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vw November 29, 1919 BEST of the NEW RECORDS Disco's Selections (Continued from page 24) Card Song (Bizet). anp Detitan “My heart at thy sweet voice” (Saini Sung by Kathleen Howard, Pathé Favorite arias sung in English by a capa- ble American contralto. Better as examples of vocal art than of phonographic recording. Carmen: Micacla’s Air (Bizet). Sung by Hulda Lashanska, Columbia 49516. Seeking her truant lover, wistful Micaela ventures alone into the mountain retreat of the outlaws. “I am not afraid.” There is a sweet simplicity, a virginal innocence about this aria that is much in contrast to the sordid passion of the rest of the opera. Lashanska sings it exquisitely, if not dramatically. The orchestra accompaniment is colorful. 1: Serenata (Mozart). Quand ‘ero paggio” (Verdi). iacomo Rimini. Acolian-Vocalion 30034. Two short numbers sharing the same side of a ten-inch disc. 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The baritone-rival sings a love song to the heroine, telling her how he'd like to snatch her away as Paris of old did Trojan Helen— as though a baritone could hope to win 2 lady when there was a tenor-hero in the cast, Rossini’s Stabat Mater is, of course, not an opera, but an oratorio; but. Rossini couldn't get out of the habit of being dra- a matic. “Venti scudi!” (Donizetti) nrico Caruso and Giuseppe de tor 89089. Having bought a bottle of much-vaunted ib and costly Elixir of Love from a quack, the young hero absent-mindedly drinks it all President W. L. Douglas Shoe Co., 145 Spark St., Brockton, Mass, ‘Caro nome” (Verdi). Reciment: vviva la | Best record Montesanto has made. He has PRessinileg, Sune by Lwai Montesanto.) famous barber-about-town, recording is just what the Edison people the 7 ———— claim it to be—re-creation. | fop of the Morning!” RicoLetto: vendetta” (Verdi). Sung by age ‘ 2 Maria Barrientos and Riccardo Stracciari, | | s Columbia 78363. “2? aul es Victimized at last by the licentious duke to te ee ioe whom he has been court jester, old Rigoletto yamas and Night Shirts =) cries for vengeance, hurling curses at a mute . ow | c, AWe portrait of the tyrant that hangs on the wall, 7 p of a Nation’ = Qew Sh Ge f Meanwhile hhis daughter, whose disgrace is - i the cause of his rage, tries piteously to calm ————— AGES Vj him; for in spite of herself she loves the | AM. E. ROSENFELD & CO. BALTIMORE & NEW YORK, >>... duke. It is a powerful dramatic situation, | liantly in flawless melody. But somehow we find it hard to imagine friend Enrico as being short of twenty crowns. Bato 1s Mascuera: “Eri tu che macchiavi” (Verdi). 3 Dareterr pe Sivictia: “Largo al factotum a sonorous, sympathetic baritone, and these or THE selections give him a chance to demonstrate his versatility. The “Eri tu” is the anguished soliloquy of a husband who believes his wife unfaithful; the “Largo al factotum” (Noth- ing to do with Handel's Largo!) is the rol- licking, self-important exuberance of the Franchia” (Donizetti). Sung by Frieda Hempel. Edison 82568. Finished vocal art. Mme. Hempel. sings the coloratura reverie from “Rigoletto” with pellucid purity of tone, and the “Hurrah for France” with appealing verve and dash, The (Concluded on page 34) 11-29-19