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February 2005


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249 completed for February

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We present 249 Reviews for February

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Arts in Residence Programme 2004-5

Visit the HOFFNUNG EXHIBITION at the Frome Festival - July 1-10 2005

On Wednesday 27 April 2005 British Music Society President, John McCabe CBE will deliver a lecture on the life and music of Alan Rawsthorne. details

BOOK REVIEWS
Recent book reviews may be seen at the head of the list here

Elgar – Child of Dreams By Jerrold Northrop Moore a fascinating and remarkable feat of scholarshipFaber and Faber 2004. Hardback; 212 pages ISBN 0-571-22337-0 £14.99 [IL]

 
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MusicWeb can now supply World-wide from the catalogue of the American Label Gasparo at £10, £8 and £6 including postage (restrictions apply on mid-price and budget titles)

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Phyllis TATE Sonata for clarinet and cello, Air and Variations for violin, clarinet and piano, Three pieces for solo clarinet Karel HUSA Évocations de Slovaquie for clarinet, viola and cello Ingolf DAHL Concerto a Tré for clarinet, violin and cello

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Fryderyk CHOPIN (1810-1849) The Complete Works for the Piano Volume 3 Scherzos Joyce Hatto
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ACD 129-2 Stankiewicz: Chopin SongBook Recommended by Rob Cowan on Radio 3 and selling well 2cds £12 post free
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ACD 133-2 K. Penderecki - Ubu Rex Special Edition £25
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ACD130 KILAR Lament, September Symphony Review
ACD078 Les Chemins d'Amour F. Poulenc, C. Debussy, H. Duparc Review
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Mozart Flute and Harp Sonatas 1-6 Robert Stallman, Katerina Englichova UP 0074-2 £9 post free
Dvorak, Suk, Martinu Piano Trios Czech Trio UP 0072-2 £9 post free
JANACEK Complete Piano Music Jan Jirasky UP 0071-2 (2CDs) £15 post free
BRITTEN Ceremony of Carols arr Harrison also 13 Old European Christmas Carols Boni Pueri Czech Boys Choir Musica Bohemica Praha Jacub Martinec UP 0070-2 (CD) £9 post free RECORDING OF THE MONTH
Dvorak Slavonic Dances for two Pianos Kristina Krkavcova, Martin Kasik UP 0067-2 131 (CD) New release April 2004
Sylvie Bodorova Juda Maccabeus Gabriella Benackova (sop), Ales Briscein (ten), Ivan Kusnjer (bar) Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Valek live recording Prague Spring Festival 2002 UP 0065-2 231 (CD) New release Februaury 2004 Review
BENDA Ariadne auf Naxos Jitka Molavcova - Ariadne Alfred Strejcek - Theseus Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchesrta Conductor Jaraslov Krcek UP 0066-2 231 (CD) New Release Jan 2004 Review

New from Redcliffe
RRO20 British String Quartets Vol 3 Frank Bridge: String Quartet No 4; Alan Bush Suite of Six op.81; Henry Purcell Chacony in G minor Bochmann String Quartet

 

New ARTICLES for this month

 

MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: February 2005 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller

BRUCKNER SYMPHONIES: AN INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW OF SELECTED RECORDINGS by Patrick Waller and John Quinn

ROY DOUGLAS by John Walton

Lazar Berman - 1939-2005

"Mr. Delius Discourses on His Music to 'Hassan'" A report from Marion Scott Christian Science Monitor Saturday, October 27, 1923

FELIX APRAHAMIAN (1914 - 2005): A personal memoir - John Leeman

Music from the Silver Age – NIKOLAY and ALEXANDER CHEREPNIN by Gregor Tassie

A COMPOSER'S PROGRESS - OR RECESSION? by Arthur Butterworth

'Reminiscences' by Bill Harris
First Part: " A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Fool"
Second Part: "Some thoughts on Opera"

Ivor Gurney’s Friends: Ethel Voynich — ‘E. L. V.’ Revolutionary, Novelist, Translator, Composer by Pamela Blevins

Ruth Gipps and Sir Arthur Bliss by Pamela Blevins

Gregor Tassie interviews Mariss Jansons - 4 September 2001

Samuel Wesley by Francis Routh

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On the Humanity of Music and Musicians: the new unacknowledged legislators by Marc Bridle

'Crisis' in Contemporary Music? What Crisis? THE HEART OF THE MATTER by David F Golightly

Milken Archive of American Jewish Music

SACD, DSD, DTS, AC3, DVD-Audio, SuperAudio confused? Let Paul Shoemaker put you right

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by our own Kirk McElhearn

Only a Website by Peter Grahame Woolf - reflections on prejudice and discrimination against websites

Opera Glass Detailed opera information

I thought MusicWeb was a labour of love but look at this one: a listing of available web-broadcasts by Eric Nagamine

Recovering ancient recordings - BBC

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