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RECORDS Who's who and What's what

(By

Bolton

Woods

Records To Buy ‘THIS WEEK’S SELECTION "I would that my love might bdlossom" (Mendelssohn) and "Shimmering silver whispering wave’ (Melchert). Duets sung by Richard Tauber. (Parlo. AR222). "Bolero," "Dodo" and "Me Gustan Todas" from "Songs of the Pyrenees" (arr. Middlemore). Sung in Spanish by John Morel, baritone. (Parle. A3648Q. "Spring Song’ (Mendelssohn) and "Santa Lucia" (Cottrau). Sung by Conchita Supervia, mezzo soprano. (Parlo. AR210), "THE fashion of having music durin: meals is an ingenious scheme for combining music to which nobody will listen with conversation which nobody

ean hear.

G. K.

Chesterton

"The Roosters "’ ROBABLY no concert party. in the world has a more romantic histery than "The Roosters," whose latesi musical absurdity, "A Village Concert" (Merriman), will be heard over the. air from 2YA on Thursday, August 31,. at 8.10 p.m, It came to life out. in Salonika in March, 1917, when a young sec ond lieutenant gathered a few of "the boys" together to entertain the. troops. A good deal of real talent was revealed in those improvised "sing-songs". at Summerhill Camp, and when some old pierrot costumes were found it was suggested that a permanent concert party should be formed, "Hatched, March 28, 1917" EVERY aspiring artist in the camp re ported for auditions, and the artists were put in training for a grand opening night on March 28, 1917. The new party was christened "The Roosters," after the camp commandant, Captain G. N. V. Roose. By the time the party left Salonika about seventy performances had been given. Next it went to Egypt, and toured the desert for twenty-eight days, giving over twenty performances. When Christmas came the members found themselves in Jerusalem, where they were given the Turkish Municipal Theatre in which to perform. A tour in Jordan Valley, Jericho, Cairo, and Alexandria, where they entertained thousands of soldiers, folJowed, and 1919 found them home in England, where they are still going | strong, 50in3 | " The Juggler * N 8YA’s programme for Briday, Septemher 4, a¢.039.0an... Mischa Le-

vitzki is scheduled to play Moskowski’s "La Jongleuse" and his own waltz in A major. This is a captivating display of pianisim, especially "La Jongleuse" (The Juggler). With the lastnamed piece there comes into the vision of the imaginative listener a little crea. ture of the stage, spangled and painted, gaily tossing the coloured bails, now high, now low, catching them just as they seem to be out of reach, flinging them high in the air, never pausing to take breath. They flash and glisten. silver and gold and green and red, mora and more of them, moving in rhythmic motion. Was ever a more delightful picture presented in music? "Sweethearts of Yesterday." UNDER the above sentimental title. H.M.V. has issued a record’ that will be a favourite ‘of favourites for many a long day to come. The idea of

the record is to present with brief connective explanatory narrative a series of fourteen popular old ditties embodying names of one-time sweethearts, from "Sweet Genevieve" to "Sweet Rosie O’Grady." It is a sentimental journey through the scentetl paths of memory with Christopher Stone and a fine band of singers. August Records. (CONGRATULATIONS to the leading record. manufacturers.for the best supplements of records for-over a year. The issues’ for August are outstanding. .and the advance samples were most enjoyable to hear. Apart from a little:unnecessary. repetition -of: titles

already amply catered for, I have no complaints. At the head of the gramophone pages in this issue I am giving each week a list of those records that I conscientiously think are worth acquiring. One correspondent says that broadcasting has helped them to buy records. I can quite believe it. If dealers cannot sell the records in the August supplements, then something is radically wrong. Crooning Condemned. IS an interview with "Wireless Weekly" (Sydney), his Grace Archbishop Kelly roundly condemns "crooning." . Discussing the necessity for maintaining the highest moral standard in radio programmes, he says: "Many think modesty is a lost cause. They quote that adage which says modern fashions mock at modesty. In this particular respect the broadcasting programmes are not always edifying. That the moral tone of the radio programmes should be of a high order is as important to the health of the nation as the cleanliness of the atmosphere we breathe. The radio can so- easily cater for low standards, when it should foster the highest standards of morality, ethics, national life, family life, and everyday speech." Worse Than Jazz. HE point can be made clear perhaps by analogy with the talking pictures. I should like to be taken definitely as condemning the vogue of crooning, with its negroid affinity, jazz. appealing to the lowest appetites. Crooning is worse than jazz. In the picture show the thing is done more crudely and the imagery is real; on the radio it is more cunningly Like flattery, it can be conveyed by the tone of the voice. In radio the broadcaster should always remember that he is an invited guest to the home of the listener. His obligations are obvious." "Gramophone Romance." ON the first: of my pages for the "Radio Record" I referred briefiy to Mr. T. Lindsay Buick’s charming book, "The Romance of the Gramophone." The fact that this excellent and most comprehensive history of recorded music is practically unknown among gramophiles even in Wellington (the city of the book’s birth) led me to prosecute some inquiries. From the publishers, Messrs. Ernest Dawson Ltd., I learn that the book has not met with anything like the measure ‘of support that it merits. Orders for odd dozens and half-dozens_ still filter through from America and London, and at times from Australia, but New Zealand seems oblivious to the fact that the only complete history of the gramophone in Mnglish is-a. product of our,.canital city.

