Compare, then take home any EICO MONO POWER AMPLIFIERS equipment-right "off the'shelf '-from' 1900 (use 2 for STEREO) neighbor- HF60,(60W), HF50 (50W), HF35 (35W), HF30 (30W1, HF22 hood EICO dealers. (22W), HF14 (14W). from Kit $23:50. Wired $41.50. MONO INTEGRATED AMPLIFIERS (use 2 for STEREO) 11F52 (SOW). -11F32 (30W), HF20 (20W), HF12 (12W): from '(it 134.95. Wired $57.95. SPEAKER SYSTEMS (use 2 for STERO) HFS2: Natural bass 30.200 cps via siotloaded 12 -ft. split conical bass horn. Middles _8 lower highs: front radiation from 81/2" edge -damped cone. Distortlonless spike -shaped super -tweeter radiates omni-directionally- Flat 45-20,000 cps, useful 30.40,000 cps. 16 ohms. HWD 36", 151/4", 111/4". "Eminently musical"-Ilolt, HIGH FIDELITY. "Fine Ig-r ro1D ' for stereo"-MODERN HI -Fl. Completely ractorybuitt: Stereo Preamplifier HF85 /, s Mahogany or, Walnut, 1139.95; Blonde, 1144.95. JI - ~ HFSt: Bookshelf Speaker System, complete with factory - built. cabinet. Jensen 8" woofer, matching Jensen corn- r pressioíl-driver exponential horn tweeter. Smooth clean bass; crisp extended highs. 70-12,000 'cps range. FM Tuner 11F190 Capacity 25 yr. B ohms. 11" x AM HWD: 23" :.9". Wiring Tuner HF194 lime 15 mm. Price $39,95. FM TUNER HFT90: For the first time, malee practical \ <1'9 even fór the novice the building of an'FM tuner kit equal to really good factory -wired units. No instruments g_ needed. Pre -wired, pre -aligned temperature -compensated Stereo "front end" is.drift free-ellminates need for AFC. Pre- Amplffler-Preamp cision "eyetronic" DM -70 traveling tuning indicator, sup- HF81 plied pre -wired. contracts at exact center of each FM channel. Pre -aligned IF coils. Sensitivity 6X that of other kit tuners: 1.5 uv for 20 db quieting, 2.5 us for .30 db ',err quieting, full limiting from 25 uv. IF bandwidth 260 kc at 6 db points. Frequency response uniform 20.20,000 cps :1 db. Has 2 output- jacks: cathode follower output to amplifier, plus Multiplex output for FM Multiplex r Stereo adapter; -thus prevents obsolescence. Flywheel ® tuning, AGO, stabilized low limiting threshold for -excel- . -1 lent performance from weaker signals, broadband ratio detector for Improved capture ratio 8 easier tuning, full - wave rectifier 8 heavy filtering, very pookshelJ low distortion. "One of the best buys you can get in high fidelity kits" SpeakÑF System .Monaural Integrated Ampllfieíst - AUDIOCRAFT. Kit 539.95'. Wired $65:95'. Cover $3.95, 50, 30. 20 and 12 -Watt 'Less Cover, F.E.T. incl. (use 2 or Stereo) NEW AM TUNER HFT94: Matches HFT9O. Selects "hi-fi" wide (20c e r - 91e dR -3 db) or weak -station narrow Omnidirectional (20c - 5kc @ -3 db) bandpass. Tuned RF stage for high 8 Monaural Preamplifiers: Speaker System HFS2 selectivity sensitivity; precision "eye -Ironic" tuning. 11F65, HF65A 36"Hx151/4"Wx111"D built-in ferrite loop, prealigned OF & IF Coils. Sensitivity 3 in (el 30% mod. for 1.0 V out, 20 dbS/K. Very low l ` ,1 a (stack 2 for Stereo) noise 8 distortion. High -Q 10 kc whistle filter. -^ r Mil $39.95, Wired $69.95, Incl. Cover & F.E.T.

-r' EICO, 33r00 Northern 'Blvd., r,^'inn . L.I.C: 1, N.Y. HR -S SHOW ME HOW TO SAVE 50% on 65 Monaural Power Amplifiers: K models of top-quality: 60, 50, 35. 30, 22 and 14 -Watt Hi -Fl Test Instruments (use for "Ham" Gear 2 Stereo) Send FREE catalog ' & name of neighbor- Stereo Power Amplifier llF86 hood EICO dealer. NAME ADDRESS 'Over 1 MILLION EICO instruments in use;thoughout'the world. L =rTy zoNc SrArc...- 26 Mir' REVIEW For those whose taste demands quality in all things, Stereo by Sherwood offers. the ultimate. In- cluded are two models: Model S-5000, a 20+20 watt dual amplifier -preamplifier for stereo "in a single package;" fair trade '00G>ts4A.^r.: $189.50. Model S-4400, a stereo é preamplifier with controls, coupled Model S-5000, 20 + 20W Stereo Dual Ampllrier:3189.60 with a single 36 -watt amplifier for converting monaural systems to stereo; fair trade $159.50 (can 085 i olso be used with Model S-360, a Model S3000 U. rM Tuner-5105.50 36 -watt basic amplifier 1$59.501 to make a dual 36 -Watt combihátion). The experienced Audiophile knows from experience that Sherwood ?4?Fs-ir-=-- components are not only the ulti- Modrl S4/001 Stereo Preamp, + 36W Amp..5159.50 mate -in sound reproduction but the ultimate as well' in flexibility - --=r of controls. Discover for yourself I -- why Sherwood products. are be- La Model 5.2000 U. FM -AM Tuner_3135.50 stowed outstánding.hoiiers by most recognized testing organizations. L Sherwood Electronic Laboratories, Inc., 4300 N. California Ave., é©t)Qs.-+ Chicago 18; Ill. Mode15S0ooTI,36W hlonaunlAmpriBar-810950

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Highest efficiency of any comparable system tested -21/2 to 31/2 watts nominal fór average robm listening-peak ratings as high as 20 watts Test against any other speaker system selling fór up to $50 more for frequency response-presence---efficiency Price them. You'll buy ALTEC fór the highest sound value..

ALTEC 834A ALTEC 835A MONTEREY MONTEREY 1R: This is the ultimate Quality of reproduc- in compact speaker tion equals or exceeds systems. The Mon- systems costing up ALTEC 700B MELODIST terey uses two to twice as much. The most performance in the smallest controlled- linear -ex- Finished on all four package. ALTEC's Melodist is made to cursion bass speak- sides for use in hori- order for small apartments, or as a sec- ers, and ALTEC's zontal or vertical posi ond speaker in stereo sound systems. 3000B high -frequency sectoral horn. At lions. Employs ALTEC's famous con- Contains ALTEC's engineered bass 40 cycles this outstanding system has, trolled -linear -excursion bass speaker that speaker, plus the same highfrequency for the same power input, more than always repeats exactly what it hears. speaker used in more expensive ALTEC five times the audio output of any other Direct -radiating cone tweeter. systems. small speaker system tested. Specifications: Specifications: Specifications: Guaranteed frequency range: 20.18,000 Guaranteed frequency range: 70-22,000 Guaranteed frequency range: 40.22,000 cps 'power -rating: 15 watts imped- cps power rating: 20 watts imped- cps power rating: 20 watts imped- ance: 16 ohms finish: walnut, blond, ance: 8 ohms finish: blond, mahogany ance: 8 ohms finish: walnut, blond, mahogany dimensions: 111/4" H, 23" dimensions: H111/4", W233/4", D- mahogany dimensions: 14" H, 26" W, W, 111/4" D approximate shipping 101/2" approximate shipping weight: 141/2" D approximate shipping weight: weight: 45 lbs price: $79.50 24 lbs price: $126.00 45 lbs price: $174.00

COMPLETE ALTEC SYSTEMS FOR MONO OR STEREO

For a monophonic system use ALTEC's 355A amplifier-preamplifier with ALTEC's 306A AM -FM or 307 FM tuner, and any one of ALTEC's compact speaker systems. Now, or in the future, you can have an ALTEC stereo system by simply adding another 355A, a matching speaker system, and the inexpensive 540 master stereo control. ALTEC's advanced engineering and manufacturing methods guarantee big -speaker sound in small packages. That's why any one of ALTEC's three compact systems is an excellent choice as a second speaker if you want to convert your present mono system to stereo. ALTEC 355A 20 -WATT 355A Specifications: frequency range: 20.22,000 cycles power output: AMPLIFIER -PREAMPLIFIER 20 watts load impedance: 4. 8, and 16 ohms + seven separate inputs ALTEC S40 MASTER tape recorder output four position loudness control three position STEREO CONTROL $12.00 scratch filter three position rumble filter dynamically balanced output four separate volume controls separate power switch separate bass and treble controls four position record compensation fully shielded input section + eyeletted printed circuit compact construction ease of installation price: $111.00 (Walnut, blond, or mahogany cabinet: $19.50)

Write for free catalogue: ALTEC LANSING CORPORATION. Dept. 8MR 1515 S. Manchester Avenue, Anaheim, Calif. ALTE 161 Sixth.Avenue; New York 13, N. Y., LANSING CORPORATION A Subsidiary of Ling Electronics. Inc. 12./1

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Reviewed by BEST OF THE MONTH MARTIN BOOKSPAN WARREN DeMOTTE Concert -Disc scores a double-barreled bulls -eye with the two finest DAVID HALL Clarinet Quintets of the chamber literature-Brahms and Mozart, fea- GEORGE JELLINEK turing Reginald Kell with the Fine Arts Quartet-"The interpretation is

JOHN THORNTON warm and romantic. . . . The high quality of the performance is matched by the excellence of the recording." (see p. 46 & p. 50)

Angel scores another home -run for Brahms with their stereo version of ANTHER.: Symphony No. 4 ("1942"); GINASTERA: Estancia-Ballet Suite. Lon- the Third Symphony in Otto Klemperer's reoding-"a performance of don Symphony Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goos- sens cond. Everest SDBR 3013 $5.98; Mono- tremendous power and breadth." (see p. 46) LPBR 6013 $3.98 Fantasy, pride of the San Francisco independent labels, contributes in Musical Interest: Anthell interesting; Ginastera fheatricál Sacred and Secular Music of Lassus with the Dessoff Choirs "a singularly Performance: Good Recording: Excellent mono; fair stereo apt introduction to the vast range of Lassus' music. . . . If I were to Stereo Directionality: Well balanced pen of Roland de Lassus, this Stereo Depth: A mite shallow pick any single disc of music from the The late George Antheil's "1942" Sy-nr would be it." (see p. 48) phony is a nervous. highly charged work, with but few moments of meditative beauty, the drive that it should through ai. quickly as possible and with doesn't pack »early Its stimulus derives throughout from the frequently makes little attention to nuance and dynamic. because the conductor too nervous and highly charged times of World from section to shading. Musically, the hest thing about exaggerated tempo changes War 11. The composer relates that he wrote much of these two discs is the really wonderful ad section. And farther destroying much of the manuscript between bouts of continuing lib harpsichord cadenza interpolated be- the line of the music is Walter's pounding a typewriter for the Los Angeles omission of the repeat of tween the two movements of the Third insistence on the Daily News. Et Alamein and the Moroccan the of the expo- Concerto. This is obviously exactly the the exposition. If omission invasion occupied iris musical thoughts as in the first move- right thing to do at this point, but few are sition's repeat is debatable s'el1 as his news -analysis and these two im- it is the conductors who have either the sense ments of Beet'hoven's other symphonies. portant war events inspired much of the in the Fifth where or the sensitivity to do it. Otlterwi;:e. absolutely indefensible early portion of the work. The horror of that the repeat Courancl'e performances are no more than structural balance demands Lidice and the Polish atrocities shows its the score routine. be observed. iu the remainder of influence in the taut middle episodes. The i do wish Coltnhitt's reproduction is close -to and Walter is more convincing, but scherzo is ]lard and humorless. The fourth he had summoned more demonic sweep clean but lacking a little in depth. M. II. that and final section is supposed to be trium- for the finals. phant, with the, Nazi tide turned hack at The Fourth Symphony fares much better, 4 in Stalingrad. It is a militant., emotional piece, BEETHOVEN: Symphonies-No: with an easy. unaffected lift anti swing to B No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67. containing brilliant pages. but it remains -flat. Op. 60: the performance. The orchestra, however, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Wal- altogether a restless, and somewhat flans doesn't have quite enough fullness and body Columbia MS'6055 $5.98; Mono- hoyant work. ter cond. though it were slightly un- ML 5365 $4.98 to its sound, as Gilrastera's /cry Argentine -nationalistic. dersized in numbers. (Recording session E.

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Washington St., Boston 8, Mass. Name Reference 730 Commonwealth Ave., Boston 17, Mass. Address 230-240'Crown-,St.. New Haven 10, Conn. Data! City Zone Slate AUGUST 1959 47 realised, that an extra produced contralto of Grace Binnbry`stands sically sound. a very pleasing stereo of Cop - Bess is su splendidly loe the other principals. Martina land's music in folklore vein. Salon Mexico in the library would not out among displays some uneasiness in the Westminster's monophonic disc has the a real waste, 1 T Arroyo register anti lacks the required agili- extra advantage of including the garishly upper ty for the aria "So shall the lute and harp colorful ,El Salon Mexico. Oddly enough GiNASTERA: Estancia-Ballet (see AN - awake." All soloists sing with clear entnt- the sonic impact on single -channel disc far THEW not shared exceeds that of the stereo recording. The ciation, a virtue unfortunately solidity of the bass line is more telling on by the churn:. I & 2; GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suites No. I have found more Rrleasurc in the mono this recording. in A Minor, Op. 16. Reid Piano Concerto version, which is clear; well balanced and There even appears fo be better articu- Nibley with the Utah Symphony Orchestra, preserved on silent surfaces. Stereo separa- lated detail on the mono too, and Abta- Maurice Abravanel cond. Westminster WST tion benefits only the solo voices, which are vanl's reading achieves more meaning, 14057 $5,98 more strength. He attains remarkable re- placed, not always consistently, at the ex sults with this ensemble and certain subtle Musical'Interesl: So-so treme ends. The duets also emerge from Performance: So-so nuances of wind playing that come through separate speakers-a solution conducive to Recording: Good here than in the stereo LP. J.'1. clarity, though not really realistic for ora- better Stereo Directionality: Evenly balanced torio. Neither ehorus nor orchestra seem Stereo Depth: Warm sound to benefit tangibly by stereo treatment, the COPLAND: El Salon Mexico (see GERSH- WIN) Nilllcy, who seems on much more com- surfaces are not always quiet and the vol- fortable ground in the Grieg A Minor Con- ume level is considerably lower than on certo (as compared to the Gershwitt he did the mono countermen. GERSHWIN: Porgy and Bess (original an- suite by the composer); COPLAND: El Sa for Westminster) delivers a crisp and Westminster's packaging, similar to that Ion Mexico. Utah Symphony Orchestra, thoritative account of the old tear horse, of its Messiah set, is very handsome and Maurice Abravanel cond. Westminster WST hut is not given ;cry stirring support by decorative. and e helpful illustrated book- 14063 $5.98 tite ensemble. It just goes along. Nibley's let is provided. G. J. masculine; and muscular way with the musie GERSHWIN: Porgy and Bess (original has its attractions, but nothing else is cor- IBERT: Divertissement (see RESPIGHI,) suite by the composer); GROPE: Grand puscle -stirring. The disc cannot compete Canyon Suite. Utah Symphony Orchestra. with London's recent issue of the Peer Gynt Maurice ~aye eel cond. Mono-Westmin- music. ILASSUS: Sacred Music-Ave Recline ster XWN 18850 $4.98 Coelorum; Christe Dei soboles; Timor et Tremor; Pulvis et umbra sumus; Penetential Musical Interest: American classics HANDEL: Judas Meccabaeut-Oratorio Psalm No. 6-De Profundist Christ ist or- Performance: "Porgy" outstanding (nearly complete). John McCollum (tenor). standen; Secular Music - Bon jour, mon Recording: Excellent Martino Arroyo (soprano), Grace Bumbry coeur; La Nuict froide et sombre; Galfana, Stereo Directionality: Fine (alto), Don Watts (boss), Marvin Sorensen: qui par terne; O Doux parler; Wohl kommt Stereo Depth: Full (tenor), Alexander Schreiner (organ): The der Mal; Ich waiss mix ern Meidlein; Ardo, Utah Symphony and The University of Utah si; Passan vostri lriomphi; Occhi piangete; Westminster last summer recorded a great Chorus. Maurice Abravanel cord, Westmin- Ola, o the .bon eccho. Dessoff Choirs. Paul fund of material with the lilah Symphony. ster WST 301 3 12" $17.94; Mono-XWL Boepple cond. Fantasy 8015 $4.98; Mono - and this recording of orig- first Gershwin's 3310 3 12" $14.94 5006 $4.98 inal suite from Porgy and Beau emerge:: as perhaps the best performed work of the Musical Interest: Suable Musical Interest: Choral masterworks entire session. Abravanel persuaded Ira Performance: Enjoyable Performance: Vital Recording: Commendable Recording: Close but fullbodied Gerehw-in to let Westminster tape they score, Stereo' Directionality; Variable "Stereo Directionality: Moderate which had languished among Gershwin's Stereo Depth: Acceptable 'Stereo Depth: Adequate papers ever since it was withdrawn the year of the composer's death, I937. Listening Westminster Itas made a substantial con- Roland de Lassos 11.512-15941 stands as to Ahravanel's sensitive and sympathetic tribution to the Handel bicentenary with perhaps the first truly universal genius of reading more than ever reminds the writer this successful realization of one of the \C%ectern music-in the sense that we apply that Gershwin's genius is still terribly major oratorios. This is :Abravanel's second this designation to Monteverdi, Bach. Mo- missed. even after two decades. The suite turn at Judas Maccabaeus-his earlier ef- zart, and Beethoven. This is to say that was nut well received at its first hearing ill fort, dating from 1952, enjoyed circnlatiou he was a creator of enormous stylistic and Philadelphia, but after that it was accorded for a while under Concert Flall's sponsor- emotional versatility. whose music covered wild public acclaim. Then, after its tenth ship. Organizing such a "big league" per- virtually the whole range of human feeling performance under the composer's direction. formance with artistic resources largely and experience. Born in Belgium. appren- it just vanished. 'Thanks to Abravanel's supplied by local talent is an accomplish- ticed in Route, and associated during the awareness, this splendid score has been re- ment in which he and the Utah forces can greater part of his professional life with corded for the first time, and Westminster take great pride. the Court of Bavaria, Lassus wrote more has in this release not only an outstanding This is a virtually complete version, with than 1200 works-and, as Dessoff Choir disc, but a valuable ilocument of Gersh- the traditional omission of three arias. Ex- conductor Paul Btt apple says so felicitously winiana, which every music lover should amples of Handel's loveliest vocal writing in his notes for (he Fantasy album, "Of own. Gershwin's 'touch was magic, his way and most moving choruses are found here, these 760 were written for Saints, the rest with melody and syncopation 'rare, and even and although its pages contain many bor for sinner's and connoisseurs." And what if some of it sounds corny, what lovely, rowings from earlier masters. as ilerbert poets he chose for his secular settings- what exciting, what witty, and purely Amer- Weinstock points out ira his notes, this will Ronsard, Petrarch, Vilfon! Yet he could ican corn it is! Westminster sound here is detract little from listening enjoyment. turn out a charming treatment of a simple almost always good. While the performance may not offer all German folk poem on the deceit of worsen. Grand Canyon Suite, that tired and oft - the excitement inherent in the choral and As for his religions music, one can only recorded Grofé orchestral suite, receives a instrumental passages, and though St_meeís try to imagine what Beethoven might have quite good performance. The donkey hoof- the virtuoso requirements of the I-Jandeliau composed, had he lived in the 16th century. beats in On the Trail seem to beat a path vocal writing only about half way, the in- All this is by way of commending this right across the living room rug, and all stances where it falls hclow a very respect- album from the small but enterprising San ends in a blaze of hi-fi sound in the stormy able level are few. (The children's (Atoms Francisco lira of Fantasy as a singularly finale. There are more spectacular Grand and horn solos in "See the conquering hero apt introduction to the vast range of Las- Canyons. but who cares? Porgy and Bess conies" and imprecision in some choral at- sns's music --seraphic, poignant. humorous, is so well done nothing else on tho disc tacks arc examples.) at limes even terrifying. Hose fascinating matters at all. John McCollum. though somewhat want- it is to compare the sacred and secular Copland's El Salon Mexico on the stereo ing in dramatic excitement, sings Judas pieces on the vanity of earthly pomp disc is briskly done, but there arc better with appealing lone quality and fluent mu- (Pelvis et umbra sumus and Passan vn.elri versions in the catalog. Still, Porgy and. sical phrasing. The warnelnied and evenly lriomphi) ! The famous echo -sunk remains 48 RIFI REVIEW l W. 7.8 jr Get top performance, from your hi=fi- system with, this complete. Special to STEREO=MONOPNONIC our readers for only... 1 TEST k ECDRD prodúced lithe editors of ELECTRONICS WORLD

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Zin'ka Milanov (soprano)-Giocon- on Vox DL 380 a few months ago, but the recording comprise ell of the "Amorosi," da; Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor)-Enro rhythmic articulation is cleaner, to say with the exception of the most famous, the Grimalldo; Leonard Warren (baritone)- nothing of enunciation-due in part to less 13allo den e Ingrate, which has achieved two Barnaba: Rosalind Elias (mezzo-soprano)- recordings (Bach revelterant acoustics. Also Boepple has on its own Guild; Vox). Laura; Belen Amparen (contralto)-La Cio- more of a flair for the drama in Lassus- The Deller Consort enjoys a high reputa- co;'Plinio Clabassi (bass(-Alvise L others. compare the mu versions of Timor et tion in music of this type. Its seven 'miens - Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia di ¡rector ("Fear and Trembling"). berg Icing wish réfinetucnt and disciplined Santa Cecilia. Rome, Fernando Previtali While the stereo disc offers more of the musicianship. There are limes when I think cond. RCA Victor LSC 6139 4 12" $17.98 feeling of a well spread -out chorus, it also that the composers who lived during and Musical Interest: Repertory Standard suffers in spots from overload "break-up." immediately following the Renaissance were Performance: Excellent Such is not the case with the mono release. products of a robust period that could not Recording: Excellent The sound as such is general clean and full- have stressed such refinement and disci- Stereo Directionality: Not loo obvious bodied, if not overly spectacular. Never- pline, but my opinion seems to be a mi- Stereo Dept); Excellent theless, if I were to pick any single disc of nority one. I will admit to the many beau- My review of the monophonic edition music from the pen of Roland de Lassus, ties in these performances, and the record- (February, 1959) of this performance was this would be it. D. H. ing is excellent, too, but I think I would most complimentary, and stereo only serves be happier with a more extroverted manner MAHLER: No. in to make my endorsement more emphatic. Symphony 5 C -sharp of performance; I am sure there is more Minor, London Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Timis is a colorful, lusty and idiomatic meat in this music than we are being Schwarz cond. Everest SDBR 3014-2 2 12" of Ponchielili's fervent score, and served. W. D. statement S11.96; Mono-LPBR 6014-2 2 12" $9.96 "who could ask for anything more?" Musical Interest: Considerable Stereo's advantages are more evident in Performance: Very good MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A Major the depth department-the sound is fuller, Recording: Excellent (K, 581). The Fina Arts Quartet with Regi- more alive, the orchestral statements gain nald Stereo Directionality: Fine Kell (clarinet). Concert -Disc CS 203 in richness and the vocal ensembles are Stereo Depfn: Fine $6.95 better defined. Directionality is not as spec- This is one of the few Mahler symphonies Musical Interest: A chamber music classic tacular as the previously issued abridged :without human voice. It is a complex score, Performance: Excellent version might have. suggested. Some of the beautiful in sound and rich in orchestral Recording: Excellent off-stage effects are not fully realized, color, yet. the fourth" of 'its five movements Stereo Directionality: Reasonable though, frankly. this matters little to this is one of the simplest the composer ever Stereo Depth: Sufficient listener. What does matter is that this re- the inspired. mains penned-and one of most This This is a sensitively played performance. the best La Gioconda on records (su- is the Adngietto, scored only for strings it has wonderful flow and flexibility and the perior in sound and performance by a very close ensemble work is impeccable. Kell has margin to London's effort) and, 9TEItEO probably played this composition thousands though the stereo edition requires four of limes, yet he seems to always find new discs. RCA wisely includes the fourth one rr things in it, and he communicates al a free bonus. C. J. MAHLER e7 ltis find- Rwloa Schwan - ings with nuances that are subtly meaning- RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. siireiatim ful. The Quartet maintains a high standard Tb. to.muo 3 in D Minor, Op. 30. Van C9dburn and the of individual and ensemble execution, play- Synpheuy Orchestra r. Symphony of the Air, Kiril Kondrashin cond. ing with polish and vitality. The clarity of RCA Vict-or LSC 2355 $5.98; Mono-LM the recording and the spacing of the instru- 2355 54.98 ments arc exemplary. W. D. Musical Interest: High Performance: Historic PARAY: Mass Commemorating the Recording: Fair 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Stereo Directionality: Spread Arc, Detroit -Symphony Orchestra with Solo- Stereo Depth: Minimal ists and Rackham Symphony Choir. Paul "f Paray cond. Mercury SR 90128 $5.98 The Carnegie Hall concert that Van Cie burn gave on May 19, 1958, was one of ^ Musical Interest: in grand manner the exciting musical events of this decade. Performance: Very fine It took place only two clays after his return Recording: Not so very fine from the Soviet Union. Tension had been and harp; a movement of exquisite serenity. Stereo Directionality: Excellent placement mounting for some time and there had Schwarz holds the reins firmly in this per- of all but soloists been formance, but not too tightly. The music Stereo Depth: Warm and full arm unprecedented ticker -tape parade up billows and swells with romantic ardor and Broadway. For the moment, its almost Paray's Mass, released recedes when it should into introspection. on Mercury mono- seemed that Elvis Presley ,had heen toppled phonic some time There is much in the score to thrill the ago, is heard on this from his throne-by a concert pianist. stereo release with considerably more audiophile with sheer magnitude: and bet- im- The lean, lanky Texan played time Tchai- pact due to the advantage of ter, there is much solid musical and emo- spaliítl spread kovskv First and The Raehmaninoff Third for the huge forces tional fare. The mono version is entirely involved. However, Concertos at the eagerly awaited concert. creditable; the stereo add, those extras soloists suffer seriously- from too -distant These were the wnrks with which he lind miking lflaccment. that make listening memorable. W. D. Also, they sound tired triumphed its Russia. Playing with him was most of the time. All are well-known to lire Symphony of the Air under Kiril Kou- MAHLER: Symphony No, 10 (lee WAL- music pageantry of this kind, and the writer drashin, tlte. Russian conductor who had TON) has heard every one of them its much better Conte here especially to repeat. their -collabo- form. The MONTEVERDI: Madrigals Amorosi Mass is scored in the ,grnurl ration. manner, yet its (from the 8th Book of Madrigals). The Deller beauty is more suffused The New York triumph was as complete Consort, Alfred Deller director, with Baroque titan directly heroic, more mystical than as the foreign ones and shortly after, RCA String Ensemble. Bach Guild BGS 5007 $5.95; rhetorical. All things considered, this re- Victor recorded the Tchaikovsky Cóncerto Mono-BG 579 $4.98 cording can be evaluated as a valuable under optimum conditions. to the Musical Interest: For connoisseurs contribution catalog. Stereo tape These days, most important. concerts are Performance: Refined would be the eventual way to acquire this 'taped as a matter of course. and the May Recording: Excellent work, for Paray's score combines forces 19 event was no exception, but it was RCA Stereo Directionality: Fine that should not be handicapped by the Victor engineers who did the taping. Re- Stereo Depth: Fine physical limitations of disc recording. The cently. it was decided that instead of doing 50 I-iiFt REVIEW the Rachmaninof under regular recording uniere in Moscow of the same year. Nothing and its charm is not superficial either. conditions. the concert performance would ís indicated concerning whether or not Bernstein is at his very hest in this kind be put on a disc and released. Thus, the Maxon was the soloist. At any rate, the of scor, and when he wants to display key- record would be a memento of an historic talented Mr. Bernstein, conducting the. New board virtuosity he can sturdy deliver it in occasion. York Philharmonic from the soloist's chair, fine fashion. Ar the time of the actual performance, I gives us a warm, humorous and pyrotcchni The brittle and jazzy Ravel Concerto thought it was the slowest rendition of the cal account of an enclrantiu;. score! Front may lack something of the spontaneity of concerto I had ever heard. The recording the Allegro with its set of variations on a the Slto.takovich's superb bonbon but re- confirms 'this. Whether it was Cliburn who march -like theme, through the rhapsodic cordiugwisc Columbia treated it warmly. decided the pace or Kondrashin, it is a and tender Andante and the Scher,.olike Bernstein's piano tone is mush richer titan deliberate one. Ti is to Cliburn's credit that finale, which follows -without pause, this char of iienriot.Schweitzer who recorded if he makes it poetic and reflective instead little work makes no pretense at being recently, for RCA Victor, with Munch and of plodding. His poise is incredible; a serious. The elder Shostakovich may not the Boston Symphony. While the petite pianist twice his years could well envy have conceived a work that poses any impos- Frenchwoman has a more dazzling tech- it. There is no question that be plays sible pianistic problem, nor is there even a nique. Bernstein's phrasing is more engag- pretty much as he wants to play. shadow of tite deeply serious musician who ing and Columbia comes through with bet- The sound of the recording is variable composed the Symphony No. 5, Still, he has ter orchestral sound. A wonderful coupling -not unexpected under the circumstances. written here music of much enchantment, arid worth serious consideration for both There are moments when the orchestra seems impossibly thin and others when it is full indeed. The piano is given promi- nence, a matter which Cliburn fans are not likely to deplore.. Front the hushed opening of the work lo its thundering con- 1 clusion, the tension mounts. The audience 111 lab a ~rtttta ~_w~ is extremely well behaved; hardly a snuf- 11 ~ ~ r ~ a a aa ~1~ \ fle is When the a o ~ heard through the music. i tut t ~1V 1~ EL ~ a aa Elk music ends, pandemonium breaks out in Q O ~ ~ ~ Q Q wave after wave of spontaneous applause. Cliburn has triumphed again, and this rec- ord is the proof of it. W. D.

