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The impregnable Boston Symphony:

Mr. Cabot meets the chorus crasher

By Joseph Roddy and Henry B. Cabot

SEE ALSO: Boston Symphony; Choral singing; Impostors and imposture; Violoncellists

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138-139	November 1969 Music in the round/Review Romanticism on the make By Discus SEE ALSO: Henselt, Adolf von; Ciccolini, Aldo; Scriabin, Aleksander Nikolayevich; Bamberg Symphony; Boston Symphony; Goldmark, Carl; Weber, Carl Maria von; Chabrier: Pièces pittoresques (Sound recording); Chabrier, Emmanuel; Wild, Eric; Leinsdorf, Erich; Svetlanov, Evgeniæi Fedorovich; Schubert, Franz; Semkow, Georg; Goldmark: Rustic wedding symphony (Sound recording); Henselt: Concerto in F minor; Twelve etudes (Op. 2) (Sound recording); Thomas, Jess; Keilberth, Joseph; Bernstein, Leonard; London Philharmonic; Halsey, Louis; Reger, Max; Ponti, Michael; Estrin, Morton; New York Philharmonic; Naga, Othmar; Performances; Philharmonia Hungarica; Reger: Variations on a theme of Hiller (Sound recording); Scharwenka: Concerto in B flat minor. Balakirev: Reminiscences of “A life for the Czar.” Medtner: Improvisation (Op. 31, no. 1). D'Albert: Scherzo in F sharp minor (Sound recording); Schubert: Part songs (Sound recording); Scriabin: Divine poem (Symphony no. 3) (Sound recording); Scriabin: Symphony no. 2 (Sound recording); Scriabin: Twelve etudes (op. 8) (Sound recording); U.S.S.R. Symphony; Weber: Oberon (Sound recording); Schüchter, Wilhelm; Scharwenka, Xaver PDF IMAGES
115-116	September 1964 Music in the round/Review The big ones By Discus SEE ALSO: Also sprach Zarathustra (Sound recording); Bartók, Béla; Bartók: Cantata profana; Miraculous Mandarin (Sound recording); Boston Symphony; Ives, Charles; Leinsdorf, Erich; Ormandy, Eugene; Lehel, György; Ives: Quartet #1; Quartet #2 (Sound recording); Ferencsik, Janos; Kohon Quartet; Philadelphia Orchestra; Prokofiev: Fifth symphony (Sound recording); Prokofiev: Symphony-concerto for cello and orchestra (Sound recording); Strauss, Richard; Prokofieff, Sergey PDF IMAGES
110	October 1962 Music in the round/Review And also . . . By Discus SEE ALSO: Amsterdam Concertgebouw; Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ (Sound recording); Boston Symphony; Brahms: Piano concerto #2 (Sound recording); Munch, Charles; Chicago Symphony; Davis, Colin; Morison, Elsie; Reiner, Fritz; Mahler, Gustav; Berlioz, Hector; Brahms, Johannes; Mahler: Symphony #4 (Sound recording); Ravel, Maurice; Performances; Pears, Peter; Ravel: Trio in A minor. Mozart: Trio in E (K. 542) (Sound recording); Schumann, Robert; Schumann: Symphony #1; Manfred overture (Sound recording); Solti, Georg, Sir; St. Anthony Singers; Stahlman, Sylvia; Cliburn, Van; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Menuhin, Yehudi PDF IMAGES
99	January 1962 Music in the round/Review And also . . . By Discus SEE ALSO: Linder, Albert; Boston Symphony; Munch, Charles; Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix; Mendelssohn: Scotch symphony; Scherzo from octet (Sound recording); Mozart: Four horn concertos (Sound recording); Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus PDF IMAGES
106-108	June 1960 Music in the round/Review From fighter to weeper By Discus SEE ALSO: Beethoven: Symphony #9; Missa solemnis (Sound recording); Boston Symphony; Munch, Charles; Chicago Symphony; Konwitschny, Franz; Reiner, Fritz; Mahler, Gustav; Karajan, Herbert von; Ludwig, Leopold; London Symphony; Beethoven, Ludwig van; Mahler: Kindertotenlieder; Lieder eines fahrenden gesellen (Sound recording); Mahler: Symphony #4 (Sound recording); Mahler: Symphony #9 (Sound recording); Forrester, Maureen; Performances; Philharmonia Orchestra PDF IMAGES
108	December 1959 Music in the round/Review And also . . . By Discus SEE ALSO: Boston Symphony; Munch, Charles; Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix; Heifetz, Jascha; Mendelssohn: Violin concerto. Prokofieff: Violin concerto #2 in G minor (Sound recording); Performances; Prokofieff, Sergey PDF IMAGES
