Judge — August 30, 1919 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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Best of the New Phonograph Records Disco’ SELECTIONS tecting it. Stracciari sings it with true art and Sascha Jacobsen contributes an exquisite r hrough the pages of é - violin obligato. you glance ‘through the: pages 0 ' Gyrsy Love Soxe (Herbert). Sung by Freder the record catalogs, you find that ‘ Wheeler. the repertory of your talking P Text Hex | Love Her So (de Faye). Sung fmachine is weakest in art songs. Opera p nt L_ Reed Miller. Aeotian-Vocation 12 . His splendidly represented—certain favorite ) ae Thats Son neat aan Hd tape arias having been recorded by dozens of eye rather than by its title or by the fact that it stars, and ensemble numbers are available came from “The Fortune Teller,” an operetta by whole constellations of stars; not to of a good many years ago. It is amiably tunefu a and Frederick Wheeler, who sing: speak of overtures galore by bands and ; - = = bass voice of pleasing quality.‘ orchestras. Dance music, from folk to ° t y Love Her So” is the song of a lover wh the breezes whisper assurances of his devot his lady’s ear. Light and charming it i: sung by an intelligent tenor jjazz, is to be had in abundance. Popular ists appear regularly ie JUDGE songs range from the vaudevillings of way- He saakel ca icarctalistacade of all the back to the best and worst hits of the day. records as issued, and from these chooses the few = : But first-rate concert songs are few indeed. ich he considers most desirable. This teeek he AAny of Anorcey (Nelsoo) A Lis fre nth’: nicer: ADeeaw (Bartlett). Sung by Colin O'More. Of the concert songs which are offered, “bi io cally cn pore ile Or sheue: Ieolian-Vocalion 2202; the majority fall into two classes: standard rehs'and gecords ¢ he athell sa Speaking of tenors, Colin O'More sings ball favorites like “The Rosary” and “Annie Ba atts beer ceded soot lever ectetions of sentiment a+ well as anybody foes now Laurie’; and new but undistinguished chi anies have issued them. In writing, Sorta pale Public’s taste makes it ex 4 : seh ssed cuoclope for reply Pedient for him to occasionally render select }sentimental ballads like—well, you know . sdindsiaie of no great worth. Hei the kind. Sung by famous artists, these two that are delightful. O'Mor latter are commercial successes and no that “Home, Sweet Hor s a logical sequel i i Be ¢ Shepherd does them both justice doubt have a better influence on public Betsy nee Shep mie docs them both kes n the latter sone her singing is notably en- — — crue Aprew: (Schubert) taste than do such ‘shopgirl classics as hanced by a harp. s G ' Be a ane Sexexavr (Gounod). I’m Sorry | Made You Cry.” Dagny axp Joan (Molloy) Leggett. Pathé 22107. But why not let’s have some really fine Hoste, Sweet Home (Bishop). Sung by Helen = Gracious numbers by We mean the sort that appear on Pathé 40167. and more proficient sister. ital programs of the very artists Darby and Joan, dear old pals, wedded for contod , many a years are pictured with tenderness by a= Aug yon G Srainc (Bach) who sing down to the phonograph public. ntzalio of sthetic qual Isn't a talking machine audience as in- can be no question of the appropriateness of PRED iG Wy Ten aa ee telligent as a Carnegie Hall audience “Home, Sweet Home” as a companion piece Old Johann Sebastian Bach is a beetlebrow Dealers report that the average record f Te has verses in profusic ; to strangers only. The better you know him, buyer is hard to interest in art songs. He Bt Sale (Masenetl sang > Riccere Swratsiar the more he unbends, the more he lead } wants cither something he has known and 40333. BT Ef COR. Nm on in imagination excursions. When Chop liked for years, or something new that Ta contrast: to the: above: portrayals oftoad mreniforie Vocation to 98 Myike wlaad, sl or y ‘Sy t t contrast to the above portrayals of fo took with him (besides a few clothes) was a c sounds catchy and pretty to him at first fidelity and snug contentment, we have here of Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavichord"—and hearing—as though a song which held eee tee le poesihas Bos Madame Sand. But leaving the lady out ing | 7 5 a a a s joyousness seems the question, this Air for G String is well we nothing Ha Ted te clos haloes ceca aed galy a mockery of the happy springtimes of cultivating. Beethoven's oftplayed Minuet ance could fai oy befo) y = the past. Every word, every note of this song Handel's Largo require no introduction. tions. contributes an exact touch to-the mood picture. = prrgcry (Massenet) Remember that in the end it is your Hes cAply remerabered, mitocy, has put ict the i Axcet's Sexexape (Braga). Mioloneello solos choices that determine what sort of songs 5 $0: 05/8 Ae by Maurice Dambois. Aeolian-Vocalion 32190 shall be recorded. And in the meantime pete we, ave 8 wordless (reodering, of Us ih Tt Nchot fee F: “Elegie.” Imagine the ‘cello to be playing in make the most of the comparatively few French. “The Angel's Serenade” is also satisfy yet enduringly beautiful art songs that ing, though likewise speechless; proving that the are available to you. That is how to get ___ melody’s the thing. more of them. | To a Witp Rose. (MacDowell). j Instrum Mixuet 1x G (Becthoven). Played by Great Lakes String Quartet. Pathé 4010). First record of new organization which ori Vocal inated during the war. Good string quartets Cad are always welcome. MacDowell’s “Wild nson p’Amour (Hollman). Sung by Rose,” one of the choicest gems of American "Cello obligato. Acolian-Vocalion music, sounds better when played by. s than ft docs in the original piano version, the poignant undervoices being more clearly de- fined and sustained Concert ‘The composer of this Love Song is a violon- cello virtuoso, and he has written for the voice much as he would for his favorite instrument: there is the same rich languor of phrase, at a His Achievement pitch corresponding to the upper reaches of the J : ello. Marie Sundelius’s clear soprano soars “Old Uncle Johnberry is a tollably accurate lyrically,-while.beneath it a real "cello hums a weather prophet,” admitted the gaunt Missourian. counter melody, Beautiful “Day before yesterday evening he called my Hous, Swerr Howe (Butop). Sung by Bary attention to the way the sky looked, and said it Lane Shepherd. Edison 80489. was a never-failing sign of a long dry spell. “Calm as the night” and, incidentally, “deep That night it rained in torrerts and it has been as the sea” is the sort of love that love exacts keeping it up pretty steadily every since. Of in return, And other attributes not quite $0 pias tes, Nee course, be didn’t hit it, but Be did about as calm. This gradually-more-impassioned song, : pacar Lae with its effective accompaniment of descending Mane Rarroto Hearinc Henserr as Oruers melee any of the rest of ’em—he came within one of it.” scales, is one of sentiment’s standbys. We trust Hear 26