"* Music in the Air "’ [x4 listeners will be well advised not to miss a feature on Saturday, September 2, in the -shape of vocal gems from Kern's musical adventurer, "Music in the Air," scheduled for 9.47 pm., and sung by the Light Opera Company. This most tuneful and delightful work has a cast that spells music throughout. The characters include a musical star (feminine, of course), a playwright, a music teacher, a school teacher,

a music puplisher, : ° an orchestra leader, and a bird... breeder! The action is in the present day, and the "book" and _ lyrics are the work of Oscar TWammerstein II (son of , the famous grand -opera impresario), The vocal gems are exquisitely rendered. Hearing Maggie Teyte BROADCA STS of the famous English soprano, Maggie Teyte, and the Welsh tenor, Tudor Davies, are _ announced by the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Both these artists are well known to New Zealand listeners. of course, through their records being broadcast by all the YA stations. Their sterling musical qualities are unquestioned, and if a Dominion tour is possible, we are in for a_ great treat. In light ‘ French opera numbers especially, Maggie Teyte is little short of perfect, whilst in oratoria, Tudor Davies is absolutely at home. Ile is, of course, 2 famous operatic tenor. Here’s honing they may

both cross the Tasman soon! Two Glorious Albums FROM advance information received. I learn that EI.M.V. bave recorded Donizetti’s "Don Pasquale" on fifteen 12-inch discs, and Columbia have issued Verdi’s "Falstaff" on fourteen 12-inch records. In the former work, which: achieves its 90th birthday this year, Tito Schipa does the role of rnesto to perfection, according to ow." in ‘"The Monthly Musical. Record," The work. contains literally dozens of good tunes. In the "Falstaff" the team work is outstanding, » Verdi was at his’ best in this, his last, opera, and his. power.of dramatic expression

leaves the listener amazed. The title role is sung by no less an artist than the baritone, Giacomo Rimini, who in his day made some gorgeous records for Brunswick. I am looking forward ‘to a musical treat when these products of Milan arrive. A Delius Society O those who know and love the works of Frederick Delius, the Yorkshire composer, there is, in the

words of the proposed Delius Society’s prospectus, "an unfilled gap in the library of recorded music where _ his major works, while often performed. are not recorded at all." Nor will they ever be recorded while the consideritions of commercial success come first. as indeed they must do in the eyes of the recording firms. Norman Cameron, writing in "The Gramophone," pro posed a Delius Society to fill the gap. Sir Thomas Beecham undertook, with his characteristic generosity, not only the presidency of the society but the responsibility for the recording. On 1000 members being obtained. the first album will be issued, viz., "Appalachia" (for oxchestra. and chorus}.

A Wandering Cantatrice HE song "La! Here the Genile Lark,’ was composed by Bishop for the express purpose of displaying the fluency, swéetness and volume of his wife’s voice, Anna. Bishop, while yet a beautiful student of 17 at the Royal Academy of Music, London, met, fell in love with and married the grent Iinglish composer. He was at the time easily the most distinguished figure in music in England. But. neither the

ChalRs- OL COMES ticity nor success could hold Anna Bishop, and she eloped with Robhert Bochsa, a once famous French composer aud artist, thus deserting her husband und three small children, From this on toe the end of her career. she was indeed a rov"ing prima donni. After wandering in Hurepe . the elopers rambled round the world, Bochsa dying in Australia in 1855, while’ Anna returned to America where she found her third and final spouse. Shipwrecked Pp going from the Sandwich Islands to.- China, her . vessel was wrecked and she was rescued after three ‘days’ exposure, having lost all her wardrobe and valuable jewels-the collection of a lifetime. She still went on to Australia, India, :and made 2 farewell yisit to London. Once having read the life story of this amazing. woman no one can listen to "Lo! Here the Gentle Lark." which in so muny ways was literally her own gong,

without visudlising the witty, versatile:-and dainty piece of femininity heroine of Rossini’s comic opera, "The Thieving Magpie." of Bellini’s tragic opera, "Norma," and a one- time queen of song. Flowers for Singers [\ a chat with a prominent singer recently I was surprised:to hear. her pronouncement upon the ill-effects of the scent of fowers upon the vocal) organs. Confirmation of this I discovered in Percy Scholes’s "Crotchets," where he mentions Santley’s objection to flowers ou:the platform,: as the odour, he said, "made his voice husky even to hoarseness:"- >

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Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 7, 25 August 1933, Page 10

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RECORDS Who's who and What's what Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 7, 25 August 1933, Page 10

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