avowal of the "revolutionary" tendencies vided his ensemble with a spaciousness BUILD THE FINEST displayed in the likes of and of sound which comes close to destroying . the innate intimacy of the . In ad- The "Symphony" made the rounds of dition, Reiner gives us only seven of the Re02friieiMae the major musical centers. was fiercely nine numbers. omitting the celebrated applauded. and then disappeared. It has Minuet of Lully (a reorchestration by CUSTOMIZED never become a repertory piece; revivals Strauss of a section composed by Lully are rare -even among those great en- for the original production of the play sembles which can afford the enormous in 1670) and the Courante. We might as TV KIT financial outlay which is a natural con- well have all of this wondrous music, On Easy As comitant to Strauss's orchestral demands. and I do not see how in a realization as "Pay You Wire" Terms Superficially. the work would seem to exquisite as Leitner's it can fail to bring Only $15 for the Starting Package! be in the vein of what preceded in forth at least a low murmur of delight The Strauss's catalogue of symphonic poems. even from those most antipathetic to "PROFESSIONAL" Indeed. the orchestration is as superbly Strauss. Series -designed for as ever. The musical ideas, -Berlin Philharmonic, Leitner, cond. colorful the perfectionist seeking stale and insubstantial. Decca DL 9903, LP. however. are the finest in TV performance. cond. It becomes increasingly clear that by -Chicago Symphony, Reiner. Easy to assemble. No technical 1915 Strauss's interests had turned to (with excerpts from Salome and Elektra). knowledge required. An ideal other forms and a more spare. classical RCA Victor LM 6047, Two LP. "Learning" Kit with a Complete style than that in which the "Symphony" Course of Study is available. was written. This is definitely a piece Schlagobers, Op. 70 (1922 ) intended to make its listeners gasp with worshipful astonishment at the com- This work, Strauss's second and last poser's passion, vigor, orchestral tech- score ( following the nique. etc., etc. Actually it was too late ballet of 1914), stems from that period for Strauss to attempt a return to this in the composer's life which must be stage of his past. considered his least productive in regard Böhm. who conducts an excellent or- to quality of output. Although there was chestra in the only available recording. glory in the years between Le Bourgeois affection for the Gentilhomme and ( I932) displays considerable (to Also available: work, but his scrupulous reading only wit. the second Ariadne and the songs WIRED the music's noisy Opp. 68 69), as Inter- succeeds in displaying of and such dross CHASSIS cannot be mezzo, Die Aegyptische posturing. The conductor Helena, and the for custom blamed for this; it is the composer who Parergon suggested to the composer's installations has offended. audiences that he had indeed run dry. with a choice -Saxon State Orchestra. Böhm, cond. Schlagobers ("Whipped- Cream "), like of vertical or horizontal Decca DL 9970, LP. Die Pratt ohne Schatten, represents controls and the newest neither the best nor the worst of this 19 ", 23" or 27" Later Instrumental Works curious period of groping. The long CRT. ballet score has its delightful moments. Der Biirger als Edelman'', Op. 60 ( 1918) notably in the first three of its eighteen numbers; but major rewards are scant. 16 Strauss composed his incidental music the Lündler. Strauss -obviously a little to the Bierling -Hofmannsthal version of hard up for original ideas -digs into Molière's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme in Rosenkavalier, cleverly expanding a de- 1912. During that year the play with the licious fragment which passes virtually Strauss score. plus the original version of unnoticed by conductors and audiences Beautiful Cabinets - the Strauss- Hofmannsthal Ariadne (in- amid the melodic wealth of that opera. designed to enhance sound quality and blend with modern decor. For TV or combination TV and Hi -Fix serted as a "direrti.c.cement ") was pre- In the opera we hear it as the orchestral sented in Stuttgart. The Suite. Op. 60. accompaniment to Ochs's line "Nun A few of the Professional Quality Features: comprising the nine most substantial plauder' Sie" (Act II; page 197 of the Choice of push -pull 10 -watt audio or output to numbers from the incidental score. was your Hi -Fi system . D.C. restoration . Boosey & Hawkes vocal score). Ultra- linear sweep circuits ... Newest Standard fashioned by the composer six years I must confess to a certain. perhaps Coil Model PKO Automatic Fine Tuner . . later. perverse fondness for this "Very Merry Super- sensitivity for fringe areas . Complete line of Accessories for Custom Installations. In this music Strauss displays his pre- Viennese Ballet." although I would not occupation with a distant artistic past, rise up in righteous defense its slender Choice of 19 ", 23" or 27" CRT. Prices range of from $119 to $199. going even farther back in time than the values. It is. after all. as insubstantial U.S. Armed Services and over 4000 schools and age of Mozart. to the music of the court and lacking in value as the nutritive colleges have selected Transvision Receivers 4 and, in Lully. for of Louis XIV particular, to cream puffs and chocolate sausages with educational television. The music to Der Bürger als Edelmann which the scenario is peopled. It is music .9t #ed ut CrlecLionics ? (the title given it in German) is uniquely to listen to while doing the household t~, basic Strauss. but a different Strauss from the Learn the principles of elee- sN' chores. Erich Kloss makes an eloquent tronics from the Course available with the Kit. man who composed Elektra and even plea for work. is the His reading spirited ASSEMBLY MANUAL Rosenkavalier. Here Strauss is witty, -$2.00 and well played. The recorded sound is See how easy it is to assemble the Transvision elegant. and restrained. A comparatively unexceptionable. Kit. Cost of Manual refunded on purchase of Kit. small group of instrumentalists suggests -Frankenland State Symphony. Kloss, the spatially restricted subject matter of cond. Lyrichord LL 41, Two LP. the play. The seventeenth -century at- figt01.I New Rochelle, N.Y. is mosphere wonderfully captured in Dance Suite after Couperin (1923) NE 6.6000 Ferdinand Leitner's scintillating perform- \ ...... START NOW - MAIL THIS COUPON.m..... ance. This is conducting of supreme Strauss's attraction to the French ba- TRANSVISION Electronics, Inc., New Rochelle, N.Y. Dept. HIY lightness, warmth, and humor. The re- roque did not end with Der Burgeri als D Send FREE 8-page Catalog... I enclose $2 for Assembly Manual, refundable on purchase of Kit. cording is appropriately dry and unreso- Edelmann. The Dance Suite might be o I enclose $15 for Starting Pkg. on pay-as-you wire plan. nant, although the surfaces are far from considered as a logical continuation of (Complete Kits range from $119 to $199.1 silent. Reiner's version (with quiet sur- this interest. which in fact lasted to the faces) is worthy of our attention; but it end of the composer's life. These ar- Name is a grander and less warmhearted view rangements of pieces from the first three Address of the score. In keeping with Reiner's I City Zone State conception, RCA's engineers have pro- Continued on next page CIRCLE 92 ON READER -SERVICE CARD MARCH 1962 117