Word: schumann
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Schumann's Symphony No. 1 by the Chicago Symphony under Frederick Stock (Victor, $8)-A scholarly reading of the happy Spring Symphony written by Schumann soon after his marriage to rigid .Clara Wieck. Schumann's Symphony No. 2 by the Berlin Staatsoper Orchestra under Hans Pfitzner (Brunswick, $7.50)-Schumann in a graver, more classic mood capably interpreted. Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe by Philippe Gaubert and Orchestre des Concerts Straram (Columbia, $4)-An excellent performance of the symphonic suite commissioned by the late Serge Diaghilev for his Russian Ballet. The originality and finish which marked even Ravel...
Baritone Reinald Werrenrath will advertise Camel cigarets. Contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink, having completed a series of farewell tours, will sing 15 minutes every week for Enna Jettick shoes. Stations not included on either of the nation-wide chains (Columbia and National Broadcasting) present local talent paid for by local merchants...
Gieseking is a hulking sensitive German with a curiously childish face. When he plays he hunches over the keyboard, puffs and snorts in a labored way. But his virtuosity is complete. His Bach has an unrivaled facility and grace. He dares to be deeply romantic with Schumann, Schubert, Chopin. His Debussy is more subtly tinted than any to be heard. Last week in Manhattan Gieseking opened a three-month tour. He, too, will give recitals all the way to the Pacific Coast, appear as soloist with the Seattle, St. Louis, Boston and Cincinnati Orchestras...
...Garretts will return soon to Rome and ambassadorial duties. But first they will go to Capri where the Quartet's concerts are to be given; where a friend, Dr. Axle Munthe, has loaned them his house. There at Garrett receptions, teas, soirees, the Quartet will play Debussy, Bach, Schumann, Franck, Brahms, Beethoven, for whomever Mrs. Garrett bids attend. Later they will play in Naples, then return to Manhattan in time for a November concert, the first of their next season's series at Town Hall...
...great "Danny Boy," Arditi's "Bolero" and Brahms' "Cradle Song." The old lady was 69 and a great-grandmother but she repeated her vaudeville turn four times a day on seven successive days with an added appearance on Saturday and Sunday. She was, of course, Contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink who for four years past has been saying farewell to her public. Her vaudeville debut last week accompanied the showing of Mamba, scenario of which was written by her son Ferdinand. Her recipe for endurance : "I know how to sing now. I don't shout...