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London, W.1. THE GRAMOPHONE London Office: ~8, Frith Street, ..... Edited by COMPTON MACKENZIE TELEPIWNE: Regent 1383 TELEGRAMS: Parmaxto, V\Testcent, London Vol. III. JANUARY, 1926 No.8 All cornmunications shQtlld · be ad(lressecl to this office. In the case of MSS. or of letters 1'eqt£i1'ing ~n answer (m addressed and stamped envelope roS'f be enclosed. All chequcs,money orders and postal orders should be in favour of " Gramophone (Publications) Ltd.," .and shottlll be crossed "B(mk of Live'l"pool and J11artins Ltd." A ny difficulty in procuring copies of THE GRAl\<[QPHONE, and any suggestion f01' increasi1~g the ci1·cu.lation, should be forwarded to the Publications .11fanCtge1'; any inqui1"y about adve1"tisement ?'ates to the Advertisement Manager at the above address. For the convenience of 1'eaders the following are kept in stock :- Index to Vol. I . , Is. 6d. post free; Index to Vol. I . .and Binding Case, in black cloth with gold lettering, 4s. 6d. post free. Index to Vol. II., Is., postage 2d. Red cloth spring-back Binding Case (for the preservation of current numbers), 3s. 6d., postage 6d. " Th01tghts on Music," compiled by He1'Vey Elwes. 216 pp., 8vo, cloth, 6s., postage 6d. "The Lifebelt," 5s., post free. "A List of Recorded Chamber Jl!Iusic" (N.G.S • booklet), 6(Z., postage 1d. " Wilson Protmctm'," Is., postage 2d. "Gmmophone Tips, · 1925," by C(tpt. H. T. Bamett, M.I.E.E.: Is., post free. "Gramophone Nights," by C01npton ffIackenzie and A1'chibalcl 1J1arshall, 5s., postage 4(Z. Back nuntbers of THE GRAl\fOPHONE, Vol.!., Is. each and postage 2d. (except Nos. 2 and 4 which are out of P1·int). Vol. II., Nos. 1 to 12 inclusive, and Vol.II!., Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 <£1 6, 2s. eachanlZ postage2d. The annual subscription for THE GRAMOPHONE is 14s. post f1'ee from the London Office. DECEMBER RECORDS AND A FEW REMARKS By .THE EDITOR THE two outstanding discs last month judged merely from the point of view of recording are the Soldie1"s' Chorus in Faust from H.M.V. and :a couple of dances by the 'Russian Balalaika Orchestra from Columbia. Both these are truee;shHling records, and no reader of THE GRAMOPHONE can afford to miss either. I have no doubt that most people will consider the Chorus more impressive, but in my opinion the major triumph is really .achieved by the orchestra, containing as i t does aU those mandolin-like instrument·s that until now have completely baffled recorders, while on one : ide an attractive Spanish dance displays some ::astonishing castanet effects: . The orchestral records I enjoyed most last month were the 'two violin concertos. Of these the Max Bruch pl~i.Yed by Sammons and issued by Columbia lends itself quite extraordinarily to the gramophone, :and I don't know any more successful attempt to balance the soloist with the orchestra. Moreover, ;the work itself makes an instant appeal to the c ordinary man's expectation of what the violin is going to do. Her~ is a case where fibre fans will deliberately deny themselves a rich pleasure1 merely because these particular records are not successful with fibre. One greatly esteemed correspondent of mine will know at whom I am hitting with these words. The playing of Albert Sammons is masterly, and I think I am safe in saying that every altitude of brow may sa,fely buy these records as soon as the st·rain of the Christmas season on the purse is relaxed. Almost equally as good is the Parlophone issue of Moza,rt's Concerto in D with Riele Queling as the violinist. Even those who have already bought the Kreisler records will not waste 13s. 6d. in buying this version as well, and those who ha-ve not been able to afford the Kreisler version a,re advised to buy this one immediately. They will have the double satisfaction not ·only of possessing three records of entrancing music, but of being able to argue, with a good deal of reason, that they possess the better version of the two.

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London, W.1.

