Records Under Review

NZ Truth, Issue 1103, 20 January 1927, Page 2

Records Under Review

Classical TH E cultivation" of a popular taste for *V the works of the. great composers is one of the. best /things the gramophone companies ' have 7 • specialised upon. x An' increase m the public knowledge •of their \vorks must inevitably lead to an increase m the appreciation of classical music. 'A Regal record gives us "Faust" selection, 'played m a very.able manner by the Silver Stars Band, conducted: by Albert W. Ketelbey. "Faust" was Gounod's masterpiece and was produced m Paris In 1859, but it was four years later Jjefore its-. : first performance.- iii Ijondon.7 This famous French cjomiioser of the. nineteenth century wrote other operas of which.' ''Romeo" was the most successful..';: ;•; -T T PpnV Touch !*. * Jt.-WQRP of advice: "Leave repairs " to an expert "unless you are yourself a skilled mechanic." There are some things one can do, of course; it is a simple matter, for example, to' remove the -turn-table, unscrew the slab of wood beneath it, and find out- whether the rattle that has been annoying one-is caused by a loose needle' that . has got into tjie worksi

A Male Quartet THE Salisbury Singers were first ,* heard m public through their broadcast performances — an Introduction which has given them an accepted place as probably the best male quartet singing m England to-day. They are accomplished artists, who sing with sincerity, and a full sense of their responsibility. Their renderings of "When Evening's Twilight" and "Sweet and Low" are well done and the purity of tone yield by the new Columbia recording adds to the record's beauty. * * * Some Good Dances COME particularly attractive new reV '•■•' cords by the Gramophone Company make available, with the aid of that marvellous "H.M.V." portable, gramo"phbne, a fine array of dances, whether one-step, fox-trot, valse or tango;- and all recorded by famous players. There are for instance, two vata*.on one record (8.5052), "My Irish Home" and '"Perfumes of Tthe Pasti" as played by the Savoy Orpheus; two fox-trots (8.5044), "Behind the Clouds" and "Just a Cottage Small," as played by Jack Hylton and his band; and two tangos (8.5049), "^Confession" and "Spaverita," ., as * played by the Rto Grande Tango Band.