Miss Licad began her mu- For an account of Miss Von With the retirement of Glenn sical studies in the Philippines Stade's latest operatic record- Gould from the concert stage, and continued them at the Cur- ing, see the review of Montever- Silverman is probably Canada's tis Institute in Philadelphia, di's// Ritorno d'Uhsse in Patria pre-eminent "live"pianist. He where she studied for five years on the next page. Her recent plays regularly with the major withRudolfSerkin,Seymour CBS album of French songs Canadian orchestras, he Lipkin,and Mieczyslav Hors- with the Boston Symphony un- teachesattheUniversityof zowski. In addition to a $10,000 der Seiji Ozawa will be reviewed Vancouver, he broadcasts for prize, the Leventritt award in- here next month. 0 the CBC. "Being Canadian is cludes appearances withthe not lust a physical thing," he world'sforemostorchestras says, "but a state of mindAll over a three-year period, begin- THE Moss Music Group has my records are on American la- ning in September 1981 with the signed a licensing agree- bels because there really is no New York Philharmonic under ment with the Soviet Melodiya Canadian classical company. Zubin Mehta.MissLiced is label which will give MM3 first - That'satangiblething But about to sign a recording con- refusalrights in the United there is also this attitude that if tract with CBS Masterworks, so States and Canada on all Me- it's Canadian it can't be much we should all be able to hear lodiya products. In pas' years good,andmost Canadians her soon. Melodiya recordings have ap- "I SUPPOSEthat oneofmy seem to share that It's a kind peared here on the Angel and problemsisthat I don't ofdiffidence-peopleinthe CBS labels, as well as, occa- look like a pianist," says pianist States had to tell me how good I REcoRD pirates are not the sionally, on Westminster Moni- Robert Silverman. "When I'm was before I believed it " only ones who make live tor, and Ultraphone. New Me- introduced to people they don't Silverman has a string of top- recordings of concerts by inter- lodiyarecordings,someof immediately envisage me flight records in the catalog (on national opera stars CBS Mas- themdigital,willappear on seated at the keyboard whirling Orion) and has just recorded terworks is scheduled to record MMG's new full -price label as my way through Beethoven's (digitally) the Rachmaninoff two song recitals by the young well as on their mid -price lines Hammerklavier Nobody knows Second Sonata for another la- American diva Frederica von (Turnabout, Candide, Vox). The I can play until I play "In this, bel. He also has a collection of Stade at Alice Tully Hall at Lin- firstreleaseis scheduled for Silvermar joins a sizable group reviews ofhis concerts from coln Center in New York on June 1981 and will feature re- ofeminentkeyboardartists both Canadian and American April 5 and 8Pianist Martin cordings by Emil Gilels, Sviato- who don't look the part, some critics (including New York and Katz will accompany her CBS slav Richter, Lazar Berman, Eu- of whom -Solomon, for exam- Chicago) of the sort that should will record the recitals digitally, gene Svetlanov, Vladimir Spiva- ple-just happen to be among draw managers and booking a technological feat that is, for kov, Viktor Tretyakov, Gennady his favorites "My other prob- agentslike flies He doesn't the present at least, still beyond Rozhdestvensky, and the Bol- lem," says Silverman, "is being have a U S managerIsit be- the pirates. shoi Opera. Canadian." cause he's Canadian? -J G. Disc and Tape Reviews By RICHARD FREED DAVID HALL GEORGE JELLINEK PAUL KRESH STODDARD LINCOLN ERIC SALZMAN stereo cassette 0 = digital -master recording = quadraphonic disc 0 = eight -track stereo cartridge (1) = direct -to -disc e= monophonic recording The first listing is the one reviewed: other formats. if available, follow. RECORDING OF SPECIAL MERIT struments, nearly as delightful as this new Schubert, and just such works as they per- one. My only complaint here concerns the form on this Turnabout release.Itis an BOIELDIEU: Harp Concerto in C Major. layout: the record breaks for turnover be- eminently enjoyable record, and on the DITTERSDORF: Harp Concerto in A Ma- tween the first and second movements of the Borodin side a bit more than that: frequent- jor. HANDEL: Harp Concerto in B -flat Dittersdorf concerto. Of course that does ly aglow with the kind of inspired eloquence Major, Op. 4, No. 6. Marisa Robles (harp); make it possible to include the Handel, and that reflects the deepest understanding and Academy of St. Martin -in -the -Fields, Iona it is quite a substantial bonus. The accom- enthusiasm. The Dvotak performance is a Brown cond. ARGO ZRG 930 $9.98. paniment under Iona Brown is a good deal little less fetching; although it has an engag- Performance Joyously involved more than adequate, and the sound is espe- ing vigor and straightforwardness, it is rath- RecordingRich and well balanced cially rich and well balanced. R.F. er unsubtle and the finale tends to be a little headlong. Nonetheless, the group's playing Marisa Robles plass with such vitality, such BORODIN:.String Quartet No.2,in D Ma- throughout both works is always handsome, joyous involvement, and such gorgeous tone jor. DVORAK: String Quartet No. 12, in F always extremely musical, always well bal- that all one can do with this record is enjoy Major,Op.96 ("American").Concord anced. Overall, I think this package is high- it heartily. There are other recordings of all String Quartet. TURNABOUT TVC 37009 ly competitive with the Quartetto Italiano's three works, perhaps equally fine in the case $4.98, © CT 7009 $4.98. similar coupling on Philips (802 814) at of the Boleldieu and Handel, but none has Performance Eloquent Borodin twice the Turnabout price. Though there quite the same degree of charm or isre- Recording Good are desirable versions of the Dvofak, there corded nearly so handsomely. The Ditters- is no superior one at present of the Borodin dorf, actually a transcription from one of My exposure to the Concord Quartet has (Iwish Seraphim, or perhaps Odyssey, his keyboard concertos by Karl Hermann been limited to its recordings of contempo- would reissue the incomparable mono re- Pilley, has been recorded on both the harp- rary music. But ever sincefirsthearing cording by the Komitas Quartet formerly sichord and the piano as well as several these players in the Rochberg Third Quar- on Angel 35239). Nice, warm sound. R.F. times on the harp; to my ear there has been tet (Nonesuch H-71283), I've been curious no performance, using any of the three in- about how they might sound in Beethoven, (Continued on page 103) APRIL 1981 101 AmericanRadioHistory.Com.