BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH The
Maiden & the Nightingale – Songs of Spain Enrique
GRANADOS (1867–1916) 1. Goyescas (1916): La
maja y el ruiseñor [6:11]; Xavier MONTSALVATGE
(1912–2002) Cinco canciones negras (1946):
(2. I. Cuba dentro de un piano [4:06]; 3. II. Punto de habanera [1:55];
4. III. Chévere [1:55]; 5. IV. Canción de cuna para dormer a un negrito
[2:20]; 6. V. Canto negro [1:18]) Enrique
GRANADOS Colección de canciones amatorias (Góngora
y Argote)(orch. Ferrer): (7. Llorad corazón [2:29]; 8. Iban
al pinar [1:51]) Joaquín RODRIGO (1901–1999)
Cuatro madrigales amatorios (Traditional): (9. I. E con
qué la lavaré? [2:26]; 10. II. Vos me matasteis [2:32]; 11. III. De dónde venís, amore? [1:02]; 12. IV. De los álamos
vengo, madre [1:55]) Tríptic de Mossén Cinto: (13.
I. L’harpa ssagrada [4:10]; 14. II. Lo violí de Sant Francesc [3:02];
15. III. Sant Francesc I la cigala [3:50]) Federico
MOMPOU (1893–1987) El combat del somni (orch.
Ros-Marba): (16. I. Damunt de tu, només les flors [4:41];
17. II. Aquesta nit un mateix vent [2:53]; 18. III. Jo et pressentia
com la mar [2:03]) Oscar ESPLÁ
(1886–1976) Cinco canciones playeras españolas:
(19. I. Rutas [1:25]; 20. II. Pregón [3:01]; 21. III. Las 12 [1:30]; 22. IV. El pescador sin dinero [3:20]; 23. V.
Copilla [1:32]) Eduardo TOLDRÁ (1895–1962)
24. Cançó de grumet [2:02]; 25. Cançó incerta
[2:43]; 26. Maig [4:01]; 27. Anacreóntica
[2:17]; Xavier MONTSALVATGE 28.
Madrical sobre un tema popular (El cant dels ocells) (1992)
[4:58] Victoria
de los Angeles (soprano), New Philharmonia Orchestra (1), Orchestre
de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (2–12, 19–23)/Rafael Frühbeck
de Burgos; Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux (13–18), Patronato Orquesta
Ciudad de Barcelona (24–27)/Antoni Ros-Marbá; Orquestra Ciutat de Barcelona/Garcia
Navarro (28); rec. Kingsway Hall, London, 18 April 1969 (1); Salle Wagram,
Paris, 5–8, 10, 27, 28 February 1962 (2–12 and 19–23); 10–14 March 1969
(13–18), Palacio de la Música, Barcelona, 13, 14, 16, 17 January 1969
(24–27); Barcelona (soundtrack from the Closing Ceremony of the 1992
Barcelona Olympic Games)(28)
EMI CLASSICS GREAT RECORDINGS OF THE CENTURY 7243 5 62904 2 6 [78:13][GF]
Riches
aplenty on this well-filled disc which shouldn’t be missing from any
respectable collection of vocal music. ... see Full
Review
The
Ultimate Movie Music Collection see
review for details Cincinnati
Pops Orchestra/Erich Kunzel rec. various dates TELARC
4CD-80700 [56.03 + 57.55 + 58.48 + 61.23] [RM-O]
A
worthwhile collection even if you’re not a movie buff … see Full
Review
The
Mystery of Christmas Arr.
R. ANDERSON The Huron Carol (1641) [2:40] Robert
EVANS Ring-a the News* (1989) [3:09] Trad.
Arr. Noel EDISON O Come All Ye Faithful*
[4:04] Harold DARKE In the
Bleak Midwinter* [5:37] Healey WILLAN
The Three Kings [2:59] Trad.
Dutch King Jesus hath a Garden [2:29] Franz
GRUBER Silent Night [3:10] Trad.
English arr. David WILLCOCKS Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing
Day [2:07] Arthur HONEGGER
Laudate Dominum* [2:22] Francis POULENC
Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël [11:45] Trad.
