European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saying Farewell in t easy for Wynonna left and Naomi Judd the Mother daughter country duo. Naomi is retiring next year because of a potentially life threatening  Robert Holburn us Angeles times what a class act there was every possibility of melodrama when the judds walked. On stage at the Universal amphitheatre in los Angeles. A a. A the recent saturday concert was the first Southern California appearance of the co Laiful. Mother daughter country music team since a Naomi Judd announced on oct. 19 that she is retiring next year. Naomi 44, is suffering from a chronic Active hepatitis a Polcyn Fialty life threatening disease the question As she and daughter Wynonna. 26, closed a nearly four hour Benefit concert was How Naomi would Deal with the question that was surely on the minds of everyone in the capacity. Crowd of 6,000 How does she feel in the midst of this ordeal a ttys a delicate line. Say too much and the. Evening becomes maudlin. Say nothing and. A a concerned fans who have Lolita cd the pair s. Career since the mid 80s feel denied every time Naomi took the microphone Between songs during life s love is feeding everyone third annual show to raise funds to feed the hungry you could feel the anticipation of the audience. But it was Wynonna who finally a and tastefully. A addressed the Issue. Without even mentioning her Mother s illness she said simply Quot i want you to know a each and every one of you a that for the last month your cards and your letters and your prayers have meant More than you la Ever know Quot in their dressing room earlier in the Day however Mother and daughter spoke freely a about the recent traumatic months. V Quot two Days after we announced the retirement we flew to Fargo . For a concert and it was so quiet in the audience that you could hear a pin drop Quot Naomi said sitting on a Couch next to her daughter. Quot when we got to guard an Angel which i wrote about my great great grandparents. I said i Felt Naomi reached for a tissue As tears welled in her eyes Quot i can t Start crying now Quot she said. Smiling from embarrassment Quot i be already got my makeup on. And we be got to go out to a press  a after dabbing at her eyes she resumed the Story a. Quot said you fans Are our guardian  it was very spontaneous because i told myself i did t want to say anything on stage about the illness and i Haven t since then. The last thing i. Want to do is be maudlin. A a. Quot but its hard not to talk on stage because in my heart i want to say to the fans you Guys have no idea How important you Are. The lord is my doctor but you Guys Are  and the great thing is in a feeling better. In a very a a optimistic that things will work out just  Naomi said she began feeling ill a constantly tired and suffering flu like aches a last january but it was t until March that she knew the exact nature of the illness. By that time she was having to cancel occasional concerts and the Road Crew would have a Golf cart backstage to help her conserve her Energy. A a Naomi said she did t want to quit immediately because she wanted to give Wynonna time to prepare a Solo career. She also wanted to do a a final round of shows. A a. A Quot i can be almost in  position in a hotel. Room in. A bed All Daylong but when i get out on that stage i feel . Wynonna said that the pair s manager Ken stilts finally came up with the plan to continue touring through november  that is a expected to include a formal Farewell to los Angeles Early next summer. A a. A Ken had to do it because i know mom a. Wynonna said a and she is going to go until we a a have to get the Hooka. A a.  a a a. A a Quot even after we decided to make the a a. Announcement i remember mom saying a can to we put it off?1 we could go on and tour As Long Asher health holds out or whatever but living that Way. It. Day to Day. Without a plan would have been harder on All of us. /. V. Quot besides mom is a walking testimony to the Power of Faith when people see Heron stage. Now and How great she looks i think she a giving Hope to a lot of people who May have their own  a a a a a. \ a a. By Steve Metcalf. A Hartford Conn courant the situation for Many of us is something Ike this we want at a a. This Holiday season to pick up a. Cd or two Tor our music Loving friends and relatives. Naturally we want them to be impressed with our musical erudition and discernment. Naturally we also want to avoid giving them something. They already own. A the solution select recordings of pieces that Are so out of the Way that your intended recipients May not have heard of. Them much less own them a Quot How