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2012

February

Febuary Download Roundup #1 by Brian Wilson
Obituaries for Paavo Berglund and Gustav Leonhardt
The free download link page has been updated

January

January Download Roundup #2 by Brian Wilson
National discography: Asian symphonies by Mike Herman
Sir Willliam Walton - List of works and discography by Martin Rutherford (in pdf format, 150+ pages)
January Download Roundup #1 by Brian Wilson

2011

December

December Download Roundup #2 by Brian Wilson
Interview with Sir Mark Elder - Michael Cookson
Musicweb reviewer Bob Briggs (1954-2011) - A tribute
Our Christmas reviews
John S. Bridge - A Manchester Musician by Stuart Scott
December Download Roundup #1 by Brian Wilson
Musicweb International Recordings of the Year 2011
Masterwork Index: Debussy's La Mer

November

Robin Milford: A biography and a List of Works by Peter Hunter
November Download Roundup #2 by Brian Wilson
November Download Roundup #1 by Brian Wilson
The Malcolm Arnold Festival - report by Len Mullenger
The Pump Room Orchestra Bath: Three Centuries of Music and Social History by John France
The role of the music editor by Dr Valerie Langfield, Music Editor: Robin Hood
Frank Tapp by Rob Barnett

October

The future of record labels in the Classical Music Field
October Download Roundup #2 by Brian Wilson

Waiting to Breathe: Yuliya Gorenman's Beethoven Project
The new advert for the AudiA6 Avant
October Download Roundup #1 by Brian Wilson

September

American Symphonies Discography by Michael Herman
September Download Roundup #2 by Brian Wilson

Stan Metzger's tribute to Bill Kenny on his retirement from Seen and Heard
On the Subject of “Seriously” Listening to Music by Kirk McElhearn
September Download Roundup #1
by Brian Wilson
On the Subject of Applause in Classical Recordings by Kirk McElhearn
"How much should you spend on a stereo?" by Kirk McElhearn

August

Masterwork Index: Liszt's sonata in B minor
August Download Roundup #2 by Brian Wilson
Frank Bridge: The Missing Piano Music Recordings by John France
Benjamin Dale—a reassessment. Part 4: The silent years, 1928-1938 by Christopher Foreman
Donald Harris - Sonata 1957 – a documentary film by Daniel Beliavsky by John France

August Download Roundup #1 by Brian Wilson

July

The many critics of Havergal Brian by Brian Reinhart
Elgar's Symphony No. 2 by Ian Lace

July Download Roundup #2 by Brian Wilson
All Michael Herman's discographies have been updated
The Compleat Academic? by Arthur Butterworth
Masterwork Index: Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez - Schumann's Kinderszenen
July Download Roundup #1 by Brian Wilson

June

The clarinet in search of Rossini by Christopher Howell
Exploring Italian song - Martucci, Sgambati, Bossi & a few others by Christopher Howell
The first recording of Korngold's symphony - a feature review and article by Ian Lace
Dick Blackford - Yorkshire composer by Philip Scowcroft
William Hardwick Organist, St. Ann’s Church, Manchester 1936-1969 by Stuart Scott
Robert Wagner and the Innsbruck Symphony orchestra by Christopher Howell
June Download Roundup #2 by Brian Wilson
Dr Jonathan Halliday of Nimbus Records, died June 2.
June Download Roundup #1 by Brian Wilson

May

Benjamin Dale—a reassessment. Part Three. Ruhleben, 1914-1918. by Christopher Foreman
“Gullivers's Travels” & music by Philip Scowcroft
“Robinson Crusoe” & music by Philip Scowcroft
May Download Roundup #2 by Brian Wilson
The Nature of the Symphony by Arthur Butterworth
Adam Pounds: Notes and News by John France
Discography: German and Austrian Symphonies from the 19th Century to the Present by Michael Herman

May Download Roundup #1 by Brian Wilson

April

Respighi's legacy 75 years after his death - an interview with Adriano by Ian Lace
The Naxos Music Library
by Kirk McElhearn
April Download Roundup #2 by Brian Wilson
Orchestra of Exiles: The Story of the Israel Philharmonic Josh Aronson, the director of the forthcoming documentary, talks to Stan Metzger
April Download Roundup #1 by Brian Wilson
Voyage of Discovery - Resurrecting Rootham and Parry by Alistair Jones
Ian Venables: Three Pieces for violin & piano by John France
Edward De Jong - Hallé’s First Flute By Stuart Scott

March

Yakov Kreizberg (1959-2011) - an appreciation by Evan Dickerson
March Download Roundup #2 by Brian Wilson
Philip Scowcroft's Garlands New entries 1110, 1132-34
March Download Roundup by Brian Wilson
Michael Kennedy receives the Elgar Society Medal

February

Masterwork Index: Wagner's Ring Cycle prepared by Patrick Waller
Music and Twitter by Brian Reinhart
Puccini's La Rondine A comparative review of DVD recordings by Ian Lace
All national discographies have been updated
Jean Sibelius Orchestral Songs

Benjamin Dale - a reassessment by Christopher Foreman
February Download Roundup by Brian Wilson

January

National Discography: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish & Latin American Symphonies by Mike Herman
Orchestral Music at Colwyn Bay 1900 - 1968 By Stuart Scott
Orchestral Music at Llandudno by Stuart Scott
Bantock At New Brighton By Stuart Scott
Betty Roe: The first 80 years by Iain Snedden
January
Download Roundup by Brian Wilson


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