Beautiful and Exciting
N November 10, 1YA broadcast the mugh-discussed recording of Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast. 1 would suggest that 9.30 on a Friday night is not the best hour for an introduction to a work that makes such demands on the critical faculties, and is to most of us astonishing and stimulating; at that time of the week we are usually to be found groping around for something familiar from the 18th century to soothe our nerves before sleep. Personally I found this work of Walton’s beautiful and exciting and hope to hear it many times more. It is reported that special pains have been taken over this recording and that it is a techhical triumph. A proof of this is the fact that the words were plainly audible. Perhaps some credit for this is due to the singers themselves, for one often heats vocalists who would seem to be defying armies of technicians and lipreaders to distinguish even the tongue in which they are singing.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 283, 24 November 1944, Page 8
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166Beautiful and Exciting New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 283, 24 November 1944, Page 8
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