TEMPSPRING O1951 CONTENTS NOTES AND NEWS MUSIC AND THE GREAT EXHIBITION George J. S. King FIFTY YEARS OF MUSIC CRITICISM Charles Stuart RICHARD STRAUSS'S "METAMORPHOSEN" Ludwig Kusche and Kurt Wilhelm THE OPERAS OF DARIUS MILHAUD Claude Rostand SCHONBERGS " STYLE AND IDEA " Humphrey Searle BOOK GUIDE RECORD GUIDE NUMBER QUARTERLY 19TWO SHILLINGS Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 170.106.34.90, on 02 Oct 2021 at 21:00:44, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0040298200054681 I RECENT Outstanding Records 'HIS MASTER'S VOICE of Gcita/c/y ALFRED CORTOT NICOLAI MALKO Preludes —Book I—Debussy - - - - *DB 9578-82 THE PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA Variations on a Theme from Suite No. 3 in G (5 sides): BLANCHE THEBOM Intermezzo, "Voyevoda"—both by Tchaikovsky with Orchestra cond. by Sir Adrian Boult Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) C4058-60 Mahler *DB 9576-7 DOROTHY KIRSTEN FLORA NIELSEN with RCA Victor Orchestra cond. by Jean Paul Morel with GERALD MOORE at the piano Obeissons.quand leurvoixappelle, "Manon"-Massenet An die Leier: Du bist die Run'— Schubert - C4057 Duet, Death of Thais from "Thais" — Massenet Duet (with ROBERT MERRILL) - - - - DB2II84 SIR THOMAS BE EC HAM Bart. THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Dance of the Seven Veils, "Salome" — R. Strauss FERNANDO GERMANI BORIS CHRISTOFF DB2II49 (Recorded in Westminster Cathedral, London) and The Philharmonia Orchestra cond. by Nicolai Malko Organ Toccata (from Symphony No. 5 in F Minor) Pimen's Monologue, " Boris Godounov" — Moussorgsky Widor B 10018 arr. Rimsky-Korsakov DA 1938 *Auto Couplings only THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY LIMITED, HAYES, MIDDLESEX SUMMER THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF GUITARISTS SCHOOL OF MUSIC President: BRYANSTON, DORSET DR. PEROTT 1 St. Dunstan's Road, Barons Court Director of Music: William Glock London W. 6. Tel. Riverside 3831 Secretary: John Amis Hon. Treasurer: Hon. Secretary: P. A. MIDDLETON MISS J. VOLLERS August 11th — September 1st 17 Johnsdale 16 Elwill Way, Park Langley Oxted Beckenham, Kent Festival - Holiday - Teaching Surrey Tel. BEC 2742 Founded in 1929 to maintain ELISABETH SCHUMANN the Spanish Guitar in its rightful GONZALO SORIANO place in the realm of music, to DENIS MATTHEWS promote the study of the instru- EARL OF HAREWOOD ment and make it better known. WILLIAM GLOCK Monthly meetings are held at AMADEUS QUARTET the Alliance Hall, Westminster, KALMAR ORCHESTRA conducted by at which visiting guitarists are ROGER DESORMIERE welcome. Send stamp for Illustrated Prospectus to 29 Holland Villas Road, W.14. Full particulars from the Hon. Secretary Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 170.106.34.90, on 02 Oct 2021 at 21:00:44, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0040298200054681.