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Hymnus Paradisi in January of last year, Dr Howells, talking of his actress daughter, Ursula, commented: "You know, at one time she was known as the daughter of Herbert Howells. Now I'm known as the father of Ursula Howells!" An exaggeration, of course, but yet the words seemed to underline the...

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If Mr Porter possessed the humility to qualify his arbitrary dismissal of that great opera Les Huguenots with the occasional "in my opinion", his review in the October issue of THE GRAMO- PHONE would not have been so infuriatingly egotistical.

However, language perfection aside, surely the important thing is that at long last Les Huguenots has been recorded, true the cast will not be everyone's ideal though the choice of a 'tenorino' is silly when it is obvious that the role of Raoul calls for the big voiced dramatic tenor of the...

I would like to make a plea to EMI which has been prompted by my purchase of the recent release "Famous British Tenors" (HMV mono HQM1228-9/70). May we have some further releases as soon as possible? As one of the younger generation I sat spellbound through most of the recordings. It's amazing to...

Still, all is not lost and those who admire this tenor can buy three recordings not, I believe yet reviewed in your magazine. These are published by VIP Records and available from Collectors' Corner. The contents are—LP 104: "E lucevan le stelle"; "Celeste Aida"; "Chiudo gli occhi"; "Vesti la...

For some time now I have been hoping that some good, full-bodied recordings of the orchestral works of Bach and Handel would become available.