THE GRAMOPHONE London Office: ~8, Frith Street,

.....

Edited by COMPTON MACKENZIE

TELEPIWNE: Regent 1383

TELEGRAMS: Parmaxto, V\Testcent, London

Vol. III.

JANUARY, 1926

No.8

All cornmunications shQtlld · be ad(lressecl to this office. In the case of MSS. or of letters 1'eqt£i1'ing ~n answer (m addressed and stamped envelope roS'f be enclosed.

All chequcs,money orders and postal orders should be in favour of " Gramophone (Publications) Ltd.," .and shottlll be crossed "B(mk of Live'l"pool and J11artins Ltd."

A ny difficulty in procuring copies of THE GRAl\<[QPHONE, and any suggestion f01' increasi1~g the ci1·cu.lation, should be forwarded to the Publications .11fanCtge1'; any inqui1"y about adve1"tisement ?'ates to the Advertisement Manager at the above address.

For the convenience of 1'eaders the following are kept in stock :-

Index to Vol. I . , Is. 6d. post free; Index to Vol. I . .and Binding Case, in black cloth with gold lettering, 4s. 6d. post free. Index to Vol. II., Is., postage 2d.

Red cloth spring-back Binding Case (for the preservation of current numbers), 3s. 6d., postage 6d.

" Th01tghts on Music," compiled by He1'Vey Elwes. 216 pp., 8vo, cloth, 6s., postage 6d.

"The Lifebelt," 5s., post free. "A List of Recorded Chamber Jl!Iusic" (N.G.S • booklet), 6(Z., postage 1d.

" Wilson Protmctm'," Is., postage 2d. "Gmmophone Tips, · 1925," by C(tpt. H. T. Bamett, M.I.E.E.: Is., post free.

"Gramophone Nights," by C01npton ffIackenzie and A1'chibalcl 1J1arshall, 5s., postage 4(Z.

Back nuntbers of THE GRAl\fOPHONE, Vol.!., Is. each and postage 2d. (except Nos. 2 and 4 which are out of P1·int). Vol. II., Nos. 1 to 12 inclusive, and Vol.II!., Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 <£1 6, 2s. eachanlZ postage2d.

The annual subscription for THE GRAMOPHONE is 14s. post f1'ee from the London Office.

DECEMBER RECORDS AND A FEW REMARKS

By .THE EDITOR

THE two outstanding discs last month judged merely from the point of view of recording are the Soldie1"s' Chorus in Faust from H.M.V. and :a couple of dances by the 'Russian Balalaika Orchestra from Columbia. Both these are truee;shHling records, and no reader of THE GRAMOPHONE can afford to miss either. I have no doubt that most people will consider the Chorus more impressive, but in my opinion the major triumph is really .achieved by the orchestra, containing as i t does aU those mandolin-like instrument·s that until now have completely baffled recorders, while on one : ide an attractive Spanish dance displays some ::astonishing castanet effects: .

The orchestral records I enjoyed most last month were the 'two violin concertos. Of these the Max Bruch pl~i.Yed by Sammons and issued by Columbia lends itself quite extraordinarily to the gramophone, :and I don't know any more successful attempt to balance the soloist with the orchestra. Moreover, ;the work itself makes an instant appeal to the c ordinary man's expectation of what the violin is going to do. Her~ is a case where fibre fans will deliberately deny themselves a rich pleasure1 merely because these particular records are not successful with fibre. One greatly esteemed correspondent of mine will know at whom I am hitting with these words. The playing of Albert Sammons is masterly, and I think I am safe in saying that every altitude of brow may sa,fely buy these records as soon as the st·rain of the Christmas season on the purse is relaxed. Almost equally as good is the Parlophone issue of Moza,rt's Concerto in D with Riele Queling as the violinist. Even those who have already bought the Kreisler records will not waste 13s. 6d. in buying this version as well, and those who ha-ve not been able to afford the Kreisler version a,re advised to buy this one immediately. They will have the double satisfaction not ·only of possessing three records of entrancing music, but of being able to argue, with a good deal of reason, that they possess the better version of the two.

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