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Frank BRIDGE (1879-1941)
Blow
out; you bugles H.132 (1918) [05:38] (1);
Adoration H.57 (1905/1918) [02:58] (1);
Where she lies asleep H.114 (1914) [03:03]
(1); Love went a-riding H.115 (1914) [01:41];
Thy hand in mine H.124 (1917/1923) [02:12]
(1); Berceuse H.9 (1901) [05:09] (2); Mantle
of Blue H.131 (1918/1934) [02:49] (2); Day
after day H.164(i) (1922) [04:55]; (2);
Speak to me; my love! H.164(ii) (1924) [06:00]
(2); Berceuse H.8 (1901/1902/1928) [03:26];
Chant d’espérance H.18(ii) (1902)
[03:45]; Serenade H.23 (1903) [02:53]; The
Pageant of London; Suite for Wind Orchestra
H.98 (1911) [15:11]; A Royal Night of Variety
H.184 (1934) [01:27]
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) (2), Philip
Langridge (tenor) (1) BBC National Orchestra
of Wales/Richard Hickox Recorded 23rd
and 24th October 2004, Brangwyn
Hall, Swansea, Wales
CHANDOS CHAN 10310 [61:13] [CH]
This
final issue in the Chandos cycle contains
mainly smaller pieces but the songs, in
particular, have much to offer. ... see
Full Review
John
CORIGLIANO (b.
1938) Clarinet
Concerto (1977)a [28:51] ZHOU
Long (b. 1953) The Immortal
(2004)b [12:51] Kaija
SAARIAHO (b. 1952) Orion (2002)c
[23:07]
Michael Collins (clarinet)a BBC
Symphony Orchestra/Leonard Slatkinab,
Jukka-Pekka Sarastec Rec. (live)
Royal Albert Hall, July 2004 (Zhou Long);
Sept 2004 (Corigliano, Saariaho)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 61952-2 [64:51]
[HC]
Excellent
performances making up an attractive and
varied programme of accessible music that
fully repays repeat hearings. ... see Full
Review
Charles IVES
(1874-1954) A Continuum
Portrait 3: Piano, Chamber, and Vocal Works
The
Housatonic at Stockbridge (1908)
[3:24] Soliloquy, or a Study in 7ths
and Other Things (c. 1916-17) [0:49]
On the Antipodes (c. 1922-23)
[2:37] Victoria Villamil (soprano); Cheryl
Seltzer, Joel Sachs (pianos); ensemble The
Gong on the Hook and Ladder (original
version) (c. 1912) [1:28] Hallowe’en
(c. 1914) [2:33] In Re Con Moto et
al (c. 1915-16) [3:02] Various members
of the ensemble Sunrise (1926)
[5:35] Sheila Schonbrun (soprano); Mia Wu
(violin); Cheryl Seltzer (piano) Remembrance
(1921) [1:01] Sheila Schonbrun (soprano);
Eva Gruesser (violin); Cheryl Seltzer (piano)
Aeschylus and Sophocles (1922-
c. 1924) [4:10] Sheila Schonbrun, Victoria
Villamil (sopranos); ensemble Five
Take Offs (c. 1906-09) [12:54] Joel
Sachs (piano) Three Quarter-Tone Pieces
(1923-24) [11:22]
Joel Sachs, Cheryl Seltzer (pianos)
Continuum/Cheryl Seltzer; Joel Sachs (Directors)
Recorded at Madison Avenue Presbyterian
Church, NYC in June 1986 and Middle Tennessee
State University, Murfreesboro, TN in September
1987
NAXOS AMERICAN CLASSICS 8.559194 [48:52]
[SM]
A
compelling listening experience, and recommended
to all those who are interested in Ives’
music or twentieth century music in general.
... see Full
Review
Harald
SAEVERUD (1897
– 1992) Symphony
No. 5 Quasi una fantasia Op.16 (1941)
[24:32] Oboe Concerto Op. 15 (1939)a
[17:37] Entrata regale Op. 41 (1960)
[5:30]
Sonata Giubilata Op. 47 (1969) [9:59]
Gordon Hunt (oboe)a Stavanger
Symphony Orchestra/Ole Kristian Ruud rec.
