Charles T. Griffes: Poem for Flute and Orchestra (Eastman-Rochester Symphony, Howard Hanson conducting, with Joseph Mariano, flutist; Victor). Griffes was a music teacher at the Hackley School for Boys in Tarrytown, N.Y. Since he died in 1920, at the age of 35, critics have rated his small, carefully tooled output among the finest U.S. compositions. His Poem is fragile and impressionistic and is certainly one of his best works.
Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole (Cleveland Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski conducting; Columbia; 4 sides). One of Ravel's most vivid pieces brilliantly, if somewhat inelastically, performed.
Fauré: Incidental...
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