--■■-.V.W.V ■ ■ ■ ■ '•i.V, Tft/fyr % i in His Master's Voice $ ■E 44 In a Competition conducted by “The Gramophone.” From a list of 73 electrically recorded works, specially chosen by “The Gramophone,’ an independent Journal, Readers were asked to vote as to the respective merits of the various records. From the following list it may be seen that out of the first 20, “ His Master’s Voice ” secured 18 places, and out of the first 40 places “ His Master’s Voice ” was represented 32 times, surelv proof positive of the excellence and popularity of Electrically Recorded “ His Master’s Voice ” Records. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 17. Artist Master E. Lough Cortot—Thibaud—Casals Royal Albert Orchestra Chaliapin Royal Opera Orchestra Cortot Kreisler No. Title C. —“Hear My Prayer” D. —“Trio in B Flat (Schubert) D. 1150/3 —sth Smyphony (Beethoven) D.B.934—“Farewell and Death of Boris” C. Unfinished Symphony (Schubert) D. —Twenty-four Preludes (Chopin) D. 990/s—Violin Concerto (Beethoven) E. —Rienzi Overture (Wagner) Philadelphia Symphony Orch. D.8.997/1000 —Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn) Kreisler D.B.lolo—Morgen and Standchen Elizabeth Schumann D. 1190/4 —Pathetique Symphony (Tchaikovsky) Symphony Orch. D. 1154/7 —“The Enigma” Variations (Elgar) Royal Albert Orchestra D.A.895/6 —Trio in G Major (Haydn) Cortot—Thibaud —Casals D. 1250/4 —New World Symphony (Dvorak) Royal Albert Orchestra D.1198/1201 —Piano Concerto (Beethoven) Votes 846 837 813 784 764 704 628 599 569 514 511 505 483 477 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 24. 25. 26. 28. 29. 30. 31. 33. 34. 36. 37. 40. Backhaus & Royal Albert Orchestra D. —Meistersinger Overture (Wagner) Berlin State Opera Orch. E. —Blue Danube and Tales from Vienna Woods (Strauss) Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra C. —The Floral Dance and Lute Player Peter Dawson D. —Voi che sapete and Batti Batti Elizabeth Schumann D.lo92—Siegfried’s Funeral March (Wagner) Symphony Orchestra D.loßo—Siegfried’s Journey to the Rhine (Wagner) Symphony Orch. D.l22s—Wotan’s Farewell Kipnis D.1281/2 —ltalian Concerto (Bach) Mrs. Gordon Woodhouse D.l 188/9— Pathetique Sonata (Beethoven) Lamond D. —Oberon Overture (Weber) Berlin State Opera Orchestra E. —Magic Flute Overture (Mozart) State Opera Orchestra D.llls—Piece Heroique Marcel Dupre D. 1230/5 —2nd Symphony (Elgar) London Symphony Orchestra C. —Fledermaus Overture (Strauss) Staats Kapelle Orchestra D. —Celeste Aida and Che Gelida Manina Martinelli D.l2l9—Meistersinger Prelude (Wagner) London Symphony Orch. D. 1130/3 —Piano Concerto Tchaikovsky) Hamburg & Royal Albert Orchestra 423 420 398 371 359 342 316 314 293 248 245 239 239 230 227 208 207 196 The above List should serve the purpose of helping Gramophone owners to the selection of some really good records. Greatest Artists Finest Electrical Recordings Silent Surface. His Masters Ask your Dealer to play these over for you.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 382, 16 June 1928, Page 24
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