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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1967
MUSIC 'Mao Calls on Army
Quality Budget Records Booming To Fight Against Liu
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By R. A. PERRY
For the record collector, this
past summer provided both treas-
ures and tragedies. Major record
companies raised the prices on
monaural discs to that of stereo
and thus drew nearer to the policy,
already in effect in England, to
)ress only stereo editions.
This decision is unfortunate not
only because many recordings, for
Instance vocal or piano recitals, do
not require stereo, but also because
recording engineers have not yet"
truly learned how to maintain in-
strumental definition in a spread
two-channel system.
Ironically, such a price hike and'
the ensuing commitment to stereo
will probbaly drive the wise buyer
to examine more closely the ever
more numerous offerings in the.
"budget" field. Music lovers (as
apposed to sound enthusiasts) will
not only discover a rich catalog
but will also reaffirm that mono is
I boon, not a detriment.
Five years ago, $1.98 could only
buy John Schmendrik conducting
the ElrPaso Strings in favorite
tunes from Rachmanlnof. Today,
you can purchase similarly inex-
pensive classic performances by
Beecham, Casals, G ie se k ing,
Schwarzkopf, andFischer-Dleskau.
Seraphim l4as just reissued Tos-
canini's early performances of
Beethoven symphonies. Victor is
releasing nearly their entire Tos-
canini catalog on their low-priced
Victrola label.
Thus the record industry pre-
sents the strange phenomenon of
as business marketing its own low-
er-priced, often more desireable,
competition.
A review of Columbia's summer,
releases well illustrates the situ-E
ation. E. Power Biggs is featured on
a ful-priced disc (ML 6255) play-
ng historic organs of Switzerland,
including the oldest playable organ
in the world at Sion. A must for
students of the organ, Biggs' pro-
gram offers a fascinating short his-
tory of early esoteric organ music.
On their bargain Odyssey label,
however, Columbia has brought
out two equally valuable organ re-
cordings. On one (32160067) the
Compenius organ in Denmark is
featured. Francis Chapelet plays
the music of Scheidt, Dowling and
Sweelinck. Jan Sweelinck, the 16th'
century Dutch organist who in-'
fluenced Bach, wrote especially
lovely and lively works and there'
Is no other comparable recording
at this price. The sound is full
and clear.
On a two-record Odyssey set
(32260003) Albert Schweitzer of-
fers his pensive and deeply-felt
rendition of various Bach organ of which reveal Nielson's early ex-
works. Both the recording and the perience in military bands, give
jerformance style do not meet to- this record (ML 6404) its gay fas-
day's standards of technical clari- cination.
ty, but then perhaps one was not Any contemporary music en-
intended to see into the farthest thusiast with a sense of humor
corners of Gothic spires. Both should delight in Columbia's re-
Odyssey records are remarkable cent "The World of Charles Ives."
i argains'
Another Odyssey release offers
the first and fourth piano concerti
of Beethoven played by Robert
Casadesus with the Concertgebouw
of Amsterdam under Van Beinum.
In recent months both Carl
(ML 6415) Ives, who may be our
modern Haydn, has been much
quoted for his line "Use your ears
like a man," but it does not take
great effort to detect all of the
Americana weaving in and out of
his music. Columbia's new release
Stravinsky, like Picasso, is an
artist so unquestionably established
end-groove distortion.
Stravinsky's "Mass," however, is
I serene, unornimented choral
work specifically intended for and
suitable to the church surround-
ings. Under Stravinsky's baton the
Gregg Smith Singers sound more
thin then pure, but nevertheless
create a moving performance. The
recording is marred, however, by
on Parnassus that his works are
nore often classified than experi-
enced, Regardless of the "period"
to which his 1948 "Mass," his 1952
"Cantata" or his 1954 "In Memo-
rium Dylan Thomas" (ML 6392)
belong, it is the musical experience
that must supercede historical fact.
Dylan Thomas's "Do not go gently
into that good night" gains nothing
and loses much in Stravinsky's
musical setting.
Nielson and Charles Ives have been has Ormandy performing "Three
receiving a flurry of attention. Places in New England," Bern-
Seizing the moment, Columbia has stein leading "Washington's Birth-
released a disc on which Eugene day," and Stokowski trying to hold
Ormandy leads the Philadelphia in line the raucas "RobertBrown-
Orchestra in a blatant and unin- ing Overture." All three perform-
spired performance of Nielson's ances wil reveal the rich complex-
First Symphony. Three previously ity and endless surprise of Ives'
unavailable Overtures, however, all music.
-cinema
Incestuous Insistence Horribly
Horiyn:Sa oe Sister'
TOKYO MP)-Red China's offi-
cial People's Daily declared yes-
terday it would be necessary 'to
move a mighty army into action"
to gain victory over President Liu
Shao-chi and his supporters.
The newspaper did not say
whether this meant military force
against the supporters of Liu, who
have held out in most parts of
the country through more than a
year of the power struggle.
Probably, it meant an army of
supporters of party Chairman Mao
Tse-tung, for the newspaper em-
phasized the need to "vigorously
promote the revolutionary great
alliance."
Army Split
The loyalty of the army is in
doubt. The army in various parts
of the country is reported split
over whether to support Mao, his
foes or to remain neutral.
Earlier in the day, Shanghai
r a d i o in a Chinese-language
broadcast designed for home con-
sumption demanded an end to
what it called spreading anarchy
in the army.
This indicated serious defection
in Shanghai, the largest port in
Red China, where the Maoists
claim to be in control.
Defense Minister Lin Piao, as
Mao'sheir apparent, is in theo-
retical control of the army, but
he has had his troubles with mil-
itary leaders, even in Peking.
Some military leaders were miss-
ing when Peking celebrated the
army's 40th anniversary Aug. 1.
Radio Peking announced the start
of a campaign Aug. 24 to wipe
out the 'bourgeois military line"
in the army staff.
Little Control
By official count, Mao's revolu-
tionary alliance, a combine of
army men, party workers and lo-
cal Maoists revolutionaries, have
claimed absolute control in only
four of China's 26 provinces and
autonomous regions. These are
Heilungkiang in M a n c h u r i a,
Shantung in east China, Shansi
in the north and Kweichow in the
west. This indicates a reluctance
on the part of army leaders to
take sides in the power struggle.
Partial control is claimed in eight
other provinces.
Radio Peking broadcast the
People's Daily article, which call-
ed for mass struggle "against the
handful of persons in authority,
headed by China's Khrushchev
Liu, taking the capitalist road."
"In order to achieve these ob-
jectives," the article went on, "it
is necessary to organize millions
upon millions of the masses and
to move a mighty army into action
to bring about and strengthen the
revolutionary great alliance."
The newspaper conceded splits
exist among Maoists themselves
and called on the factions to
patch up their differences. It
blamed the splits on Liu's follow-
ers who have "hood-winked, mis-
led and manipulated" Maoists or-
ganizations.
From Hong Kong came reports
that army units loyal to Mao wera
trying to get trains running again
after serious disruptions caused by
fighting between rival factions.
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"MY SISTER, MY LOVE"
Cast
Bibi Andersson ...... Charlotte
Per Oscarson .......... Jacob
JarI Kulle ........ Carl Ulrik
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Aptly and invitingly titled, "My
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with her father, an aristocratic
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husband (her incest was, to go
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graphics are incredibly dull. We
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friends-he cheats on his sister
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as deformed as the full grown
mongoloid son of the lady next
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