96-100	October 1959 Music in the round/Review Performers and their personalities By Discus SEE ALSO: Schneider, Alexander; Wallenstein, Alfred; Dvorák, Antonín; Rubinstein, Artur; Boston Symphony; Brahms: Piano concerto #1 (Sound recording); Brahms: Piano concerto #2 (Sound recording); Brahms: Violin concerto (Sound recording); Munch, Charles; Chopin: Concerto in F minor (Sound recording); Columbia Symphony; Shostakovich, Dmitriæi Dmitrievich; Dvorák: 'Cello concerto (Sound recording); Chopin, Frédéric; Liszt, Franz; Graffman, Gary; Cziffra, Georges; Szeryng, Henryk; Starker, Janos; Brahms, Johannes; Krips, Josef; Bernstein, Leonard; Liszt: Transcendental etudes (Sound recording); London Symphony; Kentner, Louis; Marlboro Festival Orchestra; Ravel, Maurice; Mozart: Piano concertos (Sound recording); New York Philharmonic; Casals, Pablo; Performances; Philharmonia Orchestra; Monteux, Pierre; Ravel: Piano concerto (Sound recording); Schumann, Robert; Serkin, Rudolf; Schumann: Piano concertos (Sound recording); Shostakovich: Piano concerto #2 (Sound recording); Boult, Adrian, Sir; Symphony of the Air; Virtuosity in music; Susskind, Walter; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus PDF IMAGES
109-112	March 1959 The new recordings/Review Perspectives By Edward Tatnall Canby SEE ALSO: Argenta; Gamson, Arnold; Mill, Arnold van; Boston Symphony; Munch, Charles; Debussy, Claude; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Debussy: Afternoon of a faun; Nocturnes; Jeux (Book); Debussy: La Mer; Iberia (Sound recording); Farrell, Eileen; Eileen Farrell as Medea (Sound recording); Ormandy, Eugene; Falla: El Amor brujo; Nights in the gardens of Spain (Sound recording); Falla: El retablo de maese Pedro; Harpsichord concerto (Sound recording); Knappertsbusch, Hans; Lange, Hans; Flagstad, Kirsten; Cherubini, Luigi; Falla, Manuel de; Rosenthal, Manuel; Performances; Philadelphia Orchestra; Wagner, Richard; Svanholm, Set; The art of Kirsten Flagstad (Sound recording); Wagner: Brünnhilde's immolation (Götterdämmerung); Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan) (Sound recording) PDF IMAGES
95-97	January 1959 The new recordings/Review Big fellows By Edward Tatnall Canby SEE ALSO: Bartók, Béla; Bamberg Symphony; Bartok: Concerto for orchestra (Sound recording); Bartok: Violin concerto (1938) (Sound recording); Boston Symphony; Brahms: Piano concerto #1 (Sound recording); Cleveland Orchestra; Dorati; Ormandy, Eugene; Hollreiser; Stern, Isaac; Brahms, Johannes; Krips; Fleisher, Leon; Bernstein, Leonard; Menuhin; Minneapolis Symphony; Monteux; Mozart: Don Giovanni (Sound recording); New York Philharmonic; Performances; Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich; Philadelphia Orchestra; Sebelius; Sebelius: Symphony #2 (Sound recording); Szell; Tchaikovsky: Symphony #6 (“Pathétique”) (Sound recording); Vienna Philharmonia; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus PDF IMAGES
125-128	November 1958 The new recordings/Review The new stereo discs By Edward Tatnall Canby SEE ALSO: Dvorák, Antonín; Fiedler, Arthur; Boston Pops Orchestra; Boston Symphony; Munch, Charles; Chicago Symphony; Dvorák: Serenade in D minor (Sound recording); Ormandy, Eugene; Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix; Reiner, Fritz; Grofé; Grofé: Grand Canyon suite (Sound recording); Swarowsky, Hans; Offenbach, Jacques; Strauss, Johann; Krips, Josef; Rossi, Mario; Ravel, Maurice; Mendelssohn: Italian and Reformation symphonies (Sound recording); Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich; Moussorgsky-Ravel: Pictures at an exhibition (Sound recording); Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay; Offenbach: Gaîté parisienne (Sound recording); Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich; Philadelphia Orchestra; Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade (Sound recording); Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Simon; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Stereophonic sound systems; Tchaikovsky: Symphony #2 (“Little Russian”) (Sound recording); The blue Danube (Sound recording); Vienna Philharmonia; Vienna State Opera Orchestra PDF IMAGES
