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Show I IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC PARRAR SINGS GOUNOD'S FAMOUS SPRING SONG Other Gems Offered by World's Great Artists ERALDIN'E FARRAR bas captured the very essence ot the Springtime : nnd proof of her triumph is placed plac-ed beyond doubt by her niot fX:-cent fX:-cent addition to her already Iohr list of Vict o r successes. It is amongst the new records for October Oc-tober that she pours forth a very libation of rrrcious melody. Spring Sonus arc ever popular, as witness those of Mend?ls- I sohn and Grieg; yet never perhaps bai compeser so happily interpreted the spirit of Spring's delicate bc.iuty as Ins Gounod in this Bowerlike song;. Ni r could a better medium be found for its interpretation than the gulden voice of Gcraldine Farrar. Her Voice is at its I best sweet, fresh, ringing, flexible; I dwelling here and there on some lovely note as though loathe to part with any- j thing so beautiful Listening to her full throated harmonies one seems to sec ( the world reborn ; to see a silver lance I of li?ht pierce through and through the night as harbinger ol dawn. In line with this, yet different in its ! fundamentals is Antonin Dvorak's Liro from the "New World" Symphony. Sym-phony. Inspired by the composer's love tor American Negro and Indian themes, 1 this movement, which is the second, is a test t'jat may well daunt the most Careful of orchestrations. The Philadelphia Phila-delphia Orchestra has, however, risen 1 triumphant above the difficulties of the I composition and added another laurel to the crown of their achievement. Mysterious, slow, swelling chords introduce in-troduce passages of even greater and more compelling beauty , fragments of melody rise and fall and the tremulous ! i-trincs and golden horns weave a rare tapestry of shimmering loveliness. The "Largo" breathes a niear;e of rest the rest of Eternity; and of li'e; not that of the body, but ot the Spirit. Fmilio De Gogorza's phrasing and I enunciation are nhvay. v.-ond.'r iol in I his rendering of "En Calesa" (The Carriage Is Waiting, My Dainty XLar-: XLar-: nuisc") he surmounts the obstacles of volleying, staccato passages that vould J tax powers less swift and accurate. The fong is in a djzhn.',' bolero-rhythm, nnnoHvced in the full orchestra to the I rapid clatter of castanets. It alternates between swift, fiery pasrages and long, langorous plirarcs and ahx.-rys the voice j of the singer rinrrs Ut sweet and clear, j I surmounting marvelous ch :ngcs of 1 ejr, & including those temporary shifts so characteristic of Spar.ish inu'ic. The sons is noteworthy even in (he etra- l ordinary series Mr. De Go"orra h.13 re-; re-; corded in half a dozen tor .. In the haunting.'y beautiful waltz I from Tschaikowslcy's "Serena Je" nuisic ' lovers will hail with enthusiasm Jrscba llcifetz's first record with full orchea I tral accompaniment and will instantly ( recognize in it new high levels in re-I re-I cording art. The composition is itself almost indescribably beautiful, inter-WOvea inter-WOvea with forevrr changing rainbow i hues of tone. Throughout the main I theme 13 delicate and brilliantly sus-t sus-t tained passage work-, the soft basses ; well in evidence. The effect is elect cf-: cf-: lying! Above all echo and re-echo the 1 poignant strains of Heifetz's violin, I each note clear ar.d sweet, producing a culminating effect of eltin harmonies I The composition dies out in "low. :weet sounds ; like the farewell of I ghosts," followed by soft chords, faint i cloying melody hcn silence. "Honour and Love" arc tbtmes dear to the heart of that Irish mir.ntrel'y from which John McCormack, in his younger days. drew so much inspiration. in-spiration. Both are celebrated in this charming lyric ly-ric from Mcssag-ers Mcssag-ers opera "Monsieur "Mon-sieur Beaucaire." It is a song of elusive shifts of key gently syncopated syn-copated and ro-jmantic ro-jmantic in style. One feels throughout through-out a sense of upbuilding up-building climax. McCormack sings V.W n,.ml.., tm McCormack ash:on ,tn3t ,h has made altogether alto-gether his own, reserving some of his best effects for the close of the piece. It adds one more to the long list of lyric songs ' which he has recorded with such artistic ar-tistic success and popular approval. Titta Ruffo Triumphs in Solo From Africana "Truly marvelous" is the unanimous verdict of those who have heard Titta Ruffo's great baritone roll forth in "Adamastor, re, dell 'onde profonde," the half savage invocation from Meyerbeer's Meyer-beer's 'opera' "Africana," that is an important item in this month's list of new Victor Records The song begins lustily, the tremendous voice of the great artist lending itself to the music and dramatic action with splendid and powerful certainty. At no time has Ruffo made a greater record evidently he found in it inspiration. In it he displays perfect ana swift enunciation and a strength of delivery beyond the power of all but a very few singers. Bright, joyous, versatile these words hut faintly express the Flonzaley Quartet's Quar-tet's rendition of Smetana's Aflcgro Moderato a la Polka " Those familiar with the magic of Smetana's music ; his genius