New Records

The postwar record world is coming in on the wings of an old-fashioned hymn sing. Leading the service is Movie Thrush Jeanette MacDonald with such standbys as Holy City and Nearer, My, God, to Thee (Religious Songs, Victor, 6 sides). Fred Waring's glee club & orchestra harmonizes ten others (Songs of Devotion, Decca, 10 sides). Operatic Tenor Richard Crooks solos the Negro hymns Were You There? and The Trumpeter (Victor, 2 sides). Alfred Wallenstein directs his new command, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles, in the Schubert and Bach-Gounod Ave Marias (Decca, 2 sides). For the more secular-minded:

Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (arranged for orchestra by Antal Dorati; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Goossens conducting; Victor, 6 sides). A medleyed-up, strictly instrumental ar rangement, effervescently played. Performance and recording: good.

Schoenberg: Verklaerte Nacht" (St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Golschmann conducting; Victor, 8 sides). A melodic tone poem for strings, written before Schoenberg got lost in dissonances. Performance: good. Recording: excellent.

Tchaikovsky: Mozartiana, Suite No. 4 in G Major (New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski conducting; Columbia, 4 sides). Little piano pieces grown big and brave. Performance and recording: fair.

Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major (Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky conducting; Victor, 8 sides). Disappointingly glossy treatment. Performance: fair. Recording: good.

Strictly G.I. (Asch, 8 sides). World War II barracks ballads cleaned up for the old folks at home, sung by soldiers. Performance: good. Recording: fair.

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