earlier stage. Concerning the next stage, I can only .conjecture. As someone once pointed out( and this is particularly true inregard to Stockhausen), "the future lies ahead." R.P.M.

STRAUSS, R.: , Op. 30. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Henry Lewis, cond. London Phase 4 SPC 21053, $5.98. Tape: ill L 75053, 712 ips,$7.95; N M 95053, $6.95; M 94053, $6.95.

This scoreis a house specialty of the Bach: Now on MASS IN London . . ChicagoSymphonyOrchestra,which B MINOR gave the first American performance in Wagne-: Elly Ameling, 1897 and has recordeditfour times- THE FLYING Yvonne Minton, DUTCHMAN the last two with Fritz Reiner. But the Helen Watts, final Reiner version. now eight years old, George _ondon, Werner Krsnn, Leonie Fysanek, can no longer be taken to stand for the Tom Krause - G.orgio Tozzi- state of the art in matters of recording. The Chorus of O-chesua of The The phenomenal musical strength of the The Singakademie Royal Opera performance has kept it abreast of com- Vienna - The House, Covent petition,butitseems to me thatthis Stuttgart Chamber Garden- new Lewis edition has become the obvi- Orchestra-Karl Antal Dorati MUnchinger OSA-1399 ous choice for those who want the best OSA-1287 possibleunion of engineering achieve- ment and artistic substance. Rv1: DAPHNIS ET CHLOE hid Suit The first of these conclusions is easily LA VALSE; MOTHER GOOSE SUITE TheLos Angeles Philharmonic OrcO.estra- reached. Take the score and you quickly find that in the London sound you hear CS -6698 things you can't hear, or hear only in- DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU- HAYDN AND MOZART ARIAS distinctly, in the Chicago album. These The Vienna Haydn Orchesp range from clarifiedlines of counter- Reinhard Peters point to organ pedals. 0S-26182 LEONIE RYSANEK SINGS RICHARD For those who have followed Henry STRAUSS Lewis' career as a conductor, this album Excerpts from Die Frau ohne Schatten and is wonderfully satisfying, an affirmation Ariadne auf Naxos-with other soloists-The Vienna Psilharmonic Orchestra-Karl Bbhm of maturing talent that will surely secure and Erich Leinsdorl a full measure of international recogni- OS 26205 Kodly: PSALMUS HUNOARIC US; tion. That he can challenge his elders PEACOCK VARIATIONS; and best them at their own game is seen THE PEACOCK in the Dance -Song section. where Lewis Lams Koama-The Brighton Festival Chorus -The Wandsworth School Boys' Choir --The (and his solo violin. Neville Taweel) of- London Symphony Orchestra-Istyiin Kertesz fers phrases with a more positive shape os 26186 and rhythmic thrustthan Reiner, who DvolM: STRING QUINTET IN MAJOR (Op.77) permits some overly ripe playing to pass Spohr: QUINTET IN C MINOR FOR in this section. PIANO AND WINDS (0p.52) Members of The Vienna Octet But elsewhere, where Reiner is in top CS 6673 form, Lewis counters with performance Wgnr: DAS RHEINGOLD-H',ghlight achievements that are equally forceful. Kirsten Flagstad. George London. Set Svanholm-The Vienna Philharmonic He knowsthescoreinsideand out Orchestra-Georg Solti and manipulatesitsbig dramatic con- OS 26194 trasts, its wildly soaring themes, its para- noid rhetoric with splendid insight into TEN FAMOUS TEN FAMOUS bothStrauss'smusicalintentand the TENORS- SOPRANOS- TEN FAMOUS TEN FAMOUS Nietzschian philosophy that inspired him. ARIAS At the same time he is a fine orchestral ARIAS Sung by technician,keepinglinesclear,voices Sung by It Del Monaco, Tebaldi, balanced, and dynamics well scaled. di Stefano, Sutherland, adds up to success. R.C.M. Bergonzi, Price, Bjoerling Pavarotti, Crespki, STRAUSS, R.: Brentano Lieder, Op. 68. Domingo, Lorengar, RHODES: The Lament of Michal. Rita McCracken, Milanov, Shane, soprano (in theStrauss); Prevedl, Souliotis, PhyllisBryn-Julson,soprano(inthe King, Horne, Rhodes);LouisvilleOrchestra,Jorge Corelli OS -213207 Jones OS -26208 Mester, cond. Louisville LS 704, $5.98.

The six Brentano settings represent some- thing of a high point in Strauss's variable Lieder output. Written in 1918 (although thecomposer waiteduntil 1933and 1940 before completing the orchestra- tion), the songs are roughly contempo- CIRCLE 25 ON READER-SERN. ICE CARD MAY 1971