RAVEL: Piano Concerto (see SHOSTAKO- 98 VICHJ produced for

RESPIGHi: La Boutique Fantasque- monophonic Ballet: IBERT: Divertissement. Boston Pops /A\TELE connoisseurs Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler send. RCA Victor UN LSC 2084 $5.98 KEN 'Musical interest: Charming stuff 7 priced for Performance: Exceptionally good 98 Recording: Good Stereo Directionality: Well spaced everyone Stereo Depth: Shallow stereo

This appears to he the most satisfactory stereo disc vet released with Arthur Fiedler La and his Pops Orchestra. Boutique Fan. Tcltaikovsky: NUTCRACKER SUITE: THE \VAI.T7LS OP JOtHANN STRAUSS. tasgile is riven fine treatment. and comes SERENADE FOR STRINGS. Syrnpbonr AmtL.t's Life, :The Diu, Danube, £Emperor close to matching the superlativo version Orchestra of The Belgian Notional Rndia- `Wolf_; Vine, 'Women and Song. The issued by London several months ago with :T}am_ Andrá. Mont TC9001 Stereo: TCS1Ra01 Bamberg Symphony Orchestra - Joseph Solti and the Israel Philharmonic. Fiedler's t:cirherth. Morn TCA013 Srerco:TCSta018 reading is even crisper. He may not linger Rccpighi: THE PINES OF ROME; THE Beethoven: SYMPHONY No, 3 (Eroica). over !Nocturne and Vrrlsc Lente with quite FOUNTAINS OF ROME. Sympbmty Or 'tmubure Slate Philharmonic Orchestra - Birch warm, tender care. but his orchestra sheets of 7br Belgian Natfoaoi Rrrtin- Aa(fri. Mon; TC2002 Stereo. TCSIE002 Joseph Xcilberth, Seeroo: TC518003 is more secure, and there is much more irana snap and briskness throughout. ibert's Wagner: LOHENGRIN; DIE MEISTER- Dclihcs: SYL.ViA AND COPPEt.TA-Or- nose -thumbing Divertisaenicnt is played SINGER - Prelude, to lets r mkt 3. Ham- chostral Suites. Syerpbonv Orchestra of with all out, a real rouser a per- burg State Philharmonic Orchestra - Joseph stops of The Relgiar lrationnl Radio-Trop_ Auks'. formance, and the best yet on LP. J. T. States TCS18005 t

Poppa has written a concerto for soli TELEFUNKEN'RECORDS 7or complete catalog of PopularTELE Maxim, a young man who has grown up in FUN A div:cfos of London Records, 7nc. and Classical rrcards torftc tot the shadow of one of music's giants and KEN Dept. ME 140 Wail 22nd 51., New York 1, N. Y. who is undoubtedly his father's most ardent admirer. Op. 101 was composed by Sims- takovich its 1957, receiving its world pre - AUGUST 1959 51 10th Symphony con- performance and technical achievement. clear enunciation of the performers, plus Mahler's incomplete J, T. the clarity of the recording. makes the 'texts tains some great writing. in parts as mag- easy to follow. W. De nificent is anything be wrote --a fragmen- SOUSA: MARCHES-Stars and Stripes tary Masterpiece that was certainly progres- Forever; Rifle Regiment; Washington Post; VILLA -LOBOS: Fantasia Concertante sive for its time in its anticipation of Alban The Thunderer; The Bride Elect; Hands for Orchestra of Violoncellos; BACH: Pre- Berg. Szell outdoes easily all his competi- The Sea;. King Cotton; Liberty Bell; Across ludes and Fugues from The Well Tempered tion, thanks to his much better orchestra. High School Cadets; Fairest' Of The Fair; In- Clavier, (arr. Villa -Lobos). The Violoncello His interpretation is one of great poetic vincible Eagle; Corcoran Cadets; Free Lance. Society, Heitor Ville -Lobos cond. Everest The Goldman (Band, Richard Franko Goldman feeling. But the sound does not measure SDBR 3024 $5,98; Mono-LPBR 6024 $3.98. cond. Decca DL 78807 $5~98; Mono-DL up to a good stereo disc standard. it is on 8807 $3.98 Musical Interest: Not much the thin side and top-heavy. The mono- Musical Interest: For band buffs Performance: Concertante, good; Bach, phonic version ís tremendous. J. T. Performance: Sturdy strange Recording: Fair Recording: Very good Stereo Directionality: Band spread Stereo Directionality: Well spread WEISGALL: The Tenor (complete op- Stereo Death: Good Stereo Depth: Fine era). Richard 'Cassilly ,(tenor)-Gerardo; Douglas Cross (bass-baritone)-The Man- Conductor Goldman (brilliant son of a 'The members of the Violoncello Society ager; Doris Young (soprano)-Hellen,; Dor- renowned father bandmaster Edwin are all highly reputable musicians. thirty- - othy Coulter (soprano)-Young Girl: Ches- four- who gave the "Concertante" Franko Goldman) not only conducts two in number, -ter Ludgin (baritone)-Valet. Vienna State teen grand old Sousa marches, but he also its world premiere under the composer's Opera Orchestra, Herbert Grossman cond. writes interesting jacket notes. i-Ic contends direction at Town Ball last December. Sur- Westminster WST 208 2 12» $11.96; Mono- that the marches' of Sousa must rank with prisingly, the Fantasia Concertante does not OPW 1206 2 12" $9.96 the Strauss Waltzes, and that these marches, take much advantage of the cello's luxuri- truly native Americana, can be considered ant and velvety roue, but it sloes take every Musical Interest: Worthwhile the greatest music ever produced iii this advantage of its range, the most extensive Performance: Smooth and effective country. He writes [that Hindemith pro- of the orchestra stringed instruments (from Recording: Very good Stereo Directionality; Imaginative claims Sousa as the greatest American com- low C to the infinity of harmonics). To Stereo Depth: Good poser, a claim that may be argued by some, judge from this work, ex -cellist Villa -Lobos not be the Land lovers, a dis- must be fascinated with the element of but certainly i-iugo \Vcisgall (b. 19121 is partial to appearing group who can no longer compete extensive range, for he writes into his score librettos of literary substance. His last three with the inevitable tides of time that dictate a great deal of high register dissonant tex- operas have: been inspired in turn by Stt'ind- entertainment customs. ture. There are times when the "orchestra%' berg, Pirandello and Yeats, while The Gay parasols, steaming peanut-vendor sounds like anything but one of cellos, and Tenor, (1950) , which preceded these three, carts, Tutti-frutti ice-cream, straight there is little dwelling on melodic inven- is based on a play by Frank Werlekind, brimmed straws, and a good five -cent cigar, tion. A strange and difficult work to play, In the excellent adaptation by Karl Shapiro all of this has disappeared, and with it the anti a work difficult to listen to, for the and Ernst Lert the story deals with a Sunday concert in the Park, when the Sousa mind is compelled to reject what it thinks famous Wagnerian tenor, blinded by 'suc- March was as popular as today's Rock '\r the cello sounds like and must try to con- cess, hounded by women. and captive of. a Roll, But if you would remember the centrate on an apparently alien tonal re- "peened -up life, half God, half freak" "good old days," Mr. Goldman and his band sult. There are only a few moments when Essentially this is an empty shell of a ratan. will serve you well. The gentlemen play the full ensemble gives voice to the charac- with no personal identity and no strength beautifully, the heal is recorded at the teristic tone of the instrument. of character to face important decisions. march tempo that characterized Souse's The Bach transcriptions do not sound Through the figure of the Tenor the author actual. concerts. and the sound 's pretty very well rehearsed,, and despite the repu- no doubt voiced his indictment of a society good. Most band records are apt to '`fry" tation of its individual members, there are which, by setting lip a -world of artificiality in the transients when everything cuts loose, ton many moments of what sound like .in around hint, drives than into denying his and this LP is no exception. Engineering - secure Stowing, feeble attacks, and -poor in- individuality. Incidentally, 1Vedekind, a wise. Mercury with the indefatigable Fred tonation. J. T. first-rate actor, singer and cabaret enter- Fennell hits come through with what arc tainer in his own right, wrote The Tenor still the greatest band recordings to date. WALTON: Partita for Orchestra; as a play for his own use. J. T. MAHLER: Symphony No. 10. The Cleveland As a uontentporary music drama The Orchestra, George Stall cond. Epic BC 1024 Tenor TALLIS: The Lamentations of Jeremiah; $5.98; Mono -LC 3568 $4.98 ranks with the best of the American Mass for Four Voices; Motet: In iejunio et crop. The book's excellence is matched by fletu. New York Pro Musics, Noah Green- Musical Interest: Fascinating Walton the composer's keen dramatic sense and berg director. Decca DL 79404 Mono Performance: Brilliant $5.98; resourceful musical solutions. 1 -lis large -DL 9404 $4.98 Recording: Thinnish orchestra is a of Stereo Directionality: Nicely faithful mirror stage ac- Musicol Interest: For connoisseurs balanced Stereo Depth: Good tions and particularly of the hero's restless Performance: Devoted and disturbed character, Strains of "Tris- Recording; Very good Walton's Partita was commissioned by tan" are woven into the opera's texture Stereo Directionality: Reasonable the Cleveland Orchestra in celebration of very effectively to underline Gcrardn's schiz- Stereo Depth: Reasonable its 40th Anniversary, and Epic commits the ophrenic makeup. imaginative, too, is the liad it not been for the masterly double lively score to LP for the first time. Ii employment of the piano-at unexpected string orchestra Fantasia by Vaughan Wil- uimst rank among his muss accomplished and seetuirtgly random moments which, liams, the name of Thomas Tall'is 'would works. In three parts, Toccata, Pastorale nevertheless, are cunningly planned; for have meant nothing to most music lovers. Siciliana. and Cigu burlesca, Partita for this is a work that undoubtedly reveals Yet the lifetime of this great Tudor master Orchestra is light in expressive substance. many snide touches that elide the listener spanned four fifths of the 16th century and The composer explains. "My Partita poses on first exposition. Less may be said about most during of that time h,- was composing no problems, has no 'ulterior motive or the vocal writing which shares the usual and publishing music, The three church meaning heltimd it. and makes no attempt to "noblesse oblige" attitude of contemporary pieces these un discs are most impressive. ,ponder the imponderables.'" He makes- it composers itt recoiling front the very idea They have a dark quality that is apparently clear 'that he is hopeful that the Cleveland of plcasin,+, and memorable melodic phrases. characteristic. The short motet is sung sons- players will enjoy it, and that no attempt This is a smooth and well -paced perform- .berly and expressively. is done h a cap- will be made to "probe the score." Wal- ance and the seasoned cast is uniformly pelleL So are the Lamentations. wthieh are ton's brightly cheerful Toccata and the excellent. 'I he monophonic version is per- given a moving performance. in the mass, "veddy" English Giga hank a meditative fectly satisfying. while stereo will reward the singers are accompanied a by quartet Pastorale full of lovely sounds. A -graceful its listeners with illusions of stage move- of viols. These softly nasal -toned instru- work, something to whistle or hum, a score ments, ringing telephones and oft -stage ments blend beautifully -with the voices. that moves no mountai»s but simply de- noises in proper perspective-ephemeral All three works are sting in Latin and the lights you, matters to be sure, but entertaining. G. J. 52 liiF[ REvtlew M.IJ IICUNHCERT Reviewed by BEST OF THE MONTH MARTIN BOOKSPAN WARREN DeMOTTE The DGG Archive Series comes through with an exquisite gem in Mozart's Five Italian a DAVID HALL Notturni, plus sequence of movements for wind instruments-"Music, performance and recording beggar description GEORGE JELLINEK . . . 1 8th century di-awing room 'music at its loveliest;" (see p. 55) JOHN THORNTON

Westminster has an extraordinary "first" in Serge Prokofiev's super-

heated opera, The Flaming Angel-". . . Orchestral and vocal effects

are . . . . ANTHEM: Symphony No. 4 (see p. 45) spine chilling has all the earmarks of a model perform- ance. This most emphatically included the recorded sound." (see p. 56) BEETHOVEN: Sonatas No. 30 in E Ma- jor, Op. 109; No. 31 in A -flat Major, Op. 110. Dame Myra Hess (piano). Angel 35705 United Artists gives us a sample of Stokowski at his glorious best in their $4,98

recording , . Musical Interest': High of the Shostakovich First Symphony-"Opulent sound Performance: Golden fabulous conductorial control-all help to realize the ultimate . . . in Recording: Respectable the art of recording." (see p. 58) These are beautiful performances of great music. In the E Major, the themeantlvaria- tions finale is played with rare imagination and introspection. This is ideal music for the phonograph; the spell that is woven trill soon he available; in the meantime, is Biscogli, nice and close in Vivaldi. Per- would undoubtedly he disturbed in the monophonic buyers have a grill of disc formances are tip to the excellent standards concert hall. The Aflat Sonata is ,performed available. M. B. of M. Paillard's other fascinating dims for With lyricism and strength. its many moods Westminster. D. U. are reflected with consummate artistry. It BEETHOVEN: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 (see may be that these the are same recordins o. 45) BRAHMS: Two Rhepsodie, Op. 79; that once were issued here on HMV 1068; Three Intermezzi, Op. 117; Fantasias, Op. a phone call to Angel brought no clari- BISCOGLh Concerto In D Mayor for 116. Joerg Demus (piano). Westminster fication. No matter; the sound is good, if Oboe, Trumpet, and Bassoon; VIVALDI: 2 XWN 18802 $4.98 not exceptional. W. D. Piccolo Concerti-C Major (P. 79); C Major (P. 78). Pierre Pierlot, Luovic Vaillant, Paul Musical Interest: Considerable -tongs, Jean-Pierre Rampel with Jear-Morie Performance: Conscientious BEETHOVEN: Symphonies-No. I in C Le_lair Instrumental Ensemble, Jean -Francois Recording: Very good Major, Op. 21; No. 8 in F Major, Op. 98. Pa (lard cond. Westminster XWN 18834 $4.98 Philharmonic Orchestra, Otto Klemperer Demos draws a pleasing tone from the cond. Angel 35657 $4.98 musical Interest: Delightful listening piano and his playing is very sensitive in Performance: Fine lyric passages. However, it often lacks ten- Musical Interest: You bet! Recording: Bright sion to scum(' bland. There is Performance: Mostly wonderful and tends Recording: Excellent Eighteenth century composer F. Biscogli little sweep in his rendition of the Rhapso- nor to found in any standard music dies, while the Intermezzi arc delivered with Continuing his Beethoven series for is he encyclopedia; but M. Paillard has a real a satillness of expression that militates Angel, Klemperer gives us a model per- "find" in this newly discovered Concerto. against their holding the listener's interest formance of tile First Symphony and an Cast in the K.P.E. Bach style, the music for any length of time. The Op. 116 pieces appealing one of the Eighth. Here is the are not the most immediately attractive .in First, that remarkable initial symphonic ranges from the gayly jaunty to the mov- The aria" slow the Brahms catalog and Itere they say a venture by the titan of all symphonists, in ingly eloquent. "dramatic movement will stand up against anything of minimum in their own behalf. Gieseking a bold frame which clearly relates it to and Rubinstein have offered much more in the masterpieces which followed; and here its period_ The Vivaldi music flows as lightly as a this music, although neither has benefited ís the Eighth, a wonderful work of rollick- spring and pleasurable listen- from recording as realistic as that accorded ing good humor, in a presentation which breeze-easy the startling Demus. W. D. may be too strait-laced in the finale but ing; but it is amusing to note in finale of P. 79 to one which nearly everywhere else is an infec- resemblances the tious and spirited frolic. Klemperer "does of the Bach Brandenbcrg Concerti. BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 (see p. 46) bit echocy good like every conductor should" by scru- Shunt' is clear and bright --a pulously observing the repeat of the first BUXTEHUDE: Prelude and Fugue in F - movement exposition in both scores: it is sharp Minor; Canzonetta in G Major; amazing how insensitive most conductors Chorale-Fantasy-Win schiin leuchtet der All records reviewed in this column toni; Pas- arc to this indispensable repeat, without Morgenstern; Magnifica+ priori may bo played on either single speak- sacaglia in D Minor; Funeral Music on +he which the architectural structure of the speaker stereo- Death of his Father; Toccata and Fugue in other movements is all of proportion. er monophonic or two out F Major; bitten wir phonic equipment. They are 331/3 rpm Chorale-Preludes-Nun T'ne quality of the recorded sound is den heiligen Geisf; Est isi das Heil uns excellent in both instances. with subtleties records that should bo played with kommen her. Hans Heinlze (organ) with Lisa of the scoring constantly emerging. Presum- the RIAA setting. Schwarzweller (soprano). Deutsche Gram- ably stereo versions of these performances mophon Archive ARC 3115 $5.95 AucusT 1959 53 Musical Interest: Remarkable out passion, but with commanding poise. fidelity. There have recently appeared on Performance: Delectable There is little offered by this attitude cI the market several iuw LP'. r,f the, fatnilitm Recording: Elegant the 'peasant origin of the mazurka, boa then. suite of dances and now Columbia gives was a pretty extreme example of us a line modern issue of the complete score. 1 he music of Danish -born Dietrich Chopin The Orquesta do Coneicrtos de Madrid Buxtehude (16371707), when given ideal culture and sophistication. The :;greens(, is played with sen.iticity under the direction of Jesus \rámbarri has performance, is like a breath of cool Scan- dinavian spring air. There is something and feeling. The Barcarolle and tine Adleeoo provided a stunningly energetic perform- a tem- with about the uninhibited exuberance of hi's de Concert would benefit from less ance, coupled outstanding eniiticering. pered approach. The is very well Soloist. l.anga sings the sparse vocal work that is utterly captivating. Even a recording Celia \V. tone, somber piece like the Funeral Music on this engineered. D. role with unusual sweetness of Soloists in the versions Tend to disc partakes of a sweet sadness rather than i,titer coarseness, which may be more in keeping with what dour melancholy. CHOPIN: Sonatas-No. 2 in B Flat Falla hail in mind. But Longs is definitely Al any rate, I nominate, this Archite re- Minor, Op. 35; No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58. the cording as the finest single -disc representa- Paul BeduraSkodn (piano). Westminster most musical. The Orquesta de Cun- tion of Buxtelnde's music to be had. The XWN 18854 $4.98 Ciertos de Madrid sounds well drilled, with sound of the 1687 Arp Schitger organ (at some very fine woodwind playing, panic Musical Interest: High in bassoon in Stcinkirchen) is a complete joy and so arc tautly the little, ern>ic part Performance: Correct the Dante of the Corregidor. Here is an the performances by 1-lans Heintie and his Recording: Very good soprano soloist (in the Funeral Music). outetauding record in every sense of the The inclusion of Buxtehudc's greatest Pre- Once upon a time. an artist used to he word. lude and Fugue (F -sharp Minor). of the recorded it music which he played 'hest. Magnificat, and the I ssaeagiia makes ac- When he did go afield, unsuccessfully- it quisition of this recording a "must" for usually was through perversity, Today, 1 GERSHWIN: Porgy and Bess-Suite (see p. 48) anyone who aspires to a truly representative fear a lot of recording is done because library of baroque organ music. D. 11. recording techniques have become relatively GINASTERA: Estancia-Ballet Suite (see simple. This ease is leading many au un- p. 45) wary performer into an inartistic trap. CARISSIMI: Oratorios-Judicium Ex- It almost seems that Badura-Sk gds is GROFÉ: tremum; Suscitavit Dominus; Militia est Vila Grand Canyon Suite (see p. 48) Hominis. Polyphonic Chorus of Turin with out to record the entire piano literattee Soloists & Milan Angelicum Orchestra, as soon as possible. \\'hat's all the rash? HANDEL: Judas Maccabaeus (see p. 48) Aladar Janes cond. Westminster XWN 18835 Ile still is young. On more than one occa- JOSQUIiN DES Mass $4.98 sion, he has indicated that Chopin is not PRÉSz (see PALE- STRINA) his forte. Yet here he is again. with esro Musical Inferest: Specialized major Chopin compositions that base Performance: Lacks vitality LASSUS: Sacred 8, Secular Music (see p. Recording: Disappointing thrown more than a few veteran pianists. 48) Iie lws ao dif(lctilly in playing them; the Giacomo Cariesimi (1605.74). pioneer in difficulty lies in his inability to make them MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 (see p. 50) the art of adapting early- baroque to style musical experiences. Thee never take off ; church use-i.e. the Latin oratorio-has had they are earthbound interpretations. The MAHLER: Symphony No. t0 (see p: 52) precious little representation on discs (his soul of Chopin's music ,is not to he revealed masterpiece Jephie is on DGG Archive through the mere playing of tic notes set MARCELLO: Psalm ARC 3005) . Therefore it. 'is a genitive dis- down on +paper, even when done with flu- XVIII; Psalm XV. Wanda Madonna (contralto), Nino Adami appointment to have a major addition to die ency. Other ingredients are required, and (tenor). Roberto Caruano (cello) Poly- Carissimi discography fail in its proper ar- these ate with decidedly missing on this disc. phonic Chorus of Turin Milan tistic and sonic effect. The Last Judgment, & Angeiicum D. Orchestra. Aladar Janes cond. Westminster the destruction of Babylon, and the earthly XWN 18837 $4.98 struggle of human life arc the subjects COPLAND: Billy the Kid; Rodeo; El Salon represented on this disc-dramatic and Mexico (see p. 46) Musical Interest: Italian baroque noble ones all and set with music of classic specialties FALLA: Three Cornered Hat (complete dignity and feeling. But otic has to Performance: Variable struggle ballet). Celia Lange (soprano), Orquesta valiantly with the Recording: So-so imagination in order to de Conciertos de Madrid, Jesus ,Arárnbarri infer such from these timid and rhythmi- cond. Columbia ML 5358 $4.98 Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739) was re- cally flaccid performances. The thorns is too nowned equally in music and politics during distant; the strings have no bite or warnrtb; Musical Interest: Favorite Falls his lifetime, holding the post .of Papal the soloists are barely adequate to their Performance: Superlative Recording: Astonishing Chamberlain in Brescia at the lime of his task. Too bad. D. H. death. His eloquent settings of the first SO Scteral years ago London, Ansel. and Psalms (1724-7) are considered master- Urania issued versions of the score CHOPIN: Mazurkas (complete); Bar- complete works; hut only Psalm I has heretofore to Fella's Three carolle in F -sharp Major, Op. 60; Bereeuse Corneres! Nat, and at the found its stay to LP on a now deleted Vox in D -flat Major. Op. 57; Allegro de Concert time these discs set a new standard ins high disc. in A Major, Op. 46. Nadia Reisenberg Psalm XVIII on the present recording is (piano). Westminster XWN 18830/2 3 12" for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, while $4.98 each. ul Psalm XV is for contralto, cello, and or ' CORNERED FIAT Musical Interest: Medium to high chestra. Both are typical of the Italian Performance: Immaculate baroque manner at its most lushly ex- Recording: Very good pressive.;'and in Psalm XV one is made well aware of the Italianatc roots of Fiandels Chopin poured an infinite variety of strips moods into the Mazurkas. And while one Contralto Wanda Madonna is the more critic perceptively termed the little gems interesting of the taco soloists, being en- "dances of the soul," another obtusely held dowed with a curiously attractive counter- that in theta he was "a dealer in the most tenor vocal colorations most appropriate to absurd and hyperbolical extravagances." the music. Nadia Reisenberg plays these idealized Otherwise, this disc suffers from scone of folk dances with impeccable technique and the sanie unhappy faults of the. Carissiuti Her taste. tone is lovely and it is delicately oratorios reviewed above-too distant shaded and inflected. She does not seek the chorus and flaccid conducting. Psalm XV broad line in these pieces; they come out conies off 1>y far the better o! the two works as intimate and personal, somewhat with - here. D. 54 HiFr REs'riw MONTEVERDI: Madrigals (see p. 50)

MOUSSORGSKYt Pictures at an Exhi- i bition; RAVEL: Alborada del Gracioso: Pa- vane for a Dead Princess- Philippe Entremont (piano). Columbia ML 5366 $4.98 Musical interest: High Performance: Virtuosic Recording: Bright

Young Entremont ha: a flashy technique phis a high degree of musicality. He can carry a melodic line and build tension within it, His "Pictures" are colorful; lie plays them with a virtuoso flair wholly suitable to their character and he ties them together very well. In the Pavane, his play ing is lyrical and tender; in the "Alborada," ti it glitters and flashes. The sound of the piano is quite realistic. W. D.

