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The laboratory was next contracted to study the problems of voice communications. It had to determine what are the qualities of a good "talker" and a good "listener" and what types of microphones, radio sending sets, and earphones produced the best results under all conditions.
William Byrd & His Age (Alfred Deller; Basel's Wenzinger Consort of Viols; Vanguard). Music from the golden age of English music (16th-17th centuries) sung in the round, slightly hooty but flexible alto of famed Countertenor Deller. Once the listener becomes adjusted to antique shifts of harmony, the music...
Although Ernest Bloch's Concerto Grosso for Strings and Piano Obbligato is a modern masterwork, it showed off the Orchestra's weakest section, the strings, and the performance was uneven. Bloch's incisive rhythms give the work an excitement and a tension that make it a perfect piece to try...
* Anyone can rent similar facilities from the Bell Telephone Co. Neighborhood theaters use them to give showing schedules, brokerage houses for stock quotations. Currently, one of the most successful installations is in Chicago. Anyone who dials BRoadway 5-0707 is greeted by a honey-laden female voice. "Hello, darling, I...
Schnabel's playing was never note-perfect, but his performances on these disks have something so compelling that mere perfection would seem paltry by comparison. The recorded sound transferred from the old disks varies from good to barely acceptable by modern standards, despite the labors of Victor engineers. The...