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Bach: St. Matthew Passion (Elfriede Troetschel, soprano; Diana Eutrati, contralto; Friedrich Haertel, bass; D. Fi-scher-Dieskau, baritone; Helmut Kreps, tenor; Boys' Choir of St. Hedwig's Cathedral, the augmented choir and orchestra of the Berlin Radio, Fritz Lehmann conducting; Vox, 8 sides LP). One of the first postwar German recordings. Bach's great score is unabridged, the orchestra and chorus are fine, the soloists are good. Recording: excellent...
Come Out? An hour and a half later, the bloodhounds set up a great bass clamor outside a potato shack on the farm of ex-Moonshiner Turner's father. Hogjaw, who likes to boast that he can outrun a horse, was right with the dogs, but the main body of cops all saw fit to maintain a respectful distance and await eventualities. Hogjaw pulled his gun, fired six shots into the shack and bravely bawled: "Come out, you sons of bitches...
...Bass (B) pinned Tuleja (H) with a half nelson and body press at 5:10; 128--Lee (H) decisioned, Irons (B), 8-0; 136--MacLean (B) decisioned Iden (H), 7-5; 145--Adams (H) and Ferriter (B), drew, 1-1; 155--Bowser (H) decisioned Knowles (B), 6-0; 165--Eastham (B) decisioned Hubbard (H), 9-2; 175--Hathaway (H) decisioned Moulton (B), 10-9; unlimited--Hill (B) decisioned Davis...
...Reeves hoped that a partner would cut down his 16-hour day, seven days a week. It helped, but he still has few chances to get away to the irrigation spillways to cast for bass, or onto the prairie to hunt for quail, or to the hills for antelope. Grinning, he sees a connection between last winter's blizzards (when he had to make farm calls by horse team or "weasel" tractor) and the heavy obstetrical practice in the last weeks of 1949: "The blizzards kept most people home, and we're just reaping the benefits...
Conductor Karl Boehm of the touring Vienna State Opera was hot, tired and in no mood to audition the unknown young American bass-baritone who waited for him. Nevertheless, after rehearsal on a June day in Brussels, he called for the young hopeful. In the audition he made what seemed last week to be the operatic find of the year...