MOZART: 5 Italian Notturni and Can- - zonetta; 4 Movements for Wind Instruments; Divertimento in B -flat for 2 Clarinets and Bassoon (K. 4396, No. 3). Margot Guil- leeume (soprano), Jeanne Deroubair (mez- zo-soprano), Hans -Olaf Hudemann (bass), Jost Michaels and Hartmut Stute (clarinets), Albert Hennige (bassoon), Rudolf iIrmisch, Hans Helmke, Karl Peppier (basset horns), I Lift" Jost Michaels cond, Deutsche Grammophon . t.. Archive ARC 3121 55.95 Musical Interest: Shear enchantment Performance: Likewise Recording: Couldn't be better ^- One of the pleasanter aspects of Mozart's . early frePllnce days in Vienna after his stormy leave of Salzburg's Archbishop. was his friendship with the family of Vienna University botany professor. Joseph von Jaequin. The professor's children were gifted musicians, and so Mozart and his friends would often join them in afternoons or evenings of garden or living room music Win your next Rolls-Royce... making. with the composer sometimes furnishing special works for the occasion. He even allowed some of the pieces to be published under the name of Gottfried von The superb $13,995.00 automobile illustrated will be awarded to the Jacquiu, youngest of the children and a fine reader of this message who listens to a Shure high fidelity Stereo bass singer-thus the somewhat belated Dynetic phonograph cartridge demonstration and best describes its addition of some of these items to the singular sound re-creation qualities (in 25 words or less). No purchase Koccltcl listings. is required. DCC has hit upon the -delectable idea of If, however, ybu are the winner and have purchased a Shure cartridge assembling on one side of this disc a half- dozen of the vocal pieces used at the Jac- (our thinly disguised motive for sponsoring this competition) you may gttin musical parties; interspersed with wind accept your automobile at the Rolls-Royce factory.Travelling expenses instrument pieces, so that we have a virtual for yourself and a friend to the British Isles and return will be period reereation-and what a wonderful defrayed by Shure Brothers, Inc-, 222 Hartrey Avenue, Evanston. Ill. and touching experience ít turns to out be! Should you win (we don't expect an overabundance of entries, so Music, performance, and recording beggar to description. The little wind divertimento your chances arc rather good) you'll probably -never have buy on the other side cones as a nice bonus. another automobile as long as you live. If you want to sample "18th century draw- Details and contest blanks available only at high fidelity inc room" music at its best and loveliest, here it _is, D. H. dealers' sl'so'v+r rooms and salons: Contest ends August 31st, 1959- OHANA: Lament For The Death Of A Bullfighter: Sarabande For Harpsichord And Orchestra. Mauricio Molho (narrator), Ber- nard Cottret (baritone), Denise Gouarne SHURE (harpsichord) with Cento Soli Orchestra and Chorus, Ataulfo Argeista cond. Omega OML high fidelity Stereo. Dynctic phonograph Chrtridge .. . 1033 $4.98 Unanimous choice of the critics. Musical Interest: Specialized Model M3D, $45.00 net ; Model M7D, $24.00 net. ._ Performance: Colorful Recording: Good

Maurice Ohana (b. 1914) is a Spanish composer, now a resident of France, whose art, somewhat similar to Manuel de Falla's. AUGUST 1959 55 gious mysticism. Renate, its central figut'e, has absorbed international currents without PALESTRINA: Mass - Assumpta est Les de Saint-Eustaehe, is obsessed by an eternal yearning for Love losing its nationalistic root?. His "Lament" Maria. Chanteurs R. P. Emile Mártin cond.; JOSQUIN DES ant for an indefinable spiritual perfection is a muáical settin? for Federico Garcia PRES: Mass-Pange lingua. Philippe Catl- which she sees in the image of a limning Lorca's impassioned elegy on the death of Isrd Vocal Ensemble, Philippe Gaillard cond. angel. though in vxt ions guises. Set against the celebrated bullfighter Ignacio Sanchez Westminster XWN 18836 $4.98 of 16th century Germany Mejias. "Lament" is made up of four the background Musical Interest: Noble liturgical music and Mephistopheles make an ap- chants, each of which is given an entirely -Faust Performance: Excellent pearance and there are some mystifying different c iaracter by its specific musical Recording: Likewise to the Inquisition on the one treatment. In the first (Cogida c Muerte) references America on the other-the story the tragedy is related by the baritone solo The refines! lyrical polyphony of Palestri- hand and ás with reality by the filmiest ist, while the chorus solemnly intones the na, Prinreps ntn.sicae of the Roman Renais- connected repeated phrase "n las cinro de la lards" sance;, reaches perhaps its apogee in his of threads. has succeeded in casting an ("At five in the afternoon"). The second .4ssampta est Maria Mass, and seldom hot; Prokoftev these strange doings chant (La sangre derramada) alternates its essence been more accurately and vitally atmosphere around nightmarish caval- spoken narration and singing solo, to an communicated than in this recording. Emile that somehow makes this curaes and mira- exciting percussion accompaniment. The Martin's singers have made smite noble. cade of demons. sorcerers, convincing. A spell of eeriness hangs spoken voice cover a highly evocative ot-- Palestrina records in the past for West- cles by orchestral chestral background) dominates the third minster (X\V;N 18693) and others, but this over the entire work, sustained part (Cuerpo presente) while the fourth seems to nix their best yet-refined without and vocal effects that are appropriately chant again confronts the chorus with the being precious. and vital without resorting spiuechilling. for whom this lutist haritone soloist, An archaic quality, rem- to emotional bad taste. Thu miking is n Conductor Brack, iniscent of medieval chants, pervades the trille distant, but not out of keeping with have been a labor of love. rates the highest strange music, and it is faithfully captured in the the "church acoustic" for which the music, praise for bringing to light this vocal inflections of the soloist' and chofus. was written. but tmdeniably masterful work and for Throughout, Argenta's authodtative hand The more directly earthy -expressive ut- presiding over such a striking performance. in its own is evident and the poem is movingly voiced terance of los,tuin des Prés (he died in lit the part of Renata, which is as Medea, Norma or by narrator Molho. Cotiret displays a rough, 1521, a few years hefore Palestrina was way as demanding an soprano almost unprofessional vocal quality which, born) receives closer nuking and perform- Isolde, amazing named Jane on occasion. heightens the emotional appeal ance to .match by the Caillard Vocal En- Rhodes appears literally out of nowhere de force is vocally and of the grief-stricken words. semble. Here is music that communicates with a tour that Xavier The Sarabande, like the Lament, dates "front 'the- heart to 'the heart.," yet makes dramatically completely absorbing. 1)epraz, Who has lucen heard previously in from 1950 and is the composer's transcrip- full use of all the subtle polyphonic tech productions. tion of his Guitar concertos slow movement niques dear to the hearts of the earl' 16th Paris disc is also excellent as strives a stately, somber and somewhat static century masters. This disc takes its place the gallant Ritpreclit who vainly 'to the of piece of music. The entire disc is well with the EMS recording of Secular Songs save the heroine front consequences engineered-save an abrupt cut-off at the: as the most vital representation on LP her insatiable yearning. (Ruprecbt may lie the symbol of mankind with its good in- end of the Sarabande. It all adds up to a records of this great master: tentions, bungling ways and essential help- program of refreshing originality, though The record as a whole offers a profoundly lessness.) familiarity with the Spanish language or moving experience and we are touch in The smaller parts are all in the hands rate singing at least a special ,predilection for Spanish Westminster's debt for its American release of first actors and the music is desirable for full enjoyment. G. J. D. H. entire performance has all the earmarks of a model presentation. Thin. most cntphati catty, includes the recorded sound. G. J. PACHELBEL: 7 Chorale-Partifas- PROKOFiEV: The Flaming Angel (com- Christus. der ist mein Leben; Alle Menschen plete opera), Jane Rhodes (soprano)-Re- müssen sterbens Heralich tut mich verlangen; nala; 'Xavier Deere: (bass)-Ruprechf' Irma RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3 Was Gott tut, ist wohl gafan; Ach, was soli Kolassi (mezzo-soprano)-The Sorceress, The (see p. 50) ich Sunder machen]; Werde minter, mein Mother Superior: Janina Collard (mezzo- RAVEL: Alborada del Gracioso; Pavane for Gemüte; Freu dick sehr, o meine Seele. soprano)-The Innkeeper: Jean Giraudeau Andre Vcssióres a Dead Princess (see MOUSSORGSKY) Robert Owen (organ & harpsichord(. West- (tenor) - Mephistopheles; The & others. Cho- minster XWN 18829 $4.98 Qbass)--Faust, 'Inquisitor Alborada Frantaise and RAVEL: del Gracioso; Mother rus of RediodiffusionTélévision Goose-Suite; Rapsodie Espagnole; Pavane Musical Interest: For baroque organ fans Orchestre du Théátre National de i'Opéra For a Dead Princes:. Cento Soli Orchestra Performance: A wee bit dry de Paris, Charles Bruck cond. Westminster of Pont,i Ataulfo Argenta cord. Omega Recording: Good 1304 3 12" $14.94 'OPW OML 1032 $4,98 I, for one, have always been singularly Musical Interest: Rewarding Performance: Excellent Musical Interoff: Famous Ravel works susceptible to the melodic charm of Johann Recordino: Excellent Performance: Skilled Pachelbcl's music; for this precursor (1653- Recording: Above average 1706) of the great Bach brought to his The Flaming Angel was the only opera organ toccatas and fugues (Overtone 8) a composed by Prokofiev during his Paris At:uulfo Argenta presumably made this singular thematic zest and rhythmic jilt. For sojourn its the Twenties, prior to his return recording with Cento Soli Orchestra of this reason, I find hint less interesting when to Russia. lt was written between 1920 and Paris sotnecs'hat before the renuurkahle working with melodies not. Itis oven. such 1923 (the dates suggested by Westminster's series of discs he did for London prier as the Lutheran chorales. The chorale- booklet are at variance with Prokofie-s's to his death. His interpretative sensitivity partitas arc treated generally in a somewhat. awls account) and remained unperformed 's clearly evident in this 'Omega release bur florid figuration style and snake pleasant during the composer's lifetime. he simply is not conducting 1.Orchestre enough listening; -but one of the special All of this makes the recording even de la Suisse Ronande, and an orchestra features of this first complete recording is more welcome. The Flaming Angel is a of "100 Soloists" does not necessarily mean that Mr. Owen alternates between his product of the "lyrical" side of Prokoficv's a great ensemble. The principal players are modern classic organ (at Christ Church, peraonality, in contrast to the satirical in- good enough but the ensemble dynamics Bronxville, N. Y.) and harpsichord when spiration which produced The lour Foe are shallow' and so .is the entire recording playing variations in each individual piece. Three Oranges, his best known operatic from the viewpoint of sound.

I'll confess, T find it disturbing, and would work (1919) . The score has llttle in com- The Pavane is straight forward, Rapsodie prefer that he stick to one instrument or mon with the experimental adventures of Espagnol is dynamically on too small a the other throughout the whole of each other lsíukofiev works of this period --it scale; "Mother Goose" emerges as the best work. is lavishly orchestrated, elTussively written effort of all because of the excellent first The performances arc done with loving and abounds its weird and fascinating_ har- chair players. The sound is quite good but care, hut the general effect is just a trifle monic colors. too close. J. T. dry. Recorded sound is close and very The story, based on a novel by the Rus- clean. D. H. sian poet Rrussov, is routed its vague reli- RAVEL: Piano Concerto (see p. S1 ) 56 1IiFi REVIEW o SCARLATTI: Harpsichord Sonatas - Vol. 23 (L. 261-D Major; L. 283-F Major; L. 233-G Major; L. 223-A Minor; L. Supp. 21-F Major; L. Supp. 5-C Major; L. 229- 2 -flat; L. 187-F Minor; L. 353-C Major¡ L. 245-A Minor; L. 421-D Minor; L. 361 -0 Major). Fernando Valenti. Westminster "Picture on the Wall"` XWN 18826 $4.98

Musical Interest: Top Scarlafti & Valenti Performance: Fine and dandy Recording: Just right TELEVISION And still they come!-the dynamic, pas- sionate, colorful little harpsichord sonatas YOURS of Domenico Scarlatti (1685.1757-born the came veer as Bach and Handel) as re- corded for Westminster by Fernando Val- WITH NEW enti. Aker Volume 23. only 279 sonatas are left to go before completion of this immense project. Iiappily, this set is one of the fittest of gPEdWOOd the series from every standpoint-a fine variety of pieces, dancelike (L. 261, L. 233, L.. S. S. L. 229). solemn (L. 187), passion- daVinei ate (L. 283). Thoc who know Tomntasini's Good humored Ladies Pallet based on Scar - huff sonatas will recognize at: old friend in the last piece on the record, L. 361. Valenti plays with his accustomed rhyth- mic 'ilynamism; and we arc happy to say that it is stitch less aurally fatiguing titan usual, thanks to e better -than -usual record- You've dreamed of "picture on the wall television". It's.yours now with ing job by Westminster, D. H. the new Fleetwood da Vinci . .. the set designed for custom installation D. SCARLATTI: Tefide in Sciro (almost ... designed to be framed, as a picture, in a frame just right for your complete opera). Adriana Mart(no (so- decor. Fleetwood's new slim design lets a bookcase give a perfect "built - prano)-Thetis; Giuliano Ferrein (ibass)- Lycomedes; Wonde Madonna (controlto)- iii" appearance without actually building in. Deidemie; Luciano Pio-Fumogolli (soprano) -Antiope; Carlo Franaini (tenor)-Achilles; Revolutionary new 21 -inch* Fleetwood picture tube has non -glare Valerio Meucci (baritone)-Ulysses. Angeli- safety glass laminated to tube face. Picture is brighter, viewing angle is cum Orchestra of Milan, Aladar Janes cond. Westminster OPW 1305 3 12" $14.94 wider, reflections are virtually eliminated. Wide batid pass and excellent Musical interest: Historical circuitry ... with no manufacturing shortcuts ... gives picture detail Performance: Good that allows you to see an individual eyelash on a pretty girl. Recording: Bright, sometimes over - resonant The Fleetwood da Vinci is available in two models. Model 900-a two As a composer of operas Domenico Scar- chassis system that features the lazy luxury of full electronic remote ]atti was completely overs tadowed by the enormous stature of his father. Alessandro. control, and Model 910-with self contained controls. retitle in Sciro, one of l)omenico's dozen 'Diagonal measure. or so stage works, was only recently dis- covered in manuscript form by Padre Ter- enaio Zardini, who not only revised and THE gPEE& TOOd eta Vinci edited it but also completed the only miss- ing part-the finale of Act 111. The opera's BU LT -I N BEAUTY first modern performance (October 21, 1958) took place at the Angelicum on the THAT BELONGS bieeutenary of the composer's death. uti- lizing the identical cast, conductor and or- chestra employed for this recording. See it at your As a musicological discovery Tetide ifs. hi fi Sciro is of considerable interest for it sheds light on a relatively unknown side dealer .: . of Scarlatti's -genius. it is not an important you'll work per se, but rather a typical early want it in product of the Neapolitan school-charac- terized by longish seceo recitatives, da capo your home.. arias of sound craftsmanship but no ex- traordinary distinction, infrequent use of vocal ensemble and the total absence of clients. The most impressive elements are the inventive harmonic turns and the vig- orous string writing, though the effective- ness of isolated ensembles-such as the Write for name of dealer nearest you. finales of Act 1 and II-and the bravura aria 'T lontano ii mio tormento' -witlt its virtuoso violin obbligato indicate consider- TELEVISION able originality within the bounds of the PE4L W-OO CUSTOM formalized Neapolitan concept. Inc. - Dept. Z Glendora, California The opera deals with a mythological Crafted by Conroe, AUGUST 1959 57 episode involving Thetis and her son still remains. despite its "age." as one of part, often gay, sometimes nobly somber Achilles ih the days 'prior to the siege ` hostakovich's finest, masterpieces. (as in the slow movement of the Cello Con- of Troy. -\s drama it is. I am afraid, a Stokowski's tempo is deliberate in the certo), and always elegañtly polished. crashing bore and the ''helpful" paragraph opening of the Symphony, which makes -for The Flute Concerto with its lively finale offered by Westminster as historical back- magui:irent, articulation and he leads the and the Sitsfotia are apparently first re- ground is a tour de force in obscuration. Symphony of the Air in a titanic account cordings. Performances by ensemble and Fortunately the complete text in both hal- of the second section. and an absolutely, soloists arc neat, if not blazingly inspired. ian and English (with omitted portions overwhelming fourth movement. Stokowski Recorded sound is pleasing to the ear. clearly indicated) is also included, a wel- has always been one to conduct with great D. II. come device other producers should copy. - imagination, which can he both an asset The performance. on the whole. is very and a glaring fault. in this intereely ro- TELEMANN: Trumpet Concerto in D good, showing evident care in preparation mantic Symphony his tendency to exploit Major for Strings and Continuo; Trumpet and skillful tlay'iitg of the instrumental sound brings about an absolutely hair- Concerto in D Major for Trumpet, 2 Oboes, passages. In the capable singing cast Val- raising atmosphere of revolt. Stokow-ki has and Continuo; Quartet in GMajor for Flute, Oboe, Violin, and Continuo: Quartet in G erio Meucci tilay- be, singled out for his disappointed in the past on other labels Major for Recorder, Oboe, Violin, and Con- effort to impart dramatic urgency to the directing orchestras which were simply not tinuo. Adold Scherbaum with the Hamburg demands. figure of Ulysses. The others are generally up to meeting his Not since the Bac Orchestra, Robert Stehli cond.: Corn- content with .singing the word, with reason- days ...shell he was the darling of Phila- erota Instrumental° Hamburg. Deutsche able expertness. delphia has be made a recording of such Grammophon Archive 3119 $5.95 Westminster's sound is remarkably bright splendiferous sets sd. My advice ís to buy and full. but excessive reverberaiion gives this disc, barricade the door, disconnect Musical Interest: A charmer it a lárger-than-life quality. The singers are the phone and turn the volume up. If your Performance: Lovely Recording: Likewise very closely mikcd. and as a result extreme hi-fi can take it you'll experience an awe- clarity is achieved at the expense of a some thrill. It will he, worth it even if the f have generally found George Philipp natural stage-:utdiencc proportion. There neighbors do throw you in tremen- jail..\ Tclemann (1681-1767). Bach's highly suc- arc some bad splicings on sides 5 and 6. dous recording! T. J. cessful contemporary, pretty dull going; but :rod frequent. instances of pre -echo. but this disc is most certainly the exception! nothing seriously disturbing. in sum, a SOUSA: Marches (see p. 52) its contents most certainly may not be pro- creditable and worthwhile effort, but defi- found, but they are certainly fresh and zest- nitely specialized in interest. G. J. R. STRAUSS: Don Juan, Op. 20; Death ful-in mach the saute manner as works and -Transfiguration, Op. 24; WAGNER: like Handel's IVater Music. SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No. 2 Siegfried Idyll. The New York Philharmonic, (see p. 51) Bruno Walter cond. Columbia ML 5338 The solo trumpeter does splendidly, $4.98 especially with the cruelly difficult rlarino

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. I in style writing for U -trumpet in the second of F Major, Op. 10; Prelude in E=flat Minor Musical Inferesf: Much the two concertos. Intriguing, too, is the revfortndnce: Authoritative (arr. Stokowski); Entr'acte From "Lady Mac- contrast between the bland sound óf flute beth of Mzensk." Symphony the Recording: Very good of Air, Leo- in the first G Major Quartet and the pert, pold Stokowski cond. United Artists 7004 sound of the recorder in this $4.98 These performances were taped well be- birdlike sec- fore the heart attack that interrupted Brcno ond. A lovely disc, beautifully recorded. Musical Interest: Great Shostakovich \Valter's recording of- the Mahler Second D. H. Performance: Stokowski at his best Symphony. \Vhilc the Strauss works are re - Recording: Deserves a medal VILLA -LOBOS: Bachianas Brasíleiras pressings of ML 4650, the Wagner has No. 4 and No. 7. Orchestre de la Radio - The Symphony never been, released. Nor will any part of the .fir has not sounded of diffusion Franeaise, Heitor Villa -Lobos cond. like this since the days of the late Arturo this program he released in stereo, for such Angel 35674 $4.98 Toscanini when it. was known as the NBC a version does not exist. Symphony. For the first, time in many a The contrast between the tenderness of Musical Interest: Solid architectural writing month Stokowski has been given a virtuoso the "1411:' and the passionate extrava- Performance: Superior in every way instrument to conduct and has accomplished gances of the two tone poems is striking. Recording: The same what may he the greatest LP he has ever Walter is completely at home in Loth. His made. United Artists, a newcomer to the reading of the Siegfried Idyll has grace Angel's third 'release of the music of classical field. has cone up with a miracle and benign warmth. His "Don" is impetu- \'ills -Lobos virtually finishes the Bachianas of. engineering to produce a recording that ous, mature and yearning. Death and Trans- Brasileiras series. Only Nos. 1 and 3 arc take can place with the finest nticrogrooves figuration is given a broadly lyric state- needed to make the works complete on in the catalog. Opulent sound, ment, full of fervor and a tremendous positive feeling the Angel label., The first, a lovely and discipline. fabulous of ultimate triumph. conductorial control, Columbia's engineers fascinating score for eight celli and No. 3, all help to realize the ultimate in what we have made the sound seem more modern for piano and orchestra, should appear constantly seek in the art. of recording- than it ís-a decided asset to three fine soon. superb performance, coupled with interpretations. great. W. D. Of the hems on the present disc, No. 4 engineering so that nothing is left to is the most appealing to this writer, who chance. it is all there, a dramatic score that TALLIS: Lamentations of Jeremiah, etc. (see considers it and the No. 5 as- the two most p. 521; outstanding contributions to the Bachinnas , STOKOWSKI - series f an opinion that will probably change TARTINI: Flufe Concerto in G Major; the moment there is time enough to con- Cello Concerto in A Major; Violin Concerto / centrate closely on the others). The orches- 7 in D Minor; Sinfonie in D Major. Auréle S-HOSTAKOVICH Nicole-, Enrico Meinardi, Wolfgang Schnei- tration, typical of Villa -Lobos, focuses on derhan with the Lucerne Festival Strings. suing color, with occasional and expertly SYMPHONY 1 Rudolf -Baumgartner cond. Deutsche Gram- written brass and wind parts. Both com- mophon Archive ARC 3117 $5.95 bine strongly nationalistic Brazilian idiom with quasi-Bachian device, the character- Musical Interest: For connoisseurs istic common Performance: Polished denominator of all these Recording: OK suites. Performance and recording are up to Angel's best standard. J. T. Here is an excellent cross-section from the creative tvork.of Italian violin virtuoso. VILLA-LOBOS:Fantasia Concertente (see p. composer, and ncotstician Giuseppe Tartini 52) (1692.1770), whom most of us associate VIVALDI: Concerto Grosso in D Minor, solely with the famous Devil's Trill Violin Op. 3, No, It; Flute Concerto in D Major, Sonata. The style is lyrical for the most Op. 10, No. 3 ("Bullfinch"): Concerto "for 58 HrFr REV/JEW Strings in A Major (P. 235); Bassoon Con- certo in E Minor (P. 137); Sinfonia in B Minor (P, Sint. 21) ("Al Santo Sepulcro"). Wol'tgang Schneiderhan and Rudolf Baum- gartner (violins). Claude Stuck (cello). André Jounct (flute) Rudolf Kleoa (bes. if it's worth recording, soon) with Lucerne Fesiiival Strings, Rudolf Baumgartner cond. Deutsche Grammophon Archive ARC 3116 $5.95

Musical Interest: For Vivaldians it's worth putting on Performance: Variable Recording: OK

All of these Vivaldi senses can be had ill AUDIOTAPE ! niher recorded versions; but there i= much to he said for a coupling such as this, fea- turing a variety of Vivaldi scorings instead of everything for the same .instrumental combination. All the works are topdrawer of their kind and give the lie 'very effec- tively to those who may complain of the "sameness" of Vivaldi. The performances here range from good (the

VIVALDI: Piccolo Concerti (see BISCOGLI)

WALTON: Partite (see p.52) =AT

WEISGAILL: The Tenor (see p. 52) I t

ZIANI: II Sepolcro-Oratorio. Luciano Pio-Fumagolli (soprano), Lours Zanini (mez- A tape recording is no better than the tape used to make za-soprano), Aldo Bertocci (tenor) with it. You can't get first-class sound from second-class Milan Angelicum Orchestra. Bruno Moderna tape. When you buy Audiotape, you know you're getting cond. Westminster XWN 19838 $4.98 the truly professional quality recording tape . . no matter which of the eight types you choose. Remember, Musical Interest: Surprising there's only one ,Audiotape quality -the finest obtainable Performance: Vital anywhere. And this single quality standard is consis- Recording: Will do tent within each reel, uniform from reel to reel, type to type. It's your assurance of getting all the sounds - .ti from the tuba's lows to the highest Marcantonio Ziani (1653-1715) spout highs. most of iris later professional life at the "BLOOD AND THUNDER CLASSICS" Here's a sound spectacular Austrian Court as. vice-Kapellureister. Re- that will appeal to every lover of fine music - stirring selections from sides his church music, he wrote sonic 4S the world's greatest classics, professionally recorded on a 7" reel of Audiotape. Available, operas. His oratorio, 11 Sepolcro (1680), stereo or monaural, in a money -saving offer you can't afford to pass up. Ask your tape deafer for the details. was originally performed as a dramatic piece in the St. Moisc Church of Venice, with marionettes miming the roles and Manufactured by AUDIO DEVICES, INC. _ singers offstage. The musical style is 444 Madison Ave.. New York 22, New York astonishingly "Vivaldian" (Vivaldi would Offices in Hollywood 8 Chicago rIMor have been about 5 years old at the time of rct the, premiere)-full of the brilliance and motor energy we normally associate with the younger master. There is also highly effective use of dissonant suspensions at Now you keep a copies of HIFI dramatic high points. One senses indeed YOUR COPIES OF can year's REVIEW in a rich -looking leatherette file that the influence of Claudio Monteverdi, that makes It easy to locate any issue for who died in Venice in 1643, is still very ready reference. much alive in pages of this music, notably Specially designed for HIFI REVIEW: the opening recitative for Mary that follows HiFi this handy file-with Its distinctive, wash- able Icivar cover and 16 -carat gold leaf the Sinfonia. lettering-not only looks good but keeps All told, Ibis record makes for very in- ARE VALUABLE every issue neat, clean and orderly, teresting listening, thanks in no small So don't risk tearing and soiling your cop- measure to the excellence of Maderna's ies of RIF( REVIEW-always a ready baton work. The soloists sing with com- source of valuable information. Order several of these HIF1 REVIEW volume municative vitality, too. The record sound files today. They are $2.50 each, postpaid is a trifle boxy and the violins a bit steely, -3 for $7.00, or 6 for 813.00. Satisfaction money back. but this is a minor fault when gauged guaranteed, or your against the over-all merit of this release. Order direct from: Let's hope far more of Mr. Maderna's Keep them neat .. JESSE JONES BOX CORP. work on records-for example, a complete clean ready for performance in stereo of Luigi Dollapic- ... Dept. HF, Box 5120, Philadelphia 41, Pa. cola's 20th century opera -masterpiece 11 instant reference! (Established 1842) Prigioniero ("The Prisoner"). D. II. 59 AUGUST 1959 he refused 1300 for a 60 .e year old recording!