French arr. David WILLCOCKS Ding-Dong Merrily on High*
[2:09] Elizabeth POSTON Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
(1967) [3:46] John RUTTER
What Sweeter Music* [5:00] Trad. German
The Linden Tree Carol [1:43] Benjamin
BRITTEN A Hymn to the Virgin [3:17] Trad.
Polish arr. Sir Malcolm SARGENT Star in the South
[3:20] MENDELSSOHN arr. Noel EDISON Hark
the Herald Angels Sing* [3:14] John TAVENER
God is with Us – A Christmas Proclamation* (1987)
[5:03] The Elora
Festival Singers/*Michael Bloss (organ)/Noel Edison rec. The Church
of St. Mary Magdalene, Toronto, June 1997. DDD
NAXOS 8.554179 [66:52][TP]
I
can see myself returning to this disc gladly each December, and think
you will too. Treat yourself to a copy this Christmas. ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Anna Netrebko
– Russian Album Peter TCHAIKOVSKY
(1840 – 1893) Iolanta (1892): Arioso No. 1 [2:58];
Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873 – 1943)
Song Op. 21 No. 7 “It is beautiful here” (1902) [2:24]; Song Op. 4 No.
4 “Oh, do not sing to me” (1893) [5:04]; Nikolai
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844 – 1908) The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1900): Aria from
act 4 [3:27]; The Snow Maiden (1882): Scene and Aria from Prologue
[4:28]¹; Finale from act 4 [5:31]²; The Tsar’s Bride (1899):
Scene and Aria from Act 4 [5:29];
Peter TCHAIKOVSKY Romance Op.
38 No. 6 Pimpinella – Florentine Song [2:45]; Mikhail
GLINKA (1804 – 1857) A Life for the Tsar (1836): Cavatina
and Rondo from Act 1 [6:41]; Sergei PROKOFIEV
(1891 – 1953) War and Peace (1944): Excerpt from Scene
4 [8:11]³; Sergei RACHMANINOV
Francesca da Rimini (1906): Excerpt from Tableau 2 [3:16];
Peter TCHAIKOVSKY
Eugene Onegin (1879): Letter Scene from Act 1 [13:03];
Anna Netrebko (soprano), Zlata Bulycheva (mezzo)¹³, Dmitry Voropaev
(tenor)²³, Alexander Morozov (bass-baritone)²³, Ilya Bannik (bass)¹
Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre/Valery Gergiev rec. Mariinsky
Theatre, St. Petersburg, December 2005, January, May, June 2006
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 00289 477 6384 [63:19][GF]
Readers
who trust my judgement need read no further.
My advice is: Place your orders! ... see Full
Review
The Night
before Christmas Leopold
MOZART
(1719-87) Arr. Philip
LANE (b. 1950) Classic
Sleighride [3:11] Samuel
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (1875-1912) Arr. Sydney
BAYNES (1879-1938) Christmas
Overture [5:53] Jules
MASSENET (1842-1912) The Last
Sleep of the Virgin (from La Vierge)
[4:49] Philip LANE
(b. 1950) Overture on French Carols
[5:05] The Night before Christmas [6:10]
Otto NICOLAI
(1810-49) Christmas Overture (based
on the chorale Von Himmel Hoch [11:26]
John CARMICHAEL
(b. 1930) Orchestrated by Philip
LANE Sleighride to Thredbo
[1:57] Franz LISZT
(1811-86) Arr. By Anthony
Collins (1893-1963) The Christmas
Tree Suite [10:35] Doreen
CARWITHEN (1922-2003) Reconstructed
by Philip LANE
On the Twelfth Day [20:24]
Stephen Fry (narrator) BBC Concert Orchestra
and BBC Singers/Barry Wordsworth rec. The
Colosseum, Town Hall, Watford, 11-12 September
2006. DDD
NAXOS 8.570331 [69:30]
An
appealingly different Christmas disc marked
out by the contributions of Philip Lane. ...