Stavanger Concert Hall, July 2000 (Symphony
5, Oboe Concerto); Aug 2000 (Entrata
regale, Sonata Giubilata)
BIS CD-1162 [59:11] [HC]
Music
often understated avoiding grandiloquence.
Speaks directly in a concise, "straight-to-the-point"
manner ... one of its most endearing qualities.
... see Full
Review
Dmitri
SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Concerto
for Cello and Orchestra No.2 in G major,
Op.126 (1966) Symphony No.12 in D minor,
Op.112 (1960-61) The Year 1917 (in
Memory of Lenin)
Jonathan Ayling (cello) London Shostakovich
Orchestra/Christopher Cox. Recorded "live"
in St. Cyprian’s Church, Glentworth Street,
London, NW1 on November 13th,
2004
DUNELM RECORDS DRD0234 [78:14] [PS]
A
"live" performance with all the
problems that raises but these considerations
are more than compensated for by the sense
of occasion conveyed by this very recommendable
release. ... see Full
Review
Dmitri
SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Concerto
for Cello and Orchestra No.1 in E flat,
Op.107 (1959) [28:46]*; Concerto for Cello
and Orchestra No.2 in G major, Op.126 (1966)
[35:50]**
Jonathan Ayling (cello) London Shostakovich
Orchestra/Christopher Cox. * Recorded "live"
in St. Cyprian’s Church, Glentworth Street,
London, NW1 on May 15th, 2004
** Recorded "live" in St. Cyprian’s
Church, Glentworth Street, London, NW1 on
November 13th, 2004.
DUNELM RECORDS DRD0233 [64:46] [IM]
A
most moving and memorable CD. Highly recommended.
... see Full
Review
Georges TACONET
(1889-1962) Fourteen
Songs Violin Sonata in D minor (1927)
Dominique Méa (sop); Carlos Cebro
(piano) Fanny Clamagirand (violin); Virginie
Martineau (piano) rec. Centre François-Mitterand,
Saralbe (Moselle), 15-17 July 2002 (songs);
Salle Adyar, Paris 8-9 Feb 2003.
MARCO POLO 8.225300 [65:14] [RB]
I
was pleased to make Taconet's acquaintance
- another of the neglecteds of France ...
subtly fragranced songs and a sonata emotionally
anchored by its substantial andante ...
see Full Review
Carl
Maria von WEBER (1786-1826)
Oberon
or The Elf King’s Oath - Romantic
Opera in three acts (1826) Hillevi Martinpelto
... Reiza (soprano) Steve Davislim ... Oberon
(tenor) Jonas Kaufmann ... Sir Huon of Bordeaux,
Duke of Guienne (tenor) Marina Comparato
... Fatima (mezzo) William Dazeley ... Sherasmin
(baritone) Frances Bourne ... Puck (mezzo-soprano)
Katherine Fuge ... first Mermaid (soprano)
Charlotte Mobbs ... second Mermaid (soprano)
Roger Allam (narrator)
Monteverdi Choir Orchestre Révolutionnaire
et Romantique/Sir John Eliot Gardiner Recorded
at the Colosseum, Watford, England, 15-19
March 2002. DDD
PHILIPS 475 6563 5 [60:57 + 61:47] [MC]
The
playing and singing is beautifully tailored
to the score ... an endless kaleidoscope
of subtle colours ... a delightful experience
... see Full
Review
Cantorial
Concert Masterpieces David
ROITMAN (1884 – 1943), orchestrated
and arranged Larry
SPIVACK Hayyom T’amtzeinu
[5.14] (1) Israel
SCHORR (1886 – 1935) Sheyyibane
Beit Hammikdash [9.01] (2) Pierre
PINCHIK (1893? – 1971) Der
Khazn un der Gabe [5.08] (1) Pinchas
JASSINOWSKY (1886 – 1954) , orchestrated
Robert ELHAI
The Prophecy of Isaiah [8.01]
(5) David KUSEVITZKY
(1911 – 1985), orchestrated Stanley
SILVERMAN Ezrat [5.48]
(1) Israel SCHORR
(1886 – 1935), orchestrated and arranged
Elli JAFFE Ribbon
Ha’olamim [12.43] (1) Leib