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REDHEAD (Albert Hague -Dorothy HIGH NOON CHA CHA CHA-Si Performance: Glossy Fields). Original Cast recordingwith Gwen Zentner and his Dance Band. High Noon; Recording: Good Verdon, Richard Kiley, Leonard Stone, Cyn- Baile Panchita; Sonny Boy: Cha Cha Cha - Stereo Directionality: Broad thia Latham, Doris Rich & others, with Chorus moo: Bye, Bye Blackbird; Cecelia; Harbor Stereo Depth: Fine and Orchestra, Jay Blackton cond. RCA Lights; Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise; This tape originated ir. the Webster Hall Victor FPS,233 $13.95 Coma No; Mr. Sandman. Bel Canto STB 47 $9.95 recording locale used by RCA Victor in Musical Interest: Undistinguished New York and offers interesting contrast Performance: It's all Gwen Musical Interest: For cha-cha-cha chaos to the tight' sound of Redhead. reviewed Recording: Performance: Energetic Tight above. Maybe Webster Hall 'is good for big Stereo Directionality: Ping -porgy Recording: Tops swinging dance bands; for this one sounds Stereo Dep+h: Little Stereo Directionality: Good Stereo Depth: Very good fine, even though the arrangements of a There is little need to add to the percep- half -dozen good old standards are rather on tive remarks made by EIFR reviewer Stan- If you have joined the legions who enjoy the slicked up side. This is fine stuff for ley Green (May, '59, p. BB) regarding the cha -cha -elm, you'll want this tape. Zentner Saturday night dancing in the rumpus room. has a musical aspects of Redhead as revealed well disciplined ensemble here, and D. H'. the on RCA Victor's disc release. There's no arrangements are both cleverly written doubt that the irrepressible Gwen Verdon and well performed. The sound is crisp, spatial, carries the whole show from start to finish; and the beat exactly right. But what on the old 4 -Track 71/2, ips As for stereo, there's no question about earth,is ballad "Sonny Boy" here? the added vividness it gives to show albums, doing However, most who dance to especially in dialogue -repartee and in give- it here won't remember the Al Jolson masterpiece, nor care. Time Marches On, LEON BIBS SINGS FOLK SONGS and-take choruses; but a little more actual with Chorus & Olson and so does cha -cha -elm. One of Bel Canto's Orchestra, Milt cond. motion and stage business would have been Sinner Man; East Virginia; Turtle Dove; better stereo issues that will provide fine most welcome, especially as the tight acous- Rocks And Gravel; Look Over Yonder; Take Saturday evening of the tics of RCA Victor's New York Studio A entertainment for This Hammer; Irene & 6 others. Stereophonic whole gang. J. tend to destroy pretty much any semblance T. Music Society S 14 -+rack 71/ ips $7.95 of stage illusion. The recording represents Musical Interest: Variable about the best that can he done under such LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON-THE Performance: A trifle genteel unfavorable circumstances. D. H. THREE SUNS. Let Me Call You Sweetheart; Recording: Generally good The Very Thought Of You; Lover's BougLet; Stereo Directionality: Clear-cut Love In The Afternoon; Love; How Deep Is Stereo Depth: Good FRAN-FRAN LACEY SINGS, with Or- The Ocean. RCA Victor APS 210 $4.95 chestra, Hugh Simon cond. Beautiful Friend- The contents here are apparently identi- ship; When Your Lover Has Gone: Breezing Musical Interest: Tuneful pops cal with those on Vanguard's stereo disc Performance: Wowl Along With The Breeze.; You Do Something VSD 2012, which sells at $5.95. Clearly if To Me; Lonesome Road; I'm Through With Recording: Super stereo tape in this new 4.track 71/2 ips Love: The Song Is Ended; Easy Street. Bel Stereo Directionality: Superduper format can stay within S2 of stereo disc Canto STB 44 $9.95 Stereo Depth: Mmmmmmm competition offering the same material gm/ Musical Interest: Varied The Three Suns have added to their back- proVide the extra measure of top quality for Performance: A good try ing this effort two violins, cello, bass, sound, then the chances of a pre-recorded Recording: Fine guitar, and a mandolin. Arrangements are tape renaiss;ince for 1959-60 look good Stereo Directionality: Satisfactory slickly brilliant, the heat will set your pulse indeed. Stereo Depth; Also and foot to tapping, and the musicianship Most of Mr. Bibh's repertoire I learned the way. Fran Lacey is Mrs. Les Menus, who lives perfect all If the violins some- in my 'teens from recordings and live per- times sob a bit too. much, it's a minor fault with her bushand and family in a Los formances by the redoubtable Huddle Led- in a great little tape that shows why the \ngeles suburb, and who aspired to a sing- better ("Lcadbclly"). Anyone who has Three Suns are responsible for some of the * ing career during her high-school days. Herfriends heard these Leadbelly originals (most. df best you can introduced her to Russ Molloy; find anywhere of this kind of them available on Folkways LPs) will executive vice-president of Bel Canto, and utusicmaking. The sound is close, full - cringe at the way Mr, Bibb and his col- gutted, and sharply wangled an audition. There followed this etched. J. T. laborators have diluted the raw blood, guts, tape. Fran has a pleasant voice all right, and soil of magnificent chain gang work but the voice is obviously untrained. She LOVE IS A SWINGIN' WORD-Sid songs like Take This Hammer and Look doesn't wobblé, nor slide off pitch, but she Ramin and His Orchestra. The Lady's In Over Yonder. On the other hand, he makes Is has yet to learn how ro put over a song by Love: Love A Simple Thing; Love Is Here a quite pleasing business out of the more To Stay: I Can't Give You Anything But dwelling on the right words and the right purely lyrical items like East Virginia and Love; Love Letters; Love Is The Sweetest notes at the right time. There is no plastici- Poor Loleue. Unhappily, there is a fair Thing. RCA Victor APS 202 $4.95 ty to her voice, and all the numbers suffer amount of gimmickry apparent in both ar- from an amateurish approach. To throw a Musical Interest: For dancers rangements and use of echo chamber, so nice person like this into the rough-and- that it boils down to minor league Bela- uunble ring of pop song competition with- fonte. is clear and spacious, out more experience is a questionable busi- tapes reviewed here are 2-traék, 717 Recording quality range. A ness in more ways than one. She has the ips, unless otherwise noted. for the most part-very wide voice all right, but no real technique. J. T. couple of the tracks show heavy back - AUGUST 1959 61 ground noise and the tts'e of the double- Performance: Vigorous ba-ss ín rather reverberant surroundings Recording: Loud! tends to nudely up the accompaniment tex- Stereo Directionatiry: Yup Stereo tures in several numbers. D. N. Depth: OK Hawaiian like poi, is T sup- HARMONICA SPECTACULAR -fea- pose, an ac mired taste. "\Tuff said. The turing Alan Black & Orchestra. For You: My recording is one of the loudest I have ever Melancholy Baby; Ole Buttermilk Sky; Blue - heard on tape; but so is what SAES has tail Ply & 7 others. Stereophonic Music So- piled onto its Harmonica Spectacular and WAYS 'S 71/2 ciety 5 4 -track fps $7.95 Twelve Songs from Great Films reels. This

Hawaiian flits set 5 (Ili.above E Musical Interest: So-so registered at least To NoY Performance: Bright- the normal level used by RCA Victor Recording.: Loud on its 2 -track tapes. So it was -no surprise TNE Stereo Directionality: Yes indeed to me when I detected "leakage" of bass Stereo Depth: OK k from one track to the other on both this and the "Harmonica" tape. R.oBE.RTS More ;old old standards, plus a famous It's perfectly true that 4 -track 71/2 ips.as r folktnne (1Jhretail Flrl-all done ins de- terminedly bright-but not especially orig- a tape medium needs a bit of "selling" to } inal-style with harmonica adamantly to convince buyess of its equal merit to con- ( ventional 2 -track stereo; but piling this the right and accompaniment mostly to the left. D. II. much level on is not the .way- to do it! HAWAIIAN HiTS starring Kani-uela All we need is nice, clean -sounding, well ó= and His South Sea Islanders. Cockeyed May- recorded tapes, with interesting program 0 or Of IKaunakoi; Aloha Oe; Hilo Ralbe; material. If the 4 -track tape boys can give 0 0 o Drifting And Dreaming & S others. Stereo- us this with the sable aliment of nnusic on phonic Music Society S 3 4 -track 71V2 sips each real as a stereo disc and at a price $7.95 not ton far out of line, then they'll "have Musical interest; Hawaiian compone it made." D. II.

t-C- Bargain tape tie-ins .oo BLOOD AND THUNDER CLASSICS- recording tape-all -four a total outlay of TCHAIKOVSKY: Russian Dance from Nut- $8.00. cracker Suite; SiBELIUS: Finlandia (excerpt); The teapsulde comments do justice to FALLA: Dance of Terror & Ritual Fire Dance neither the good nor had points of these from El Amor Brujo; BRAHMS: Fourth Sym- phony (excerpt from Finale); KHACHATU- tapes. except to mulct line the generally very high -quality jazz dispensed on the two HOW TAPE RIAN; Saber Dance from Gayle; STRAVIN- SKY: Infernal Dance & Finale from Fireb-rdi Sosnuicraft reels by veteran jazzmen Cole- EQUIPMENT SERVES BEETHOVEN: Ninth Symphony (excerpts man Hawkins, "Red" Allen, and their varied MANY AUDIO NEEDS from finale). UnidenKf ed Symphony Or- cohorts. The Dixieland fare is somewhat chestra, Chorus & Soloists. Audio Devices, modernized 7n treatment. but full of pep, Inc. SI plus purchase price of two 7" reels 22 are discussed in new vim, and vigor. as well as remarkable lyrical of Type 1.251 Audiotape. Rot-efts booklet flexibility. The recorded sound is just a hit Roberts Electronics Inc. has prepared tight and lacking its brilliance. but the this 20 page booklet to demonstrate DIXIELAND JAMFEST featuring Cole- stereo -sorties are nicely manages), with the the wide versatility and high quality re man Hawkins (tenor sax), "Red" Allen (trum- "pine-pong" give-and-take emerging from production of monaural and stereo tape pet), J. C. Higginbotham (trombone). Sol between the two speakers rather than from equipment. Eight ways to record live or Yaged (clarinet), Lou Stein (piano), Mill extreme opposite ends of the listening area. from broadcasts and to dub or copy from (bass), Cozy Cole (drums). Hinton Behle The result ís a sense of Nice ensemble co- disks and tapes are discussed, including the Hymn Of The Republic; Frunk'+e And Johnny; hesion. correct tray to tape stereo broadcasts When The Saints Go Merching Irrt & 4 others. Reeves $I plus bluets the same liotds true for use lyri- .)41 Also included in this Informative bookie Soundcraft Corp. purchase two cal "swing" that distinguishes the "Sweet are ten methods to play back through price of 7" reels of Reeves Soundcraft Ta oe. Moods" reel. "Red" Allen and "Chubby" ' high level and low level external ampli fier/speakers in both monaural and stereo Jackson really shine here. The studio acous- s Suggestions are given for the use of tape tics are more spacious than in the Dixieland SWEET MOODS OF JAZZ IN STEREO equipment to "dub in" vocal or instrumen set and the stereo lure effective thereby. featuring Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax), Earl dt' tat accompaniment by mixing and multiple Our review copy, though, was troubled by 1,, recording. Warren (clarinet), "Red" Allen (trumpet), Marty Napoleon (piano), "Chubby" Jackson background noise.. The booklet treats with the general use and (bass), George Wattling (drums). Mean To Audio Devices' mood cud Thunder Clas- care of tape equipment and instructions for Me; Stormy Weather; Sleepytime Gal; Sum- sics pre.etsts something more of a problem tape splicing, microphone placement and re mertime & 3 others. Reeves Soundcraft Corp. for review, inasmuch as this writer doesn't cording procedure'. A complete index and bib $1 plus purchase and mail exchange of 7" liography are included. care munch for bits and pieces hacked from reel of Reeves SoundcraftTape. concert hall classics. Before you buy a tape recorder, you will want to The, performance_ here arc worknmanlike. read this valuable booklet, "22 Ways to Enjoy the Musical Interest: The jazz has it Roberts." For your copy, just fill out and mail Performance: 'The jazzmen win again if nos wholly inspired. The sound in the the coupon below. Recording: Fair to good Sibelius, I3rahms. and Stravinsky is big- Stereo Directionality: Appropriate with plenty of depth and spread, a welcome Stereo Depth: Adequate ROBERTS ELECTRONICS INC. relief from "pin,-pong" stereo. The Beetho- N. 1045 Sycamore, Los Angeles-3B, Calif, Dept. B ) If you rake $3.50 as the going retail list ven "Ninth" excerpts suffer from a too - Please send me a copy of "22 Ways to Enjoy the I price for a 7 -melt reel of top quality blank distant chorus (sopranos arc all too evident, Roberts." recording tape, then it seems pretty obvious basses mostly lost). To be utterly candid,

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ADDRESS Devices and Reeves Sounderaft arc sonic - a deal with one of ale major independent thing of a bargain-close to 30 minutes of recording companies for tape sampler ma- CITY ZONE STATE___ pre-recorded stereo classics jazz. in artists Enclose IOc ?stamps, cash) for handling & postage and ends, terial featuring major "name" and together with a reel of high quality blank orchestras. Better luck next lime! D. H. 62 IIIiI REVIEW Stereo Enfertahnnent

Jazz, Pops, Stage and Screen BEST OF THE MONTH

Columbia's soundtrack highlights from the Porgy and Bess film comes Reviewed by through in some of the best theater stereo yet-'Robert' McFerrin's im- RALPH J. GLEASON pressive, well -controlled baritone invests Porgy with great dignity and

inner strength. . . The been STANLEY GREEN stereo effects have accomplished with unfailing good taste." (see p. 40) NAT HENTOFF Riverside has a real winner in Everybody Digs Bill Evans-"one of the

JAZZ best piano jazz LPs of the year . . . with some of the most effective

drumming on record by ['hilly Joe Jones . . . a definite must." (see JAZZ SAHARA-Ahmed Abdul -Malik p. 65) (oud and bass), Johnny Griffin (tenor saxo- phone), Nairn Karacand (violin), Jack Gha- Verve adds something extra speciall to the Porgy and Bess literature naim (kanoon), Mike Hamway (darabeka), Bilal Abdurrahman (duf: tambourine), Al with their 2 -disc Louis Armstrong -Ella Fitzgerald album-"an Ella and Harewood (drums). Ya Armes (Oh, People); Ismo's (Listen); El Harris (Anxious); Farah Louis show . . . one of their best. . . Russell Garcia has provided 'Aluiyna (Joy Upon Us). Riverside RLP 1121 sensitive throughout." (see -p. 72) 55.95 accompaniment Musical Interest: Absorbing eastern "cry." ile does not, however, seem been relatively stimulating. hot this comes Performance: Excellent to have absorbed much of the rhythmic or too close to 13 -picture background stuff to Recording: One of their best musical atrentiou, Despite Stereo Directionality: Good harmonic languanc of the other players. He wan -ant serious Sfereo Depth: Very convincing is clearly a stylistic outsider, however much the title, this jnngle, as Duke Ellington he may sound emotionally in tune with the once pin it, ís air-conditioned. This is the first attempt on record to my proceedings. There are a few quasi -authentic touches, knowledge to combine music of the Middle This set, then, is just a beginning and especially in those numbers with a poly - East with jazz. 1 he leader, Ahmed Abdul - an intriguing one. It's worth having, in any rhythmic percussion base; but, for the most Malik, appropriately doubles on string bass case, for the long passages of straight part, the orchestrations are safely com- and oud (Arabian lute). He also wrote Middle Eastern "jamming:." It's too bad mercial and slickly eclectic. Featured solo- and arranged all the music. Born in Brook- that Riverside couldn't get Dizzy Gillespie ist is Plus Johnson on tenor saxophone and lyn, he is Sudanese in descent, and for as the jazz guest because Dizzy has traveled alto flute. He swings warmly, but he doesn't years has played various forms of Middle ín some of the Middle Eastern countries, sound like any jungle explorer either. Good Eastern music on recordings, at dances, etc. and has been interested enough in some of background music for a very large party. His jazz career has included experience the music to bring some home and study N. H. with several combos, most notably that of it. Besides he is a more creative improviser Thelonious Monk. AhrlulMalik has been than Griffin. N.14, YOU'RE GETTING TO BE A HABIT trying for a long time to convert musicians WITH ME featuring RUBY BRAFF and his and recording companies to his belief that LES BAXTER'S JUNGLE JAZZ-Les trumpet. Someday Sweetheart; Swing That in this East-West fusion, many more chal- Baxter and orchestras. Rein Forest; Isle Of Music: Lazy; if Dreams Come True 6 others. & 9 Capitol lenging roads to improvisation %rill be Cuba; Voodoo Dreams others. Stere-O-Craft RCS 507 $5.98 opened to jazzmen. ST 1184 $4.98 Broad One album is hardly enough to prove his Musical Interest: Musical Interest: Tarzan goes to town Performance` Excellent point, but it is of special value, not only Performance: Good Recording: Excellent because its title, but because the presence Recording: First-rate Stereo Directionality: Good of jazzmen Johnny Griffin may lend some Stereo Directionality: Tasteful Stereo Depth: OK jazz listeners to their first hearing of the Stereo Depth: Excellent rhythmically hypnotic. plangently multi- Brafi manages to connnunicate better Jungle Jazz is another example of Les colored music of the Middle East. than many of his contemporaries of any Baxter's commercial exotica. Some have are warm, Malik has assembled a superb group of school. All his performances is that. experts its this idiom, including a violinist lyric and moving and this LP all of the who really wails, as she jazzmen say. The It swings too, which is a help and inclusion of Griffin on the first. three is the All records reviewed in this column as sound is line. Not a trend -setting album, main focus of fusion. Despite what the stereo must be played on stereophonic 1 but one that is delightful to play. R. J. G. notes say, the fourth track on which Griffin equipment. They CAN NOT be does not play, seems to use to have little played on old style monophonic (sin- STEREOPHONIC SUITE FOR TWO jazz to it. Griffin's contribution is, in a gle speaker) equipment without per- BANDS-'LES BROWN BAND and VIC he sense, superimposed; but when does manently damaging the record. Play SCHOEN BAND. Ballet In Brass: Four Score appear, he improvises in almost a chanting And Seven; 109 Station Road; The Sorcerer at 331/2 rpm with the RIAA setting. way and Isis jazz "cry" is not at all emo- And The Latin; Oh Those Martian Blues; Pipe tionally out of context with the middle- Dreams; The fire And The Flame; The Aucttsr 1959 63 STEREO II1SC MISCELLANY MORE NEW 1TEMS'RATED AT A GLANCE

Title Musical Perform- Stereo Stereo Interest ante Direction - Depth Score POPS STOPPERS-Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler cond. J JJJJ JJJJ JINNI 15 Jalousie; Ritual Fire Dance J. 6 others. RCA Victor LSC 2270 55.98 FIESTA-Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Carmen Dragon cond. JJ JJJJ JJJJ JJJJ 14 La Palonia, La Golondrina; Granada & 8 others. Capitol SP 8335 55.98 INVITATION TO THE DANCE-Capitol Symphony, Carmen Dragon cond. JJ JJJJ JJJ JJJJ 14 Polka !ram Bartered Bride; Amaryllis 8 7 others. Capitol SP 8466 $5.98 DAVID OISTRAKH ENCORES-wi'th Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) JJJ JJJJ JJJJ JJJ 14 Clair do Lune; Valse Scherzo & 7 others. Angel Stereo 35354 $5.98 NOCTURNE-Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Carmen Dragon cond. JJJJ JJJ JJJ 12 Grieg: Nocturne; Massenet: Elegie & 8 others. Capitol SP 8363 $5.98 STARLIGHT WALTZES-Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Felix Slatkin cond. JJJ JJJ JJJ JJJ 12 Rosenkovalier Waltzes; Skoters Woltz & 4 others. Capitol SP 8456 $5.98 THE BELOVED CHORUSES-Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Philadelphia Or- chestra, Eugene Ormandy cond JJJ JJJ JJJ JJ 11 Sheep May Safely Graze; Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring & 7 others. Columbia MS 6058 55.98 CLA1R DE LUNE-Raymond Lewenthal (piano) _ JJJ JJ JJ JJJ 11 Clair de Lune; Liebestraum No. 2 & 10 others, Westminster Stereo WST 14053 $5.98 INVITATION TO THE WALTZ- Orchestra, Rene Leibowitz cond. - J J JJJ J 11 Weber: Invitation to the Dance; Sibelius: Valse Tritte 8 4 others. Westminster WST 14025 $5.98

I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU-David Allen with Orchestra J'J JJJ JJJ JJ 10 Soon; Heart And Soul & 10 others. Warner Bros. WS 1268 $4.98 LIFE IN VIENNA-Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe cond. JJJ J JJ JJ 10 Suppe: Morning, Noon & Might in Vienna; .1. Strauss SwRodetzky March & 5 others. Capitol SG 7167 $5.98 MANHATTAN SPIRITUAL-Reg Owen & his Orchestra J- JJ J 9 lullaby Of Birdiand; Car Hop 8 10 others. Palette SPZ 1001 $4.98 VIENNESE WALTZES-Jo Basile, His Accordion & Orchestra J J. JJ JJ 9 Core Mozart; Waltz Dream; Glowworm & 9 others. Audio Fidelity AFSD 5868 $6.95 LET'S ALL SING WITH RED FOLEY-Anita Kerr Singers with Owen Bradley & Orchestra J JJ JJ 8 Smiles; I Wont A Girl; Sleepy Time Gal & 9 others. Decco DL 78847 55.98 THE AMBASSADORS GET TOGETHER-The Ambassadors (organ & piano) JJ JJ J 7 Whispering; Why Was I Born & 6 others. Jubilee SOUP $4.98 THE CADET CHAPEL CHOIR OF WEST POINT-John A. Davis cond. JJ JJ JJ J 7 Sing Praises; Glory Now Tc Thee & 11 others. Vox STVX 425.590 $4.98 SMART AND CONTINENTAL-Dick Smart & Orchestra JJ J J JJ 7 Ill Be Yours; Auiutññ Leaves; Beyond The Sea & 9 others, Everest SDBR 1027 $5.98 THE HEAVENLY TOUCH OF ASSUNTA-Assunta (piano) with Orchestra, Andy Sannella cónd. J-J JJ J J 6 The Continental; Laura; Tenderly & 9 -others. Everest SDBR 1030 55.98

Musical Interest, Excellent IIIJ Pleasing 'Fair I Dull Performance, Superb I Good I Adequate I I Disoppoinljng Stereo Direction, Tasteful or " I Adequate ! Exaggeroled I I Poor Stereo Depth: Oujstanding. o, of of Good Fair I Minimal

64. nib REVIEW Strange And Stirring Romance Of The In- THE FIRST JAZZ PIANO QUARTET ebriated Owl And The Insubordinate Teacup; -Morris Nanion, Moe Wechsler, Beanie Symphonie Pour L'Orcheslre American. Kapp Leighton, Iry Joseph (pianos), Al Hall KD-7003-S $11.96; Mono-KDL 7003 $9.96 (bass), Os'ie Johnson (drums). Thou Swell; April In Paris: Love For Sale & 15 others, If YOU Musical Interest: First of its kind Warner Brothers WS 1274 $4,98 Performance: Professional Recording: Flawless Musical Interest: Slick Stereo Directionality: Wide wide screen Performance: Deft EARS Stereo Depth: Surprisingly shallow Recording: Clear Stereo Directionality: Excellent This ambitious effort upon the parts of Stereo Depth: First-rate Vic Schoen and Lee Brown carries to a aaoasMau logical conclusion the satirical cartoons Stereo is especially apt for hie or four, about stereo-two bands and two conduc- piano recordings, and much of the fun for me in listening to this record was in follow- tors with a built-in "hole -in -the -middle." the Schoen has written some new hectic shill ing "chancel crossings." All four pian- POCd'fTB00K especially for this enviable opportunity. The istS are fluent, but the shallow nature of the two well -separated brass 'sections afford an arrangements give them little opportu- nity to rise above what is a very rinparalleled chance for a :stereo joust. Sur- essentially background prisingly enough, some of it conies off taste- workmanlike blueprint for music. There are some improvised fully, as witness Oh, Those AMnrtion Blues briskly but the framework -is restrict- where call and response are the order of solos, basic the day. Though the music may not get ing. In time, polish without- substance be- comes tiresome. a special award. it ism good start toward what may eventually become compositions scored for stereo. In the mono disc version, THE BUD FREEMAN GROUP'- Bud the impact is obviously lost and it sounds Freeman (tenor saxophone), George Wet - for all the world like something out of the fling (drums), Dick Cary (piano), Al Hall (bass). Rosalie; Sue & 9 hey -day of Sauter-Fiautegan or even a Hanid' Sweet watered-down Kenton. O. P. F. others- Stere-O-Craft RTN 103 $5.98 Musical Interest; Substantial Performance: Bud keeps his verve BIX MCMLIX-Dick Cathcart (trum- Recording: Good pet) with orchestra directed by Warren Stereo Directionality: Well spread Barker: Mississippi Mud; Sfngin' The Blues; Stereo Depth: Good for a quartet I'm Corning Virginia & 9 others. Warner Brothers WS 1275 $4.98 But Freeman, now in his early fifties. has lost none of his warmth and zest for play- ERIE Musical interest: Mostly for Cathcart in Performance: Cathcart's fine ing. He remains instantly identifiable Recording: Very full tone and style, and he still improvises with I -S FOR YOU Stereo Directionality; Well done lucid imagination. 1 -lis support is steady Stereo Depth: Tasteful and sympathetic, with Dick Cary playing several pleasantly unhurried solos and with Dick. Cathcart is a nicely satisfying Wettling and -fall keeping full trine. An- swing -Dixieland trumpeter, who is current- i other horn might have made the proceed- ly heard in the background for NBC -TV's ings more stimulating, but the album is still Pete Kelly's Blues. He has excellent tone, worth bearing for the case, assurance and warmth, improvises singing lines, and in perennial high musical spirits of the leader. some ways does back memories of bring fix N. H. 13eidcrbecke in the brassy clarity of his sotind. Warner Brothers has unwisely sur- rounded him-except for four quartet sides THE FOUR BROTHERS SOUND lea - -with too large a band (including strings) luring JIMMY GIUFFRE. Four Brothers; Come Rain Or Come Shine: Memphis in when Cathcart's economic, inlormal way of June & 6 others. Atlantic SD $598 playing is best highlighted in small combos. The added instruments only blur the back- Musical Interest: Moderate New single -element grounds, especially when the writing for Performance: Good Recording: Good dietn is as unimaginative as Warren Bar- Stereo Directionality: OK stereophonic cartridge ker's is here. Cathcar plays well through- Stereo Depth: Likewise out. N. H: Giuffre will make his murk not as a by ERIE 'tenor soloist. but as a writer; however, if he e EVERYBODY DIGS BILL EVANS fea- insists on tricking up his compositions Fits any standard tone arm turing the BILL EVANS TRIO. Minority; (here he plays all four sax parts himself Simply .plug it in ....adapter is included Night And Day: Tenoerly; What Is There via multiple taping), he may succeed in To Say & 6 others. Riverside RLP 1 129 $5.95 Dual stylii... diamond -sapphire or is an drowning even diem. This extraordi- sapphire -sapphire. Musical Interest: Exceptional narily chill LP, proving once again that Performance; Outstanding to 16,000 cycles multiplying something four times (o at Frequency response: 20 Recording: Good doesn't necessarily make it any better. Tracking force: 5-6 grams Stereo Directionality: Good all) to Stereo Depth: Good It is a major disappointment from start 20 DB channel separation finish, thin and incomplete. R. J. G. This is one of the best piano jazz LPs of 0.5v. output, each channel the year. with brilliant, sizzling mudern IN PRICE... HIGHEST FIDELITY BLUES WITH A KICK-BOBBY HACK- LOW jazz solo work by Evans and with sonic of ETT (trumpet), Dave McKenna (piano), the most exceptional drumming on record Johnny Giuffrida ;(bass), Joe Porcaro For literature and name of your local by Philly Joe Jones. Stereo helps you bear (drums), Nick Tagg (piano and Hammond ERIE Distributor, write to: Jones better and grasp what a remarkable organ), Mill Hinton (bass). Harry Brewer drummer he is. Evans is certainly one of and Phil Kraus (percussion), nine violins, two the most interesting pianists to emerge in violas, two cellos. Sugar Blues; Limehouse ERIE Electronics Distributor Division Blues; Bye & 9 others. Capitol jazz in several years. This LP is a definite Bye Blues 4\ERIE RESISTOR CORPORATION must for anyone interested in modern jazz. ST 1172 $4.98 Erie. Pennsylvania R.J.G. Musical Interest: Mostly for Bobby AUGUST 1959 65 Performance: Who needs the strings? Than Springtime & 8 others. Capitol ST 1166 only 15s for this Recording; Good $4.98 Stereo Directionality: Very good Stereo Depth: Convincing Musical Interest; Big band Iaa authoritative guide Performance; Slick This is a prototypical example of how Recording: Good to building to waste men and money. In addition to Stereo Directionality: A bit exaggerated Hackett's regular quarrel, Stan Applebaum Stereo Depth; Good an conducts a full orchestra with extra rhythm. While not the best óf -the Kenton bands, Applebaum. his orchestra, and his arrenee- v4 this one dill boasts a good trumpeter in , meats ate -wholly superfluous. Bobby plays Sheldon and his solos are the hest on inexpensive Jack beautifully with his usual care for melodic the LP. The band doesn't swing, except in improvisation and with supple control. Left that peculiar Kentonian manner, and the record alone -with his own rhythm section, Bobby program offers show tunes With emphasis on would .have produced a fine album, The, pastel shading of ballads. H. J. G. library! strings, however-, get in the way and the writing for the strings, moreover, ís square, reprinted from THE MOST MINOR-THE JOHN LA thereby coming into constant conflict with HiFi REVIEW PORTA QUARTET-John LaPorte (alto sax- (lobby's tasteful simplicity, If it were pos- ophone), Jack Reilly (piano), Dick Carter sible to remove the Applebaum contingent can build a record library (bass), Charles Perry (drums). Decided: Now-you entirely by closing off one channel, the Diction; Frenesi & 7 others. Everest SDBR of hi-fi classics fróm the steadily record could be recommended. N. H. 1037 $5,98; Mono-LPBR 5037 $3.98 growing catalogue of $1.98 releases! Musical Interest: Mixed GONGS EAST! featuring the CHICO half a dozen big record Performance: Strident LaPorte More than HAMILTON QUINTET. Beyond The Blue Recording: Good companies are re -issuing great per- Horizon; I Gave -My Love A Cherry: Long Stereo Directionality: Skillful Ago; Passion Flower & 6 others. formances on the new $1.98 labels. Warner Stereo 'Depth: Acceptable Bros. WS 1271 $4.98 You can have a guide to the best of LaPorte is an well Musical Interest` Limited John exceptionally these for 1U-by ordering this reprint none- Performance: Spiritless trained musician and teacher who of a recent article in HiFi REVIEW. Recording: Excellent theless is not an important jazz soloist. He Complete with catalogue number, art- Stereo Directionality: Good improvises with intelligence and n careful ist, orchestra and conductor informa- Stereo Depth: Good sense of structure, but his lone, particular- ly on up -tempos, is unpleasantly strident. This is tion-it's a fabulous guide to building the new Hamilton group, the lat- Furthermore, his work lacks that irresisti- est of several and the performances are up a high fidelity library of basic ble emotional impact of the hest j solo- a with what was simply not in class he ists. His writirng ranges from the techni- classics! doing originally. The tunes themselves are cally facile and emotionally shallow to oc- fine, hat there is now a lack of spark about casional statements that arc both moving In addition, HiFi REVIEW's Music the hand that makes this album quite dull. and imaginative. An example of the Inner Editor, David Hall, gives you the R. G. J is The Most Minor, the best original and background of the $1.98. market . , the hest performance in the album. ART FORD'S PARTY FOR MARTY- evaluates the discs being offered at For the rest, there is substantial playing Marty Holmes (tenor saxophone) and uni- the this price . , . pinpoints the future of dentified octette. Pepper Pot; Love Walked by rhythm section and consistently tasteful high -quality, low -price records. In; Maybe Soon & 9 others. Jubilee SDJLP solos by bassist Dick Carter. One 1099 $5.98 would think that a musician who knows If you've been thinking of starting a as much about reed instruments as LaPorte Musical Interest: Mild could do something about his tone. Since Performance: Competent record collection or adding to the one this is a well -integrated quartet, the stereo you Recording: Clear and alive have-this reprint is your best Stereo Directionality: Intelligent version is preferable. N. II. guide! Order your copy today-sim- Stereo Depth: Acceptable ply mail 15C JUMPIN' AT THE LEFT BANIK featur- in coin or stamps with Despite hyperbole in the liner notes, this the coupon below. ing vocal stylings by the JOHN LA SALLE But the supply is is an ordinary session in which trumpeter QUARTET. Let There Be Love; Out Of This limited, so order.now! Burt Collins is the only striking soloist. World; Just In Time; The Witch Song & 8 .f he leader plays barely adequate jazz tenor, others. Capitol ST 1176 $4,98 r and his arrangements, while Unpretentious, Musical Interest: Pleasant entertainment arc far from 'mimicry inventive. The me- HiFi REVIEW I-I 89 Performance: Spirited dium and up -tempo tracks are the more in- Recording: Good Box 1778R vigorating. The ballads tend to limp. N. H. Stereo Directionality: OK Church Street Station Stereo Depth: Adequate I DIG CHICKS! featuring the JONAH New York 8, N. Y. JONES QUARTET. Tangerine; Cecilia; This is a sort of silly record with frothy Chlo-e; Judy & 8 others. Capitol ST 1193 vocals by a pseudo -,modern jazz quartet. Please rush my copy of the HiFi RE- $4.98 The accompaniment is good, the sound is VIEW reprint on building a library line and the whole thing is in good spirits. of Musical Interest: Swinging pop Ynu can play it withóut annoyance, but 51.98 records. I enclose 15/ to cover Performance: Scintillating real reason to at all. postage and handling. Recording: Excellent -there's no play it Stereo Directionality: Good R.J.G. Stereo Depth: Good LOU LEVY PLAYS BABY GRAND Name I'll take this unpretentious, swinging JAZZ. Little Girl; Undecided; Lover Mon; melodic LP over ,many a jazz album douc I've Found A New Baby: Sleepy Serenade With sombre seriousness. Jonah just plays & 7 others. Jubilee SDJLP 1101 $5.98 the tune and nwlltgs it; when Ito sings he's Musical Interest: Modern jazz piano Address a lot like Nat. Cole and at all times, he's Performance: thoroughly Good eujopahlc. R. J. G. Recording: Good Stereo Directionality: OK City Zone. State THE STAGE DOOR SWINGS featur- Stereo Depth: OK ing the STAN KENTON ORCHESTRA. The

