"Mikado" Re-recorded

NZ Truth, Issue 1153, 5 January 1928, Page 2

"Mikado" Re-recorded

THE favorite artists of the D'Oyley Carte Opera Company, under the personal direction of Rupert D'Oyley Carte, have made a re-record-ing of Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular opera, "The Mikado," by the new electrical process. ■ The result is really excellent, and miles ahead of the old process recording. The cast of the principals is as follows: — The Mikado of Japan, Darrell Fancourt Nanki-Poo (his son, disguised as a wandering 1 minstrel, and in love with Yum-Yum..Derek Oldham Ko-Ko (Lord High Executioner of Titipu) Henry A. Lytton Pooh-Bah (Lord High Everything . Else) ..•...' Leo Sheffield Pish-Tush (a noble lord) George Baker Yum-Yum, :?Patti-Slng, Peep-Bo (three ' sisters, wards of Ko-Ko) Elsie Griffin (Doris Hemingway, Aileen Davies), Beatrice Elburn Katisha (an elderly lady, "in love with Nanki-Poo) Bertha Lewis A noble Christmas present this. # # * Two Melodious Songs FRANKLYN BAUR (tenor) with orchestra—"At Sundown" (W. Donaldson), and "I'll take care of Your Cares" (Dixon-Monaco). Zonophone E.E. 49. . "'Two very melodious and fine items sung by a. very popular artist. The Orchestral accompaniment, with its*re-rSarkable-rlf hnsss- an<l;.pol6r, -enhances the -pifciiStoit meliJdi&s^^lA^^^txapj^. Ugfnary record.

iniiiiiiiiiiim i illinium iniiim iiiiimiiiiiiimiiiiiiimiiminiiii New Organ Discs THE organ records of His l> v^ r ' s Voice have won a big name sfice^ the introduction of the electrical recording and three new ones appear this month. G. D. Cunningham has chosen for his performance the allegro vivace, movement from Widor's Symphony No. 5; and the record is remarkable for/ its clarity. 4 The other organ records are bj£ Reginald Foort, with "Only a Rosef (from "The Vagabond King") aii a Schubert's "Serenade"'; and Jesf e Crawford with "So Blue" and "NestiifS Time." , I ..•_,#■ * J Bach Gems >. IT Bach had had a modern piano there Is little doubt that he would have out-Liszted Liszt. The first two Preludes and Fugues (H.M.V. L1196) from, the famous Forty- eight have the most extraordinary life. He can suit air tastes. .If the 'cello is your favorite instrument there are six (dfnee) suites for it, and his choruses like the Hosanna (H.M.V. D1115) and the Pater Omnipotentem (H.M.V. D1114) can flocfajiyour soul with beauty. All thi^-' v is 'Tgreat "jtJgiS bgr/i of, human

init*""""" 1111 " i " l ""iiiiiimniiiiM miiMimmiiimiiiiimumiiiiiimiiiiiiit* f; . Lloyd Film fc|AROLD LLOYD has completed, work jf on the New York location on his ' l!? «' comedy vehicle, "Speedy," which tells a story of a boy and girl love affair, intertwined with the business difficulties of an "old-time horse-drawn street car. k His first shots in New York were made in Coney Island. Other scenes show Coney Island, a baseball stadium, and actual streets in the metropolis. More than half the picture was filmed in Hollywood before the company went to New York. Lloyd never before has made any picture in this city. Christmas Bracket DEI" (Bizet) — "Noel" ■V (Adam). Sung by Maartje Offers ( eo \itralto), with organ, 'cello, and narpV H.M.V., DBGBO. MaAftje Offers gives capital rendering -nU two famous songs. Adam's '•NoprV'Christmas") is enhanced by hirna a organ accompaniment : (l>layed bv Herbert Dawson). In Bizet's foveJv' mfclody, "Agnus Dei" ("The Lamb of Aod") Maartje Offers' beautifulvoice % supported by a superbly reproduce^ accompaniment* consisting of 'cello, ljarp and organ. g ■ / '■•-. V I,

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