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Page 12B EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Sunday, Oct. 21, 1962 New Brahms Recordings Belong in Basic Collections By MARY CAMPBELL ' Of the Auoclited fren : Angel has pasted stamps reading "This recording rec ommended for your basic li brary of classical music" to its new releases of Brahms First Symphony and the Brahms Violin Concerto. These two works certainly do belong in a basic classical collection. And the new re cordings, the former by the Philharmonia Orchestra con ducted by Carlo Maria Giulini, and the latter by David Ois-f trakh with the French Na tional Radio Orchestra, Otto Klempcrcr, conductor, both aro excellent. Brahms wrote at the same time as two important in novators. The flamboyant Wagner was rocking the world of opera with his vast "mu sic dramas" and the charm ing Liszt was composing sym phonic poems accompanied by program notes explaining story idea and mood. Brahms Cautious But Brahms was cautious. He worked only in forms which had been successful in the past. He tackled no form until he was sure he could handle it. And he destroyed anything he wrote which he considered unworthy. He wrote canons and fu gues, serenades and sonatas, concertos and variations, and finally, in 1876, at 43, worked up to his Symphony No. 1 ' in the grand manner of Beethoven. A dramatic introduction leads into a powerful first movement whose themes sug gest epic conflict and stress. The second movement is ro mantic and melodic, the third gentle. The fourth again shows conflict, plus tragedy, but has a triumphant conclu sion. The Violin Concerto ap peared in 1879. Symphonic in length and difficult to per form, its mood for the listen er is one of serenity. Notes on the album cover . help the listener find the three main themes of the first movement and guide him through their development. The violin, as played by David Oistrakh, dominates the orchestr a e v e n though Brahms, writing just after his First and Second Symphonies, did not stint the richness of the orchestral part. Another Angel introduction record, without the "basic li brary" notation, is Mahler's Fourth Symphony. Otto Klem pcrcr conducts the Philhar monia Orchestra and Elisa beth Schwarzkopf is soloist. In the Fourth, Mahler is concerned with the idea that fear of death is terrifying but death itself is serene. He uses many cheerful peasant tunes and a serene, soaring song, beautifully performed by Miss Schwarzkopf. Record collectors intercst ' ed in firsts will find two new piano almums of interest. One, by Byron Janis, on Mercury, is "the first record ing ever made in Russia by - American technical and music staff and equipment." It was recorded in Moscow in June of this year with four and a half tons of shipped equip ment. The other, by Robert Prilch ard, on Spoken Arts, is "the first recording anywhere of a Negro concert pianist" and "Spoken Arts' debut in the field of music." ' Exciting, Sentimental Byron Janis, appearing on his second tour of Russia with the Moscow Philharmonic Or chestra conducted by Kyril Kondrashin, performs Proko fiev's brilliant Third Piano Concerto and Rachmaninoff's First Piano Concerto. The two are widely differ ent. The Prokofiev is modern, exciting, with the piano used like a percussion instrument while Rachmaninoff is senti mental. Janis plays them in appropriately different styles. Pritchard performs nine shorter selections evidently selected to exhibit versatility. He begins with Bach and Mendelssohn and ends with Chopin. In between are found two compositions by the pia nist and "Le Banjo," by Gotts chalk, which has banjo-like passages and includes a smat tering of "Camptown Races." 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C& 5T3 iH Ci f C L a 0)M ft cm reporter As you know we're completely back to nor mal after the big storm and it could be that Co lumbus Day will be come better known as the Day of the Big Wind. All of us learned one lesson never be without a transistor radio. It was an eerie feeling out there alone in the universe with no Inkling of what was go ing on in the world, if it was still there. We have a complete new stock of transistors and we're not predict ing another catastro phe but we do suggest that you'll find one comforting In even a minor emergency. And, of course, they're great fun to take with you on outings. Another household necessity for any such problem is the candle. Fortunately, they don't have to be put away on a shelf but can be ele gantly decorative to use and enjoy constant ly. Our gift shop has a magnificent . collection and the staff was inter ested in the comment a male customer made. "My wife looked so pretty eating dinner by candlelight that I've, suggested we do it every night." Get the hint, girls? Candles automatic ally remind us of the great variety of place mats we have to give sparkle and original ity for all your fall and winter entertaining. You can be your own artist, creating with color for smashing ef fects. To help you in your compositions are napkins in every hue as well as prints. First floor. The witches are get ting ready to fly again with great verve. Halloween is one of those wonderful, magi cal occasions that no one ever seems to out grow. The perennial joy of scaring yourself has the perfect outlet in a delightfully harmless way. For children, it's a never - to - be - forgotten party time and we do hope you're planning a spooky and utterly dev astating shocker of a gathering. To help you with the festivities and to inspire you, you'll find a whole section in our stationery department devoted to Halloween party accessories from the ghoulish invita tions to the favors and paper napkins. Also fun are the Hal loween cards that will bring a chuckle o pure pleasure to your friends. This, in- turn, reminds us of the Christmas card albums, conven iently arranged for your eisurely browsing and early ordering. First floor. So you're expecting! And you're casting a wistful look at the chic fall clothes. Come now, never has maternity wear been designed with greater flair and imagination. We'll let you in on a little secret many customers who are not enceinte, are buying some of the toppers just because they're so attractive. In our maternity sec tion, you'll find the cur rent fashion trends In terpreted skillfully and the in-vogue colors rampant. You can choose clothes for every hour of your busier-than-ever life dresses, suits, caprt pants, ac tive and spectator sports and marvelously contrived a!ter-five glamour wear. Just for you. we have a booklet with information about all the new maternity styles which is yours for the asking. Or, lust write in and well mail it to you.