J Party's Over; Bali Ho'i; I Love Paris: Younger Levy is a good jazz liianist with feeling, 66 IltiFt "REvWw a basic swing and occasionally fascinating OUT OF THE BLUE featuring BLUE STEREO or MONAURAL ideas. He gets a chance to develop them MITCHELL. It Could Happen To You; on this LP and the result is pleasant, some- Missing You; When The Saints Go Marching times even really moving jazz. The drum- In & 3 others. Riverside RLP 1131 $5.95 RECORD ALBUMS mer is Gus Johnson and the bass player, Musical Interest: Good modern jail Max Bennett and both help a good deal. Performance: Spirited AT BIG DISCOUNTS R. J. G. Recording: Good Stereo Directionality: Good EVERY FAMOUS LABEL INCLUDED! Stereo Depth OK Popular; DOWN TO EARTH THE RAMSEY Shows, Jail, Symphonic LEWIS TRIO FROM THE Mitchell is a Mile Davis -type trumpet Save by malt on famous Brands such as PLAYS MUSIC RCA, COLUMBIA, CAPITOL, DECCA Etc. SOIL-Ramsey Lewis (piano), El Dee Young player who is definitely of the second rank Shop from Your home for any label and (bass), Red Holt (drums). John Henry; (as of now, at any rate), but still has pro- save! Not a club! No minimum purchase requirements! Suzanne; Decisions & 7 others. Mercury SR duced a very good LP with some excellent 80029 $5.95; Mono-MG 36150 $3.98 tenor by Benny Colson piano LIST PRICE YOUR PRICE solos and $1.98 $1.79 Musical Interest: An improvement solos by Wynton Kelly. The most fascinat- Performance: Virile ing track is a modern version of When The $3.98 $2.98 Recording: Very powerful Saints Go Marching In, which makes it into $4.98 - $3.79 Stereo Directionality: Good a spiritual again. R. J. G. $5.98 $4.59 Stereo Depth: Fine for a trio $6.95 $5.49 This is a real -trio, not just a pianist with RED NICHOLS & THE FIVE PENNIES ON LiST PRICES NOT SHOWN, TAKE 25% DTI! rhythm backing, and the stereo version AT MARiNELAND - Red Nichols (trum- Everything Guaranteed First Quality: makes that point quite clear. The album pet), Gene Plummer (piano), Pete Beilmann Never Played! Factory Sealed! Money quickly refunded Al not 100% as represents a decided change horn previous ('trombone) Bill Wood (clarinet), Rollie Cul- represented here! ver (drums), Joe Rushton (bass saxophone). Ramsey Lewis sets released by Argo. The Special Introductory Offer'- former "gentle -men of jan" have never Fidgety Feet; Carolina In The Morning; My Inspiration & 12 others. Capitol ST 1163 before been as emotionally outgoing on THIS AD IS WORTH $1 $4.92 On anyorder or S10 or more, deduct record. in fact, they're trying to be con- an additional $1.00 eft the !Mel discount prices when you enclitic (hi. spicuously earthy-hence the title of the Musical Interest: Shallow coupon. DEPT HF. album and the egregiously corny cover of a Performance: Proficient C,..-.. hand with a pile of fresh earth. The change Recording: Crisp Stereo Directionality: First-rate ORDER by sending us title, artist. recor I in temperament is certainly for the better, company, list price and discount price for Stereo Depth: Good since the trio cotnnntnicate% with ,more force each album you want. Add nu postage for 1st album, IOC each additional album. than before and occasionally with welcome Recorded at a live performance at Ma- Check or Money Order IN FULL must ac- rineland near Los Angeles, this le a charae- company nay order, No C.O.D.'s. Quick good lillnlor, Service! Icristic Red Nichols session-spirited but Some of the "earthiness," however. sounds IF YOU WISH, senil 25C for 200 page illus- a little contrived as if Lewis were hitting rhythmically stiff. Bass saxophonist Joe trated catalog and order blanks. 254 re- funded with 1st order. the keys hard just to prove he can. There Rushton is a warm, flrtid, personal soloist, are also touches of merely rhetorical play- the best of this hand, but he just doesn't DISCOUNT MUSIC & SOUND CO. ing. by which I mean that the content llave enough solo space. The record as a Dept. HF, Box 995 Newark 1, N. J. doesn't always measure up to the flourishes whole has little jazz significance, in that with which these performances are pro- the other soloists are not major jazzmen duced. and the over-all effect is one of slick for- An Announcement By and large, this is an enjoyable album mula rather than spontaneous emotion. to the Readers of that indicates Lewis will be especially worth N. H. hearing when he finds his own middle wáy HI -Fl REVIEW between the former overemphasis on gentle- CHET RAKER INTRODUCES JOHN- For those who are lovers of Stereo there ness and the current overshoveling of earth. NY PACE-Johnny Pace (vocals), Chef now exists an opportunity to cash in on the Choice of repertory is unwise in that a Baker (trumpet) and unidentified flute and Stereo boom by tying In with a most exciting and successful direct -to -consumer Stereo mer- sizable part of the album consists of folk rhythm. The Way You Look Tonight; What chandising plan. Is Yesterdays & 7 Riv- tunes-not the best possible jazz material There To Soy; others. Every 10 to '20 years a product and sales unless transmuted with unusual sensitivity erside RIP 1130 $5.95; Mono-RLP 12-292 plan sweeps across the nation. Those who $4.98 seize the opportunity reap the rewards, while and individuality-as John Benson Brooks others stand on the sidelines regretfully, won- has done. I also fail to see the point of Musical Interest: Moderate dering, "Why didn't I get in on that?" Performance: Professional The Stereo -flex Home Theater is now mak- treating Sometimes I Feel Like a Mother- ing sales history from coast to coast. How- less Child as a finger -snapping jazz tune. Recording: Close and clear ever, there are still ground floor opportunities I also wonder what Lewis's rhapsodic in- Stereo Directionality: OK for Home Dealers and exclusive Territory Stereo Depth: Acceptable Distributors, terpretation of the folk tune, Suzanne, has Home Dealers operate right out of their own to do with jazz. What the Ramsey Lewis Riverside has an odd pench;int for Lis= homes, conduct StereoPlex Home Theaters a undistinguished singers. few evenings a week on a part time basis. trio does best is We Blue It, a relaxed covering Johuuy The Company supplies everything-a complete three-way improvisation that is neither Pace was scouted for Riverside by Chet Stereo -Plea Home Theater Kit-Theater Pro- Baker; and though lie certainly sings bet- grams, Tickets and a full one and a half hour polite nor piledriving. N. H. Stereo-Plex Home Theater on special records. ter than Baker himself, he is not. distinc- Home Dealers can earn a second income up- wards of a month out of their tive enough for a whole LP. Pace is also $200 to $goo FOURBUTTON DIXIE featuring MAT- homes and have fun doing It in this exciting River- TY MATLOCK and the Paducah Patrol. more of a singer Ulan such previous and revolutionary sales program. Sweet Georgia Brown; Mama's Gone, side hopefuls as Abbey Lincoln and Marty The Territory Distributor controls an entire Good- territory --ail sales made in that area go bye; When Buddha Smiles; Hard Hearted Bell. tic has a pleasingly open, warm style through him. Certain areas are still open for Hannah & 8 others. Warner Bros. WS 1280 and is certainly a more tasteful pop vocalist territory distributorships. Distributor must $4.98 have good business background and $6,000 to than most who 'Hake the hits. But there $12,000 in cash for inventory and show room. Musical Interest: Dixie only are, I think. scores of youngsters who sing The stereophonic phonograph manufactured Performance: Mechanical with a similar degree of professional com- by us is regarded as the Cadillac in the field and can be purchased only through this mer- Recording: Excellent petence. There is as yet no unique quality chandising plan. Stereo Directionality: Good to make one remember the Pace style or Write us al once and we will send you full Stereo Depth: Good sound. The accompaniment is very good details. Be sure to specify whether you are interested in the Home Dealer Opportunity or For definition of Hollywood dixie, ace with Maker showing in his own trumpet Exclusive Territory Distributor Opportunity. We Pete phrasing how Pace might turn Into a looser will forward complete Information by return this LP or the Kelly's Blues TV show. mail. This is the least valid jazz performed today; and more inventive. singer. N. H. Write: Dept. S -S a sterile. mechanical reprise of old tunes, STEREO-PLEX MFO. CO: 8295 Sunset Blvd. played over and over. sound The musicians DANCE, DANCE, DANCE featuring Los Angeles 46, California bored, as well they might. R. J. G. DON REDMAN and All Stars. If I Had My AUGUST 1959 67 STEREO DISC IiISCELL.ANY MORE NEW ITEMS' RATED ATA GLANCE

Musical Perform- Stereo Stereo Title Interest once Direction Depth Scare

CAESAR PLAYS= Caesar Giovanníní (pianist) JJ JJJ JJJJ JJJ 12 Begin The Beguine; All The Things You Are; Malaguena & 10 others. Concert -Disc CS 40 $6.95 SOPHISTICATED PIPES with Don Baker (organist) J J JJJ J J'J JJJJ 12 Street Scene; Belle Of The Ball; Our Waltz & 5 others. Capitol ST 1171 54.98 DANCE AND STAY YOUNG with David Carroll and, His Orchestra JJ JJJ JJJ JJJ "11

I Can Dream Con't I; love letters In The Sand; Hey Rube & 9 others. Mercury SR 60027 $5.95 OPERA FOR ORCHESTRA IN STEREO with Vienna State Opera Orch., Sy Shaffer cond. JJ JJ JJJ JJJ lo Carmen; Foust; Tales of Hoffmann. Westminster WST 14056 $5.98

AND STILL I LOVE YOU-John Glegg and His Orchestra J JJ J J JJJ 9 A Cup Of Coffee; When Winter Comes A-Callin'; All Through The Night & 9 others. RCA Victor LSP 1916 55.98 GIRLS WERE MADE TO TAKE CARE OF BOYS with Reg Owen and His Orchestra JJ J JJJ JJ 9 Trust In Me; As Time Goes By; Time For No One & 9 others. RCA Victor LSP 1908 $5.98 FAVORITE SHOW TUNES-Vol. 2 with The Sorkin Strings J J JJJ J J J 8' Comin' Through The Rye; Sophisticated Lady; Bye Bye Blues'& 7 others. Concert -Disc CS 38 56.95 LEROY LEWIS PLAYS ORGAN MAGIC JJ JJ JJ JJ 8 Bye Bye Blues; Ebb Tide; Manhattan; Easy To Love & 8 others. Jubilee SDJLP 1103 $5.98 MUSIC FOR HI -Fl LOVERS with Hal Otis and His Orchestra JJ JJ JJ JJ 8 Around The World; So In Love; On The Alomo; Snowfall & 8 others. Westminster WST 15035 55.98

SAY IT WITH FLOWERS with Ronald Binge and His Orchestra J JJ JJJ JJ 8 Say It With Flowers; To A Wild Rose; We'll Gather lilacs & 10 others. RCA Victor LSP 1890 $5.98

THE GIRL IS YOU-THE BOY IS ME with Carlo Savína and His Orchestra JJ J JJ JJ 7 You're My Everything; Am I In love; Cross Your Heart & 9 others. RCA Victor LSP 1913 $5.98 VIENNA SO GAY with Hans Carste and His Orchestra JJ JJ J'J J 7 Music of Emmetich Kalman. Decca DL 78810 55.98 ACCORDION REVERIES with Vincent Geraci J JJ J J 5 I Love You; Reverie; Magic Is The Moonlight; If You Go &6 others. Concert -Disc CS 38 56.95

PAGAN LOVE SONG with Billy Ward and His Orchestra and Chorus J JJ J J 5 Pagan Love Song; Trade Winds; Hurricane; Aloha Oe & 8 others. Liberty LST 7113 $4.98 RUSSIAN FIREWORKS with "101" Strings and ;Russland Chorus J J J JJ 5 Valgo Boatmen; Sabre Dánce; Meadowland and 2 others. Stereo -Fidelity SF 8500 52.98

VIVA with The Caballeros _ J J J JJ 5 Collection of authentic Mexicañ_folk music and ballads. Hi -Fi Record R 816 55.95

STEEL DRUMS with native performers J J J J 4 Zulu Chant; la Paloma; Jungle Cho Cha Cha; Spur Dance 6 6 others. HiFi Record R 817 $5.95

Musical Intorasti Excellent J J J J Pleasing J J J Fair J J Dull ' J Performance: Superb JJJJ Good J J J Adequate J J DFsappoinling J Stereo Direction: Tasteful J J J J Adequate J ef f Exaggerated J J Poor J Stereo Depth+ Oufstánding J J .J J Good J J Y Fair ,it J Minimal J

68 HITI RI;vllrw Way; My Gal Sal: Star Dreams; Why Didn't LP brings out the hest things about the what's so special about 17 & 8 others. Urania USD 2001 $5.95 Shearing group and makes it sound finer Musical Interest: Broad than it has on records in a long while. Performance: Excellent There are some fine swinging moments Recording: Good with Armando l'erara and one of the hest VITAVOX? Stereo Directionality: Adequate things about the LP is the inclusion of Stereo Depth: Adequate some of the old Shearing favorites, Oddly This is a big swing band with a host of enough, the cover photo is of another Shear- topnotch personalities in it and it sounds ing group entirely. R. J. G. very good indeed; nothing earth -shaking, hut pleasant and rhythmic. The solos arc THEY MET AT THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE featuring THE TROMBONES, INC. good and so is the ensemble. R. J. G. Dues Blues; Soft Winds; Lassus Trombone; Made fn England Old Devil Moon & 7 others. Warner Bros. L)/ Vitarox, Lrd-. SAXES IN STEREO - SONNY ROL- WS 1272 $4.98 LINS-BENNY GOLSON Sonny Rollins - Musical Interest: Limited (tenor saxophone), Sonny Clark (piano), Performance: Slick Percy Heath (bass), Roy Haynes (drums). Sound craftsmanship! In a Recording: Excellent Benny Golson (tenor saxophone), Kenny world of mass production Stereo Directionality: Good Dorham (trumpet), J. J. Johnson (trom- and competition by price Stereo Depth; Good bone), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Cham- there is, fortunately, still bers (bass), Max IRoach (drums). Mangoes; Too many trombones is the trouble here. room for the individually -made Cutie; Toot, Toot, Tootsie; Just Ile Time; Out The product is ín sound, no assembled craftsman end monotonous product. In the field of Of The Past: Reunion, Venetian Breeze. Riv- matter how the arrangers toil. Two groups erside RLP 1124 $5.95 sound reproduction, Vitavox of trombonists, one from the East and one loudspeakers are renowned Musical Interest: Moderate from the West Coast, are presented and for just these characteris- Performance: Less than. their best .there arc numerous good solos. particular- tics and are prized by the Recording: Spotty ly on the Eastern side. However, if you do purchaser who places qual- Stereo Directionality: Good buy this LP. it's easier to take in small ity of performance and con- Stereo Depth: ¡Poor for Rollins doses than all at once. R: J. G. struction above other con- The DÚ120 The first four numbers on Side 1 are siderations. Duplex Coaxial Full Range front the previously released monophonic Loudspeaker is a fine exam- Rollins album, The Sound of Sonny (RLP POPS ple of modern audio crafts- 12-241). The three Colson tracks are from manship. monophonic Colson set, The Modern the SING TO ME OF LOVE-Vicki Bengt Teach (RL.P 12.256). Both =were recordctl A lull raft Cc nl Vitavox speakers are avail- (vocals) with orchestra. A Shade Of Blue; able to. »reel indtvidnoi needs-at leading in 1957. Neither album displayed the best Love Me; That's All & 9 Others. Liberty Ili-Ff spccial1Sts. of Rollins or Golson. The Rollins stereo is LST 7103 $4.98 the more disappointing because of had en- Musical interest: Supper clubbish ERCONA CORPORATION gineering which makes him sound as if he Performance: Planned intimacy (t;lectronic nivtxton) liad been recorded in a barrel. He other- Recording: Good 16 W. 46 St., Dept. 40, New York 36, N. Y. wise gets solid rhythm section support, and Stereo Directionality: Tasteful occasionally plays well in bursts of inven- Stereo Depth: Well done tion, but this group of Rollins performances Paris -born Miss Bengt is icy way of being w OJR +:3tioe is hardly indispensable. a &=sense In that she talk -sings most of her The recording balance on the Golson is O .N O MIL" songs. She has a competently trained voice TIt s better. and offers (two interesting writing and her carefully intimate style isn't too and one by Gigi Gryce) /_ originals by Golson oppressive, despite occasional exaggeration, The playing is competent with fine rhythm The album is not memorable musically, but Why fór ordinary section support, but all the ltornnten have' -settle it's professional and may well appeal to THE tape when Sonoramic played better ott other discs, N. II. lonely bachelors with liv¿ly imaginations. gives you so many N. Ii. exclusive extras- RUGOLO PLAYS KENTON featuring CASE brilliant reproduction, the PETE RUGOLO ORCHESTRA. Eager THE LES BROWN STORY featuring permanent plastic Beaver; Minor Riff; Artistry In Rhythm; the LES BROWN BAND OF RENOWN. FOR container, 3 -way Thome To The West & 8 others. Mercury Sentimental Journey; Midnight Sun: Sophis- indexing system SR 80014 $5.95; Mono-MG 36143 $3.98 ticated Swing; Leap Frog & 8 others. Cap- With pressure itol ST 1174 $4.98 BETTER sensitive labels Musical Interest: Moderate and Vslot self Performance: Slick Musical Interest: Good dance music (J N D threading Selection Recording: Excellent Performance: Slick SO Finder reel. Stereo Directionality: Good Recording; Excellent Stereo Depth: Good Stereo Directionality' Good Stereo Depth: Good Oddly enough, ít is a lot easier to listen to Pete Rugolo's own versions of the tunes A reprise of some of the historic record- I?? redone ín Ili -fn stereo and he wrote with Stan Kenton than to listen ings by Brown, dr, n,tt fur. py2. ,Cuas to the Kenton originals. Rugolo is softer, including solos by Donn Trenner (piano) more lyric and generally more pleasant. and Dick Collins (trumpet). Although thin The stereo in this set is considerably su- and unvirile as jai this is fine for dancing perior to the. monophonic. R. J. G. and/or listening and sometimes becomes very pleasant, R. J. G. i, OM s List MItC1Ot1% coo,:, SHEARING ON STAGE! featuring the LISTEN TO THE QUIET-Joe Bushkin QUINTET. I GEORGE SHEARING September (piano) with orchestra conducted by Kenyon In The Rain: Caravan; I'll Remember April Hopkins. Two Sleepy People; The Party's & 6 others. Capitol ST 1187 $4.98 Over; Good Night Sweetheart & 9 others. Musical Interest: Best of Shearing Capitol ST 1165 $4.98 FREE Tape.tIme íttlef;Gives you.. Performances On location footage and recording time on reel. Write Dept. Interest: Background music Recording: Good Musical 1160[ Performance: Inoffensive Stereo Directionality: OK Recording: Very good % 4nn.cz.iuco Stereo Depth: OK / NEW JERSEY Stereo Directionality: Intelligent Ia Ñ Írl LODI, Because ít was recorded at a concert, this Stereo Depth: Excellent 69 AUGUST 1959 Joe Bushkin, who was duce an easily terial is laudable, hut I doubt if he's dis- cwin_ieg jasa pianist, has chosen the 1)111511 covered a new Stardust here. Most of the SMALLER THAN Muzak route, this time with another of his songs are agreeable enough brit most are softly proficient, innocuous Mood sets. also derivative, and all could use a Larry WEBSTER'S ... There is a choir (óften wordlcsr) and dis- Hart. The lyrics for American popular creet instrumental background arranged by songs. it seems to me. have declined in re- Kenyon Ilopkies. It's plea.ant enough. but cent years to the point where it's possible UNBELIEVABLE Bushkie's essentially fine mueiciau

JERI SOUTHERN MEETS COLE POR- and Shubert Alleys as Lola, Irard-Ilearted TER with Billy May and his Orchestra. Get ilannah, Eadie, Jenny, Mamc and Mamie. STEREO -FAX Out Of Town; Looking At You: After You: Incidentally, if you listen carefully, you Provides Stereo Realism Let's Fly Away; Its Bad For Me & 7 others. should be able to hear new to Capitol ST 1173 $4.98 lyrics Eartha From Monaural Source Kitt's old standby. ¡¡llonotoutns. S. G. Musical Interest: High Performance: Satisfactory Recording: Perfect THEATER, SCREEN, TV Stereo Directionality: Unnecessary Stereo Depth: Fine FIRST IMPRESSIONS Gold- ;)-9 (1) DO The vast output of songs by Cole Porter (Robert man -Glenn Paxton -George Weiss). Orig- make- it still possible to rediscover rarities, OUT.," inal . Columbia OS 2014 $5.98 STFREO FAXC-.Y and Jeri Southern deserves our thanks for a.. zr:rae. selecting such bright. infrequently per- Musical Interest: Somewhat hidden Ferformance: inadequate forn ed repertory. Don't Loot, At Me That Leads are Recording: Excellent Way. iWWhicls? and Weren't iPe Fools? have Stereo Directionality: Erratic Hear new depth and brilliance from your never, to my knowledge, been sung on a monaural tape and record collection by In- Stereo Depth: Splendid stalling the STEREO.FAX in your high fide' long playing record before, and they dem- ity stereo system. This network component On the stereo version of this charming permits you to take full advantage of your onStrate amply as do all the numbers in this stereo system with all monaural program compendium, the great and varied gifts of score (the monophonic release was reviewed material by introducing phase displace- last month), many of the sequences take on ment' between amplifiers. The result Is ex- their composer. I'm not quite sure, how- traordinary realism. Get new enjoyment a striking three-dimensional but all from ALL radio broadcasts. Written up in ever, that Miss Southern is the ideal inter - illusion, -Fi publica too frequently this is accompanied by direc- Hi Directory and other leading r< prefer. but she does have an obvious appre- tions. Unit comprises a passive RLC circuit tionality that has little regard for the sense requiring no power source. Easily Installed ciation boy the material, and her elegant without disruption of existing hook-up. the the songs. rendering of Which.? ís almost a worth- or dramatic situation of At the-pricco1-therecord high spot.. Billy the beginning of A Perfect Night, Polly DISC AMP.eI L-r-CC:j Bergen and Farley Granger are supposed to May's backing is a model of what orches- TAPE - STEREO -FAX SPi(RS lie singing to themselves; surely this would ¡T tral accompaniment should be. S. G. RADIO I`1 AMR/2 have been far better emphasized if their EZJ is MAN BITES HARMONICA! featuring voices had come from opposite speakers Available only by mail, postpaid if cash with order, or C,O.D. plus postage. (Calif. JEAN THIELEMANS. East Of The Sun: rather than from somewhere in between. residents add 4% tax.) Shipping weight Don't Blame Me: Imagination & 5 others. approx. 1 % lbs. for either model. Complete Later, in the same song, although they are technical data, simple installation instruc Riverside RLP 1125 $5.95 obviously dancing together, there is no lions. and schematic included with each order. Satisfaction guaranteed. Musical Interest: Moderate movement whatever. It also seems meaning- AUDIOPHILE MODEL U3A 119.95 Performance: Good less Hewett and Ellen for Cliristopher Han STANDARD MODEL U -4B 116.95 Recording: Good ley to sing Wasn't Is a Lovely IVedding? Stereo ORDER NOW or write for full information Directionality: Adequate Wont fair left and far right respectively after Stereo Depth: OK they have just been married, or that young Gaylor Products Co. sA s9 The real music interest here lies in the lovers Phyllis Newto'u and Duuuld Mulder' 11100 Cumpston St., No. Hollywood, Calif. AUGUST 1959 71 should he likewise separated during their Woman Now or Bess, Oh Where's ,11y song 1 Feel Sorry for the Boy. Bess? to Mr. Armstrong's unique vocal spe- cifications turns out to he less successful as MII BELLA DAMA (MY FAIR LADY) Ire is unable to sustain the melodic line. (Frederick Loewe -Alan Jay Lerner -L. De Olt, Lazed, I'm On My Way and / Got -GREAT INSTRUMENTALS -2 Llano h Original Mexican cast recording Plenty 0' Nuttin' are closer to the Arm- 2 ON ONE LP? with Manolo Fabregas, Cristina Rojas, Mario strong spirit, even though on the latter he Alberto Rodrígue:, Salvador Quiroz & others, mistakenly sine "Folks with plenty o' & Chorus, Mario Ruiz .Ar- with Orchestra nuttin for folks with plenty o' plenty. WEST SIDE STORY mengof cond- Columbia WS 305 $5.98 1-lis still vibrant trumpet is heard oft many Musical Interest: Still carnes through of the tracks, and Russell Garcia has pro- Performance: Loewe below the border vided sensitive accompaniment throughout. PORQ.Y AND BESS Recording: Adequere The stereo version i5; rich and well spread. Stereo Directionality: Slight The more polished styles of Lena Horne Stereo Depth: Unnoticeable RCA VICTOR and Harry Belafunte present an entirely For non-Spanis t speaking listeners, this different picture of Catfish Row. Miss Gershwtns Mexican version of My Fair Lady is an . cast. Horne projects her songs with a feline, PORGY amusing conversation piece. Tempos have shimmering gloss, while Mr. Bela (tittle AND been cowed down to `iesta pace, neither makes up in emotional tension what he BESS Manolo Fábrcgas (Higgins) nor Cristina may lack in voice. Most interesting ís the ROBERT Rojas (Eliza) project their roles well. the way Belafonte turns the Street Calls into RUSSELL orchestra is weak, and the stereo advantages one of his own \Vest Indian production BENNETT are minimal. Still, hearing Why Cent the numbers: the call of the Strawberry Wom- English? come out as ¿l'or giro no apron - an becomes a lullaby which is quickly fol- BERNSTEIN den? is not only incongruously funny but DANCE MUSIC lowed by a rhythmic diming, of the honey ti from somehow strangely appealing. and through- Man and Crab Man cries. Bess. You Is :Fly out the record there is continual fascination Woman Now and 7 here's a Boat rut's Lea; - WEST in mentally transposing the familiar English in' Soon For New York are the only SIDE lyrics for the Spanish. S. G. (though separately recorded) duets. STORY The Mundell Lowe disc offers the Porgy PORGY AND BESS (George Gersh- and Bess songs done in an easy-going, easy - Stunning orchestral interprétations win-DuBose. Heyward -Ira Gershwin). to -take manner, and is an exceptionally by Robert Russell Bennett of two out- Musical Interest: Gershwin masterpiece good buy at $1.98. Fine relaxed solos are offered by on trumpet and 'Tony standing stage works. Fabulous Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, with Scott on baritone saxophone, but my favor- sound in either the Living Stereo or Orchestra, Russell Garcia cond. Verve MGVS ite performance is the affecting job guitar- regular Long Play version. 6040-2 2 f2" $11.96; Mono-MGV 4011-2 2 ist Lowe does on I Loves You Porgy. When ordering Stereo, say . - - 12" $9.96 S. G. Performance: Earthy Q KCAL CTOR Recording: J Excellent THE SOUND AND THE FURY (Alex Stereo Directionality: All there( North). Sound)iack recording with Orches- Stereo Depth: Good tra, Lionel Newman cond, Decca DL 78885 Lena Horne and Harry Belafonte, with Or- $5.98; Mono-DL 8885 $3.98 chestras, Lennie Hayton & Robert Corvan Musical interest: On Side I, yes "'There- is coeds. RCA Victor LCO 1507 $5.98 Performance: Soundstage approach nothing,,Jiner Performance: Slick Recording: Perfect t Recording; Sometimes'sibilant Stereo DircctTonolity: Well done than a Stereo Directionality: Slight Stereo Depth: Fine Stereo Some Depth: The harsh. staccato phrases of the open- Stromberg-Cárlson" Mundell Lowe and his All -Stars. RCA Cam- ing tracks on the film version soundtrack den CAL 490 $1.98 of William Faulkner's The Sound mid the Performance: Loose Fury contain much that is exciting and even Recording: Lovely daring, but by the time we get the first side things settle down into little more than a When listening to the Verve and RCA good old(aslioned Yoknapatawpha County Victor releases of Porgy and Bess music, taffy -pull. Stereo is especially effective in it is important to ,bear in mind that such spotlighting the featured instruments at the recordings are made with greater regard beginning, but after a while it really doesn't for the adaptability of the songs to the matter. S. G- singers than the singers to the songs. This is, of course, inevitable with such highly TV GUIDE TOP TELEVISION THEMES specialized and stylized performers, but the -Orchestras; Warren Barker & Frank Com- Acoustical Labyrinths Quarter remarkable thing about Gershwin's score is stock coeds. Perry Meson: Peter Gunn; Pete that it can be subjected to so many differ- Kelly's Blues & 9 others. Warner Bros. WS Wavelength Duct Speaker System! ent interpretations and yet retain its basic 1290 $4.98 power and beauty. Musical Interest: Video variety Revolutionary design brings you The 2-record Ella Fitzgerald -Louis Arm- Performance: Suitably skillful the world-famous Acoustical Laby- strong package is the most ambitious re- Recording: Couldn't be better rinth enclosure in shed f-size systems lease to date front the current outbreak, Stereo Directionality; Well deployed with a 10page Stereo Depth: Well done for 8", 12" and 15" speakers. illustrated booklet and other evidences of care and dedication. But it See your "Outstanding Musical Themes Approved Stromberg-Carlson still is an Ella and Louis show, and thanks by TV Guide" is the reassuring note on dealer. He's in the Yellow Pages chiefly to Miss Fitzgerald. it is one of their the back of the jacket what's more, TV under "High Fidelity." best. She has all the warmth and vocal con- Guide not only approves of these themes viction to make something both personal but it makes sure that there is equal repre- STROMBERG-CARLSON and moving out of / Wants to Stay Here, sentation front the three leading networks. A DIVISION OP GlNEIAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION My Man's Cone Now and Oh, Doctor Jesus, The arrangements are good big band jar, 1448 N. GOODMAN STREET sr Go and can invest It Ain't Necessarily So tsith and stereo even goes television one better ROCHESTER 3, NEW YORK 1. e atk.. a m1 altogether winning scat rendition. by spreading the sound out beyond the con- 4 Tailoring such songs as Bess, Yon is My fines of a 21 -inch screen. S. C. 72 HrFz IlEvrEw Mono Entert&zc:niejit

