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WESTMINSTER Letters to the RECORDINGS Editor MAY RELEASES "I HAVE NOT CHANGED MY MIND" BRAHMS: on to suggest, they would make an ex­ Symphony No. 1 in C Minor Op. 68. Orchssfra cellent basis for a memorial tribute to of the Vienna State Opera, Conducted bv Her­ I AM NOT INTERESTED in music and I would mann Scherchen. WL 5189 not be able to tell the difference between Schumann. MOZART: Pablo Casals's cello and anybody else's Divertimento in E Flat Major for String Trio fiddle. But he is obviously a citizen first K.563. —Violin, Frederick Riddle- STRAUSS AS INNOVATOR , —Cello. WL 5191 and a cello player second. Everyone DEBUSSY: should read his grand and decent state­ C. G. BURKE, IN A DISCUSSION of Carl Niel­ Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Minor. Jean ment [SR March 28] and learn from sen, refers to 's "daring Fournier—Violin, Ginette Doyen—Piano. Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Minor. Antonio it. revolutionary demonstrations." Thinking Janigro—Cello, Ginette Doyen—Piano. back over discussions of Strauss in re­ V. WAGNER. Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp. Camille cent issues of your magazine ... I am Wanousek—Flute, Erich Weiss—Viola, Hans Jel- Philadelphia, Pa. linek—Harp. WL 5207 convinced that Strauss is rapidly ap­ proaching a state of musical canonization. MENDELSSOHN: EVERY MUSIC LOVER WHO also respects a Songs Without Words. Ginette Doyen—Piano. I object! The beatification has no doubt WL 5192 man of principle must say "amen" to already been achieved, but I stand as THE TRIUMPHES OF ORIANA: the sentiments expressed by Pablo Casals English Modrigals Celebrating Elizabeth's one devil's advocate determined to dis­ Reign. The Randolph Singers, Conducted by in his recent letter to the SR. In years David Randolph. WAL 212 prove the validity of the miracles. What to come it will prove again that it was does Mr. Burke mean by "daring revo­ MOZART: the i^rtist who was the practical man of lutionary demonstrations" in connection Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in G Major politics rather than the politicians, K.216; Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in with Strauss? I am willing to grant the A Major K.219. Jean Fournier—Violin, Orchestra who deemed expediency superior to prin­ term for Stravinsky. But in the context, of the Vienna State Opera, Conducted by Milan ciple. Horvath. WL 5187 Mr. Burke clearly means musical in­ PUCCINI: M. JOHN TAYLOR. novations, and Strauss was not a musical Highlights from "Tosca." Soloists and Chorus. innovator. Musically, he didn't do any­ Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Conducted Alexandria, Va. by Argeo Quadri. WL S208 thing that Wagner hadn't done before Popular Release EDITOR'S NOTE: These are samplings him. . . . Gypsy Songs. Antal Kocze, King of the Gypsies from similar expressions of opinion re­ and his Band. Vol. 2 WL 3004 ceived from our readers. Several of WILL C. JUMPER. Modesto, Calif. WESTMINSTER RECORDS them, including Lillian Gale of Cleve­ 275 7th Ave. New Yorli, N. Y. land, Ohio, enclosed copies of communi­ EDITOR'S NOTE: NO doubt what Mr. cations they had sent to Pahlo Casals Burke had in mind were the things that in Prades. caused Strauss to he denounced by the same critics who wrote pamphlets, trea­ BULLETIN FROM VINCENT tises, and substantial volumes extoling the art of Wagner. It may appear, at thit MUSIC FESTIVAL TOUR MAY I THANK YOU for the encouragement you gave me through your review of my date, that "Salome," "Elektra," and "Don OF EUROPE . . . with "Lohengrin" recording for Urania? You Quixote" were "merely" Wagnerian deri­ vations, hut they were the battlegroundi have raised a question which I thought for a whole esthetic warfare, with DAVID RANDOLPH you might like to have answered. This campaigns and countercampaigns as July 20 - August 31 was: "If he can do in the opera house clearly marked as the ridges arounc what he does on these discs . . . etc." Countries • All Major Festivals Gettysburg. BY AIR $1586 I have just sung "Lohengrin" for the first time since recording it ... in Graz . . . First Class Hotels, Meals, Sightseeinr, Etc. which has the largest audience-capacity AMERICAN REPERTORY "A PENGUIN TOUR" house in the German-speaking countries WITH ALL THE NEW emphasis on serious I am enclosing a transcript of the criti­ OCEAN TRAVEL BUREAU, INC. American music, there are still manj cisms pertaining to my performance. 71 West 23ra St., New York 10, N. Y. American scores to be recorded on LP ALgonquin 5-1378 GEORGE VINCENT. 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THIS PRESENT TOUR IS REALLY an unforget­ table and indescribable experience: up to now twelve sold-out concerts, of which RECORDS MAKE four in Tokyo; by end of April I'll have PDRT-#-MATIC had ten in Tokyo and some twenty-five to twenty-six altogether. ... Of course no HIGH FIDELITY time for browsing, but I did see a De­ bussy Cello Sonata played by Marechal CHAIRSIDE RADIO-PHONOGRAPH A WELCOME GIFT and Casadesus and heard records by Music at your fingertips in the convenient Nikisch, Sarasate, Carl Flesch, Vasa Chairside model. Port-O-Matic's exclusive new Prihoda, Busoni, Capet, etc. Record con­ Dual Projection system produces complete dis­ certs everywhere (in clubs, not over persal of sound with two 12" speakers placed the air). at each end of cabinet. AM-FM 12 tube radio, FOR YOUR My (for here) "new" releases (Bloch Webster 3 speed record changer with variable Concerto, Schubert "Fantasy," Bartok reluctance pick-up, 10 watt output. "Portrait") came out on 78's. $299-50 Liberal trade-in allowance. JOSEPH SZIGETI. WEEKEND HOSTESS Tokyo, Japan. EDITOR'S NOTE: We hope Mr. Szigeti LEHMANRADIOSALON won't mind our sharing with SR readers 655 Madison Ave. a* «Oth St. this personal note addressed to one of Phone TE 8-2372 the editors.

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Al­ Ballad" from the ill-fated "Firebrand maintained, had been selected for him though he is of the extreme avant- of Florence" (1945) and "To Love You by his critic-sponsors, and he could garde, he develops his ideas forth- and To Lose You" from "Johnny John­ reveal now that he had considered rightly, logically, and maintains a son" (1936). Hyman does his best them passe. Bunk had not particularly strong, swingin' beat. His program is work, it seems to me, in "Moon-Faced, relished his own rcle as a museum varied, including a number of his own Starry-Eyed," a jazzy bit from "Street piece. 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