Records Under Review!

NZ Truth, Issue 1108, 24 February 1927, Page 2

Records Under Review!

f •»" 11111111 l 1111111 l 1111111 l 111111111111111 l 1111111111111111111 l mimillimilllllllllll 111111111 l Illllllllllllllllilllllllllllll wiiiiiiiiniiuii iiiiuiuiiii . """"■; tffifiilliririili«iiiiiiiiitirititatiiii.iiittiiiiiiiliiiititiiitill[liiiiiiiiiiitiJiJii>iir<iill>titaattiif iiiiljijijijtitjiiiiitJlill*iitti,iiiTitiiiii>i)iit)r)fititiiiatiiitllaiiiittttaiitiili.titlf.ittitititifiiiiiiTTifitifitifit>*ittt*tifitiii*itttiiiml. "The Big Four" The Latest Heifetz «THE Big Four" \Quartet (Frank AN enthusiastic criticism of Heifetz's ■* Wignall, Harry Grundell, Charles **■ latest disc: "We have been impatPerryn, and Cliff c O'Keefe) now on iently 1 waiting some months now for tour through New Zealand with its Heifetz to delight us with another act of melody, comedy and syncopa- gramophone record, and he has made 1 tion, is a fine advertisement , for Aus- full amends for his tardiness with the tralian talent. Records of its delight- wonderful record just issued, ful singing are now obtainable One side is occupied with the min(Columbia). Among the best are: vets Nos. 1 and 2 (Sonata No. 6) by "That Night m Araby" and "Katinka," Bach,, m which the violinist's brilliant "Thanks for the Buggy Ride" and execution once again ■ compels our ad"Sarah Alice,"- "Until" and "Mate o' miration. On the other side "The Mine." A most infectious and happy Little Windmill' 1 and the valse "La plus spirit pervades the quartette m the que lente" are delicious-trifles — a sheer rendering of its delightful arrange- joy to hear, ments. The piano accompaniment is ■*'*'*. * splendidly executed. } T¥ ', „ „ . » # * * Handels Largo Good Baritone of the loveliost tunes Han d el f*EX PALMER is a baritone always U wrote is condensed into hisfam- »• worth listening to-for to a rich ous "Largo m G wl ch ™** f* and natural voice is added the priceless familiar to the majority of music asset of clear diction. t? I ?™.™*, nna cirio «f n Pnlnmhin re— Whether singing such hale and pft^ f °OT 03 °x n ® nterhearty stuff as "The Yeomen's Wadding 0 he *?** Rein's Song" : (bracketed with- "Passing By" gi®^|rk Sir H. J. Wood conducting, on a Columbia disc 381G or sacred f^J/^f delicacy of the strings solos such as "Abide With Me and £ fi P nf;ly J in evidence. .On the reverse "Nearer, My God, To Thee (9064), f™., v*u * 1 ■ and S pi ri ted "Coronation with beautiful accompaniment by the ' s the meiy ann (<^ „ .-.. J.H. Squire Celeste Octet, he. is equal- March," from The Piophet, by ly facile and always.. enjoyable. Meyerbeer.