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TO ALL RCA VICTOR RECORD DISTRIBUTORS? September 30, 195>7

« WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING «

CLASSICAL

LM-6702 RIVE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS/ARTUR RUBINSTEIN

The Jewish Advocate, Sept. £/f>7s w0ne does not ordinarily think of Rubinstein in connection (Martin Bookspan) with the Five Beethoven Concertos (though, as a matter of fact, he previously recorded the Third with Toscanini and the Fourth with Beecham), which perhaps helps to explain some of the overwhelming impression created by this set of discs# These five towering masterpieces are played with granite « like strength^ all technical obstacles in the piano parts cease to exist for Rubinstein and he is able to concentrate on the other interpretive problems which the works pose. Also evident in the performances is a most congenial rapport between the pianist and con­ ductor which results in moments of really magical en­ semble, like the absolute togetherness of piano release and orchestra attack in the final statement of the rondo theme of the finale of the Fourth Concerto after the solo« istls cadenza» It is probably the stormy scenes in these-works which benefit most from Rubinstein’s vigor*©specially, perhaps, in the ^Emperor” Concerto-but even such a section as the slow movement of the Fourth Concerto, which in its seventy bars conveys a message whose import cannot be communicated by words, is made to glow in th e incandescence of this performance« To all the above must be added really excellent recorded sound,« This is a release of which all concerned may be very proudj it is certainly one of the most im- portant and successful undertakings in recent recording history«,

The New York Herald Tribune,2 wIf Hercules had taken up music rather than weight-lifting, he Sept. 22, 19^7 probably would have played the piano like Artur Rubinstein# (Herbert Kupferberg) For the last few years, Mr. Rubinstein has been touring the country giving marathon recitals, playing as many as three concertos a night. At the end of each concert he leaves the audience at once stupefied, conquered, and ready to believe thai he could, he wished, tuck the piano under his arm and walk out with it# Now Mr. Rubinstein has just completed a prodigious recording project*an containing the five Beethoven Piano Concertos, all played with the Symphony of the Air conducted PAGE 2

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by Josef Krips (Victor LM~6?02, $13.98,° the five: records are also available singly at $3*98 each)B So dashing and dazzling are.these performances that you get the impression that Rubinstein only wishes that Beethoven had written a few more concertos for him to play« Yet there is nothing cocksure or casual in his approach^ Rubinstein is a great dramatist among pianists., and he has meat to feed on in these concertos***

CBI^lOO THE ART OF ROSA PONSELIE

Record Roundup « The Saturday Reviews WA precious pair of LPls, at an economy price., (Irving Kolodin) tracing the great soprano* s career from 1921; to 1939* Among her associates in historic opera ensembles are Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza and Marion Telva* Not hi-fi, but highly satisfying» (Camden)«**

CAL»3h8 HARPED BAUER CAM77 MORIZ ROSENTHAL

New York Herald Tribune,g wTwo great pianists of the past, Harold Bauer and Moriz Rosen­ (Herbert Kupferberg) thal, are represented onRoC.A.‘s low-priced Camden label« Septo 22, 1937 This, is Bauer's second Camden recording (‘CAL*3h8, $1,98)$ it consists of short pieces by Grieg, Schumann, Brahms and others, all lustrously played. The Rosenthal record (CAL-377, $1,98) contains a remarkable performance of Chopin's Sonata in B minor, made in 19393 and briefer works by Handel, Liszt, Chopin and Johann Strauss (the «Blue Danube**) dating in recording from 1928 to 19h29 Rosenthal was never one of the great tonal- ists, and he made his share of errors in execution (he recorded before the days of tape, when r ecordings were issued as you made them,without subsequent replaying and editing)» But for sheer lyricism, the maintaining of a singing line from start to finish, this is one of the greatest of all recorded Chopin Sonatas* Rosenthal was a pianist who loved music as well as the piano, and his deep feeling for his art is evident in every measure»**

POPULAR and JAZZ ALBUMS

LPM-lli9b MARVELOUS MILLER MOODS/GIENN MILLER/ARMY AIR FORCE BAND

Saturday Review - Record Roundup? «A collection of fine arrangements of popular favori tes (.Irving Kolodin) as played by the celebrated Air Force Band led by the late Glenn Miller» »Star Dust,»» «People Will Say We're In Love,** **My Ideal,« «Long Ago and Ear Away« are some of the best*« " WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING " (continued)

LPM-15U8 thinking of you/eddie fisher

Pittsburgh Sun«Telegraphs "Eddie Fisher may have lost ground in the past year or so, but he’s August 10/f>7 bound to regain a lot of that popularity with his latest RCA« Victor LP, Thinking Of You© This is a slick album, full of the songs which helped Eddie on his way up to the big time, and these same tunes might just do the trick in restoring the pleasant-voiced Eddie to'his right­ ful position. Backed by Hugo Winterhalter’s orchestra. Thinking Of You finds Eddie giving out with such delightful tunes as Wish You Were Here, My Blue Heaven, Oh, My Papa, Walking Behind You, I Need You Now, Trust In M© and How Do You Speak To An Angel?"

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Pittsburgh Sun-Tele graphs "Perry Como’s first new album in two years We Get Letters is a bona- August 3/5? fide smash, and certain to be among the nation’s best sellers almost immediately. Although Mr. Como has been represented in the album line during the past two years, they were all re-issues of former RCA Victor IPs© His last new one was , released September, 195$O We Get Letters derives its title from a popular segment of Mr. Como’s Saturday night TV show, during which Perry sings requests. In this new IP, the Canonsburg crooner is at his most relaxed self as He caresses such nosegays as Swinging Down The Lane , Easy To Remember, South of the Border, Honey, They Can’t Take That Away From Me, and Sleepy-Time Gal among others."