Some phonograph records are musical events. Each month TIME will note the noteworthy.
Opera:
AÏDA, made in Italy by Italian singers, the Scala Chorus and the Milan Symphony under Conductor Lorenzo Molajoli
(Columbia, $27*)Eighteen excellent double-face records with arias, choruses and ballet complete. Soprano Giannina Aranji-Lombardi null and Tenor Arnoldo Lindi (Radames) are among Italy's best.
AIDA, PUR TI RIVEGGO and LATRA FORESTI VERGINI (Victor, $2.50)For those limited to a single record, this version of the Nile duet has the advantage of better singing by Famed Soprano Elisabeth Rethberg and Famed Tenor...