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...Puccini (a palpable falsehood). Consequently, Sir A. has ripped Handel's oratorio untimely from its century, making it as operatic Victorian as he possibly can. The result is an orchestra sprawling and unkempt, singers bawling and dyspeptic, and tempi crawling and inept. (London A-4357--you'll recognize the album by the ugly crucifix on its cover...
...Family Record Club that now accounts for half his business. Members can buy a religious record every month for $3.98 (or $4.98 for stereo); if they buy two, they get a third free. Another McCracken plan is the Audio Record Program: 600 salesmen across the country peddle a five-album. 34-record collection that offers, according to McCracken, "everything a family needs for proper inspiration, worship and education"-all for $189.95. "When they see how we can answer their religious needs, price is no object," McCracken says. Net sales of Word and its companion distributing company last year came...
Frank Proffitt, 49, is the most interesting contemporary authentic. His first LP album was made via tape recorder in his cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It includes straightforward lyrics like these...
...works conducted by the composer himself. At Stravinsky's own request, Composers Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Lukas Foss and Roger Sessions play the piano parts in Les Noces, and in this and the other works Stravinsky shapes performances of water clarity and rhythmic fire. Ragtime is the album's special treat...
Quincy House students reacted strongly last night to the introduction of piped-in music at dinner. The trial program of music, approved by the House committee, consisted of an album entitled "50 Great Moments in Music," and included excerpts from Tchaikovsky's Symphony #6, Sibelius' Finlandia, Beethoven's Emperor Concerto, Offenbach's Parisienne, and Chubby Checker's Let's Twist Again...