see Full Review
At
North Terrace Josef
BOISMORTIER (1691-1765) Concerto
for five flutes [7:28]1 Antonin
REJCHA (1770-1836) Three Romances for Two Flutes [6:42]2 Georg
Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767) Sonata in E major for
two flutes [7:40]2 Petr
EBEN (b. 1929) Sonata for flute and marimbaphone3 Jan
KLUSAK (b. 1934) 1-4-3-2-5-6-7-10-9-8-11 - Invenzionetta for
flute [5:30] Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART (1756-1791) Andante in C Major [5:34]4 Christoph
Willibald GLUCK (1714-1787) Dance of the blessed spirits [3:28]4 Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Pièce en forme d'Habanera [2:49]4 Nicolo
PAGANINI (1782-1840) Moto perpetuo[3:41]4 Zdenĕk
Bruderhans (flute)
A. Aungles; E. Kariks; C. Webb; M. Elphinstone1; Christine Draeger2;
Amanda Grigg3; Eva Bruderhansova4 ; Analogue recordings
of live concerts, made by Radio 5UV, except Eben's Sonata which was recorded
digitally (Sony PCM, Beta video). Dates not given. ADD/DDD ARBITRIUM
RECORDS 1116 [55:55] [SA]
A
joyous disc. Arbitrium are to be congratulated for giving us the chance
to hear what the flute can achieve and for allowing us to hear
some less well known repertoire ... see Full
Review
Oboe Solo Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Partita in G
minor BWV 1013 [12:39] Gilles SILVESTRINI
(b.1961) Six études pour hautbois [15:26] Carl
Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714-1788) Sonata for solo oboe Wq132
[11:29] Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992)
Tango-études pour hautbois seul [23:36]
Yeon-Hee Kwak (oboe) rec. Oranienburg Schoβ Nordkirchen 20-22 January
200? DDD MUSIKPRODUKTION
DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM MDG 603 1423-2 [63:29][PCW]
Lovers of the oboe will surely enjoy this imaginative and beautifully
played recital, and it should also win new friends for the instrument
… see Full Review
Organ
Spectacular
Louis James LEFÉBURE-WÉLY
(1817-1869) Sortie in E flat [3:54] Ralph
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) Rhosymedre [4:01] Théodore
DUBOIS (1837-1924) Toccata (1886) [6:38] Michael
PRAETORIUS (1571-1621) Ballet des Matelotz (arr.
Noel Rawsthorne) [1:57] Sir
George THALBEN-BALL (1896-1987) Elegy (1944) [5:28]
Alexandre
GUILMANT (1837-1911) Interlude Op.19 [1:52] John
IRELAND (1879-1962) Capriccio (1911) [5:06] Giacomo
MEYERBEER (1791-1864) Coronation March (1849) (arr: Bryan
Hesford) [4:04] Herbert
HOWELLS (1892-1983) Master Tallis’s Testament (1940)
[6:44] Sir
Edward BAIRSTOW (1874-1946) Organ Sonata in E flat
– Scherzo (1937) [3:46] Guy BOVET
(b. 1942) Hamburg (Prelude No.3) from Trois Preludes Hambourgeois
[5:09] Percy WHITLOCK
(1903-1946) Folk Tune [3:58] Eugène
GIGOUT (1844-1925) Scherzo (1892) [4:28] Herbert
MURRILL (1909-1952) Carillon (1949) [2:23] Henry
PURCELL (1659-1695) Rondeau from ‘Abdelazar’ (arr.
