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Embrasse (Felicia Sanders; Columbia). A semi-French invitation to give the girl a great big kiss. Sung by up-and-coming Songstress Sanders (TIME, Aug. 3), it should climb well up bestseller lists...
...taking him to task for staging opera in English translations. "That is all right for the lesser companies, but the Met should present opera in its greatest form, and that is in the original languages. Besides, you can't understand the words, even if they are sung in English." Wagnerian Soprano Helen Traubel, just finished a two-week engagement in a Chicago nightclub, made public a letter she had received from Bing, and thoughtfully appended her answer. Bing had written that opera and popular singing "do not really seem to mix very well" and suggested: "Perhaps you would prefer...
Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet (Chorus and soloists with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch; Victor, 2 LPs). Musical sweet talk in its sweetest, if not most stimulating, performance on records. Included are some meltingly graceful choruses (sung by Harvard and Radcliffe groups) and solos by Contralto Margaret Roggero, Tenor Leslie Chabay and Basso Yi-Kwei...
...Minor (New York Philharmonic-Symphony conducted by Bruno Walter; Columbia). A majestic reading whose importance is somewhat dimmed by the fact that it is the 15th LP of this famed work. Columbia's reason: Walter's 77th anniversary year. Other Walter anniversary recordings: Mozart Arias (2 LPs), sung by Eleanor Steber and George London...
...torture chambers and a thundering chase sequence as well as for dramatic shots of the Way of the Cross and Christ's entrance into Jerusalem the week before the Crucifixion. Alfred Newman's music is especially effective in the Palm Sunday hymn and in a ballad charmingly sung by Betta (South Pacific) St. John...