Unfortunate Contrast
[| 2? story and Music of Boris Godounov, by Moussorgsky, was a fairly routine feature. The 3YL announcer read competently and clearly from his script, which was no doubt from an impeccable source, and inter-
larded his commentary with recordings, One speculated rather ruefully what the BBC might have done with such a programme, but one returned to reality with ‘the thought that this was a small altetnative station in a small, young and underpopulated country. The tnfortunate contrast came when the Chaliapin records ran out and records of English singers were substituted, It was like eating bar soap after Gorgonzola. English singers are a _ highly estimable race and have a rich store of their own lovely music to perform, but they are perhaps a little too inhibited to compete successfully against Chaliapin in his own field.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 472, 9 July 1948, Page 12
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138Unfortunate Contrast New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 472, 9 July 1948, Page 12
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