Disc Jottings

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17738, 26 March 1932, Page 12

Disc Jottings

APPROPRIATE to.the Easter season; a magnificent recording of two excerpts from Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion” has boon issued.: Tho record has been made, by the , Philharmonic Choir, under C.' Kennedy Scott, with tlio English tenor, Walter Widdop, as tho soloist, Of, flll-thq Passions by Bach it is the most interesting and sympathetic. It is a mighty work, calling for the use, of, .two complete choirs, two orchestras) and, two organs, I with recitatives and soloists. ' : I In this month’s ,n > ow,'*'idilse Dame I Ethel. Smyth conducts a brilliant performance of her specially Arranged I “concert” .version of’thefoyferture to. her opera ‘fTJib; Tho, ' storm, the religious fery.br of brutal ,i

yfilagors; Us’ exemplified in the hymn, "iipprbwmbd After tlio brief pause in Part'; -, suggests the influence of Wagner;. . • : • : Xt : ThelendUring popularity of bert ■ atijd; operas has -%n happily- doihbnstrated.. by the tour? of .the, company. These wflsa» have no -rilfbon the English stagey add it is a matter.for gratificationllidt sbinu of tthenU'haVc beer successfully rbcoMed. , The; complete recording “ThijibGondoßbrs?.?: was made under the;; dl)riectidn, of Mr Rupert D’OiJ&y undjUy tho couductorshmsef

Urgent were, gathered 1 the ■ most famous actors iiiiid actresses who have been identified with - productions in London. 1 . B|l)s<|3gtton and his:band coxi,tinu6 of popular successes i with the Vb|}|wiiig '-pairings: “I WwmV Sing ■ AbiPht! You (foxtrot), had “WouldfYbit Take Me Back AgainJff’ .(waltz) two foxtrots, “Njjow You ’re in. -my Anns ’ * and, ‘ * Parjtwi % in tho Moonlight”; also the foxtrot. ‘ ‘ If You ’re Bbally and Truly in Love?’ paired with Jack Payne’s versioai’b,*, tho foxtrot “Sitting at a Table liifkid for Two.” Other records by Payne and his 8.8.0. Dance are “You CJan’t Stop Mo frqm Lpvpif 1 You” (foxtrot), pnd.‘lJ.nst f'l)ancij»jg;4 Girl.”