95-96	May 1958 The new recordings/Review Jazz with a future By Edward Tatnall Canby SEE ALSO: Borovsky, Alexander; Dvorák, Antonín; Bach: Two- and three-part inventions (Sound recording); Bach: Unaccompanied sonata #1 in G minor; Sonata #4 in D minor (with Chaconne) (Sound recording); Bavaria State Orchestra; Beethoven: Fidelio (Sound recording); Boston Symphony; Career in writing “Jazz notes”; Munch, Charles; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Dvorák: Symphony #2 in D minor (Sound recording); Elgar, Edward; Elgar: “Enigma” variations. Purcell-Barbirolli: Suite for strings, winds (Sound recording); Larrabee, Eric; Bloch, Ernest; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gesualdo: Madrigals and sacred music (Sound recording); Piatigorsky, Gregor; Hallé Orchestra; Purcell, Henry; Jazz; “Jazz notes” (Harper's); Bach, Johann Sebastian; Beethoven, Ludwig van; 1951-1960; New York Philharmonic; Performances; Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich; Craft, Robert; Ricci, Ruggiero; Barbirolli, John, Sir; Tchaikovsky: Symphony #6 (“Pathetique”) (Sound recording); Walton: Cello concerto (1956). Bloch: Schelomo (1916) (Sound recording); Walton, William; Gesualdo, Carlo, principe di Venosa PDF IMAGES
92-96	February 1958 The new recordings/Review Angel By Edward Tatnall Canby SEE ALSO: Bach: Sonata #2 in A; Sonata #3 in E for violin and harpsichord (Sound recording); Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (Sound recording); Boston Symphony; Munch, Charles; Chicago Symphony; Debussy, Claude; Ritchard, Cyril; Debussy: Iberia; Prelude to the “Afternoon of a Faun” (Sound recording); Debussy: La Mer (Sound recording); Detroit Symphony; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Toch, Ernst; Ormandy, Eugene; Liszt, Franz; Reiner, Fritz; Berlioz, Hector; Stravinsky, Igor; Bach, Johann Sebastian; Liszt: Mephisto waltz (Sound recording); Music for hi-fi bugs (Sound recording); New York Philharmonic; Malko, Nicolai; Paray, Paul; Performances; Rugulo, Pete; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra of London; Monteux, Pierre; Pittsburgh Symphony; Prokofieff: Peter and the wolf (Sound recording); Prokofieff: Symphony #7 (Sound recording); Prokofieff, Sergey; Stravinsky: The rite of spring (Sound recording); Toch: Symphony #3 (1955) (Sound recording); Steinberg, William PDF IMAGES
108-112	December 1956 The new recordings/Review For the holidays and after By Edward Tatnall Canby SEE ALSO: Schiøtz, Aksel; Michaelis, Arnold; Boston Symphony; Walter, Bruno; Franck, César; Saint-Saëns, Camille; Munch, Charles; Debussy, Claude; Debussy: Iberia; Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun; La Mer (Sound recording); Debussy: The martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (Sound recording); Detroit Symphony; Tango, Egisto; André, Franz; Wöldike, Mogens; Mozart: Requiem mass in D minor, K. 626 (Sound recording); New York Philharmonic; Paray, Paul; Performances; Draper, Ruth; Saint-Saens: Carnival of the animals. Franck: Psyché (symphonic poem) (Sound recording); The art of Aksel Schiotz (Sound recording); Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus PDF IMAGES
109-112	December 1955 The new recordings/Review Mr. Briggs and the concert hall By Edward Tatnall Canby SEE ALSO: Foldes, Andor; Dorati, Antal; Beethoven: Piano concerto #2; Piano concerto #4 (Sound recording); Britten, Benjamin; Boston Symphony; Britten: Saint Nicholas (cantata), op. 42 (Sound recording); Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, op. 31; Folk songs of the British Isles (Sound recording); Britten: Winter words, op. 52; Seven sonnets of Michelangelo, op. 22 (Sound recording); Britten: Young persons' guide to the orchestra. Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker suite (Sound recording); Career in sound engineering; Carnegie Hall (New York, New York); Petri, Egon; Egon Petri plays Liszt (Sound recording); Electronic sound control; Ormandy, Eugene; Liszt, Franz; Briggs, G.A. (Gilbert Arthur); Onslow, Georges; Hans Hopf—Wagner (excerpts) (Sound recording); Hindemith: Nobilissima visione. Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn (Sound recording); Brahms, Johannes; Hoffman, Josef; Beethoven, Ludwig van; Minneapolis Symphony; Onslow: Sextet for piano and winds, op. 79; Quintet for winds, op. 81 (Sound recording); Klemperer, Otto; Hindemith, Paul; Performances; Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich; Philharmonia Orchestra of London; Wagner, Richard; Schumann, Robert; Moralt, Rudolf; Serkin, Rudolf; Schumann: Fantasia in C, op. 17. Brahms: Variations on an original theme, op. 21, #1 (Sound recording); Schumann: Violin sonata #1 in A, op. 105. Brahms: Violin sonata #2 in A, op. 100 (“Thun”) (Sound recording); Theaters; Vienna Symphony PDF IMAGES

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