GRAMOPHONE RECORDS

HM.V. Among the most recent * releases by H.M.V. is an addition to the recordings of the Haydn symphonies. So far the catalogue of this company contains only seven of the hundred odd that Haydn wrote. and most of these are from the London series that he composed specially for his English con certs. No sample of the equally important six symphonies he wrote for the concerts in the French capital has been available.
This omission is now haemily remedied; an important event not only for the student but also for the ordinary listener.
Sir John Harbirolli conducts the Hall a Orchestra in a grand performance, excellently recorded, of Symphony No. 83, misleadingly and stupidly nicknamed La Pottle. hitherto curiously neglected in favour of 85, La Reine, which is only doubtfully its superior. The only thing that struck me was that perhaps the second movement was taken a shade too sloely, but anyway the three records (D.11.21076-7 and 8) are a must for all lovers of Haydn and students of the symphony.
A real welcome ought also to await the forceful and significant performance of the Cesar Franck Symphonic Variations by Moura Lympany, accompanied by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Walter Susskind (C.7784 and 5). The deep spiritual intent of all the work of the organist of St. Clothilde is abundantly evidenced in this fine work which is now available in interpretations by our two leading woman pianists, Myra Hess and Miss Lympany.
Another solo pianoforte record is Colin Horsley's Rachmaninoff Prelude in E Minor and the Etude in B Flat Minor by Szymanowski (C.3942).
p 0 LU M Bl A . No record in which "' Leon Goosens plays the oboe can fail to draw an appreciative note here. Walter Susskind and the Philharmonia Orchestra accompany him in the Concerto No. 1 in G Major, Scarlatti, arranged Bryan, an exciting and satisfying piece played by a master (D.X.8347 and 8). The fourth side is given to a pleasing little Auhade by Pierni. Columbia's solo piano record is Cyril Smith playing the Schubert Impromptu in G Flat Major (D.X. 1669).
ESQUIRE, a new recording com pany, makes a special appeal with a recording of the so-called Gloria Mass by Vivaldi, sung by the Lecco Academy Chorus, accompanied by the orchestra of the Teatro Nuovo, Milan. B. j. p.