for spontaneous rhythm, will thrill with delight as they recognize the subtle handling of tempo and the delicate deli-cate shading of each gem-like passage The melodies are pure folk melodies, torn, as it were, from the very heart of the simple peasantry und translated eloquently by the mastery of genius. Never was waltz more deservedly popular than Victor Herbert's ' When You're way" which was one of the hie hits of "The - Only Girl." Never 5 . were song and singer so well suited to one another an-other as is this . delightful clfort L and Mabel Gar-$ rison. Her voieeB lingers on c a c h'A. note, magically prolonging a tonei here and there without retarding the time. It i, in fact a very waltz of dreams. Not always are the mst preten- lions offerings the most successiui a simple song may make a deep and lasting impression on its hearers. Just so does Reinald Werrenrath a??ure the success of his little "Gypsy Love Sonc; " It is as sweet as a Rummer'"! day and vet has in it the rollicking freedom of the vagrant wind Werrenrath is al-wayi al-wayi sure of a hearty fecert'on bow much more so whrn he comes to us bearing so rich a gift? t Cortot's Piano Sings in " Rigoletto " Alfred Cortot has used lii; marvelous" renins to bring to Ql the message of Ricoletto. a message that rinz sweet and clear in one of tho new Victor records for October In the famous Verdi-Liszt arrangement for piano he has found the perfect expression and cen the least musical cannot fail to feel the power of his playing, fter the fe.v introductory passages he breaks into the pyrotechnic splendors of the immorlal iiiartet and under hi.-s deft fingering each voice is cle irly differentiated. differ-entiated. The whole performance is overlaid with a delicate tracery of scales, runs, arpeggios and cadenza, largely in locking octaves The climax is a wonderful display of masterly technique "Faust" is ever popular r.nd none of its songs are more peservedly so than the "Dio Possente" tbaf touch rnq outpouring out-pouring of brotherly affection and farewell. fare-well. In its singing Giusi pe D Lu rises to new ; " Garrison height i o f art. The melody, tn-1 tn-1 deed, is simple. callint: for no 6 bravura display: J' the real achieve-i achieve-i nient lies in the ; feri ee"i 'ii of the clear. sustained. -ma'cu'ine tones: the subtle repression repres-sion thlt : so cs-sertiall" cs-sertiall" in character char-acter Simile tho'iA it h.r tJiere is vet no higher or nobler tl pie : the DioPn eith 1 mim ver of trn ' e-ny. Rarely do a mother share in so great a gift c. iocs Madame LouUe Homer and her daughter daugh-ter Louise. In the "Quis est Homo" from Rossini's "Stabat Ma'.er" opportunity oppor-tunity Is given for both to set free their glorious voices and the old Latin canticle 19 given new beauty thereby. Tn it is triumphant proof of the close kinship of devotional feeling to pure art The modern ballad has won a place in the public's heart it welcomes a pleasing sentiment in appropriate setting. set-ting. Therefore. William Robyn can rest assured of ihe success of his two lovely offerings "I'm In Heaven When I'm Tn y Mother's Arms" and "Down The Trail to Home Sweet Home." Both charm the ear and contain just the neht mixture of humor and seriousness. This may also be said to be the case with Tohn Steel's two numbers "Tell Me, Little Gvpsv" and "The Girls of My Drea ms." The latter Is more the sonir for the lighter moments j the hearer can't restrain a smile, while in the former one feels all of the attraction of the great vvorld of outdoors. In both the melodies are enchanting. Dance Hits From the 1920 'Tollies" Unusually attractive are the dance offerings presented in this month's list of Victor Records. Two splendid fox trots from the Ziegfcld Follies can't fail to make a hit and "Cuban Moon" somehow some-how conveys all of the languorous abandon of the tropics. Both are played play-ed by Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra but make no surer appeal than does "Beautiful "Beau-tiful Hawaii" fa waltz) and "Hawaiian Twilight" (a fox trot), both of which are cunrantced to set feet a-tapning in impatience for the dance. Bill Murray and Ed Small offer the "Dardanella Blues" a sequel to "Dardanella" and certain of the same success: while the Peerless Quartet puts across "Swance" in the nappy style that one has come to expect from them. As for humor well, Walter C. Kelly must be heard to be reallv appreciated. His "Virginia Judge" fin two "sessions") "ses-sions") is n perfect masterpiece as a lugh producer while in a different vein Sally Hamlin, whose recitations of childhood have earned her a nation wide name, further cements her popularity popu-larity by tclline; the story of "The Three Little Pigs" and bv reciting 1-ucenc Field's lovely poem "The Duel " The public is assured that any of the above will more than repay their interest. in-terest. Those who already own a Victrola know this from former experience ex-perience In any event the reader should not fail to take advantage of the opportunity to hear some unusually fine music Any Victor dealer is always al-ways ready and willing to play anv of the new or old Victor records and to hear them is a libera'i musical education. |
