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Show j " r-Zl ' New Music for the New Tear NOTABLE STRING ARTISTS ON JANU-ARY JANU-ARY VICTOR LIST Wcll-Balanced New Year Program by Leaders In Ausic and Entertainment ii M O play a melody MqgaM through three r I ' times and each. B time to draw from it three ut- I 1 terly variant Villi emotional tensa- K "N V I 11 tions thi is a BtWV 'A feat reser-ed .rr II lSV TT Fr,tz Kreisler llUUftVLr U entrance Jan-W Jan-W I) il uary rIctor au- Bnllu diences. The IjnflljpcAy'- world is begin- PMIBBfc j . ning to realize Vi ii mmaasfcKii at ia?t the full charm of the -weirdly imaginative pagan "Hvmn to the Sun" (from "L t"?r LrOr') To hear KreJsler plav it is to hie the vision retranslatru, to catch a glimpse of that pallid beauty yhoso biht is love-madness, whose kiss is death the Queen of Shemakha, singing sing-ing at the door of her pavilion her ir.ystic hymn to the Caucasian sunrise. Three ceparate times does the violin vio-lin s;3q the hymn; hxst, ia deep, 'cello -like tones , then in niif. this weird B opera can real- fCreislar to be humorous, Jrci$ier ' Lucrezia Bori and Giuseppe De Luea proe beyond a doubt on two Victor Red Seal Records for January "Pfonta io son" ( My part l'lf play) and "'ado Corro" (Haste v( ! J from "Don Pasnualc." If ever the spirit of mischief was rxprcsfed in r.iufic, it is here on these records. If all the world lovej a lover, the whole world will rejoice in a new love soaj; record by Besiamino Gigli among the January "ictrola Recordj "fu Sola" (Thou alone I). 'Tis Spring, the skies are clear, the sun is Warm, the breezes heavy with scents of blossoms. The only thing; lacking is tbc loved one, and how creat a lack tins is at sucii a time can only be lully expressed by such a voice as Gigh's, with all the intense trtlor o: the truly Southern lover. Hcif et: Plays a MencieLasohn Number Every violinist and every conccrt-$ocr conccrt-$ocr knows Mendelssohn's "Concerto in E Manor-Finnic." It is a number that calls for extraordinary strength ond nerve in other words, such ability abil-ity as that of Jascha Hcilcu. Victor audiences in January will find this number flayed as few ha.e ever heard it wiih a masculine perleclion and hnahtx of -utterance that to layman lay-man and critic is equally astounding. Co countless music lovers it is rmy necessary to say, "Here is a new Homer record," and they know what a depth of appeal the record holds. J-or January Victor Records Mrae. Homer tongs a song that is as much a prayer as a song. "J'.ist for today" is a reverent, little anng, a p'.ca for the hour and its needs, modestly made. It is a gentle little melody of womanly beauty, sung with that outward artlessncss wh:cn is one of tae truest accomplishments of art. Spring ;su t really so far away, and during January ictcr audience) will be charmed by Eward Johuson'a new Tecord, "Heart to Heart," It is a love song, sung with line vocal power, and with great intensity of emotion. When a melody has been played at I often and is so generally knowa as Simple Confession" (Simple Aveu) it's almost a challenge of skill and power to infuse lrcsh beauty into iL this is cjtictly what Haus handler has dene on a new Victor Record for January, with artistic certainty and human spirit, beautifully vigorous without atTcsting any of the song's delicate sentiment. The orchestral accompaniment is alo of surpassing beauty, arousing as if a host ot answering an-swering emotions to the voice of this artist's 'cello. imple, old riennn watr. Rachman-inotT Rachman-inotT in turn embellishes Kreisler's arrangement with decorations that ngge.st at times the dripping of water into some still forest pool, or the sonorous son-orous roll of thunder in the hills Again the love song among the January Victor Records also sum; by an eminent artist and an Italian love song, too I "Marianina" as Zanelh sings it is s jolly song, full of the elastic buoyancy of Mediterranean Mediter-ranean temperaments. It begins impetuously, im-petuously, is rather quick in movement, move-ment, with the deft Italian trick of repeating certain phrases three or four times, leading up to a poised, sustained note. Dance Records to Start the Feet and New Year Someone has said of -Paul White-man White-man and His Orchestra that they have "remade the American floor dance." Four fox trots by this famous fam-ous organization figure on two separate, sep-arate, solely Whiteman Victor Records Rec-ords for January "Weep No More, My Maniinv" is a gorgeous piece of orchestral tapestry that dallies with 'My Old Kentucky Home," while "April Showers'' from "Bombo" is melody whecdlesome enough to cheer up even the chronic "wall-flower" invited in-vited lor the first time to dance. The second Whiteman Record on the January Jan-uary Victor liM 13 a wild one, revealing reveal-ing Paul Whiteman "on the jazz." ' Everybody Sic " has a slow, jounc-inc jounc-inc rlnthm. with delirious shrieks from three saxes a md other appropriate appro-priate "fixings " "Ka-Lu-A" introduces intro-duces 'Blue Danube Blues." It's Hawaiian in style, with Ferera and Franchihi on the guitars. For the sake of variety Joseph C. Smith and His Orchestra monopolize-things monopolize-things on a single dance record with a waltz and then a fox trot. "Blossom "Blos-som Time" is a recent waltz success, smooth nnd easy in tempo, its main theme being based on the chief melody of Frant Schubert's Unfinished Symphony. "It's You" on the reverse re-verse will delight those fox-'.rotters who love a smooth, stately dance. Still, the fox trot's the thing, and it's alwavs interesting to hear new versions by new organizations. This month Club Roal Orchestra makes its bow to Victor dar.ee !o- rs with two tunes superbly danceable "Dapper "Dap-per Dan" and "The Sheik." McCormack Sinjs a Love Song As a singer of love songs John McCormack needs no introduction, 'i he very tact that his nw January ictor Record is a love song "Rose of My Heart" is all that might bo taid in praise of it. It is a song of remarkable beauty, purity and sincerity sincer-ity of feeling. And its hearers will enjoy jt as -one of the nnest love lyrics .McCormack has ever sung. A record such as Frika Morini's "Romance" from V.'icniaw ski's Second Sec-ond Concerto in D Minor among tho January Victor records is impressivo of the fact that technical knowledge is not necesiiry to real enjoyment at great music. This song calls for exceptional ex-ceptional power of technic, yet tho record is so simple and tenderly beautiful beau-tiful that few will stop to think of the amazing skill of the younr artist who produces it. l;opold Stokowsxi's own comments on the Philadelphia Orchestra's selection selec-tion for a marvellous recital on the Victor January' hf rc eminently suitable to introduce it. The number is Bral.'.7i3' Symphony No. 3 C Minor Movement 1 Poco Allegretto). This orchestra's distinguished director says ! ' Brahms a giant in tha world of Symphony had sometimes a mood of beautiful lyric song simple, yet appealing ap-pealing d.rectly to the heart. This movement is oae of the most expressive expres-sive of all these works, and holds a special place in the heart of every connoisseur cf music" Sergei Rachmaninoff playing a fong bv Krelsler is an interesting idea. This fmcuj pianist's beautiful beauti-ful arrangement of Kreisler's "l.iebes-leid" "l.iebes-leid" (Love's Sorrow) makes an equally interesting Victor Record for January. Kreisler himself based his melody on an embellishment of a |