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for thrilling listening. Mercury has cone all out in thc recording herc and this is suj>cr-latively ctcan, \vcll balanccd sound, of twccp-tional frcqucncy ranne and c.\trcmc dynamie compass. If you are thc owner of a big system, thc opening passages of thc “Ut-menl,” with an enormous bass drum, will make your hair stand up! I can’t recom-mend this one too highly. Jusl wish I had bcen senl thc stereo vcrsion, which must be shattering!

PUCCIMI

TliliANDOT (iłompiele Opera) Itenala Trbulcli, Ingę Horkb, Mario ilel .Monaru, oiher >ol«»i>ls and (ilioriis and OrehoMra of Aradem i u di Santa Oriliu, Home, rondiielrd l»y Albedo Erede. U»n-don Stereo (ISA 1.108. !Viee $17.85.

London is justly famous for its o|x*ra reeordings and Ihis one of Puccinis e.\otic “Turandot" is quite magnificent. The cast, and most espccially the principals. are of un-<|uestioned authority. Tebaldi as l.iu is most effectivc, Del Monaro as thc impassioned Cala! is in cery good voice and only occa-sionally does he let his power run away and start to Ik‘IIow. Borkh is tremendous as Turandot and affords an cxquisitc |>ortrayal. She skips up and down the octaces in her difticułt role without the least sign of strain.

Again thc London cngincers havc given us a sound equal in stature to the cast and have used stereo to its fullcst. No static deploy-ment of forccs herc! The singers movc alłout the stage in their accustomed ways and thus you hear them disposcd both lett and right and stage center and in depth as well. The Italance achicved betwcen vocal and orchcs-tral sections is super!). Kxccpt for a verv lew times when the chorus apjnars slightly too distant. evervthine is heard with precise articulation.

The scorc ahounds in tricky quasi-oricntal ellects and London has given us a recording of e.Nceptional frequcncv and dynamie rangę with which to cnjoy these exotic souiuls. An outstanding achieecment in o|K*ra recording and convincing ccidencc that stereo is thc only truły realislic format lor this medium.

v,u;ner

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Stereo 7I20Ó0. Prirc $5.93.

Herc is a rccord obviously produced lor

the avid Wagnerite. hut which should also

find favor with thosc who likc the sound of

a superbly traincd choir. The Word lor this

sound is BIG. It is hugely proportioned and

richly resonant. perhaps for some tastes a

mite too much so . . . The miking used was

of thc rather distant typc preferred by

. Deutsche Grammophon, so that a very

rounded literał representation of Ilu* hall

acoustics is afforded. This does add a linę

sense of stereo depth but somewhat at the

CNponse of articulation in the chorus. No

matter . . . the musie is glorious . . . thrill-

ing, and givcs one at least a smali sacoring

of what it must be likc* to hear W agner at

Havrcuth!

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LKIUK. STRAUSS

MERKY WIDÓW WALT/, KI.IPI* KI.APP EAI.OP, fi RIOSO OALOP, ETC.

Yienna Stale Opera Orchestra eoildiicled by Anton Paulik. Yangnard Stereo Demon»tration SRY-3SD. Pricc $2.98.

Herc is anotlicr ot \’nnnintrd‘s linę stereo demo records, an est>eciallv good dcal at the Iow pricc. Not bing murh nced be said for thc musie as it is among the most universallv

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