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Tuesday January 31st

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Michael Balfe (1808-1870) The Maid of Artois A light romantic opera in 3 Acts, with ballet based on a Manon Lescaut plot Victorian Opera Northwest conducted by Philip Mackenzie CAMEO 2042/3 2CD set with libretto and essays £26 post free
This opera was premièred in London as the second of Balfe’s early English opera successes.
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The quality of Balfe’s music was known to Beecham who turned to his ‘Bohemian Girl’ to represent British operatic interests for the Festival of Britain in 1951. Purchase Review

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Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Cantatas - Loraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo) [JQ]

Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major Thun, Op. 100 (1886) Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 (1851)César FRANCK (1822-1890) Violin Sonata in A major (1886)Rudens Turku [MC]

Franz DANZI (1752-1821) Bassoon Concertos Nos. 1&2 Johann Baptist VANHAL (1739-1813] Concerto for Two Bassoons in F major* [GPu]

César FRANCK (1822-1890) Piano Quintet in F minor* (1878-79) [35.47] Violin Sonata in A major (1886) [28.51][MC]

Franz LEHÁR (1870 – 1948) Highlights (in French) Le Tsarévitch (Der Zarewitsch) Giuditt , Frédérique, Le Comte de Luxembourg, La danse de libellules[GF]

RECORDING OF THE MONTH Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911) Symphony No. 7 Michael Tilson Thomas [DC]

 

Moritz MOSZKOWSKI (1854-1925) Pieces for Piano Duet [GPu]

Alexander PEÇI (b. 1951) Albanian Lament [DB]

Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) Miroirs (1904-1905) [27'48]; Gaspard de la nuit (1908) [20'25]; Le tombeau de Couperin (1914-1917) [25'56] David Korevaar (piano) [CC]

Music of Tribute, Volume 4: Scarlatti Domenico SCARLATTI , Jean FRANCAIX, Marcelle de Manziarly , Vlastimir NIKOLOVSKI , Charles-Valentin ALKAN , Raymond LEWENTHAL, Marc-André Hamelin , Leopold GODOWSKY, Walter STEFFENS, György KURTÁG (b.1926) [GPu]

Władisław ŻELEŃSKI (1837-1921) Piano Works 1 Joanna Ławrynowicz (piano)[GPu]

 

 

British Music: The Journal of the British Music Society Volume 27 2005 Editor: Roger Carpenter : Alan Rawsthorne, Constant Lambert, Thomas Attwood, William Alwyn, John Parry’s Nightingale, Mátyás Seiber, British Symphonism beyond Parry, Stanford and Elgar, Scott and Arnold [JF]

JOYCE HATTO by Ates Orga (illustrated)

 

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Domenico SCARLATTI (1685-1757) The Complete Keyboard Sonatas Scott Ross (harpsichord)[PCW] Ongoing Review Review updated 29th January 2006

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NEW BOOK REVIEWS:

British Music: The Journal of the British Music Society Volume 27 2005 Editor: Roger Carpenter : Alan Rawsthorne, Constant Lambert, Thomas Attwood, William Alwyn, John Parry’s Nightingale, Mátyás Seiber, British Symphonism beyond Parry, Stanford and Elgar, Scott and Arnold [JF]

The Cambridge Companion to Haydn Edited by Caryl Clark

The Cambridge Companion to Liszt Edited by Kenneth Hamilton, University of Birmingham Series: Cambridge Companions to Music Cambridge University Press, September 2005 304 pages; 247 x 174 mm Paperback and Hardback (ISBN-10: 0521644623 | ISBN-13: 9780521644624) [JL]

A timely new book on Liszt’s work, splendidly comprehensive. Requires technical knowledge for some of it. ... see Full Review

Mozart: His Life and Music by Jeremy Siepmann Published by Naxos Books, 2005. Paperback. ISBN: 1-84379-110-2. 224pp. Includes two full CDs of music and accompanied by a free access dedicated website.

A well intentioned primer on both man and music; as such likely to be of most use to one approaching either for the first time ... see Full Review

 

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JOYCE HATTO by Ates Orga (illustrated)
Birgit Nilsson: (1918-2005)
MALCOLM ARNOLD IN CORNWALL by Phillip Hunt
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: January 2006 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
MICHAEL NYMAN talks to John Leeman about his opera Man and Boy: Dada
WEBLOG- Robert Hugill
Adrian Smith: 1931-2005

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BOOK REVIEWS
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The Cambridge Companion to Handel Edited by Donald Burrows. [JF]

Eric Charles Blake Wars, Dictators and the Gramophone 1898-1945 pp320; illustrated; laminated cover.published by Sessions of York, Huntingdon Rd, York YO31 9HS, England Buy from MusicWeb £10 plus postage - immediate delivery

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