Christopher Gower) [1:29] William
MATHIAS (1934-1992) Processional (1965) [3:31] Jeremiah
CLARKE (1673-1707) Trumpet Voluntary (arr: Desmond Radcliffe) [2:30] Sir
Edward ELGAR (1857-1934) Nimrod (arr: W. H. Harris) [3:53]
Charles-Marie
WIDOR (1844-1937) Toccata (1880) [5:35]
Huw Williams (organ) rec. St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, 8–10 February
2005. DDD GUILD GMCD
7304 [77:44] [CB]
Poorly
conceived programme ... Williams comes into his own in the English repertoire
... excellent command of the organ ... see Full
Review
Betrachte,
meine Seel – Thomas
Quasthoff Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685–1750) Weihnachtsoratorium,
BWV 248 1. Aria: Grosser Herr, o starker König [4:45]; 2. Duetto:
Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen [7:34]; Johannes-Passion,
BWV 245 3. Arioso: Betrachte, meine Seel [2:31]; 4. Aria and
Choral: Mein teurer Heiland, lass dich fragen – Jesu, der du
warest
tot [4:08]; Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 5. Aria: Mache dich, mein Herze,
rein [6:19]; George Frideric HANDEL (1685–1759) Messiah HMV
56
6. Accompagnato: Behold, I tell you a mystery – Aria: The trumpet shall sound
[9:17]; Joseph HAYDN (1732–1809) Die
Jahreszeiten 7. Recitativo: Vom Widder strahlet jetzt – Aria: Schon eilet
froh der Ackersmann [4:25];
8. Aria and Recitativo: Erblicke hier, betörter Mensch – Die bleibt allein und
leitet uns [4:42]; Die Schöpfung 9. Recitativo: Und Gott sprach – Aria:
Rollend in schäumenden Wellen [4:50]; Felix
MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809–1847) Elias, Op. 70 10. Aria: Herr
Gott Abrahams [3:28]; 11. Aria: Es ist genug! [5:15]; Paulus, Op. 36 12. Aria:
Gott, sei mir gnädig [5:38]; trad. 13.
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (arr. Meyer) Thomas
Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Sibylla Rubens (soprano) (2), Markus Schmutzler (trumpet)
(1, 6), Andreas Lorenz,
Bernhard Mühlbach (oboe d’amore) (2), Jürg Kettmann, Ulrich Scobel (viola d’amore),
Stefan Maass (lute) (3); Staatsopernchor Dresden, Staatskapelle Dresden/Sebastian
Weigle
rec. Palais im Grossen Garten, Dresden, June 2006 DEUTSCHE
GRAMMOPHON 477 6230 [66:10]
[GF]
Quasthoff’s
lieder-like approach to these well-known sacred arias makes this
an uncommonly expressive disc. ... see Full
Review
Instruments from the
Raymond Russell Collection Volume I anon
Gailliarda la Reyne d'Écosse [01:09] Queen of Scots Galliard
[01:23] Tarquinio MERULA (1594/95-1665)
Capriccio cromatico [03:23] William
BYRD (1542/43-1623) Pavana The Earle of Salisbury [01:28]
Galiarda [01:20] Jan Pieterszoon SWEELINCK
(1562-1621) Ballo del granduca [05:22] Domenico SCARLATTI (1685-1757)
Sonata in f minor (K 481)
[05:41] Sonata in G (K
471) [03:13] Maurice GREENE (1695-1755)
Suite in F [05:43] Johann Sebastian
BACH (1685-1750) Prelude and fugue in E flat (BWV 876)
[05:31] (from 'Wohltemperirtes Clavier', II) John
STANLEY (1712-1786) Voluntary in G, Op. 7,9 [04:21]
George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)
Fugue in a minor [03:53] (from 'Six Fugues or Voluntarys, Op.
3') Antoine FORQUERAY (1672-1745)
3e Suite in D: La Régente; La Du Vaucel; La Morangis ou La Plissay
[17:03] Armand-Louis COUPERIN (1727-1789)
L'Affligée [05:59] George Frideric
HANDEL Overture Rodelinda [04:21] Muzio
CLEMENTI (1752-1832) Sonatina in D, Op. 36,6 [05:59]
John Kitchen (clavichord,
fortepiano, harpsichord, organ, spinet, virginal) rec. December 2000,
St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh, UK. DDD
DELPHIAN DCD 34001 [75:53] Instruments from the Raymond
Russell Collection, Volume II George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Suite in d minor (HWV 437)
[08:28] Henry PURCELL (1659-1695)
March [00:52] Minuet [00:45] A new Ground [02:10]
A new Scotch Tune [01:04] A new Irish Tune [01:19] (from
'Musick's Handmaid', 1689) anon
Fy gar rub her o'er with Straw [02:15] The Flowers of the
Forrest [01:59] Maggy Lauder [01:56] (from Robert Bremner's
'The Harpsichord or Spinnet Miscellany', 1765) Michelangelo
ROSSI (1601/02-1656) Toccata VII [04:50] Thomas
TOMKINS (1572-1656) A sad Pavan for these distracted times
[05:37] John BLOW (1649-1708)
Voluntary in C [05:02] Johann Christoph
Friedrich BACH (1732-1795) Marche [02:49] Menuet
[02:25] Adagio [01:49] Andante [01:38] Marche [02:00]
(from: 'Musikalische Nebenstunden', 1787-88) Franz
Xaver MOZART (1791-1844) Polonaise mélancolique No 1 in
c minor [03:47] Polonaise mélancolique No 2 in a minor [04:01]
Armand-Louis COUPERIN (1727-1789)
Les Tendres Sentimens [03:25] L'Affligée [06:23] L'Enjouée
[04:19] Christoph GRAUPNER (1683-1760)
Partita in E 'November': praeludium; menuet; gavotte; chaconne
[08:24] John Kitchen
(clavichord, harpsichord, organ, spinet, square piano, virginal) rec.
