GRAMOPHONE NOTES

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6942, 22 June 1929, Page 7

GRAMOPHONE NOTES

Etnel Leginska—Pianist and Conductor Six “Moments Musicaux” (Schubert—Op. 91). Pianoforte Solos by Ethel Leginska. Columbia 01315-20. Schubert's “Moment Musicaux” arc a scries of short piano pieces of varying moods, but mostly of a “songs without words” character. Some arc short like the spirited No. 1 in C, with its merry first subject like a call on the Swiss alpenhorn, and the charming No. 3 in F minor, known to everyone nowadays as the “Bridesmaids' Dance” in “Lilac Time.” Some are more extended, such as the No. 2 in A flat, pensive and at times sombre, and with a very beautiful second subject which certainly suggests a story. No. 2 has an old-world “inoto perpetuo,” to which a pastoral ami song-like middle part affords contrast.. No. 5 is more agitated and strongly rhythmic, while No. (i is very expressive. The Inimitable Will Fyffc. (1) “Sailing up the Clyde”; (2) “Ye Can Come and See the Paly.” By Will Fvffe, Scotch Comedian. Columbia 0272 G. ’ Scotland’s great comedian, Will Fyjfe, Ins made a wonderfully humorous record of these two numbers, “Sailing up the Clyde,” will rank among the classics of sparkling humour, for it is immensely funny, and sung with all tiie irresistible humour for which he is so well known. This will be a big favourite. A Happy Symphony. “Symphony in E Flat (No. 39)” (Mozart). Felix Weingartner conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Columbia 02715-17. Ranking among the greatest of masterpieces in Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 in E flat, a work iucomparabol for its orchestral skill and beauty. With the ideal interpretation of Weingartner end the finished artistry of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, all the "delicate beauties and gorgeous music of the No. 39 Symphony are very notably recorded, revealing a wonderful depth of tone and a faithful reproduction of the subtle shadings and characteristic touches that make Weingartner’s reading so individual yet so true to Mozart. This magnificent work, “a triumph of beauty in sound” as it has been described, is one of tho best known of Mozart’s works, and one of the most .■joyous, the finale in particular brimming over high spirits. Tho “Menuct,to’ 'is a glorious and absorbingly interesting movement. The recording is vividly realistic.