Jazz, Pops, Stage -and Screen BEST OF THE MONTII Reviewed by RCA Victor's latest batch of Duke Elllington re -issues At His Very Best RALPH J. GLEASON is a veritable treasure trove-"Though these were made long before STANLEY GREEN hi-fi, they are great records without which alny representative collection NAT HENTOFF of jazz would be incomplete." (see p. 73)

New Jazz, an enterprising specialty label offers soprano saxman Steve JAZZ Lacy in Reflections with originals by Thelonious Monk-"Lacy is exploring

challenging territory. . . . An album of this kind is wórth twenty THE WIZARD OF THE RAGTIME PI. 'jazz' versions of show tunes." (see p. 75) ANO featuring EUBIE BLAKE. Maple Leaf Rag,: Maryland, My Maryland: Sunflower Slow Drag; Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Columbia with the help of Ethel Merman q8, Co. has another masterpiece Como Home & 12 others. 20th Fox FOX 3003 $3.98 of original cast recordings on its hands with Gypsy-"not only the most Musical Interest: Historical rewarding score of more than one Broadway season, it is a genuine Performance: Spirited Recording: Good emotional experience:" (see p. 78)

An interesting collection of ragtime com- positions, by -Blake and others, played stitlt exuberance and verve by Blake with occa- GELLER QUINTET. Nightmare Alley; A Cool GOLDEN VIBES featuring LIONEL sional vocal assistance from Noble Sisslc. Day; it Might As Well Be Spring & 2 others. HAMPTON with Rhythm and Reeds. My it has charm, spirit and strong interest- Jubilee JLP 1094 $3.98 Prayer: Satin Doll; 'Round Midnight; The for the antiquarian, J. G. B Columbia CL U. Musical Interest: Top flight .jazz More I See You & others. Performance: Crackling 1304 $3.98 AT HIS VERY BEST featuring DUKE Recording: Excellent Musical interest: Broad ELLINGTON and his Orchestra. Jock Tho This very fuse jazz LP has altoist Geller Performance: Exciting Bear; Harlem Air Shaft; Warm Valley; Black, sounding more assured titan ever, swinging Recording: Excellent Brown & Beige & 7 others. RCA Victor LPM More intense emo- 1715 $3.98 harder and playing with The trouble. with Hampton in person and cot-nininnes,t. The pianist. Walter tional on disc in recent yews has been his accoitt- Musical interest: Extraordinary -spelled Morris on the jacket) Norris (mis panimcnt. What is great about this LP is Performance: Classic is a fascinating soloist with a fleet, Parker- Recording: that you finally hear Hansp under the right Excellent for its time ish quality to his playing. Victor Feldman circumstances with a minimum of inter- vibe solos, too. This is another in rise exceptionally contributes some excellent ference. Heard like this, it is easy to see in all, this is a surprising LP. full of valuable re -issue series Victor is slowly All why Hemp is still revered by all jazz mien good jasx. IL J. G. putting out. With the exception of Creole as one of the great soloists. He is superb Louc Call; (1927) all the tracks here date lovely ballads. Just listen to him MORÉ VIBES ON VELVET featuring in these front the 1940-46 period. which many con- Satin. Dull and My Funny Valentine. TERRY GIBBS. Moonlight Serenade; What Is on sider to be the greatest Ellington era. Con - There To Say; At Last; Lazy Sunday & 8 it. J.G. cerro for Cootie, to which André Hodeir others. Mercury MG 36148 $3.98 has devoted an entire chapter in his book Musical Interest: Good swinging jazz Jazz: Its Evolution and Essence, is a mov- CLAUDE HOPKINS-MUSIC OF THE Pus foiirnonca; Excellent ing trumpet essay; Vlach, Brown and Beige EARLY JAZZ DANCES-Claude Hopkins Recording: Fine Red Allen is the original recording of this epic Elling- (piano), Charlie Shavers and group of very good tunes tastefully Tyree Glenn and Víc Dickenson ton effort; Ko Ko, Warm Valley and all the A (trumpets), by in a more restrained, more (trombones); Buster Bailey (clarinet), Lyle others, in fact, are definitive Elting-Louie. played Gibbs rational manner than is his usual practice. Smith (tenor saxophone), Milt Hinton (bass), There has been no band and no composer so Julia Steel (vo- The result is very listenable jazz of a dis- Panama Francis (drums), prolific in jazz, nor one whose music stands Walkaround; Caught In The tinctive and pleasingly modern cast. R. J.C. cals). Alabama the test of rime any better than Ellington. Fence; Original Black Bottom Dance & 14 Even though these were made long before others. 20th Fox 3009 $3.98 hi -ft. they are great records without which All records reviewed in this column Interest: Unique any representative collection of jazz would Musical played on either single speak- Performance: Spirited he incomplete. RCA is to be congratulated may be Recording: Crisp and clear on this project and encouraged to continue er monophonic or two speaker stereo- it with Ellington and with oilier artists as phonic equipment. They are 331/2 rpm As the subtitle of the album indicates, well. R. J. G. records that should be played with this is a collection of popular songs, be- the RIAA setting. ginning from 1891, that were involved to the genesis of STAX OF SAX featuring the HERB greater or lesser extent with AUGUST 1959 73 EntertahTunenf Music Miscellany MORE NEW ITEMS RATED AT A GLANCE

Musicol Perform- Recorded Title rnterest once Sound Score

THE WILD WILD WEST-Ralph Hunter Choir JJJJ JJJJ JJJJ 12 The Old Chisholm Trail; Red River Valley; The Dying Cowboy; Rye Whiskey & 7 others. RCA Victor LPM 1968 53.98

VAMP-Harry Reser (Banjo) and Orchestra JJJ JJJJ ,JJJJ 11 Yes Sir Thai's My Baby; Chicago; Block Bottom; Diga Dioo Doo; Crazy Rhythm & 7 others. Columbia CL 1285 53.98

DON'T SMOKE IIN BED-Connie Russell Sings with Ian Bernard Orchestra JJJ JJJJ JJJ 10

You're My Thrill; You've Changed; Caravan; I Wanna Be Loved &'8 others. United Artist UAL 3022 $3.98

FRANK D'RONE SINGS JJJ JJJJ JJJ 10

Joey, Joey, Joey; The Moon Is Blue; Fascinating Rhythm; My foolish Heart & 7 others. Mercury MG 20418 $3.98 MOONLIGHT SERENADE-Tex Beneke Orchestra JJJ JJJJ JJJ 10 Sunrise Serenade; Poinciana; Moonlight Serenade; Stormy Weather & 6 others. Camden CAL 491 $1.98

THE MANY MOODS OF JOSE MELIS-Piano with Accompaniment JJJ JJJJ JJJ 10 lazy Afternoon; Strange; Sunrise Serenade; Anniversary Song; 'Linger Awhile & 7 others. Seeco CELP 436 $3.98

A -one a -two ... a THIS lIS LAWRENCE WELK (2 discs) JJJ JJJ JJJ 9 Morilat; Poor People Of Petit; Yellow Dog Blues; Ave Moria; Chompogne Time & 19 others. Coral CX3 $7.98

CHET ATKINS IN HOLLYWOOD-with Dennis ,Farnon Orchestra JJJ JJJ JJJ 9 Greensloeves; (limelight; Armen's Theme; Estrefiila; "Picnic" Theme & 7 others. RCA Victor LPM 1993 $3.98 IN A CANDLELIT CAFE-Anton Firenz (Violin) and Accompaniment JJJ JJJ JJJ 9 fascination; Terry's Theme; to Vie En Rose; I'll Get By & 9 others. 20th fox FOX 3007 $3.98

RAGS TO RICHES-Del Wood (IRaglime (Piano) JJ JJJJ JJJ 9 Hello Mo Baby; Side By Side; Alabama Jubilee; My Gal Sal & 8 others. RCA Victor LPM 1633 $3.98 BORN TO BE BLUE-Beverly Kenney (Sings with Accompaniment) - JJ JJJ JJJ 8 Again; For All We Know; Isn't 11 A Pity; It's A Blue World & 8 others. Decca DL 8850 53,98

COME TRAVEL WITH ME-Mat Mathews Orchestra JJ JJJ JJJ 8 Pasodoble; um Marlene; Greensleeves; Brazil; Estrellita & 7 others. ABC -Paramount ABC 269 53.98

POLKA DANCE MELODIES-Ted Máksymowicz Orchestra JJ JJJ JJJ 8 Seven Roses; Blue Waltz; Swir Swir Mazur; The Beek Polka & 8 others. ABC -Paramount ABC 289 53.98 BORN TO LOSE-Ferlin Husky JJ J J JJJ 7 Too Soon To Know; My Foolish Heart; Time; Worried Mind & 8 others. Capitol T '1204 $3.98

HOLD THAT TIGER-Fabian J JJ JJ 5 Turn Me Loose; Hold Me; Tiger Rag; Cuddle Up A Little Closer & 9 others. Chancellor CHL 5003 53.98

SCOOBY DOO-Jerry Lieber Band J JJ J'J 5 Ernie s Journey; Shove Oil; Moonglow; last Call & 8 others.

Kapp KL 1 127 $3.98

Musical Intirest: Excellent J I.I I Pleasing I I I Fair 11 Disaoceintng Pertormancet Superb, J 1 1 1 Good J J J Adequate J I Gull J Recorded Sounds BrIlllant I1 1 J OK 1 I J Fair di Poor. .J

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MORT SAHL 1960; OR LOOK FOR- Messy saute black wrought lion. Ten WARD IN ANGER. Verve MG V-15004 TOP Audiomaster separate rdmpert- $4.98 leads with better stereo per- SMART menls.daa'lnadbr in British anounland ins sr ff. formace, better styling. CONTEMPORARY sao to accommo Interest: For -the growing Sahl cult Write now for leaflets and DESIGNED Our 250 1/P al- Performance: Breaks me up full specificatiolis the CABINET bums: lealures a of top (shelf for the Recording: Good enough craftsman -built Stereo Con- jackets of recaldl STER EO trol Unit. Prices front $79. e use. Measure, Despite the title, Mort Said is not HOLDS 27kS i 21 a 10°.A album must roc the dell. directly concerned with the future-Ws the Designed and bulff for the enthu- cased audiophile. siast. facts prove that Audlomas- Completely unten- present unhappy state of affairs of much ter gives you blyd. Nominal tip. exceptional value. Chg. that goes on in the.Unitcd States that, con- startling performance! MONEY BACK 250 $9.95 cerns him. With a rapid-fire delivery sim- tt GUARANTEE Write now fo: RECORDS ilar to a ja77, musician improvising on a Mopogo Aeaociotes Inc. P.O. Roo 7192 Elkins Pork, Pa. theme, he covers a wide range of subjects, Henry Davies Ltd., Ship my Record Rack( I inclose MIS ck. or 51.0. NAME ea and Lis frequently acute and hilarious 51 DENMARK HOUSE, DENMARK RD. 'ADDRESS_ commentaries reveal that what- sets him EALING, LONDON, W. 13. CITY ZONf_STATE_ apart as a comedian is his so obviously sinécre concern for what is going on. S. G. SEND HiFi REVIEW EVERY MONTH JIM COPP TALES. Playhouse 101 $5.95 name Interest_ Wacky nonsense Performance: Delightfully versatile HiFi address Recording: Splendid ---ºfif city zone state All the songs, stories, voices and( sound effects on this record belong to Jim Copp, Check one: 3 years for S10 a gentleman of apparently unbounded 2 7 0 years- for S imagination, who offers a happy group of 1 year for S 4 items that .fight even be called educa- r,t the U. S.. hn pa+ieesaiona and Canalla tional if they were not such fun to hear. Foreign rates: Pan American trnion countries. add $.50 Adding to the 'charm of the package is a per year; all of her forelzn countries, add $1.00 per year. Mail to: picture wheel inserted under the front talc allow- Hi -Fi REVIEW, H-8 -9, 434 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago 5, Ill. cover, with illustrations for each ing through a cut-out_ S. G. 80 IIIFI REVIEW HiFi Review AUGUST 1959

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117 Fairchild Recording Equipment Corp 18 In front of each advertiser's name is a 40 Ferrodynamics Corporation 69 code number. Circle the appropriate num- 13 Fisher 3 Radio Corooration 13 ber on the coupon below. You may circle 9 Garrard Sales Corporation 4 as many numbers as you wish. 92 Gaylor Products Co. 71 134 General Electric Company 15 14 Glaser -Steers Corporation 6 Add up the number of requests you have made and write the total in the total box. 99 Harman-Kardon, Inc. 25 4 41 Heath Company 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 Hi Fi Classified 79 Cut out the coupon and mail it to: Hi Fi Review-September Issue 60 Hi Fi Subscriptions 5 80

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29 Scott, Inc., H. H. 7 2 3 5 9 10 11 13 14 29 30 31 34 40 30 Sherwood Electrcnic Laboratories, Inc. 43 31 Shure Brothers, Inc. 55 41 50 54 60 61 62 69 77 83 86 88 91 92 163 Stereo Designers 80 170 Stereo-Plex Mfg. Co. 67 98 99 100 101 109 111 115 117 121 134 146 153 157 98 StrombergCarlson 72 159 162 163 166 168 169 170 171 121 Sun Radio & Electronics Co., Inc 80

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159 United Artists Records 3rd Cover 34 University Loudspeakers, Inc. 16 ADDRESS 62 Vitavox, Ltd. 69 CITY ZONE STATE 101 Weathers Industries 70 AUGUST 1959 81 THE FLIP SID

Oliver P. Ferrell, Editor

Who Said They"re Missing? GC -5 and GC -7 series. For one reason or another, the first of these cartridges did not live up to expectations. this fact, the G.E. engineers went back In my last editorial (July issue, page 82), I indicated Recognizing to their drawing boards-as the ,cliché says-and came that there was one piece of stereo component hi-fi "miss- up with a brand-new variable reluctance cartridge which ing." I somewhat hedged by also stating that, "If some- they are calling the VR-227 (0.7 mil stylus) and VR-225 one is not working on it at this very moment, I will be (0.5 mil stylus). surprised." This supposedly "missing" component was a stereo AM -FM tuner with a built-in stereo preamplifier. I hope I'm not letting the cat out of the bag (and The necessary stereo power amplifiers were to be mount- stealing some of the thunder from our October story) in ed in a separate unit and kept well away from the tuner. saying that the VR-227 is a top performer. The fre- This would practically eliminate heat dissipation Tirol), quency response (measured with RCA Victor stereo test lens. Stereo Receivers (see July issue, page 26) are record 12-5-71) is as flat as any cartridge tested to date. fine and dandy, but their excessive depth occasionally Channel -to -channel separation in the vital area between proves to be an insurmountable problem ín some installa- 700 cycles (RCA Victor test record 12-5-73) and 8000 tions. Separating the tuners/stereo preamplifiers from cycles was equal to the very best stereo cartridges now the stereo power amplifiers is worth considering when offered the public. To which I can only ádd-welctime, heat and physical size need extra consideration. VR-227, you're joining a good family. As many avid readers found, I was just not checking the hi-fi catalogs as thoroughly as I should have when making the statement about "missing product designs." Two such stereo tuners/preamplifiers are on the market Random Notes In 'Passing -the Harrnari-Kardoti TP-200 and the Pilot 690-A. Both units fit into the product design classification that On June 17th I was among the large group of writers I «'as so adamant in recommending. The TP-200 sells and editors invited by Consumers Union to visit their for S189.95, and the 690-A for $269.50. audio laboratories. At the same time, this group was Many thanks to all readers who took the time to. point able to discuss with members of the technical staff the out this error, and my apologies to Harman-Kardon and CU approach to testing hi -fl equipment. I want to take Pilot for 'this unintentional slight. this opportunity to thank particularly Messrs. Dexter W. Master, Morris Kaplan, and Mitchell A. Cotter ,for their courtesies extended during this visit. For the benefit of our readers I can very truthfully Some Cartridge Reflections say that all of the editors and writers who attended this session were appropriately impressed by the more-than - adequate audio testing. facilities. The vigor and compre- During the early part of June, I had the opportunity hension exhibited by the above gentlemen and their staff (along with several other editors) to "pre-test" a variety did much to reassure those present that 'CU was capable of stereo cartridges. Most .of these were improved mod- of doing a thorough job. Unfortunately, this one meet- els of cartridges now being marketed. In general, they ing did not offer sufficient opportunity to discuss the were either more efficient, more compliant, or smoother subtler aspects behind the philosophy of testing hi -ft in their response characteristics than previous models. equipment. Whether subjective/objective testing as per- A fairly comprehensive report on stereo cartridges is formed by CU is valid when ii concerns loudspeaker per- scheduled for the October issue and all of our findings formance is a question open to much further discussion; will be summarized at that time. However, I would like nevertheless, 1 feel that the writers and editors now un- at this t.inte to say a few words about the General Elec- derstand the CU position, and' it is to be hoped that the tric VR-227, which supersedes the GC -7. contacts made during this meeting will cobtiriue to be Most old-time audiophiles will recall that the General mutually.valuahle, Electric variable reluctance cartridge really got hi-fi on For several months the staff of HiFt REVIEW' has been its feet. It was smooth sounding, easy to install and very considering a story we loosely entitled "Should 1 Convert reasonably priced. Literally hundreds of thousands were to Stereo, and If So, How:" An old colleague of mine, made and sold. Many of them are still in use and will Norman Eisenberg, volunteered to undertake this proj- be for a long time to come. G.E. upgraded their mono ect, which I am pleased to report proves to be an cartridge about two years ago with the VR-II. It -instant- ex- ceptionally interesting piece of equipment, editorial. ly became the same "utilitarian" cartridge as the "Gold- en Treasure." Specifically, it deals with the ten different stereo adapt- ers now -being marketed at prices ranging from S9.95 to Upon the introduction of stereo discs, General Elec- $45.00. The story details the steps and considerations tric carried the variable reluctance principle over to the necessary to convert an existing mono hi-fi rig to stereo. 82 PRINTED IN U.S.A. KIFI REVIEW I1

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August, 1959 THE MAGAZINE FOR PEOPLE WHO LIISTEN Vol. 3 No. 2 i i

PROFESSIONAL MIND MUDDLERS and "SMELLIES" LOGICALLY FOLLOW WRECK AND RUIN is wreaked upon fast -buck promoters are busily knocking 'movies" and "talkies as Relock Re. tender stereo discs. The obstinate col the meaning out of the term "stereo"- cording Co, () perfects prit: the Myth of the Permanent Needle. just as they hare debased the bard stan- its system for synchronizing, scents and Like most superstitions, it seems im- dards of "high fidelity" by flinging the sounds on film recordings. Thus the possible to kill: The life span of the .7 word about too loosely. Latest item: arts of communication advance, but crit- mil stereo styli, licee tse'of smaller bear- some rear -deck speakers for ordinary car ics will he on firm ground when they ing surface, is evcu shorter than that of radios are .peddled as "Stereo." which is proclaim "It slinks!" normal mono needles. But the public .like calling a dyed rabbit genuine mink. expects them to grind on endlessly. So They just ain't the same animal and they will. there ought to be a law! NO MORE GUESSING about who sits where in the. stereo -recorded oreltesna.

Capitol and Kapp are including ilia - GOD ON BROADWAY proved to be a DOLLAR VOLUME OF MUSIC amazed grants of orchestra setups as part of bit .in 1.13:, the prize-winning play in poll takers who discovered that Ameri their jacket information. This serves as which poet Mc[.eish probes the ageless cans today spend more money on concert a convenient cheek for stereo speaker mysteries of human fate. This poetic tickets. classical records and hi -ft eyuip- balance. It would be even more inter- paraphrase of the Book of .lob, trans- teem than they do on all spectator esting if the sketches also showed the pl:inted into modern times, is now being sports corn hi ned mike setup. But that would be tell- recorded for RCA Victor with the origi- ing.... . nal cast. The existence of evil. mankind's principal and ultimately only problem, is the central theme of this profound THE LISTENER AS SPONSOR of non- and deeply moving play. In our violent IN REFRESHING CONTRAST to preva- commercial FM broadcasting is a con- and strangely inhuman age of threatca lent custom, Warner Brothers lists on cept catehita on fast in California. ing mass death. these records will carry íts record jackets good discs in a similar Specializing in programs for a discrimi- a vital message to thoughtful listeners. vein, standouts by rival. com- nating minority audience, station KPFK including panies. This is real help to the record in Berkeley has been so successful that collector building his library and is it is now braatchieg out into Los An- bound to benefit die record indcrstry as .A PLACE TO LISTEN is what's most geles with a new 50,000 watt outlet a whole. The Warner execs who had \lanu- KPFA. The stations arc maintained by needed in the average hi-fi shop. the courage to break down the grubby urging dealers to provide "subscribers" who think it worth $12 facturers arc spirit of blind competition deserve both listening rooms where cus- per year to have a broadcasting service comfortable applause and widespread imitation. tomers compare produces at leisure tailored to their intelligence and last e. can and without distractian, But can dealers in high -refit downtown districts afford the extra space at the low audiophile CHILDREN SHOULD LEARN Russian. net profit margin? THE FULL SWING OF JAZZ from spotl- in years to come they may eery Iikzly ttincous Dixieland outbursts to academi- want to or have to talk with our most cism is symbolízed in the recent endow- potent neighbor in the world. "Russian ment of a John Lewis Chair for Jazz for Children," geared for ages 7-14, is BELL RINGING IRKS Canadians who ob- Composition. the $1.000 grant was now available on 2 LPs. $4.95 at hook tained a court order to silence a Toronto made by Broadcast Music, Inc. to the and record shops. e.arihan. This oldest form of communal School of Jazz whose sessions erupt sea- music evidently is disfavored in the elec- Mass. sonally at Lenox. tronic \luzok age which asks not for whom the bell tolls, PRESIDENT EISENHOWER recently laid the gaunt:rstone for what may become,

CLASSICAL UPSURGE marks I.1. S. re - in effect, America's ton) recording audio. dio programming. Last year. alone, the Now a-hoilding, New York's Philhar- A CHEERY ANNOUNCEMENT of a new increase in air time for good music was monic Hall is scheduled to replace Car- custom service that make discs from 30%. Considering how little good music negie Hall by 1961. Patterned itt size your own tapes comes from Sparkle - there was to Start with, the American and shape after such acoustically faint - Records of Evansville. Indiana. "Stop,"Stop;' previous sentence air outside the big cities still is music - IOUs models es Vienna's dlttsilcuerrfnsual It says. "Read the starved, hot the trend is encouraging. and iloston's Symphony Hall, the new again to stake sure yoit realize the im- Biggest shortage: radio station person- structure promises to be an ideal re- portance of this idea!'' Maybe we're nel able to plan and present classical cording location as well as an outstand- Dist a hunch of eggheads, hut we got it musk programs. ing concert auditorium. the 'first time. 27 14* t,'j --

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worthwhile, but none are run by Santa Claus. discussion / 'BARRY DARREL

