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...Much (Jackie Wilson; Brunswick, mono and stereo). Singer Wilson, who bears a startling physical resemblance to Sammy Davis Jr., is presented to his fans as "Mr. Excitement." The excitement consists of a bludgeoning Neanderthal style, and the package should be labeled "For Unregenerate Rock 'n' Rollers Only...
High Spirits! (The Four Lads; Columbia, mono and stereo). One of the nation's best vocal quartets swings with infectiously high spirits through a selection of familiar spirituals-Ring Them Chimin' Bells, Bound for Glory-giving each one a fresh sheen without sticky studio gloss...
Swinging '30s (Earl Bostic and his band; King, mono and stereo). Pleasantly informal arrangements of the songs that are firmly lodged in the consciousness of most adult Americans: Dancing in the Dark, Stars in My Eyes, All the Things You Are. The band swings as loosely as a troupe of sleepy dancers, summoning visions of garlanded proms and lights slowly revolving over the dance floor...
Busoni: Fantasia Contrappuntistica (Egon Petri; Westminster, mono). In this stylistic tour de force, Italian Pianist-Composer Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) started with a chorale prelude and then, using subjects from an unfinished fugue by Bach, spun out four three-part fugues, one of them built on the name and the four notes B-A-C-H.* Throughout, Busoni gradually modernized his musical vocabulary, ending with a style marked by thick, dissonant clusters of notes. The effect, as presented by Dutch Pianist Petri, is a little like watching a nature film in which plants miraculously blossom and grow before the viewer...
Lalo: Piano Concerto (Orazio Frugoni, pianist; Vox, mono). French Composer Edouard Lalo (1823-92) is remembered chiefly for his Symphonic Espagnole, but he also wrote a number of operas, chamber works and concertos, of which this is one of the most engaging. Urbane, exotically colored, it sparkles in this recording with the prismatic fascination of a many-tiered chandelier...