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NEW TAPES By Charles D. Sigsbee ALL of the tapes reviewed in this issue have two things in common. They are all tops for quality and some could be considered as standards against which others could be judged and all are dual track 7r /2 inches per second. Many people have argued that you could not get maximum fidelity at that speed and width. Well, here it is. The RCA tapes, for the most part, sound better than their disc record counterparts on my equipment and my tape player is supposedly inferior to my arm and pickup assembly. The veracity of this statement can easily be checked so I invite you to go to ir. The Omegatapes also sound full fidelity and closely match the RCA's in engineering quality. As we have also mentioned in previous issues, the tapes put out by Hack Swain, A -V Tape Libraries and Livingston are also pace- setters in quality. Inasmuch as tape is a quality product it probably will continue to command a premium price as compared to records but limited 11/`er! SPECIAL HERE IS A SPE RY/VMrw- INVITATION FROM Y quality of can experience the thrilling life-like - Priced So that Y00 have prepared a sp A -V Recorded Tapes we TAPE" T "INVITATION but complete recordings A- not "testing; u of this year's "teasing," by Not excerpts,rnstrumental of unusu?ausical groups' exciting THE SMITH-GLAMANN DUKE QUINTET THE DOUG At The Savoy TRIO Stompi" Lotus land When lour lover Has Gone Liza Stars Fell On Alabama i HOW High The Moon / postpaid ips_4" reel Only reproduction Double Track- the realism of sound rep Ta P es tl marvel at the peak A-V Recorded ain and again through enjoy that is Yours and your tape recorder. ACT NOW! THIS OFFER IS LIMITED! A -V TAPE LIBRARIES, INC. Dept. T -55 730 Fifth Ave., New York 19, N. Y. NAMF Please send A -V INVITATION TAPE ($2.00 enclosed) Please send FREE A -V CATALOG ADDRESS L CITY ZONE- STATE ,,, C't fee eéfá0t We will also send you a copy of the complete A -V Recorded Tapes Catalog -a listing of the largest selection of recorded material on tape: popular classical show music religious literary and educational material. LIRARES, INC. The World's Largest Manufacturer of Recorded Tapes 730 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK 19, N. Y. several firms have brought the smaller reels within record price ranges. Anyhow, when playing times are considered, tapes are an excellent buy. With the advent of low- priced playback only units, which will be announced shortly, we'll venture to predict a very bright future for tape records. The reviews are set up a little differently in this issue and, I hope, should prove easier to follow. CLASSICAL MUSIC Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue - Grofe - Grand Canyon Suite (Excerpts) Byron Janis, Pianist Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra RCA VICTOR TB -3 Perhaps I am plebian but I prefer this over all other versions save one; the old Boston -Sanroma recording. There is something about this recording that is vibrant and alive, not too highly con - certized, sort of medium -rare and just right; perhaps the way that Gershwin intended it to be. I never heard of Byron Janis before and just recently heard of Hugo Winterhalter but this evidence points strongly to the fact that I would like to hear of them again, and together. Grofe fares as well in the three excerpts from Grand Canyon (Painted Desert, On The Trail, Cloudburst). As for the fidelity; RCA included an excerpt from Rhapsody in Blue on their demonstration record, Hearing is Believing. The sound on this tape is better than that on the record, and at 7.5 inches per second, dual track! Greig -Concerto in A Minor -Mendelssohn Concerto # I Ania Dorfmann, Pianist Robin Hood Dell Orchestra Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor RCA VICTOR TB -2 A deft and sure interpretation of two familiar, and well paired, piano works. The second movement of the Grieg is sensitively delivered by both the pianist and orchestra, a great contrast to the circus -music finale of the Mendelssohn piece on the reverse side. Although the Robin Hood Dell orchestra is considered to be made up largely of memhers of the Philadelphia Orchestra, none of the famous and familiar sonorities of that organization are apparent on the tape. Perhaps the straightforward approach is to be desired in these two selections. The balance between orchestra and solo instrument is good, although the piano is not quite as crystal clear as on the preceding recording. On tape the recording stands alone which gives it considerable advantage over its record counterpart with thirteen competitors, including the formidable Gieseking -Von Karajan version. Rodgers -Victory At Sea (Arr. by Robert Russell Bennett) Members of the NBC Symphony Orchestra Robert Russell Bennett, Conductor RCA VICTOR TC -5 6
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