MURRAY LEHRER: Freilach in Hi -Pi, anthology of folk ballads in English. The sound, like the content, is first -rate. Vol. 2 i Murray Lehrer and his ensemble. CONCORD OF ALGIERS: I PERIOD RL 1916. 12 -in. $4.98. TORAIA ORCHESTRA RELEASE NO. 4 Music of the Arab People contagious type of dance mu- I A rollicking, Toraia Orchestra of Algiers with soloists. sic brought to perfection in the rented -hall Eso.rmtic ES -547. 12 -in. $4.98. New York's lower "THEY ALL DIE IN THIS ONE" I wedding receptions of East Side. In their second successful bout Crystalline sound and vivid performances a I IFamous operatic death scenes in wonderful at least on discs by (who else ?) with the genre- - are the hallmark of this recording of the and unique collection! Cover Charles Addams. Sung with members of the Lehrer's forces burst with capability and exotic polyrhythmic music of North Africa. Opera Association. 1 Metropolitan enthusiasm. Sparkling engineering more The songs are presented in what seem Finale I. PONCHIELLI: Gioconda: rhan justifies the "Hi -Fi" of the title. to be café versions; in any case they are 2. REFICE: Cecelia: Morta a sophisticated step removed from their 3. DONIZETTI: Lucia: Tu the a Dio LOS GITANILLOS DE BRONCE: Fla- Bedouin origins. h is this very polish, 14. VERDI: Otello: Nium mi tema menco however, that makes them more readily 5. PUCCINI: Butterfly: Tu, tu piccolo Iddiol ro casual western ear. The 16. VERDI: Aida: O terra addio Los Gitanillos de Bronce, flamenco troupe. acceptable the 7. BIZET: Carmen: C'est toi MONTILLA FM 87. 17-in. $4.98. Ensemble's star dancing girl -vocalist, Anissa IB. VERDI: Rigolefto: Lassu in ciel Toraia, has a smoldering, sensuous voice Albert DaCosta, Sandra Warfield, James Mc- LOS BOCHEROS: Folk Music From that makes short work of language barriers. Cracken, Frank Valentino, Valeria Ruggeri, One can find oneself speculating on 1 Brenda Lewis, Mariquita Moll, Bruno Landi, Spain Maria leone, Franco Mieli, Adriana Ferrari. whether Miss Toraiá s physical charms Philharmonia conducted by Hans. Los Bocheros, vocal and instrumental quin- Concord equal her vocal vitality. 1 Jurgen Walther. ter. Concord 3010 -Long Play 12" Recording -$3.96 12 -in. MONTILLA FM 86. S4.98- Other Folk Music o Two more entries in the burgeoning re- Pete Seeger and his banjo breathe life into corded body of Spanish music. Lo.t Gilamil- IBRAHMS: Hungarian Dances some twenty-five ballads connected with Ins are a dynamic and talented quartet of (Complete) the American labor movement on Folk- flamenco singers and dancers, for whom Wild as the wind stirring as a gypsy's ways FIT 525 t, titled American Industrial one Aparicio provides a very capable con- violnl All of the beauIifu'. dances that first Ballads. The songs are not without in- made Brahms famous . complete on one I trapuntal guitar accompaniment. Very well record. Victor Alessandro conducting the 011a. terest, but generally they are of more engineered. the disc fits somewhere in the Ihome City Symphony Orchestra. sociological than musical import. The upper echelon of flamenco offerings. The Concord 3011 -Long Play 12" Recording -53.98 I melancholy truth seems to he that Ameri- uniniraced in particular should find the can unionists, unlike their European coun- presentation rewarding, since Los Gitanillos I I terparts, have failed to produce much of have thoughtfully shaped a cross section of "TENOR SAX" value in the way of orking -class balladry. the idiom. Daniel Montorio rounds out the IOne of the most luscious, exciting records in I Patrick O'Hagan, a gifted tenor, is beset the Jazz idiom ever released! A "must" for record by conducting an orchestra in a by a grotesque organ accompaniment in an Ievery collector . created by six of the I workmanlike pasodoble and jota. greatest tenor sax players of all time. excellent collection of Irish songs on Dear Los Bochares offer a different aspect of I DON BYAS: September Song - They Say It's I Little Shamrock (London, LL t524)- Spain; a five man choral and instrumental Wonderful While O'Hagan makes a valiant effort, no group, specializing in polished arrange- I STAN GETZ: Don't Worry About Me - And The I vocalist alive could surmount so ponderous Angels Sing ments of regional ballads. On the whole, Man Wrap a backdrop for such light -textured songs. COLEMAN HAWKINS: Old River- this is the kind of performance one is Your Troubles In Dreams Folkways also offers an addition to the likely to hear in the better -kept cafés of TED NASH: Over The Rainbow - Annie Laurie list of recordings of Israeli popular music. provincial cities. Smooth performance and ICHARLIE VENTURA: Dark Eyes - Big Deal I Israel Dances (FW 935) is the title of this Nell recorded. BEN WEBSTER: Body and Soul - Honeysuckle ten -inch disc, and features Tzabar Rose it the Group, singers and dancers from Israel now I Concord 3012 -Long Play 12" Recording -$3.98 I CLARA PETRAGLIA: Songs From Brazil studying in the United States. Dov Selrzer directs them in authentic performances that I Clara Petraglia, soprano, accompanying "THE SPANISH HARPSICHORD" are sometimes more excited than exciting. herself on the guitar. In Viennese Bonbons, Vol. 2, Anton Fernando Valenti plays a delightful program of WESTMINSTER WP 6030. t2 -in. $3.98. Karas of Third Alan fame strums his zither music by Spanish classical composers. in a breath- takingly hi -fl performance for SOLER: Sonata in D Flat Major Bright, intimate sound frames Clara Petrag- Period (SPL 5918). Viennese songs of the Sonata in f sharp minor liá s recital of a wide variety of Brazilian Strauss -Lehar school form the bulk of his Sonata in c minor folk airs. In coloration, Miss Petraglia's Sonata in D Flat Maior program and Karas skillfully milks them voice bears a marked similarity ro that of Sonata in F Sharp Major for every ounce of gemiitlichkeit. I Susan Reed. Also like Miss Reed, the GALLES: Sonata in f minor IANGLES: Adagietto Brazilian is a consummate artist. in fact, very probably repre- RODRIGUEZ: Rondo in B Flat This disc. IFREIXANET: Sonata in A Major sents the best collection of Brazilian folk THE BEST OF JAZZ ALBENIZ: Sonata in D Major song now in the catalogue. Thus, it is IFernando Valenti, harpsichord. doubly regrettable that Westminster did by John S. Wilson not sec to provide a single descriptive Concord 4004 -Long Play 12" Recording-S4.98 fit word on any of the songs. 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