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all of the time, but you'll certainly.
like all of it some of the time — or
atleast some. of it all of the time.
‘ Bach: The Goldberg Variations
CBS Masterworks Series cD#
: AAK 37779:

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tt is arguable that no classical --
music collection is complete
without this 1742 Bach
“Happily
yhich recording to buy focuses’.
clusively on the two
: Glenn Gould versions. The first,
from 1955, was the legendary
ist’s premiere recording and

Sstantly propelled him to interna-: >.
tion in G major including the

nal celebrity.
This 1987 prod ict of ‘advanced
awever; is an

“interpretation. The —

quality is first-rate, as is
P edictably eccentric per-
rmance; Don’t be’ disquieted by

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Ross MacDonald

“CLASSICAL MUSIC’

There must be at least 1,576,324
ad nauseum recordings of this

., simpte Canon and Gigue, but Sir

Nev and St. Martin deliver one of

the best.
Papa Leopold Mozart’s Cassa-.

Kindersymphonie is.a con-

_glomeration of bird whistles and
ad libitum tin toys. Many might

not be tempted by the piece in-

. dependently, but as part of this
~ exceptional package it’s a nice
onus. .

Wagner; Music from The Ring

CBS Masterworkds Series CD#
LMYK 44769

* ‘The Cleveland Orchestra

George Szell conducting.
‘Not everybody has a spare 20

(> hours of So to sit through Richard

Wagrer’s $5 obsessive fout-opera

‘masterpiece, Der Ring des -
: Niebelungen.

ven fewer have the inclination,
leciding long before the fat lady -
sings that it’s definitely over. This
is unfortunate because the appeal
of each opera — Das Rheingold,

” Die Walkure, Siefried and Gotter-

‘dainmerung — is surpassed only
by. their. collective impact.
Recognizing a market for
abridged sensation, however, Szeil
-has extracted not only the greater
highlights of The Ring, but all of
the singing as well. We're left with
‘six grand orchestral samples of.»
pure Teutonic, emotion. :

Word of Mouth cD
#WOMCD-1003-2
Michae! Donovan — voice
Michael McMahon — piano

Certainly not to everyone’s taste,
this collection of songs marries the
music of modern composers with
a diverse array of textual inspira-
tion. Composers Somers, Eisler,
Poulenc, Rzewski and Reutter tap
the inkwells of Whitman, Brecht,
Apollinaire, Castilfo and de Char-

in

But the appeal here lies less in
the music’s intellectuality than in
its somber consistency of mood.
Admittedly, your own mood and
texture must correspond, but
when such sobriety strikes you,
nothing else wilido.

Donovan and McMahon per-
form their.appointed tasks ad-
mirably. | recommend this one to

those who wouid have at least one

representative of modern civiliza-
tion in their collections.
Nicolo Paganini: Concerto pour
Violon No.1 in D major, Op.6
Concerto pour Violon No.2,
Op.7 -- ‘La Campanella’
Erato CD #45788
Alexander Markov — violin
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester
Saarbrucken
Marcello Viotti conducting

- Paganini was roundly hailed as
the violin’s most extravagant "
master some 170 years ago. No
violinist since has evoked such a
sycophantic response from horny
women, envious men, musicians,

critics and the cognizzenti alike. . .

Markov might just revive such
excesses, however, thanks to his
acclaimed interpretations cf .
Paganini’s “wic cedlly virtuosic’’
music.

’ Tapping talent we immediately

* suspect equals that of the com-

poser, Markov delivers flawless
execution unhindered by the
music’s lavish technical demands. |.
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