April 2005, St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh, UK. DDD
DELPHIAN DCD 34039 [77:22][JV]
These
two discs bring some instruments from the famous Russell Collection
in Edinburgh to life with repertoire which explores their characteristics
... see Full Review
Salon
Orchestra Favourites IV – German Hit Songs of
the 1930s Werner
Richard HEYMANN (1896-1961), Gerhard
WINKLER (1906-1977), Peter KREUDER (1905-1981)
Annette Postel (vocals)
Salonorchester Schwanen/Georg Huber rec. 15-17 April 2005 Clara Wieck
Auditorium, Sandhausen Germany
NAXOS 8.557768 [65:43] [DB]
Pleasant
performances of overlooked German chestnuts.
… see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH The
Best of Andreas Scholl see
review for details Andreas
Scholl (counter-tenor) Barbara Bonney (soprano) Edin Karamazov
(lute, archlute) Stacey Shames, Hyun-Sun Na, Siobhán Armstrong
(harp) Harvey Brough (psaltery) Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo) Baroque
String Quartet, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Orchestra of the Age
of Enlightenment/Sir Roger Norrington, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra/Paul
Dyer, Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone, Les Talents Lyriques/Christophe
Rousset
rec. various locations 1998–2004 DECCA
475 7667 [77:26]
[GF]
I
was completely enthralled from beginning to end. A marvellous disc!
... see Full Review
The Art of
Yulian Sitkovetsky Volumes I -IV
full
details in the review
ARTEK AR 0026/30-2 [72:18] [JW]
Sitkovetsky
admirers will snap these up … Sitkovetsky
was a wonderful, comet-like talent ... see
Full Review
Star Wars
John
WILLIAMS (b. 1932) Star Wars:
1. Main title theme [5.26] 2. Pincess Lela’s
theme [4.36] 3. The battle [7.18] 4. Cantina
band [2.18] 5. The little people [5.53] 6.
The throne room [6.40] John
WILLIAMS Close encounters of the
third kind (main theme) [7.04] Larry
ROSENTHAL (b. 1926) Meteor
(main theme) [3.40] Jerry
GOLDSMITH (b. 1929) Alien
(main theme) [4.45] Richard
STRAUSS (1864-1949) arr R.
HAYMAN 2001 A space odyssey
(main theme) [3.13] Glen
A LARSON (b. 1937) and Stu
PHILLIPS (b. 1926) Battlestar
Galactica (main theme) [6.29]
Richard Hayman and his Orchestra rec. February-June
1989. DDD
NAXOS 8.555020 [57.23] [RMO]
Should
have been left on the shelf. … see Full
Review
Tenebrae
John TAVENER (b.
1944)
Song for Athene (1993) [6:11] John
IRELAND (1879-1962) Ex ore innocentium
[4:05] John TAVENER
The Lamb* (1982) [3:51] Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Hymn to
the Cherubim [4:39] Count
Alexander SHEREMETIEV (1859-1931)
Now ye heavenly powers [3:42] Benjamin
BRITTEN (1913-1976) Hymn to St.
Cecilia* (1942) [10:59] Pavel
LUKASZEWSKI (b.1968) Ave Maria
[3:57]Antonio
LOTTI (1667-1740) 8-part Crucifixus
[3:39] Gregorio
ALLEGRI (1582-1652) Miserere [11:59]
Zoltán KODÁLY (1882-1967)
Esti Dal** [3:08] Traditional
(arr.
