The latest gramophone records
From The Times, May 1, 1925
'His Master's Voice' records for MayIn a list of which the dominant note is emphatically quality rather than quantity, pride of place should perhaps be given to Paderewski's superb rendering of Schubert's famous B Flat 'Impromptu'. Never has this noble pianist shown himself to more advantage than here. Two other interesting records are those of Suggia (who plays a Bach unaccompanied 'Cello Suite) and Thibaud (who has chosen a Sonata by Veracini). Both these composers were born in the same year and these two thoughtful interpretations afford a fine opportunity of comparing the German and Italian styles.
Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique is a work that no gramophone company would have thought of attempting to reproduce a few years ago.
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