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Humphrey Searle talks
to David Wright
(1965)
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An ALL-ARNOLD
Concert
at the Royal Festival
Hall 24-9-04
I
should say that this is
a very spiritual CD, in
the best possible way,
and I have found it a
most uplifting experience
to listen to it. Gary
Higginson on Hildegard
of BINGEN Sapphire
Night: Patricia
VAN NESS ‘The
Nine orders of the Angels'
On
the whole though I think
this a disgraceful piece
of work and I cannot forgive
Tony Palmer for persuading
one of the world's great
dramatic singers to head
up the irresponsible enterprise:
John Leeman on Parsifal:
the search for the grail
A
Film Special directed
by Tony Palmer
Funnier
still is the backward-printed
photograph on page 11,
showing the right-handed
Furtwängler conducting
with his left hand, and
the entire violin section
bowing with their left
arms! Regrettably, this
sort of thing happens
constantly in classical
releases.
Kevin Sutton
Now
here’s a remarkable thing:
you leave this Traviata
caring about its characters.-
Bill Kenny on the ENO
Traviata
but
Marc Bridle says
the
Philadelphians might not
be a second rate orchestra,
but they sound like one.
CURIOSITY
OF THE WEEK Between
the kazoo and the swanee
whistle lies the Serengeti
of musical paraphernalia
in which the musical saw
takes its prominent place.[JW]
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Penderecki
Arks and Labyrinths by
Nicholas Reyland
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Pronouncing
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Keeping Roger Wright on
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Dvorak
Slavonic Dances for
two Pianos Kristina Krkavcova,
Martin Kasik
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