"TAKE ANY FIVE FOR $3:98" marketed at bargain prices through the New York Post and ether ,newspapers in the late 1930's-favorites of the sym- phonic and operatic repertoire performed by major American "ANY SIX FOR $3.98" artists and orchestras, using RCA Victor recording and manu- facturing facilities. Plenty of today's veteran record collec- tors got their start through the "New York Post plan." In "ALL SEVEN FOR $3.98" the middle 1940's a Record -of -the -Month Club was estab- lished in New York, only to succumb in a matter of a year or so because of lack of cooperation from the record industry FOR many a novice record buyer, headlines like these from and because of the breakage element involved In the ship- the RCA Victor, Columbia, and Capitol record clubs blazon- ment of 78 rpm shellac discs. ed across full pages of national magazines and S.mday news- It was in the field of children's records that the disc club paper suppleni.euts have conjurerl.up something like a pot of idea became a big business. The Young People's Record gold at the end of the rainbow-a way to get a fine headstart Club offered its subscribers a superior and exclusive Line of on a record collection with no dent in the pocketbook. For its own 78 rpm unbreakable records, not obtainable in the many a record dealer, particularly those in small and me- stores. Eventually, it became absorbed by its then prime dium-sized towns, these headlines have spelled just one thing competitor, the Children's Record Guild. Following this -unfair competition.'"- merger, the discs from the catalogs of both were made avail- Much the same response greeted the 1926 advent of The able over-the-counter in retail stores. To everyone's consid- Book -of -the -Month Club and The Literary Guild. Yet both or- crable surprise, this seemed to have no appreciable effect on ganizations are thriving to this day, with membership in the the mail order club, which continued operations as usual. millions; and a sizable number of other specialized mail The final deterioration of the children's record clubs. when order subscription hook clubs have come into the picture it did set ín, reflected the decline in children's over the years, The retail sale of hard -cover books over the throughout the market as a 'whole that came with the advent counter continues as usual, despite the added competition of fine -groove long play and 45 rpm discs. of paperbacks. The truth is that a large sector of the steady At the same time that the children's record clubs began to book buying public today, willing to spend S2 and up per thrive, one mail order connoisseur operation began to achieve volume, got its start by way of book clubs and paperbacks. a following-by way of issuing handsomely packaged un- It now seems that the mail order subscription record club breakable 78s (LPs after 1948) on a limited edition basis. has become just as permanent a factor in the national disc This was the Concert Flail Society, which managed to keep buying pattern as book clubs in their particular field. Like this aspect of its activity going for almost 10 years. the book clubs, the record cltibs are doing a handsome busi- Unquestionably, it has been the long playing disc-un- ness today because they offer a service people want; but let breakable, lightweight, and easily mailed-which bas putt the us not forget that in rendering this service they also manage record club on the same level of practicality as the book club to reap a substantial profit for themselves.. and for the sonic reason. By the time RCA Victor, Colombia, Beguiling introductory offers to the contrary, record clubs and Capitol got set to launch their record clubs as an all-out are not in the business of cultural philanthropy; but the fact mass marketing operation, the managers of their club opera- that some hundreds of thousands of music lovers and would - tions had learned a great deal from the experiences of the he music lovers have wanted and continue to want the kind children's record clubs, of Concert Hall Society, Amer- of services offered by record clubs is more than sufficient jus- ican Recording Society, and the Record iification for their persistence ow the scene. The record club Club, as well as from earlier attempts by RCA Victor and rent be of genuine and substantial benefit to you, the record Columbia to set up club operations through their dealers. buyer-if its services are used with care and common sense. However. things don't stand still, even in the world of the Before exploring in some detail just what the record club record clubs-and while we have just indicated that present can and cannot do for you; we should glance back a few record club set -tips have tended to crystallize around the years and see what started all this. We have already shown product of a single company, along comes a major attempt that the mail order subscription club idea is nothing new- to score a break-through with a multi -label record subscrip- going batik as it does more than three decades, In fact, much tion plant. The sponeor is none other than the redoubtable of the development work leading to the establishment of to- Dinners' Club. Its classical offerings come from Heritage (affili- day's record club giants was done by people with long ex- ate of Westminster), Vanguard, Period, Monitor, and Omega; perience in the book club field. The RCA Victor Society of Atlantic, World-Pacific, Interlude, and GNI' supply the jazz Great Music and the Capitol Record Club, two of the largest, fare; while Liberty, Records, Omega, and Bel Canto are actual outgrowths and extensions of previously existing offer the pops. Diners' Club has every hope of being able to hook club operations. Yet, a long period of trial and error bring the majority of independent labels into its fold during preceded this definitive establishment of mail order club the coming year. plans for recordings. For a time, agreement as to fair apportionment among Some readers may remember the 78 rpm classical records these labels of "selection -of -the -month" designation threaten- ed to kill the Diners' Record Club a -horning; but a satisfac- As we write this, the Society of American Record Ucatcrs 15ORU) has tory "rotation" scheme was worked out. and so we have the announced Federal Court suit by three 01 its Chicago dealer members against RCA Victor, Columbia, and Capitol, alleging among other things that their first large-scale multi -label record club on the scene. The record clubs constitute restraint of trade as interpreted by the Shernta,, Anti- follows the same general pattern already trust, Clayton, and Robinson -ration Acts. subscription plan 29 set forth on this page hut with one major exception-you selected list at 38% off and from the general catalog at a must join the Diners' Club in order to participate in the discount of 20%. As can be seen, this SMS plan is not. a Diners' Record Club. As an added inducement, 1959 charter record club in the usual meaning of the word, but rather members of the Diners' Record Club may purchase all records a mail order discount operation-of somewhat questionable on the initial basic club repertoire listing for a strictly limited advantage to the discount -minded record buyer who has a time at 50% off list price. wide choice of record and tape discount sources fit major A few other record subscription plans do business on a metropolitan centers throughout the country_ national level, but with advertising placed on a somewhat The first and most obvious advantage of record club mem- less extravagant level than those dealt with thus far. The bership becomes clear after a little mathematical study- Louisville Philharmonic Society has instituted a record club the first year subscriber who takes full advantage of the "in- purchase plan for its Louisville Commissioning Series discs troductory free records" offer, while sticking to his minimum of contemporary music. Full details were given in WI Re- purchase committment, gets his 10, 11, or 12 records at prices view, June, 1959. p. 52. ranging between $1.25 and 81.80 below list price. For "city A special case is the Stereophonic Music Society of Pali- slickers" with ready access to record super -markets operating sades Park, N. J., which offers mail order purchase plans on discounts as high as 30% off list, this may not seem like for either discs (stereo or mono) br stereo tape. A $12 mem- much of an inducement.; but for the "country cousin," far bership fee paid in advance brings to the record club sub- from well stocked record shops-discount ,or fall price, the scriber a choice of a free disc or an Electro -Voice stereo record club price scheme is worthy of serious consideration. cartridge, plus the privilege of purchasing records from a The second major advantage of the record club applies selected list at 38% discount and from the general catalog to the buyer who is new to , to high-fidelity, at 30% discount. The tape subscriber may choose one of and in particular to classical music. The basic club reper- three SMS tapes free of charge and may buy tapes from a toire in the field of concert music is generally selected with YNT.nfINaVrmiNWMMMiIIMIWIN.0NIMI.O`1.I4.2.I4~.IMMI~MINJMMI NKVWIV~IN.MIINN.IIMIfN RECORD CLUB FACT SHEET

The best established record club operations today-RCA of 5 (sometimes 6) records at nafioñally advertised list price. Victor, Columbia. and Capitol-have crystallized ,their organi- The records so purchased may be either the current monthly zation and method of procedure somewhat along the following selection, or an alternate from the basic club repertoire. lines: 4. The subscriber who purchases more than his minimum 1. Each of the three major clubs offers the product of only commitment may select one record free for every two he one parent company-as distinguished from most book clubs orders beyond the minimum. which choose from the output of many publishers. The Co- 5. The above procedure holds for record club members who lumbia Record Club includes the output of its affiliated label, wish to continue their subscriptions beyond the first year. Epic, in addition to its own.* The Capitol Record Club offers Four purchases during each succeeding 12 -month period is ifs own Ids product, Capitol -EMI, and most recently Angel- usually sufficient fo maintain club membership. since E.M.I. (Electric and Musical Industries, Ltd.) of Great Britain is the parent organization for the whole. 6. Most record clubs add a "shipping and handling charge" to the cost of records ordered by subscribers-usually in the 2. No record club makes the whole of its parent company neighborhood of 350 per disc. catalog available to subscribers. A jury of distinguished musicians and critics (as in the case of RCA Victor) or an 7. The freedom of choice available to the record club sub- expert selection panel will single out 60 or 70 items to serve scriber varies somewhat. The tendency is to allow the sub- as the basic club repertoire. In the case of concert reper- scriber "freedom of movement" between monophonic and toire, the emphasis is on firmly established orchestral and stereo discs, but to 'get him to make a commitment of prefer- concerto masterpieces from the 18th through the early 20th ence as between classical, popular, and jazz. In actual prac- century, with some attention given fo chamber, choral, piano tice the Columbia and Capitol subscriber can choose freely and other solo instrumental fare. Complete operas have in any category from month to month; but the RCA Victor fended to be conspicuous by their absence; but changes may subscriber is presently required to commit himself to mem- ée forthcoming in this respect. bership in ei4her the ¡RCA Victor Society of Great Music or The jury or selection panel culls each month from the parent in the RCA Victor Popular Album Club. company's 30 or more new releases a selection -of -the -month The in the field of concert music, jazz, and popular or showfune LPs. 8. record club subscriber receives each month a bro- chure listing the When a subsequent new selection -of-the -month is made, the current selection of the month in each cate- earlier selections are incorporated into the basic club reper- gory, a list of the alternate selections aváilable from the basic toire pool, from which the subscriber can make an alternate club repertoire, and informative program notes about the choice, should he not care for that month's particular selection. featured performing. artists and music for the current month. He also receives a blank In which he is expected to indicate are 3. New subscribers tendered an introductory offer allow- (a) his acceptance or rejection of the current selection -of -the - ing them fo select a certain number of LPs-usually 5 or 6- month; (b) his preference for an alternate selection; or (c) from the basic club repertoire at an all-inclusive price of 53.98. his wish to receive no record that month. Should the sub- They are then committed, as a condition of club membership, scriber disregard or fail to return the blank, he will automati- to purchase during the ensuing 12 -month period a minimum cally receive the selection -of -the -month.

A record club may his Columbia has announced at press time the inclusion, in its record 9. subscriber resign membership after club operation, of :elected jazz and popular repertoire from the inde- one year, but must de so in writing. Otherwise his subscription pendent Verve label; in the past, it has done this with the spoken word discs i.ued by Caedmon. will be automatically continued. 1MII MJd'J.IIV'WIJI`MIMMMNN NMNNHIMMIW 30 HrrI ItEv1EW care and intelligence by qualified experts. It will not be for their widespread and well -staffed organizations and their ex- the listener who fancies "modern" music, but it will offer a pert record selection panels, they have helped many hun- high percentage of the 'accepted major musical masterpieces dreds of thousands to take pride of ownership in fine musical front 1750 to 1920. Furthermore, the brochures which ac- repertoire, to which they might not have otherwise become company the monthly record club selections in the concert exposed. They have played a major role in improving the music field are often prepared with considerable care as to general level of musical taste throughout a wide sector of the wealth of factual content and illustration. The result is that American public. the record club subscriber new to classical music can obtain Just as the Christmas Club at a local bank encourages the in the space of his first year, and at Moderate cost, a good saving habit-even though the customer receives: no interest grounding in the basic concert repertoire. He can subse- payment or special advantages-so the record clubs have quently use this as a springboard for his own musical ex- helped foster the "record library habit" to the point where ploration and thereby divest himself of 'the heretofore help- record collecting is no longer regarded asan odd or precious ful.leading strings provided by the club pre -selection pattern. hobby. There arc those who have told themselves that they An amusing statistical sidelight comes to mind in this con- really ought to get a record library underway, but who have nection-it seems that the record clubs are far more effective quite candidly lacked the initiative or the time to do it on than retail record stores in promoting sales of chamber music discs. A substantial number of chamber music and solo piano discs turn up as both selection -of -the -month or as The Major Récord -Clubs available alternates. One wonders how anany of these cham- Capitol ber music sales Record Club have resulted from direct choice of record Dept. 5006 club members and how many from neglect ín filling out Scranton 5, Pau monthly purchase forms. It would he pleasant to think that Columbia LP Club record club subscribers as a group have a genuine interest in Record Dept. 222-2 biilding up well-rounded libraries! At any rate, the musical Terre Haute novice will find the record club a fine pump -primer for his Indiana deeper appreciatibr and understanding of the art, especially RCA Victor Popular in the realm of and jazz. Album Club classics Dept. P15-6 To say that record club purchase is the ideal method of P.O. Box 80, Village Státion building a library would be to stray far front the truth. There New York 14, N. Y. is no single perfect way to buy records. Much depends on RCA Victor Society of Great Music the temperament, taste, and budget of the buyer, as well as % Book -of -the -Month. Club, Inc. where and how he lives. There are even a few disadvantages 345 Hudson. Street to "record clubbing" for certain type; of buyers which should New York 14, N. Y. be pointed out. The record club is not for the listener who already has a their own at a record shop. Here the record club has been Burge library or whose musical tastes are highly developed. just the thing to start the ball rolling-and the result 'has Such a buyer will not care to have his freedom of choice con- been the start toward a systematically assembled and well- fined by the pre -selection patterns of a normal mass-market rounded library of both major musical classics and the best record club operation. Nor will he care to go along with the ín entertainment fare. '`one company" pattern still prevalent in the field. To those who choose the record clubs as a way of record In general, the record club is not for the listener who has library building, we say that you will gain much thereby if ready access to big city record discount stores on the one you order your "monthly musical diet" with care. The roost hand, or who wants 100 -percent personalized shopping serv- important single element in this "care" has to do with open- ice on the other. Oddly enough, the budgetary advantages ing, reacting and promptly acknowledging your record club of record club purchase tend to diminish as more items are mail, once your membership is in force. Choose your introduc- purchased, simply because the ratio of free records to those tory records with care. Make sure you know which selection - purchased through the club at list price diminishes with each of-the -month is currently in force and give real thought as to purchase beyond the" minimum commitunent-beginning at acceptance, rejection, or choice of an alternate front the basic 1:1 for the first year minimum and becoming 1:2 in the club repertoire. Don't be afraid to pass up a purchase for course of the second year. For all the helpful musical infor- one month if you are well within' your' minimum basic corn- mation contained in the monthly record club brochures and mittrnent. Lastly, when you feel you have gotten what you magazines, there are times when a knowledgable and pain- need from the record club of your choice, don't hesitate to staking record clerk in a first-class local or big city record resign your membership-heing sure to do so in writing. shop can take a musical novice customer in band and do a A record club membership intelligently used can mean remarkable job in guiding his exploration of the disc litera- pleasure and profit for all concerned. Just be sure you know ture, thereby building himself and his store good business exactly what you are getting and don't expect to get some- and good will in the bargain. Such instances are few and far thing for nothing-all inducement offers to the contrary not- between, but they should certainly be encouraged. This kind withstanding. There is no record club operated by Santa of personalized service is something that no record club or Claus. "supermarket" discount shop is able to offer. All told, then,'the advantages and disadvantages of record Barry Darrel is the pseudonym for an industry figure club subscription arc not iñtrinsic, but rather related to the closely associated with the establishment and operation of situation and needs of the individual. buyer. The record several major record clubs. He has been principally active in clubs have been and arc continuing to perform a good and the field of merchandising for more than useful service in their special field of endeavor Through twenty years. AUGUST 1959 31 Giorgy C:ifjra came into. worldwide prominence as a direct consequence of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. His first concerts in Vienna immediately there- after let the world-at -large know that there had arrived Capon the scene a pianist of Lisztian lire and grandeur. Subsequent concert engagements throughout .Europe seemed to confirm the initial enthusiasm of the Vien- nese; but when Czifira came to New York last fall to play with the New York Philharmonic, it became plain. that opinion among American music critics was far from unanimous-tending, in fact, to extremes of enthusiasm and distaste. The same reaction seems to have held true for Czif- /ra's recordings released on Angel. Our own critics on IliFi REVIEW provide a prime instance in point. Klaus George Roy -wrote of Czi!Jra'.c Liszt Recital (Angel 35528) in February 1958, "This is absolutely, fantastic piano playing. Liszt himself must have had a tech- nique like this!" and of Ns Hungarian. Rhapsodies disc (Angel 35429) in June '58, "Czilira manages to make this music an utter delight instead of a flamboyant nui- sance." On the violently dissenting side, Ice find Mar- tin Rookspan in June '59 reviewing CiilJra's Tchaikov- sk7 Concerto recording (Angel in this vein. "1f he is to become an artist of consequence, he mast ago- nizingly re -appraise his whole concept of pianism." Shortly after his appearances with. the New York Philharmonic, Mr. Czi ira. was asked by Contributing Editor George Jellinek to give his point of view on the role of virtuosity for its own sake in today's musical environment. The release of Czi/Jra's latest Angel re- cording-a two -disc set (3591113-see June '59, P. 75) of the complete Transcendental Etudes by Liszt-pro- vides a fine stimulus for the publication of the pianist's forthright views on this matter. -Ed.

1 brief but action -packed visit to New York was an al- together happy experience. 1 felt almost brotherly rap- port with the members of the New York Philharmonic, and the audience was wonderfully responsive. But, then, au- diences are really the same all over the world. There is cer- tainly no such thing as a "cold" audience. Artists, on the other hand, who leave their audiences "cold" are plentiful on both sides of the ocean. I sincerely hope that not even my detractors will accuse me of belonging to such a group. I read the reviews of my concerts, of course, and most of them pleased me, though I confess 'to being ,puzzled by a great deal of what has been said by your critics. 'It seems that virtuosity has come to be looked upon as a burden for the artist of today, a strange gift that inspires suspicions of slickness and superficiality. Why should this be su? Can't virtuosity o hand in hand with sincere musicianship?

A brilliant and controversial pianist airs his views on piano virtuosity in our day

interview / GYORGY CZIFFRA as told to George Jellinek

32 Frankly. I feel under no obli_ation to apologize for certain ctilleagnes who do nát equal my command of the pianistic craft. I consider myself u musician first, and I believe in virtuosity only as a means to musical ends. Critics who have accused me of excessive velocity in my playing should be more analytical in their findings. They would then discover that the tempos I choose are appropriate and logical. More- over. what is often mistaken for speeding is actually a rhythmic momentum I have learned to sustain through pro- longed and careful study. In answer to those who have wondered about my predilec-

tion for Liszt, 1 am happy to set the record straight. During the past two years I made u series of twenty records for

1 athé-Marconi of France, with whom 1 signed a 5 -year ex- clusive contract in 1956. I have no control over the sequence ín which these recordings reach the market. Angel Records, who release my recordings in the United States, have evi- dently chosen to issue my Liszt interpretations first. It was a matter involving commercial policy and, frankly, I am rather pleased with the results. (Aside froni the flattering volume of sales, my records won two awards in France for technical excellence.) If these discs made me appear as a Liszt specialist-which isn't exactly true-I certainly have no desire to protest. What is wrong with playing Liszt, anyhow? The almost contemptuous references to Liszt in American musical cir- cles have astonished and even shocked me: We Hungarians may have a tendency to venerate this high priest of roman- ticism beyond his true artistic worth, hut the over-all Europe- an estimate is not too far removed from ours. After all. who can deny Liszt's overwhelming significance as a path -breaker? Or his influence on Wagner and Strauss on the one hand, and Ravel and Debussy on the other? It is curious and rather ironical that the name of Béla Bartók is on everybody's lips today, yet Barlók was forever emphasizing his indebtedness xo Liszt's influence. without which this genius of 20th cen- .w, tury music could not have found his beginnings. Liszt's music is demanding, and needs full artistic dedi- s. cation. Technical assurance, utmost sensitivity and a firm rhythmic impulse are in my opinion the main requisites for an ideal Liszt interpreter. Therefore, as you can see, I am rather honored to .he called a Liszt specialist, but in the in- terest of accuracy I should like to point out that my future recordings (all already taped) include the Tchaikovsky .B -flat (released in March, 1959-Ed.) and Grieg A Minor concertos, Schumann's Carnaval and Fantasia, sonatas by - Beethoven and Mozart, recitals and encore pieces of Scar - ! lath Cottperin and Chopin, as well as some contemporary . works: I have a repertoire of 200 pieces, and would have m : 1"d'.. a - _ .all3 just as gladly played something else in .New York. The Phil harmonic requested Liszt-I played Liszt. So much for my . alleged one-sidedness. --- - G My opinions on interpretation? I believe that the serious interpretive artist of today must approach the music of past centuries 'with fresh ideas, searching for an expressive tr truth. Geniuses like Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven spoke to all ages in their music. The 20th century interpreter has different technical means at his dispósah He plays on in- struments of a wider dynamic range and expressive quality. Even markings have come to mean different things. Today's allegro is surely not the same as the allegro of Mozart's time. And the forbidding technical challenges of the past do not seem quite as demanding to present-day virtuosi. All of which prompts me to believe that artists of our times must search to discover the secret of interpreting the music of the 33 11th and 19th century its such a way as to convey aai ageless of the piano, believe me, nothing comes easy. I have been rather than a period quality. As for me, I strive for a kind at it since infancy. of music -making that rises above the impact of the moment- , I would like to correct one biographical detail my aim is to make every concert a lasting and memorable in the interest of accuracy: Some sources have referred to experience for my audience. my studies with Dohnányi in Budapest. This is not accurate. Music is a serious business with me, and I suppose I am Dolutányi did givL' me an audition when I was taken to him rather passionate about ii. Take my recently released Angel as an eight -year -old prodigy. But Professor Kert'-Santo record of encore pieces (Angel 35610-Ed.). Some critics was my teacher 'at the Academy. My "career" in Hungary went so far as to suggest that transcriptions and paraphrases was so foil of frustrations and non-musical adventures that of this kind are a waste of time. I beg to disagree. Here, I could write a book about them, Not until 1954 was I able too, I see a linking of 19th century spirit and 20th century to concentrate on my concert career. After I escaped during idiom. For instance, I think that the storm episode of the the revolution of 1956 and gave guy first concert ut Vienna, 11 illfranr Tell Overture is a fascinating piece of music. But invitations came in from all over the world. My family is if I were to attempt a faithful pianistic reproduction of Ros- in París, so you might say my home is there. sini's construction and harmonic scheme, the results would Right now, my plans call for another tour of England be hardly more than salon music. I endeavored, instead. to and Italy. Then-Australia. During the 1959-60 season I create a serious concert study. using Rossini's music as a shall return to the United States, and hope to give some point of departure. recitals along with orchestral concerts. By then, smile of This leads lo an oft -asked question: Do I believe in fol- my newer recordings will have been heard and the American lowing the composer to the letter or do I let myself he public will have gained a fuller image of -,my art. guided.by improvisatory inclinations? I have no ready-made -Gyorgy Czifira answer to this question. The overwhelming majority of works in my repertoire are masterpieces that require no creative assistance from mc. But there are exceptions. Liszt's Hun- THE CZIFFRA RECORDS garian Fantasy is a brilliant piece but it has passages .of LISZT: Transcendental Angel 12" $9,96 shallow and ineffective writing. I have found that minor 3591/B 2 Etudes Icomplete), and logical alterations in harmony and phrasing have en- hanced the work artistically and realized the composer's TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto Angel 35612 $4.98 No. I in B -flat Minor, Op, 23; BALAKiREV: Islamey. intentions more fully. But this, I admit, is delicate ground, The French Notion& Radio Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Dervaux where one must be guided by a sense of artistic responsibility. cond. Do artiste live in an isolated world? In my case this is PARAPHRASES AND TRANSCRIPTIONS Argel 35610 $4.98 true to some extent. I listen to other pianists on records, from iRimsiy-Korsa$ov, Khachafur'an, Johann Strauss, Bfahms, Rossini but not as much as I'd like to. Schnabel is still on top with & others. me-I find his searching musicianship enormously impres- LISZT: Spanish Rhapsody; Angel 35528 $4.98 sive. But, frankly. my life during the past two years has Valse oubliee No, I; Valse impromptu,; Gnomenreigen: Meph'isfo Waltz: Jeux d'eau a la villa &Este; Grand Galop chromafique. been too hectic to 'take much notice of anything except my work. With recordings, several trips to England, two to the LISZT Hungarian Rhapsodies- Angel 35429 $4:98 Nos. 2, 6, 12. IS. United States, and 'continual concerts on the continent, there has been little time. I practice 10.1. hours every day, LiSZT: Piano Concerto No. I in E -flat; Angel 35436 $4.98 Hungarian Fantasy. you know. Whatever you may read about my natural mastery The Paris Conservatory Orchestra, Pierre Dervaux cond.

R-ECORDING PIANOS- EUROPE vs U. S. A,

A perennial c..omplaint of record collectors specializing ill bitted with "dead" acoustics will bring forth a hard, almost piano discs focuses on what they feel to be the "rich- mel- xciopbone-like tone quality', and very often audible pedal low" sound of piano recording originating -from England and action. Again, however, such extremes in room acoustics the European continent. as opposed to the "brilliant, almost don't find their way very often to current LPs. brittle" tone of most American piano Lies. I -low much is due This brings us to the matter of the pianos themselves; and to differences in playback characteristic? How touch to room here. 11 think, is where 'the real difference between American acoustics? i -low much to the pianos themselves? and European recording shows tip. American concert grands Presumably, the hulk of European piano recordings issued are usually voiced for brilliance anti carrying power needed over here on American labels have been transferred to disc in auditoriums with as many as 4000 scats, while their in accordance with American standards of playback equaliza- European counterparts 'are voiced for much more .intimate tion; so it would seem reasonable to eliminate recording as a surroundings-seldom more than 1200 seats. Obviously. the prime factor in the situation. Yet anyone can hear the vast European concert hall and a first-rate recording studio difference in the piano sotmd represented by Louis Ketatner's (sometimes one and the same) have a good deal in common. English -recorded version of the Chopin Etudes for Capitol It stands to reason, then, that an American concert grand (GBR 7162) as against the F Minor Chopin Fantasic done would require a considerable amount of mellowing in order over here for RCA Victor by Rubinstein (LM 2277). Room to snatch ideally the requirement for recording designed to acoustics; is it true. can make a considerable difference in be heard in living room surroundings. How many major con- recorded piano sound. Excessive reverberation, combined cert virtuosi working in America would be willing to have with distant microphone placement, can result in a cavernous, their pet concert grands extensively re -voiced especially for blurred sotmd-a defect which sometimes mars piano record- recording purposes? Enough said? ings done in Austria and Germany. Very close mitring corn - -David Ilnll 34 HiFI REVIEW Hang It All!

A turritablé can become a "space platform" for floating strains of music

equipment / HAROLD HOLDEN

Problem: Vibration -free placement of -which worked fine as long as nobody was walking in the turntable with maximum space upstairs bedroom. But whenever my wife did. her upstairs economy. maid stint, the "repercussions' traveled right down the rigid piano wire suspension and, like a good seismograph, the Mid -Air suspension either from Solution: record player promptly sounded the earthquake alarm. ceiling or a special overhead Replacement of the piano wire with plastic clothesline wall projection. settled that problem. The inherent elasticity of the plastic OUR remodeled house has some rather lively beams. Every acted as shock absorber and filtered out the vibration. Be- time I forget to mince steps and walk across the room sides, the colored clothesline harmonized handsomely with with my normal tread, the responsive floor jolts my extra our living room decor. lightweight professional -type tone arm right out of the record The final version of our 'invention" was even fancier. As groove. shown in the sketch, we built an overhang nailed into wall - One solution would be to place the turntable and tone studs, nicely covered with painted pegboard and fitted with arm in a special cabinet on a shock -mounted platform a light shining down on the turntable for easy cueing of cushioned in foam rubber. The foam rubber, however, would LP bands. have made it difficult to keep the turntable level at all times. Practically speaking, the record player now takes up no Besides, we couldn't readily spare the space for such a space whatever-and we took down all those DON'T WALK bulky arrangement. signs. So I sat pondering my dilemma while listening to a record. My wife (a mere 112 lbs.) walked across the room as daintily as ever. Even so, the arm jumped and Beethoven did a Your hi-fi system may be"ncrosf" We're on the look- double -take right in the middle of the "Archduke" Trio. out for offbeat ideas, providing they really work. Haoe "Hang' it all!" I bellowed. You a hi-fi layout that's not exactly according to the My inspiration proved right. I took myself at my ex- "book"; Sketch it for us, along avith 200-250 words of asperated word and literally "hung it all." I cradled the description. Publishable sug estions will be paid $40 turntable as a sort of hammock between two suspension upon acceptance. In cases of duplication, the letter points. with the. earliest postmark will be accepted. _Ed. Our first "sky hooks" were screwed into a ceiling beam

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HUNG TURNTABLE filters floor vibration, takes no space. Overhang is nailed into studs, covered with pegboard and fitted kith light. Turnbuckles 'nay be used for leveling. Similar setup is used aboard the U.S.S. United States to coinueract the roll of the ship.

AUGUST. 1959 35 -

/r_, I f PRIVATE `71 AND PANORAMIC

Modern headsets "personalize" listening in fall stereo dimensions

AN ORCHESTRA within yott' heal! No wonder the girl equipment / HANS H. FANTEL looks startled at her first experience of stereo earphones.

