GRAMOPHONE NOTES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 3 December 1927, Page 4

GRAMOPHONE NOTES

THE "JEWcL SONG" Mavis Bennett (soprano), in the "Jewel Sdng" from "Faust," and Dell Acqua's ."La Villanellc." H.'M.V. C 1338. Mavis Bennett requires no introduction, but it is always a pleasure to announce a new record by this attractive young singer. This time she has entered the domain of opera in one of her pieces, for she lias chosen the brilliant "Jewel Song," from "Faust," a display that is dear to tho heart of all coloratura sopranos, though it must bo confessed that they do not all succeed as wojl'as Mavis Bcnneit has. No, less brilliant is her singing of tho ever popular "Villaiiolio," ..... TWO POPULAR NUMBERS Columbia 0664 Humoresquo (Dvorak)Serenade (Drdla). Violin solos by M. Dobrinski: There seems to be something in fine .blending of gaiety and tenderness in "Humoresque" that forbids it to grow old or stale. Its freshness never fades,' arid a& long as it is played by as sympathetic a violinist as Dobrinski, it will never lose its charm. But, clever: though'his rendering of Drdla's "Serenade 7 ' undoubtedly js, it lacks somehow tho'feeling of the other. One feels that ho has ovcr-scntimentalizcd it, and Iho emotion does not quite ring true. Dobrinski., who is accompanied at the piano by his wife, is well-known in Australia where his records have a great V ° BUo '! A NEW HEIFETZ

Jascha Heifetz, in (a) La Fi lo aux Chcveux do Lin (Debussy—ibi Scherzo —lmpromptu (Grcig-Achron), La. J ins Que Lcnte-Waltz (Dcbuesy). H.M.V. D81049'. - : • . „ ~„_. "La Fille aux Chcveux do Lin ( iho Maiden with the Flaxen Hair"), one of Debussy's, most ethereal and dreamy works, beautifully transposed for the violin by Hartman, was one of Heifetz s most "appreciated encores during Ins recent concert' tour of Australia and New Zealand. Tho bright animated Scherzo bv Grieg'presents a striking; contrast. Debussy's 'delightful waltz, "La Plus Que Lento," with its elusive and frag lo atmosphere, .is admirably played by Heifetz. MAREK- WEBER AND HIS MAS- ™ TER'S VOICE "Talcs From the Vienna Woods," (Strauss).—Marek Weber's Orchestra. H.M.V., 82406. ' • / f ,_. This is Marek Weber s first His Master's Voice" record to bo issued in New Zealand, but there is little necessity to v "introduce" such a famous player or. his .orchestra. Weber and his orchestra have a European reputation second to none in tho performance of light-music, and his rendering of this lovely old waltz gives an excellent idea of his peculiar powers. . • . . ■■. ■ ' \ . VIVIAN'FOSTER AGAIN 'Columbia 4265. The Parson and tho Charlcston-"Yes, I think So" (m two parts). By Vivian Foster. "The Vicar of Mirth'"' is.so well-known as lo viced little' introduction to my readers. Hero ho is again as funny as over, in a parsonic" -dissertation on tho Charleston, delivered- in higi inimitable stylo and bubbling over with a full measure of jokes and quiplets. kThis is well up to the Vivian Foster standard, and no re-

cord needs greater recommendation than that. ON THE WURLITZEB Columbia 0666. Put Your .Arms Where They Belong.— What does it Matter? Solos on the Wurlitzer; organ by Harold Rieder. Harold Rieder is a clever player who knows how to get tho most out of his comprehensive instrument. You may, feel that an organ is hardly suitable for tho most modern sentimental slush,_ but you have "to admit that hif does it well and makes his tunes sound attractive. The Wurlitzer has a beautiful range of tone, too, and one- would be content to listen,to it even if-the sequence of notes had no meaning whatever.