GLANTZ (1898 – 1964), orchestrated
and arranged Larry
SPIVACK Kol M’kaddesh [3.57]
(1) Moshe GANCHOFF
(1907 – 1997), orchestrated and arranged
Steve BARNETT Hashir
Shehalviyyim [9.09] (1) Zavel
ZILBERTS (1881 – 1949), orchestrated
and arranged Warner
BASS Havdala [3.34] (3)
Aaron TISHKOWSKY
(1899 – 1972), arranged Maurice
GOLDMAN, orchestrated Larry
SPIVACK Hammavdil [5.28]
(4) William BOGZESTER
(1904 – 1970), orchestrated Steve
BARNETT Psalm of David [9.34]
(1)
Cantor Benzion Miller (1, 5) Barcelona Symphony
Orchestra(National Orchestra of Catalonia)/Elli
Jaffe (2) Oxford Philomusica/Marios Papadopoulos
(3) Barcelona Symphony Orchestra(National
Orchestra of Catalonia)/Jorge Mester (4)
Vienna Boys Choir/Chorus Viennensis/Vienna
Chamber Orchestra/Gerard Wirth Recorded:
(1, 3) Centre Cultural de Sant Cugat, Barcelona,
May 2000 (2) The Warehouse, London, UK,
November 1998 (5) Sala Sinfonical del Auditori,
Barcelona, May 2001 (4) Baumgartner Casino,
Vienna, Austria, May 2001
NAXOS 8.559416 [78.22] [RH]
Makes
fascinating listening, opening up an area
of musical repertoire which is probably
quite unknown to many people. ... see Full
Review
Music for Organ:
Volume 5: Organ Music by Manchester
Composers. John
E. ELLIS (b.1943) Variations
on ‘Veni Emmanuel’ (2002) Norman
COCKER (1889-1953) Interlude*,
Paean*, Angelus*, Trio*, Cradle Song** [*
1922; **1927] Ronald
FROST (b.1933) Passacaglia for
the birthday of St. Ann’s (1979) Ernest
TOMLINSON (b.1924) Three Lyrical
Pieces (1958) Douglas
STEELE (1910-1999) Chorale Prelude
– On Gibbons’ ‘Angel’s Song’ (1947) David
ELLIS (b.1933) Vetrate di Ricercata
(2002)
Ronald Frost (organ, St. Ann’s Church, Manchester)
Recorded in November 2002, January, February
and July 2003.
DUNELM RECORDS DRD0244 [67 39] [PS]
This
is a desirable, varied and outstandingly
interesting disc. ... see Full
Review
BOOK
REVIEW
Max Bruch
- His Life and Works by
Christopher Fifield 16 b/w illustrations
400 pages Size: 23 x 15 cm ISBN: 1843831368
Binding: Paperback First published in second
edition: 2005 Price: 39.95 USD / 19.99 GBP
[RB]
Fifield's
humanising communicative faculty successfully
elevates Bruch from the slough of one-work
composers. ... see Full
Review
IGOR
STRAVINSKY - Orchestrations of The
Song of the Flea by Modest Mussorgsky.
The Song of the Flea by Ludwig van
Beethoven. Publication
and Commentary by Arkady Klimovitsky. St
Petersburg: School of Music Publishing House
(The Russian Institute for the History of
the Arts), 2003 387 pages ISBN 5-9500057-1-6
$150 Includes a CD of historical recordings
by Feodor Chaliapin [9:23] [LF]
All
fascinated by Russian music and culture
in the decade before the outbreak of the
First World War will find much to please
them ... see Full
Review
Tuesday
Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1848)
Maria
Stuarda (1835) (sung in English)
Janet Baker (mezzo) Mary Stuart; Rosalind
Plowright (soprano) Queen Elizabeth I; David
Rendall (tenor) Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester;
John Tomlinson (bass) George Talbot, Earl
of Shrewsbury; Alan Opie (baritone) Sir
William Cecil; Angela Bostock (soprano)
Hannah Kennedy; Leigh Maurice (singer) Garter
King at Arms
Chorus and Orchestra of English National
Opera/Charles Mackerras. Rec. London Coliseum
in 1982. Producer John Copley. NTSC. 4:3.