THE road of progress often winds through familiar scenes. sional effect of a stereo headset. You can "feel" a whole Technical advances. in particular. have a way of bringing concert stage. 10 feet wide and 40 feet deep, spreading out back methods and mudes that had already lakes un a de- ill whatever space there happens to he between your two ears! ceptive patina of things bygone. After the railroads had driven It is truly startling. Everyone experiencing it for the first time individual travel from the highways, the automobile revived it invariably reaches for his pate to assure himself that, despite again. Or, to name just one more- of many instances, the the intracranial orchestra, his hatsize stayed the same. waterwheel, long eclipsed by piston engines as a power If your amplifier has a switch for alternating stereo and source, has returned in the guise of the modern turbine. mono, you can give yourself a dramatic demonstration of ifiglt fidelity also turns in time's ironic circles.Earphones, stereo's sonic increment, While listening with stereo ear- practically extinct since the first loudspeakers carne roaring phones, switch suddenly to mono. Immediately all apparent into the Twenties, are back in style for stereo. Their astonish- space collapses to the dimension of a point. The stereo - ing comeback portends no rivalry to loudspeakers, which of conditioned listener suffers a kind of shock akin to what course remain the standard sound sources. But as adjuncts might he medically classified as a "withdrawal symptom." to a modern music system, stereo headsets offer some chal- Which Roes 'to show that truly effective stereo-like nto?t lenging possibilities. pleasures tends to be hahitfut'ining. Their patent utility lies in "personalized" listening. To visualize just what takes place and how, let us think Clamped into their headsets, audio fans can enjoy full of a microphone as scooping off a .bucketful of musically volume sound without invading the privacy of other family agitated air. That "sample" goes to one ear. Some twenty members who may be in the same room quietly entertaining feet away, another mike scoops up another "sample" simul- 'thoughts of their own. taneously, This goes to the other ear. Our perceptive sense Time was when even the unpretentious home had a sepa- is so arranged that from the two spaced -out samples to human rate music room with sturdy doors to contain the sound, brain posits the total reality. The space between, beyond, a facility sorely lacking ill our split-level age of cardboard before and behind the two "sample -taking" microphones leaps walls and doorless togetherness. Earphones, in effect, restore into illusory but fully convincing being. acoustic isolation to modern living for those trying times The key to this rather abstruse process is the overlap be- when some but not all family members want music. tween the two channels. Both microphones, after all. "hear" Being instruments of domestic peace is merely the obvious the same thing-hut in different perspective. This perspective advantage of earphones. Their ultimate merit is something shift between channels A and B is the raw material from else again, and sonically far more spectacular. Earphone lis- which the brain manufactures the illusion of space. Philoso tening, in effect, bypasses the whole problem of living-room 'pliers may question whether an imagined space can be called acoustics, stereo speaker placement and listener position. The an illusion as long as its counterpart ín reality exists in the very space of the concert hall is infused through the stereo recording studio. But when the "studio space" appears to you earphones right into your head-without any shrinkage ita- in your head. some sort of psychological hokus-pokus is evi- posed by our own four walls. The original dimensions of the dently 'involy cd. sound are fully retained. It could be plausibly argued that all this also holds true Old-time hi-ficrs experimenting with early two -truck tape fur ordinary stereo listening with loudspeakers and that, machines back in 1952 first discovered the amazing dimen- ultimately, alt sensory reality resides in our heads. Certainly 36 IIITi REVIEW earphone and speaker listening may have many factors in common. What we want to emphasize is the amazing fact of HARDWARE FOR YOUR HEAD a wholly convincing experience of acoustic space where none exists; Moreover, that earphone listening creates a broad apparent sound source in front of us while the actual sound The benefits of binaural listening cannot be obtained with conies strictly from the sides. an ordinary pair of earphones picked up at the cornet radió We have already pointed to one of the most vital aspects store for a buck and a half, For one thing, the headset must be of earphone listening: the elimination of living room acoustics wired for stereo: 'i.e:, each earphone must play back only one which normally obtrude themselves on the concert ball of the two channels. Moreover, the sound reproduction must be comparable 10 high -quality loudspeakers in terms of range and linearity of frequency response, dynamiccapabilities and absence of distortion.

These requirements hint at the vast difference between a modern stereo headset and the familiar earphones of yester- yebr. Offhand, they compare somewhat like a hollowed tree

trunk canoe and a racing yacht. It's principally a matter of refinement.

Earphones in the early days of radio were primitive tele-

phone receivers with a metal diaphragm stretched across a signal -activated electromagnet. Modern earphones are mini- ature cone loudspeakers, crafted with expert cunning to rival the sonic virtues of their bigger relatives. Cone materials and LATEST STEREO HEADSETS ore the Ampex No. 881 (left) suspensions are carefully engineered, and some even have turd the Koss "Sterenphone' Model SP3 (right), vents around -the edge lo relieve back pressure and simulate

a sort of bass -reflex action. acoustics. Moreover, in speaker listening, both ears hear both +he field Recent entries into stereo headset include attrac- speakers. In earphone listening, each ear hears only one tive new models by Ampex (Sunnyvale, California) and by channel. This is probably the most important difference Koss, Inc. (2227 North 31 Street, Milwaukee 8, Wisccnsin). Both denoted by the term "binaural" (for earphone listening) as have been tested by the HiFi REVIEW staff and found fully compared to "stereophonic" (for speaker listening). satisfactory in terms of high fidelity standards. Both the Am- The effectiveness of binaural listening, like any other type pex Stereo Headset #88I and the Koss "Stereophone" Head- of reproduced music, depends greatly on the acoustics of set Model S53 responded nicely to test tones from 40 to the recording hall and the microphone setup. Early Dutch 15,000 cycles. Jn reproduction of integrated musical program experiments in binaural sound transmission attempted to material, the two units differed considerably, the Ampex lean- duplicate "normal" listening conditions by placing micro- phones into the cuss of a lifesize dummy head. This, however, ing toward brilliance, the Koss toward warmth of tone. The failed to convey the expected amount -of space feeling. Most lighter weight of the Koss was felt to be an advantage. Both people's ears, as- represented by the wired -for -sound dummy, units fit around the ear with comfortable foam -rubber pad- are not very far apart; nor are noses so big as to create a sig- ding, which, in the case of the Ampex model, is lined with soft nificant sound barrier between the two ears. As a result, the chamois. A snug fit creating a sealed air cavity between the sound pressure at both ears is usually pretty much the same. earphone and the ear is the secret of the astonishing bass re- A precise elecrroacoustic analog to normal human hearing, sponse obtainable from 'these headsets. Essentially, a closed such as was attempted with the rniked dummy head, therefore pressure system is created, assuring efficient energy transfer sounded much like monophonic transmission, and that type between the cone of the earphones and the ear drum. Besides, of mike pickup was soon discarded. Today, the most effective +he foam rubber seal keeps out ambient noise. program source for _binaural (earphone) listening is a well - engineered stereo disc ur tape. The wide microphone spacing

The actual hookup of the earphones is quite similar fo the employed in current stereo recording is not at all deleterious to is procedure for connecting loudspeakers. The impedance of .binaural listening as long as sufficient center fill present. For this reason, the prevalent use of a center fill mike in these dynamic headsetsis 4 ohms (for the Koss) or ló ohms stereo recording is as much as an asset to earphone listening (for the Ampex), values readily tapped from the output of as it is to loudspeaker listening - most amplifiers. Both Koss and Ampex furnish connection Here lies an altogether fascinating field for sonic adventure boxes for plugging in the headsets. One of -the several avail- for anyone with a stereo system. All you need is a good stereo able types of Koss connection boxes (Model T-3) also contains headset with appropriate connectors (see box). They arc resistors for dropping the signal level to the requirements of your key not only to privacy in listening but a new and un- the earphones, and a switch for selecting either loudspeaker canny experience. But don't expect earphones to make your or earphone operation. head actually feel as wide as a concert stage. It takes some- thing besides binaural to accomplish that! ....r.... -Ha na H. Mantel AUGUST 1959 37 VIA

feature review / MOTHER C:. A. CARR'OILL, R. S. C. J.

AMBROSIAN CHANT 74 Selections 'from the 'Liturgy. Choir setninatimi, the selection of chants from authentic sources of the Polifonica Ambroziena, Milan, Msgr, Giuseppe 'Bleila cond. for documentation on discs is most welcome and supplies Vox SDI 343 3 12" with Special Booklet $25.00 a ton; -felt need. Vox hay therefore performed a valuable Musical interest: Specialized service in issuing this deluxe album of Ambrosias chants, Performance; Devoted most of them hitherto virtually inaccessible on discs. Recording; Good The performance by the choir of the Polifonica Ambros- ChIT. AMBROSE 340.397), Bishop of Milan, has given larra under the direction of Moosignore Giuseppe Biella is Ms name to a body of chants organised for use in the highly competent and reveals a unity of purpose and a high clturéhes of that city. Modern research tends to modify degree of artistry of interpretation. The chants are sung the reputation once claimed for Ambrose as composer, per- by a group of male singers with occasional solos, in alter- former and organizer of the Milanese liturgy. Even within nation and/or combination with a children's choir, the whole his busy lifetime there would not have been time to write entirely unaccompanied. In pitch, rhythm and vocal qualify all the hymns sometimes ascribed to him. iilowever, there the male group has the edge on the children's choir. The is ample evidence that he was more active in the promotion men, singing alone and particularly in the lower register, both of liturgical music and of popular participation in the produce moments of astounding beauty, hut there are times liturgy in his diocese. It is abundantly clear that he did when the addition of the treble voices detracts rather than introduce antiphonal singing and the metrical hymn now adds to the general effect. The Chants, even though Am- known as Ambrosial), and that he left Ms mark on the rite brosian in structure and scalar designs, are sung according and chant of the diocese of Milan which now honors him to the rhythmic interpretation of the French school of Soles - by calling them both Ambrosia». mes, but without that school's assiduous attention ti) accen- What distinguishes Ambrosias chant from Gregorian tuation and evenness of rhythm. chant? Basically both use the same range of notes, a diatom= the interpretation is always musical, although there arc is progression from A to g', which the Ararbrosians divide into lapses in pitch and occasional irregularities ín rhythm. What four modes, and the Gregorianists into eight. In general, the might he challenged in the performance is the monotony of Gregorian melodies tend towards conservatism in design and tempos, as deliberate for a solemn text as for an Alleluia. exhibit a marked preference for balance and symmetry in The freshness of the melodies, the well-rounded phrasing construction. A comparison shows -that the Ambrosial) chants and the obvious sincerity of the performance insist be highly arc more stark in their simplicity and more ostentatiously commended. ornate than their Gregorian counterparts. The Ambrosian The album oilers a wide selection of the melodic types style is also characterized by a preference fur small melodic and modal formulae of the Ambrosias repertoire. There intervals; a frequent use of rhymed cadences; an abundance arc many antiphons, each with at least one psalm verse: a of elaborate melodic passages strongly reminiscent of Orien- group of authentic Ambrosian hymns; exemplars of offer- tal improvisations; and at times a seeming inconsistence tory, psalleinellnc, confractory, ingressa, transitory and li- in the sudden appearance of a nteli,tna in the midst of an turgical recitatives. Each selection merits comment, but only otherwise unpretentious tune. the outstanding can he singled out for mention and acclaim. There are also notable differences to be observed in the The antiphon, a short refrain 'interpolated between verses treatment of the cadences, especially in the psalms and the of a psalm, may vary in expressiveness and emotion as the recitatives. A descending leap of a 'fourth to end a phrase, texts change to follow the course of the liturgical year In and an occasiónal ascending melodic turn at a cadence .be: its commemorative cycle of the mysteries of the Catholic long to the Ambrosian idiom almost exclusively. There is religion. It can be as ingenuous as Ile Non denttu somnrtnt also a bolder use of the tritone, and consequently little con- mortis-; dramatic as the Lapides: solemn as the Adoronurs cern for the introduction of the Bb. These melodies strike Crucerir; joyously bright as the Sancttfrcamini. Whatever the ear as being almost entirely whole -tone progressions, its message, it is always -a short, compact musical composition far removed from a major scale pattern with its inevitable which frames the psalm that accompanies it. It is interesting half-step cadences. In the structure of the chants there are to note that the psalm tones dispense with the mediant ca- other differences, but these have liturgical rather than musi- dence of the Gregorian system. pause is made cal significance. with no melodic inflection, but the final cadence is sometimes In recent years considerable advance has been made to- a lotcly. almost lilting, melisma, as in the Nunc dimiuis and wards a fuller investigation and study of Ambrosian chant, the In exila Israel. and Monsignor-e Biella and his choir have availed them- Ambrose's name is inseparably linked with the hymn. In selves of the results of the research in progress at the his effort to reach his people, he chose to teach them both Instituto Ambrosíana di Musica Sacra in Milan. Since these doctrine and music in a form that would appeal to them and studies have not as yet achieved wide publication and ciis- yet not depart froto the canons of good taste in literature 38 RIFF REv Few or music. To do this, he set his texts in a form, based not Cardinal G. B. Montini, Archbishop of Milan, thus setting on the old principle of quantity, but upon that of metric the seal of ecclesiastical approval on the project. The main accentuation. Thus was initiated the Ambrosian hymn which body of the brochure is concerned with information pertinent has been imitated throughout Western Christendom clown to the chants; a brief history of the Origins of the Ambrosian the long ages since the death of its author in 397. It is a chant; the complete Latin texts of the parts sung; short simple form: an iambic dimeter of eight four -line stanzas, explanatory notes; and a generous selection of reproductions usually set to a syllabic melody. The number attributed to of the manuscripts in color as well as in black and white. Ambrose reached, at limes, astonishing totals. Monsignors Since the editors have taken the trnnhle. to supply translations Biella has chosen five of the most expressive and authentic: in English. French and Italian, the usefulness of the text is Rcternc reruns Conditor: Splendor paternae loriac: Deus considerably enhanced. Unfortunately, some slips did man- Creator ont.r.n.uan; Jam surgit lore tender; Agnetis (dome sir= age to creep into the hook. At times the English is less than gini.s. These he has decided to interpret in the even -note idiomatic and there are textual inaccuracies as well as a rabies which he considers traditional. The performance of few inconsistencies in the use of technical terms. However, these syllabic chants does not do full justice to the smooth the book as a whole is an artistic and informative little rhythm involving interplay of literary and musical accents. volume and a veritable vade ,mecum for the recordings. True, these are most difficult to sing well, but hymn rendi- A ,note of practical advice offered to the reader of the tion is not the high point of artistic rendition on these booklet which accompanies the album is worthy of special recordings. mention, since it points out a problem often discussed by musicians and liturgists. We are warned here that the ver- sions heard have not been taken from the official Ambrosian edition established by Dom Sufiol, O.S.B.; but represent the labors of the scholars of the Instituto Ambrosiano who have edited the chants in agreement with their findings in the manuscripts. These chants, then, are for the perusal and study of musicologists and musicians and are not primarily intended for liturgical use. The present-day practice of recording liturgical music raises questions of both propriety and aesthetics. Music specifically intended for church use is intimately associated with the liturgy and rite of which it forms an integral part. Heard out of tine church, it often loses something- of its original impact and meaning. Is the music to be taped or recorded during the service-always a hazardous procedure -or is it to be carefully worked over in a recording session where it is entirely divorced from the ritual and atmosphere 1 for which it was intended? Will its role of prayerful beauty BEAUTIFULLY BOUND is Vox'.c Ambrocian Chant album be lost or replaced by one of purely musical and artistic which includes brochure with full historical elaborate import? These are problems that have to faced the notes and texts in Jour languages. be by choir director and recording artists. All students of Gregorian chant will be interested in two The availability of excellent discs has evidently tempted compositions that have been adapted for use in the Rotu an many choir masters to substitute "canned music" for live Rite; the Te Deum and the Laus Angeloram magna, the performance; for an Instruction on Sacred Music, issued original version of the Gloria in excelsis Deo of the Roman from the Congregation of Rites at the Vatican on Septem- Mass. The Te Daunt is identified on the manuscript as: ber 3, 1958, states: Ilynanras dialogicus beatissintorutn

An American classic comes splendidly alive on a neto stereo soundtrack

feature review / S T A'N LIE Y GREEN

PORGY AND BESS (George Gershwin-DuBose Heyward- Lure (Andre Previn's conducting is outstanding throughout) McFerrin Ira Gershwinl. Scundtreck recording with Robert and a fascinating track is devoted to all sorts of noises heard 1Sporiin' (Porgy), Adele Addiscn (Bess), Cab Calloway Life), Pearl The most familiar Bailey (Maria), L. J. N. Price (Clara), Inez Matthews $Serena), 'in Catfish Row early in the morning. Leslie Scott (Jake). Brock Peters (Crown), Helen Thigpen i(Strow- songs are all here, of course. plus others including the affect- berry Woman), Merritt Smith (Crab Man). with Orchestra & Chorus. ing Gone, Gone, Gone .and Porgy's Prayer, the hard -driving Andre Previn corid. Columbia 05 2016 $5.98; Mono-OL 5410 $4.98 r< Red -Headed Woman, and the tender Clare, Clara. I Ain't Musical Interest: Gershwin'is masterpiece which was cut from the original 1935 produc- Performance: Superb company Got No Shame, Recording: Excellent tion, is also on the recording. Stereo Directionality: Very effective The stereo effects have been accomplished with unfailing Stereo Depth: Satisfactory good taste and a fine appreciation for dramatic values. All AFTER all is said and quite a hit has been done, we now the solos are heard midway between the speakers, while the have the soundtrack recording of the Samuel Goldwyn choral passages are properly spread out. In Bess, Four. Is My film version of Porgy and Bess-which, of course, is the Woman Vow, an especially good illusion is provided by primary reason for the current spate of recordings emanating having Porgy sing first from the extreme left and Bess front from Catfish Row. And. what's snore, 'it is a soundtrack well the right; then, as the song progresses, they seem to get worth waiting for. All the beauty, all the nobility, all the closer and closer together, ending. apparently, in an embrace. electricity of the George Gershwin-DtiBose Heyward -Ira Likewise, movement is achieved by having the voices of Gershwin folk opera have been masterfully captured by the the Strawberry Woman and the Crab Man travel from right singing cast to snake this release, in many ways, the most to left. The sound is equally fine on 'the monophonic set, but satisfying single -record Porgy and Bess to date. the added spaciousness -of stereo makes it the preferred I say "singing cast" as it is a fairly open .secret that not all version. the actors appearing in 'the movie do their own singing. Co- Comparing the new recording with existing versions of lumbia, 'unfortunately, does not provide a rundown of who Porgy and Bess, I find that the pre -hi-fi sound of the Decca sings what for whom; the only once whose names are fea- version (DL 9024) with the original leads (Anne Brown tured on the back of 'the jacket are Robert McFerrin, mho and Todd Duncan, with Alexander Smallens conducting) sings Porgy, and Cab Calloway, who sings Spartin' Life, puts it out of the running except for historical reasons. though the latter is not in the picture and is merely filling Columbia's album (OSL 162) featuring William Warfield, in for Sammy Davis, Jr., whose contractual allegiance to Camilla Williams and Avon Long, with Lehman Engel con- Decca has prevented hba from being on the soundtrack re- ducting, is the most complete, and the voices compare cording. The above credit box contains the names of all the favorably with the current release. Excerpts from this known soloists. although of these only Pearl Bailey, Leslie 3 -record set are contained on Columbia CL 922, but here Scott, Brock Peters arid Helen Thigpen are nett ally in the I'd have to give the soundtrack version the nod because of film. Everything clear? sonic superiority. particularly in stereo. All the voices have been selected with exacting care. The The world-wide esteem in which Porgy and Bess has long Gershwin estate, which even controls the right to approve been held was demonstrated even before the celebrated the key in which each aria is sung, has made sure that the Davis -Breen cnmpany toured Nortilt America; Europe, parts intentions of the composer have been -adhered to as closely as of North Africa. and South America. As early as March, possible. Robert McFerriti's impressive, well -controlled bari- 1943, its European premiere took place at the Royal Opera tone invests Porgy with great dignity and inner strength, in Copenhagen, Denmark, performed in Danish by Danish and Adele Addison sings Bess with a tonal purity and emo- opera singers. This was during the German occupation, and tional depth that make her iuterpretatión altogether winning. the work was presented 22 tintes before the Nazis forced While I still may prefer the unctuousness of Avon Long s its -withdrawal. Two years later, Porgy and Bess eras per- Sportin' Life to the more flamboyant manner of Cab Callo- formed in Moscow, and it was also part of the Zurich Festival way, the latter does create a characterization with all the ap- of Music, It was first given in Sweden in 1948; the following propriate relish and rhythm. Many of the artists have had -year tt3 opening in Stockhulrn was distinguished by the yeitrs of experience singing roles in Porgy and Bess. In the presence in the company of Anne Brown. the original Bess. Blevins Davis -Robert Breen production which toured through- The Davis and Breen tour showed how eagerly people out the world from 1952 to 1956, Leslie Scott, who now plays all over the world responded to Porgy and Bess sung by Jake, alternated in the of part Porgy, Helen Thigpen (Straw- Negroes in the language in which it was written. The Gold- berry Woman) played Serena, and Merritt Smith (Crab wyn movie will mtduestional>ly reach an even wider audience, Man) had the same role he sings on the soundtrack. Inez with no little assist from Columbia's superb recording of Matthews May also be heard as Serena on Columbia's excel- excerpts. In fact, my only complaint about the release is lent 3 -record set in (05L162) made 1951, and Brock Peters that it is too much of an appetite -whetter. Anyone else for (Crown) is Porgy on a Concert Hall recording. a stereo release of the complete soundtrack? Eighteen numbers are offered on the disc, plus an over - -Stanley Green 4.0 1iiFt Review TAPE CAMTRID-GE MACHINES ARRIVES

TPell-known producer of component hi-fi equipment breaks tape cartridge market wide open with six medium -fi machines

ccyOU mean fumble thumbs like me can finally play tape!" So friend housewife greeted the home trial run of the Bell Stereo -Pak four -track tape cartridge player Model 402. It had taken friend husband exactly one minute to take the cartridge player (no bigger than a small portable typewriter) out of its box, plug it into stereo amplifier input and a.c. line. snap a tape cartridge into place-RCA Victor's Morton Gould performance of Copland's Billy the Kid Ballet (KCS 6000, 59.95)-and have the living room filled to the rafters with stereo sound. BELL SOUND Model 405 costs $299.95. Big sister, a real record fan but no lover of the more com- plex aspects of operating hi-fi, dashed in to see what all the excitement was about-just in time to see the tape machine stopped and the cartridge (lipped over and snapped back into designed to play them-presumably an RCA Víctor tape place. Now the music was the heady hoedown rhythm of cartridge machine. Copland's Rodeo,.making up the second sequence of RCA Vic- The first of 1959 came and went -dead silence tin the car- tor's KCS 6000. tridge tape machine front; but by April came rumblings and rumors of impending action: RCA Victor would be- deliver- This was the momentthat friend husband, an all-out hi - ing its tape machines to the stores any day. her, had been awaiting for almost a year. RCA Victor had cartridge announced in -June of 1958 impending production of a line Then came June 10 ---just about .a year after the first RCA of magazine -loading stereo tape machines-players and Victor announcement and demonstration; at last the first player -recorders, plus a library of stereo pre-recorded tape tape cartridge machine actually came to hand where it could to go with it. By fall, tape cartridges had arrived but no be tried out in the home-not from RCA Victor as expected, machine to play them on. A temporary expedient came to but from a totally unsuspected source. Bell Sound, well- hand in the form of a Taudberg tape recorder equipped with known producer of tape machines, amplifiers and other com- four -track stereo heads (first a Model 4, then later the Model ponent hi-fi products. The first RCA Victor tape cartridge 5.2), which meant that the four -track 334 ips tapes on hand players were supposedly on their way to distributor ware- could be played if taken out of their cartridges and wound houses and stores. But where RCA Victor was shipping only onto reels. So far, so good-but the only fair test would be its semi -automatic Model SCP-2 player -recorder, Bell was to listen to these tape cartridges on the type of equipment going full speed ahead with a line of three cartridge players and three cartridge player -recorders. In a remarkable ex- hibition of canny tactics, Bell bad kept its plans and initial production completely under wraps and when RCA Victor announced delivery of its one model, Bell was all set and C' rolling with its entire line. A tour de force, this! For the present, we can speak from actual home operation- al experience only for the Bell Model 402, which is a tape cartridge player containing its own built-in stereo preampli- fier circuitry designed to match the auxiliary (high level) input of any pairing of amplifiers, radio, TV, or radio -phono- graph. The first thing that impressed us was sheer simplicity and compactness. An airplane portable typewriter takes ! more space, and just two controls accomplish all basic opera- tions, once amplifier volume and tone control knobs are set. The Model 402 cartridge machine has only an on -off switch, plus an Operating Lever with three settings-!Verural-Play -Fast. Placing a pre-recorded tape cartridge on the machine for listening is a matter of two seconds-the top of the car- tridge is angled gently but firmly against a retaining flame, then the front is brought down into position. From there on, BELL SOUND Model 402 costs $129.95. it's just push the lever. When the tape has run its full AUGUST 1959 41 Model SCP 2, this is an elaborate and handsome package complete with stereo recorder. stereo playback and ampli- fiers, as well as built-in monophonic speaker system (2 tweeters and woofer). A companion speaker (Model SHS13) is available for stereo. Tape transport operating controls are the push-button type (Start -Stop -Fast I;ortoard-Fast Reverse). Other controls include on -off. volume. and tone control. Pro- vision is made for selection of tracks, playback. record, or auxiliary speaker operation. Recording level meter is óf the neon "magic eye" type. We made some fairly extensive A -B -C tests. using a variety of stereo 'tapes kind discs. The tapes were 4 -track cartridges at 33/4 ins, and 4 -track reels at both 334 RCA VICTOR Model SCP-2 costs $299.95. ips and 71/2 ips. as well as the heretofore standard 2 -track 71/2 reels. Identical musical program material was used in each comparative_ test. all played through the same amplifier - speaker volume set- length. the mácbine stops automatically but sloes not. un- set-up with no change in or tone control thread itself. Playing the other two tracks on the tape (like tings. A carefully calibrated Tandberg 5-2 tape machine was used for reel-to-reel playback. the other side of a phonograph record) means just turning the cartridge over and placing it in play position once more. Past issues of 13iF1 Rr:vmr.w reporting on playback of 4 - Suppose you want to -hear "Side A" of the tape over again track 334 ips pre-recorded stereo tape (from RCA Victor and without going through "Side B." Easy-you flip the cartridge I iFiTape) have indicated that the 71/, ips speed, whether over to the "B" side. move the Operating Lever to the First using 2 tracks or 4 tracks, was preferable for dyed-in-the- position and let the tape run till the machine stops automati- wool audiophiles insistent on all the unrestricted frequency cally. Then you flip hack to the "A" side, move the Operating and dynamic range that tape has to offer. Our preliminary Lever to Phi), and you're in business. tests with the tapes on hand have given us no reason Essentially, this is all there is to the basic operation of a to change our mind in this respect. The 33/4 ips tape appeared Bell tape cartridge player. Those models with recording cir- to have somewhat better high frequency playback quality cuitry have correspondingly more controls; but the, basic when heard through the Bell cartridge machine than When transport mechanism remains the saute for all-just two played reel-to-reel from the Taudherg; but the difference was levers, plus automatic shut-off. very small. A -B comparison of identical program material on Here is a quick run-down on each machine of the Bell line 7t/2 ips tape as against 334 ips revealed, however, very dis- currently in production: tinct. differences, especially in ''open"quality of sound. Even The Overture series includes Models 401, 402. and 403. The a good stereo disc (that of Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra first two are, simple, typewriter -sized machines, wonder- recorded for RCA Victor by Reiner and the Chicago Sym- fully neat and unobtrusive. Model 401 is a player only. de- phony Orchestra) when played against its tape cartridge signed to connect directly to the tape head inputs of a stereo counterpart (KCS 4000) had an apparently wider frequency pre -amplifier stage. Model 402 is identical in appearance, range. but includes built-in stereo pre -amplifiers that allow At this point, it. should be made plain that these remarks for hook-up to standard pltono, 1'V and auxiliary high apply only to the present state of 334 ips tape recording. level inputs. Model 403, which is a stereo recorder -player, That this medium will achieve a level of sound quality adds left and right_ channel volume controls. plus a selector comparable to the hest of the 71/2 ips product is by no control. (tape play, phono, aux., microphone record and means beyond the realm of possibility. Very possibly. as in- play). Twin VU meters are built into this and all other Bell dicated in our editorial this month, the two tape formats may recorder models. The record amplifier is fully transistorized, assume a relationship comparable to EP and LI' in the disc and dual inputs are provided for phonograph, tuner, and mi- field. For the present, however, the area of competition be- crophone. Amazingly enough, all three Overture models are tween 4 -track tape cartridge and 4 -track reel-to-reel tape the same size (634" x 1214" x 111/2") and weigh 23, 25, and would seem to focus on the matter of case of handling and 26 lbs., respectively. operation. From this standpoint, the tape cartridge and the Bell's Maestro series includes two models, fitted out in Machines to play it are ahead of the game by .a ridiculously handsome table furniture. Model 404 is a player only, but wide margin. To "flip" a reel containing 4-track program has its own built-in pre:amp and amjlifier. inputs are pro- material requires either letting the reel play to the very end, vided for one's existing radio tuner and disc record player. reversing positions and then re=threading-or else (if one A matching set of stereo speakers (Model 450) can be had wishes to "change side" in mid -reel) indulging in some deft to go with this machine or with its companion, Model 405, acrobatics if one is not to risk breaking or twisting the tape. which adds the stereo record feature. So at this point, we still stand pretty much where we did The Playmate is nothing more nor less than a version Of six months agd-for the moment 334 ips cartridges are for Model 405, cased as a portable system, complete with stereo those who like their music to come easily to them; while record and playback facilities. Again, matching speakers are 71h ips 4 -track reels are for the audio perfectionists. who arc available in portable carrying case (Model 460). willing to work a little at their hi-fi. Oddly enough, the price Based on what we heard from the Bell Model 402, there is factor as'between the same amount of music on tape cartridge no doubt whatever about the excellent playing quality of and 71A ips 4 -track reels is negligible.. Both mediums offer this equipment. There was no nóticeahle flutter and, no op- a price differential of between S2 and S3 as compared to erating problems of consequence. stereo discs offering the saute musical material. Turning now to RCA's debut tape cartridge machine, the -David Hall 42 I-liFi REVIEW less with the jazz tradition than with the more rhapsodic attitudinizing of cocktail KIT BUILDERS EVERYWHERE ASKED FOR IT! pianists. lIc does llave a sensitive way of handling pop material, but he tends at Completely new edition of times- toward the pretentious. 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