erudite and discerning a  surely say As they pull Oft the tasteful a wrapping  Are 10 recent releases of works that Are not Only obscure but also Good or at least interesting. A Havergal Brian symphony no. 1 gothic a a a one of the great magnificent oddities in All music. Scored for a huge orchestra of 180 players tour choirs and soloists and lasting nearly two hours it is unofficially considered the world s largest symphony. A Brian an English composer who died in. 1972 at age 96, wrote it Between 19 f 9 and. 1927. It evidently has had Only four live. Performances. \ Quot a czechoslovak radio symphony. Orchestra slovak philharmonic various choirs conducted by Ondrej Lenard. Marco Polo 2 discs. A. A a Georges Enesco oed ipe Enesco is remembered today primarily for his two romanian rhapsodies and a some scattered Small pieces but this epic opera based on the oedipus legend was the work he considered his masterpiece. If is a haunting oddly Beautiful work perhaps this splendid recording will help to give the opera which was completed in the Early 1930s, an overdue Isle on the stage., Jose Van dam etc., Orreon Don Ostia Era a orchestra Phi Harmonique de Monte Carlo a conducted by Lawrence Foster. Emi Angel 2 discs ,. A -. A a. A a a a Norman Delta join symphonic suite a from Quot Airpower Quot Morton Gould Quot holocaust Quot suite 1. Two undervalued american composers both bom in 1913 represented by two attractive immediately likable works., originally written As television soundtracks the Delta join piece was extracted from a Long lbs to documentary y on the history of.  s Quot holocaust Quot suite is from his score to the 1978 miniseries of the  name. -. A. A the Krakow philharmonic orchestra a conducted by David Amos. Koch. International classics. -. A Giacomo Meyerbeer Tes Huguenots a. Meyerbeer a German who worked a. A mostly in France was con Side red one of the greatest opera composers during the mid 1800s. But his Stock dropped Quot. Suddenly in Large part because of Wagner s reprehensible diatribe against jews in music. Meyerbeer s works Are a. Written on a grand scale which May be one. A reason they Are riot produced much today. But As this recording shows,.his music a was often gorgeous stirring and genuinely original. A a. A a a.  a a. Orchestra Phi Harmonique de. Montpellier choirs of the Montpellier opera to inducted by Cyril i e Derich Erato 3 discs Benjamin Britten Prince of the. A a a pagodas a y a a. A witty exotic score inspired by Britten s. Interest in the javanese gamelan among. Other things this i s the first recording of the Complete score a and both the performance and the sound Are ravishing.  sinfonietta conducted by i Oliver Knussen. Virgin classics 2 discs. A Miehael Torke the , rust adjustable wrench. A quote Torke 29, an american Neo-minimalist., composers writes music that has a Punky. Energy but. Also  hard to define -. Way is communicative in the old fashioned sense. In addition. It is much less Boring than say Philip Glass. The London Sinfo Tatta conducted by a a Kent Nagano and David Miller. Argon George Lloyd the Vigil of Venus a English composer Lloyd now 77, has. A been enjoying belated celebrity in recent. Years thanks mainly to a series of. Recording sol his Cotor Lul attractive symphonies. This big choral orchestral piece is a Jaunty affirmative setting of an ancient roman poem.  a a Quot a. Orchestra and chorus of the Welsh. National opera conducted by the. A composer . A a a a Aaron Copland the tender land the first Complete recording of the late Copland s charming understated opera about a Young girl s coming of age out on the great Plains. A a a a Quot a. A chorus and orchestra of the Plymouth music series with soloists conducted by Philip Brunelle. Virgin . A Leos Janacek Sud a a1905 Effort by the czech composer Janacek some of whose later operas have become almost standards. This one the title translates As Quot destiny Quot probably wont mostly because of its muddled plot about dark Domestic crises. But some of. The music is Radiant. A orchestra and chorus of Welsh National opera conducted by Charles Mackerras. Emi Angelaa. A a a. A a Lukas Foss ode for orchestra song of songs and with music Strong. Foss now almost 70, has toiled in Demi Fame for most of his career. Yet he has. Contributed a Large number of substantial a pieces and has helped to define whatever Amer can musical idiom we May be said to have. The song of songs for Soprano and orchestra is especially Nice. Quot a. The Milwaukee symphony orchestra and. Chorus with Soprano Carolann Page. Conducted by the composer. Koss. Classics. A a Page 16 a a the stars and stripes wednesday. December 19, 1990