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...more a series of stunning effects than a clearly discernible whole. Still, for what they are, the effects, caused by a varied and beautifully recorded percussion and passionate inter-jections from the chorus, are extremely striking. Also effective is "The Ox-Cart Driver's Song" for soprano and piano, sung by Elsic Houston with plenty of barbaric yawp. The song is impressive even if you don't care for barbaric yawp; if you do, it's doubly powerful. The last selection in the album, "Quatuor" for flute, harp, celesta, and women's voices, is something of a disappointment. Written during...
...dancer, radio Juliet to Leslie Howard's Romeo, Daughter Churchill, 26, is the wife of Austrian-born, U.S.-naturalized Comedian Vic Oliver. For his Sunday-night variety show over BBC she wrote her ballad, humming the melody while Husband Oliver strummed it on a piano. Best lines, as sung and recorded by oldtime Cinemactress Bebe Daniels...
...Catholic. Ray Baber, leading baritone, is the son of a Protestant minister. Since amateur voices may get out of kilter, two or three singers alternate in principal roles. Of the three chosen for last week's Carmen one was Jewish: Eleanor Kahn, who has sung with the San Francisco Opera. Monsignor Bosetti, not only conductor but stage manager and vocal coach as well, drives his casts as hard as any Toscanini, and commands as much respect. When he gives a bawling-out, the customary response is a meek: "Thank you, father...
Died. William Danforth, 73, roaring, scowling delight for half a century of U.S.' Savoyards; after long illness; in Skaneateles, N.Y. Triple-tonguing Songster Danforth estimated he had sung the title role in The Mikado 1,000 times...
...contrast to the bungled recording of the Missa is Victor's album of Mediaeval and Renaissance Choral Music (M739), sung by the Pius X School of Liturgical Music. This is a fascinating collection of early chants and cathedral liturgies, with selections from later masters like Obrecht, Taverner, and Palestrina, beautifully performed by the all-female chorus of the Pius X School...