WARNER
MUSIC VISION 504678028-2 [138'00] [CC]
If
there is anyone out there who doubts that
Donizetti can be a composer of real depth,
buy this. It will change your mind. ...
see Full
Review
Johan
JEVERUD (b.
1962) Piano
Quintet (2002) [11:23] Two songs about
the Flight of Time (2000): In a hundred
years; The Genius of Youth [2:39
+ 2:15] Piano Trio (2001) [14:41] Four
songs by night: The crickets;
Summer day II; The Romantic;
Spring night [1:30 + 1:27 + 1:20
+ 1:49] String Trio (1998) [16:11] Three
Songs with texts by Bo Bergman (2003): Masque;
Mystery; Foolish fire and the
elf [247 + 2:52 + 2:57] Music for
Bygone Parlours for piano (2001) [10:52]
Uppsala Chamber Players: (Nils-Erik Sparf
(violin); Patrik Swedrup (violin); Susanne
Magnusson (viola); Lars Frykholm (cello);
Bengt Åke Lundin (piano)) St Jacobs
Chamber Choir/Gary Graden rec. Studio 2
Radiohuset, Stockholm, 28-31 Aug 2003, (chamber
items and piano solo; 4-5 May 2004 (choral).
DDD
PHONO-SUECIA PSCD 152 [72:43] [RB]
A
language that would have been instantly
accessible to composers of the Franckian
Belgian or French 19th century schools ...
see
Full Review
Earl
KIM
(1920-1998) Violin
Concerto (1979) [22:21] Dialogues for
piano and orchestra (1959) [9:12] Cornet
for narrator and orchestra (1984) [25:43]
Cecylia Arzewski (violin) William Wolfram
(piano) Robert Kim (narrator) RTE National
SO/Scott Yoo rec. National Concert Hall,
Dublin, 31 May-1 June 2004. DDD
NAXOS 8.559226 [57:16] [RB]
Kim’s
Violin Concerto is the real draw here beside
the sterile Dialogues and the passive but
imaginatively illustrative Rilke melodrama.
... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH James
MACMILLAN (b.
1959) Seven
Last Words from the Cross (1993)* [46:24]
On the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin
(1997)** [6:41] Te Deum (2001)**
[15:02]
Polyphony; ** James Vivian (organ) *Britten
Sinfonia/Stephen Layton Recorded* 1-2 April
2004 in St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead
Garden Suburb; ** The Temple Church, London.
DDD
HYPERION CDA67460 [68:35] [JQ]
Seven
Last Words makes a profound impression;
a masterpiece. I recommend this CD not just
enthusiastically but urgently. ... see Full
Review
Johann
Simon MAYR (1763
– 1845) Sisara
(1793) [93.36] Sisara – Vanessa
Barkowski (mezzo-soprano) Jahel – Talia
Or (soprano) Debbora, Thamar – Stefanie
Braun (soprano) Barac, Elcana – Petra van
der Mieden (soprano) Abra, Dina – Claudia
Schneider (soprano)
Simon Mayr Choir Accademia I Filarmonici
di Verona/Franz Hauk Recorded Asam Kirche
Maria de Victoria Ingolstadt, 9-12 September
2004
GUILD GMCD7288/89 [48.44 + 44.52] [RH]
It
is enterprising of Guild to offer us another
of Mayr’s early oratorios and this creditable
recording helps us get a more balanced view
of Mayr as a composer. ... see
Full Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART
(1756 – 1791) A
Mozart Opera Festival
Le nozze di Figaro, KV 492:
1. Cosa sento! tosto andate (act I) – 2.
Non più andrai (act I) – 3. Voi che
sapete (act II) – 4. Crudel! perchè
finora farmi languir così? (act III)
– 5. Giunse alfin il momento ... Deh vieni,
non tardar (act IV) Die Entführung
aus dem Serail, KV 384: 6. Konstanze,
dich wiederzusehen ... O wie ängstlich,
o wie feurig (act I) – 7. Vivat Bacchus!