Nigel SHORT)
The Dying Soldier [4:34] Gustav
HOLST (1874-1934) Psalm 148, Lord
who hast made us for Thine own [4:53] William
Henry HARRIS (1883-1973) Faire
is the Heaven [5:23]
Tenebrae/Nigel Short Jeremy Filsell (organ)
rec. St. Jude’s on the Hill, Hampstead, London,
5, 7 January 2006; *St. Michael’s, Highgate,
London, 17 May 2004; **All Hallows, Gospel
Oak, London, 8 July 2005 DDD
SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD085 [71:03] [JQ]
Another
winner from Tenebrae! ... see Full
Review
Victor Tretiakov
(violin) Compendium (see
review for details)
Mikhael Erokhin (piano) Victor Tretiakov (violin)
rec 1965-90
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93005 [10 CDs: 72:14
+ 73:24 + 71:33 + 72:01 + 67:24 + 62:13 +
72:14 + 75:18 + 69:43 + 73:34] [JW]
Tretiakov
discs are not that plentiful and it’s an opportune
time to salute this powerful figure on his
sixtieth birthday. ... see Full
Review
Twenty
Great Violinists Adolf
Busch, Mischa Elman, Zino Francescatti,
Fritz Kreisler, Ida Haendel, Jascha Heifetz, Bronislaw Huberman,
Leonid Kogan, Georg Kulenkampff, Yehudi Menuhin, Nathan Milstein,
Erica Morini, Ricardo Odnoposof, David Oistrakh, Ruggiero Ricci,
Albert Spalding, Isaac Stern, Josef Szigeti, Efrem Zimbalist
- see review for perfomance details LIVING
ERA CLASSICS AJC8562 [75:30] [RM-O]
A
highly recommended album … even if it is still in its original
mono! ... see Full Review
BOOK
REVIEWS
The
Penguin Guide to Compact Discs & DVDs
Yearbook 2006/7 Best Buys in Classical Music
Compiled
by Ivan March, Edward Greenfield and Robert
Layton Penguin Books; Paperback; 700 pages;
ISBN 0-141-02723 1 UK £20; Can $32; U.S.A.
$21 [IL]
Reviews
of new CDs issued since the main Guide was
published. For the ‘not-too-serious’ listener
requiring guidance on best recordings this
Yearbook is an invaluable ‘stand-alone’ reference
... see Full
Review
Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart: a Biography
[Originally published as
WAM: La Vita e il Tempo de Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart, Gius. Laterza & Figli, 2003]
by Piero Melograni. Translated into English
by Lydia G. Cochrane [PSh]
The
best biography of Mozart — and one of the
best biographies of anyone — I’ve ever read
... see Full
Review
Wrong
Sex, Wrong Instrument by Maggie
Cotton Foreword: Christopher Morley Pages: 364 paperback ISBN: 1-904444-71-7;
978-1-904444-71-8 Apex Publishing Limited, PO Box 7068, Clacton-on-Sea
CO15 5WN £9.99 [ABu]
A
more appropriate title could not be imagined for this splendid, heartening
and truly stunning book about orchestral life seen and heard from the
inside. ... see Full Review
LIONEL
TERTIS - The First Great Virtuoso of the Viola by
John White. First published 2006, 40 b/w illustrations, 424 pages. Size:
23 x 15 cm, Binding: Hardback, ISBN-10: 184383278X; ISBN-13: 9781843832782
BOYDELL PRESS Price: 47.95 USD / 25.00 GBP [ABu]
This
is an excellent book and deserves the attention of all who have a lively
interest in the annals of British music. ... see Full
Review
The Music of Franz Schmidt Volume
1: The Orchestral Music by Harold Truscott [PCW]
Essential
reading for those in the English-speaking
world interested in a composer not yet fully
recognised by it … see Full
Review
Roz
SOUTHEY (b.1952)
Music-Making in North-East England during
the Eighteenth Century Published
2006 Ashgate Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-7546-5097-3
259 pages £55.00 [RH]
Adds
enormously to our picture of music-making;
more importantly it examines what was happening
in ordinary places away from the glare of
celebrity ... see Full
Review
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