Malcolm
Arnold's 80th Birthday Celebrations
Malcolm
Arnold: The Scottish Dances by John France
Benjamin
Britten 1913-1976 Ripe for Reassessment?
by Roy Brewer
A 20th Century Tower of Babel
This
lecture by Seen & Heard's founder and Emeritus Editor, given as
part of the International Composers Master Class and Music Week at Bilbao,
is a reflection not only of Dr Peter Woolf's personal interest in contemporary
music but of his international standing as a critic on the subject. AN
UNSUNG MODERNIST An
Introduction to the music of Denis ApIvor by David
Hackbridge Johnson
WHAT DOES
A CLASSICAL DJ DO BETWEEN SELECTIONS? An insiders
story from behind the microphone by Jim
Stokes
THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC Reflections
of a music publisher by Ernst Roth
Arthur Butterworth
Writes: Musical Sports Days
HOW I CAME TO KNOW THE MUSIC OF EDMUND RUBBRA
by Gary
Higginson
Music and the Brontes
by Phil Scowcroft
Music and the Forsyte Saga by Phil
Scowcroft
Horse Racing and Music by Phil Scowcroft
Music and the Lake
District by Phil Scowcroft
British Composers
in Literature by Phil Scowcroft
Music
and J.B.Priestley by Phil Scowcroft
Robin Hood in Music by Phil Scowcroft
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new recording for as little as £10 - a symphony for £25? Read
on such as this one now reviewed here:
GRAHAM
WHETTAM
Sinfonia Intrepida 
BBCSO/Sir Charles Mackerras.
Redcliffe Recordings RR016 (44' 11'') [PC]
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DVD REVIEW
Richard WAGNER
(1813-1883)
Tristan und Isolde (1856-1859) Isolde - Birgit Nilsson (sop) Tristan
- Jon Vickers (ten) King Marke - Bengt Rundgren (bass) Kurwenal - Walter Berry
(bar) Brangäne - Ruth Hesse (mez) Stanley Unruh - Melot (ten) Horst Laubenthal
- Shepherd, Steersman & Sailor (ten) 
Orchestre National de l'ORTF & New Philharmonia Chorus, Karl Böhm
Recorded on 7 July 1973 at a public performance, Orange, France
DREAMLIFE CORPORATION [DLVC - 1019], [213 minutes] single DVD, Region
encoded 0, NTSC format. Full Price [MB]
A
simply fabulous historical document that catches breathtaking performances
on the wing. It is unlikely to be surpassed.
BARGAIN OF THE MONTH
Carlos
CHAVEZ (1899-1978)
The Complete Symphonies:- Nos. 1 (Sinfonia
de Antigona); 2 (Sinfonia India); 3; 4 (Sinfonia Romantica); 5; 6 
London Symphony Orchestra/Eduardo Mata
rec. 1981 VOX BOX
CDX 5061 (2 discs, DDD) [135.01] £9.99 [PS]
With
the exception of the popular Sinfonia India, these symphonies, contrapuntally
complex as well as colourful, reveal Chavez to be both a serious symphonist
and arguably Mexico's answer to J. S. Bach. The composer's compatriot, Eduardo
Mata, gets the LSO players right on the edges of their seats, and the recording
is spot on. This "cheap and cheerful" Vox Box would still be cheap
at twice the price
Richard
WAGNER Parsifal
George London (A mfortas), Martti Talvela (Titurel), Hans Hotter (Gurnemanz),
Jess Thomas (Parsifal), Gustav Neidlinger (Klingsor), Irene Dalis (Kundry)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival Conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch
Recorded live in the Festspielhaus at the 1962 Bayreuth Festival
PHILIPS 50 GREAT RECORDINGS 464 756-2 4 CDs [250.12] [TD]
In
so much as any recording can be called definitive, this is the definitive
Parsifal. I doubt if it will ever be equalled
GREAT
VOICES OF THE OPERA VOLUMES I, II AND III 1905-46,
1901-46, 1905-1949 120CDs see review for details
With
the under-a-pound price for each disk and the wealth of repertory this is,
for the opera buff, an astonishing purchase. If you have never heard the French
baritone Gérard Souzay, for example (Box 2, Disk Case 15), this discovery
alone could be worth the price of the entire set.
[Part 1 New] [Part
2 A-B] [Part 3 C-L]
[Part 4 M-R] [Part
5 S-Y] [Part 6 Misc]
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