Bacchus lebe! (act II) – 8. In Mohrenland
gefangen war (act III) – 9. O, wie will
ich triumphieren (act III) Die Zauberflöte,
KV 620: 10. Der Vogelfänger bin ich
ja (act I) – 11. Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd
schön (act I) – 12. Bei Männern,
welche Liebe fühlen Zaide,
KV 344: 13. Ruhe, sanft, mein holdes Leben
(act I) Così fan tutte,
KV 588: 14. Soave sia il vento (act I) –
15. Un’aura amorosa (act I) – 16. Il cor
vi dono (act II) Il re pastore,
KV 208: 17. L’amerò, sarò
costante (act II) Don Giovanni,
KV 527: 18. Là ci darem la mano (act
I) – 19. Finch’han dal vino (act I)
Lucia Popp (soprano) (1, 4, 12, 13, 14,
17, 18), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano)
(3, 14, 16), Werner Krenn (tenor) (1, 6,
7, 8, 11, 15), Tom Krause (baritone) (1,
2, 4, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19), Manfred Jungwirth
(bass) (7, 9), Wiener Haydn-Orchester/István
Kertész Recorded in the Sofiensaal,
Vienna, October 1971
DECCA ELOQUENCE 476 7437 [71:25] [GF]
As
a varied program, well recorded and with
five of the best Mozart singers of their
generation this reissue can be confidently
recommended. ... see Full
Review
Gioachino
ROSSINI (1792-1868)
Otello,
Dramma in three acts.
Libretto by the Marchese Berio di Salsa,
loosely based on Shakespeare’s play.
First performed at the Teatro del Fondo,
Naples, 4 December 1816 Plus:
Appendices including the ‘lieto fine’
(Happy Ending) of Act 3 first performed
at the Teatro Argentina, Rome, during the
1819-20 carnival season. Also an entrance
aria for Desdemona and an example of music
for a female travesti Otello Otello, an
African in the service of Venice, Bruce
Ford (ten); Desdemona, the lover and secret
wife of' Otello, Elizabeth Futral (sop);
Elmiro, the father of Desdemona, Ildebrando
d'Arcangelo, (bass); Rodrigo, Desdemona's
unsuccessful suitor, William Matteuzzi (ten);
Iago, the secret enemy of Otello, Juan José
Lopera (ten); Emilia, Desdemona's confidante,
Enkelejda Shkosa (mezzo); The Doge, Ryland
Davies (ten); Lucio, Otello's confidant.
Dominic Natoli (ten); A Gondolier Barry
Banks (ten)
The Geoffrey Mitchell Choir Philharmonia
Orchestra/ David Parry Recorded at Henry
Wood Hall, London, September and October
1999 using the critical edition by Michael
Collins for the Rossini Foundation.
OPERA RARA ORC 18 [3 CDs: 71:58 + 77:51
+ 77.34] [RJF]
Well
conducted and recorded, Opera Rara’s more
natural aural ambience tells in its favour
as does the liveliness and vibrancy of the
chorus. ... see Full
Review
Giuseppe
VERDI (1813 – 1901)
Rigoletto (highlights) Prelude;
Act I: Della mia bella; Questa o quella;
Gran nuova!; Ch’io gli parli; Pari siamo!;
Figlia!; Mio Padre!; Giovanna, ho dei rimorsi;
Gualtier Maldè; Caro nome; Zitti,
zitti Act II: Ella mi fu rapita!; Parmi
veder le lagrime; Possente amor; Povero
Rigoletto; Cortigiani, vil razza; Tutte
le feste al tempio; Schiudete; ire al carcere;
Sì, vendetta Act III: La donna è
mobile; Un di, se ben rammentomi; Bella
figlia dell’amore; V’ho ingannato Richard
Leech (tenor) ... Il Duca di Mantova; Alexandru
Agache (baritone) ... Rigoletto; Leontina
Vaduva (soprano) ... Gilda; Jennifer Larmore
(mezzo-soprano) ... Maddalena; Patricia
Bardon (mezzo-soprano) ... Giovanna; Alastair
Miles (bass) ... Il Conte di Monterone;
Peter Sidhom (baritone) ... Marullo; Barry
Banks (tenor) ... Borsa; Geoffrey Moses
(bass) ... Il Conte di Ceprano; Fabrizio
Visentin (tenor) ... Usciere; Paula Bradbury
(mezzo-soprano) ... Paggio.
Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/Carlo
Rizzi Recorded in Brangwyn Hall, Swansea,
in February 1993
WARNER APEX 2564 61522-2 [75:53] [GF]
Something
of a mixed bag, but there are many good
things here and Agache’s impersonation of
the hunchbacked jester is something more
than that. ... see Full
Review
Missa
Russica 2 Dimitri
Moîsseîevich IAΪTCHKOV
(1882-1953) Dostoïno
iest (Hymn to the Mother of God) [3:52]
Pavel Gripôrievitch
TCHESNOKOV (1877-1944) Soviet
prevetchnyi (Gabriel’s annunciation) [3:40]
Serge RACHMANINOV
(1875-1943) Nyné otpuchtchaîechi
(Song of Simeon) [3:37] Bogoroditse Devo
(Ave Maria) [2:44] Slava v vychnikh Bogou
(Gloria in excelsis) [2:32] Tébé
poïem [2:31] Nikolaï
APOSTOLOV-STROUMSKI (late 19th
early 20th c.) Velikoïe
slavoslovié (Grand doxology) [10:40]
Vladimir Ivanovich
MARTINOV (b. 1946)
Apocalypse, Missa Russica [30:32] Choeur
orthodox Russe de Riga/Archiprêtre
Johann Shenrock Recording venue and specific
dates not given. Copyright 2004
EDITIONS HORTUS 034 [60:14] [KS]
Some
simply sublime singing. A superb ensemble
refined into one of the most uniformly blended,
consistently-in-tune choirs that I have
heard in some time ... see Full
Review
Tango
Infinito Ulysses
PASSARELLA (b.1955) Suite
Rioplatense [12.47] Preludio y Milonga [6.55]
Pieza Rioplatense No.2 [4.27] Desolación
(1997-2002) [11.41] Aníbal
TROILO (1914-1975) Sur (arranged
by H Ulysses PASSARELLA)
[5.39] Lucio DEMARE
(1906-1974) Malena (arranged by H
Ulysses PASSARELLA) [3.33] Acho
MANZI (b.1933) El ultimo organito
(arranged by Jessica
KUHN) [4.22] Juarés
Lamarque PONS (1917-1982) Tres
Ritmicas de Tango (orchestrated by H
Ulysses PASSARELLA) [13.17]
Recitations of poems by Homero Manzi
by Acho Manzi Jessica Kuhn (cello) Anna
Stümke and Ferenc Kölcze (violins)
Clarissa Miller (viola) Thomas Herbst (bass)
Recorded Marktoberdorf, December 2004
ANTES EDITION BM CD 31.9214 [69.10]
[JW]
There’s
enough variety here to keep "tango
surfeit" at bay though nothing matches
Piazzolla’s stunning memorability and emotional
directness, though the performances are
committed and commanding. ... see Full
Review
BOOK
REVIEWS
Bach
Performance Practice,
1945 - 1975: A Comprehensive Review of Sound
Recordings and Literature by Dorottya Fabian
University
of New South Wales, Australia. October 2003.
42 illustrations and 17 music examples.
Hardback, 328 pages, 234 x 156 mm. Including
a CD consisting of brief excerpts from various
performances of the Goldberg Variations,
Brandenburg Concertos, and Passions from
published recordings discussed in the text.
ISBN 0 7546 0549 3. PURCHASE
Through MusicWeb International
£55 £50 post-free
A
detailed and fascinating look at one of
the most interesting periods in the history
of music which answers as well as raises
a number of interesting questions. ... see
Full Review
BOOK
REVIEW
Max Bruch
- His Life and Works by
Christopher Fifield 16 b/w illustrations
400 pages Size: 23 x 15 cm ISBN: 1843831368
Binding: Paperback First published in second
edition: 2005 Price: 39.95 USD / 19.99 GBP
[RB]
Fifield's
humanising communicative faculty successfully
elevates Bruch from the slough of one-work
composers. ... see Full
Review
The Cambridge
Companion to Elgar Edited
by Daniel Grimley and Julian Rushton CUP
2004 ISBN 0 521 53363 5 Paperback £17.99
[EM]
Contains
some fascinating and original material on
this great composer ... I would recommend
it to any true Elgar enthusiast already
familiar with other books on the market.
... see Full
Review
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