Artist v. Record
OR those interested in the "artist versus record" argument, an opportunity of testing their theories was given from 4YA‘when two similar groups of songs were included in the same programme, one group a recording by Parry Jones of two Peter Warlock songs, the other group sung from the studio by Meda Paine. I preferred the New Zealand artist. Parry Jones’s voice seems to have a burdensome quality which obscures his words and makes listening to. him an anxious matter, more especially in this particular record.) Meda Paine, however, made her group of Modern British Songs sound effortlessly beautiful. Two of them, "Heffle Cuckoo Fair" and the Ploughing Song, have a fresh folk-song quality, in interesting
contrast and complement to "The Fox" and "Sleep," the Peter Warlock songs; for Warlock’s unique talent had deep roots in the madrigal era, however modern his technique. It would be a pleasant change if more singers would include more modern British songs in their repertoires-- more Parry and Stanford, less d’Hardelot and Sanderson,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 283, 24 November 1944, Page 8
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171Artist v. Record New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 283, 24 November 1944, Page 8
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