Listing of Reviews for Last Five Days

June 2010
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NEW & RECENT ARTICLES

Some Thoughts on John Eliot Gardiner's Bach Cantata Pilgrimage Series Kirk McElhearn

SEIBER’S JOYCE CANTATAS by Alan Gibbs

Jon Lord Interview 2010 (To Notice Such Things) Chris Thomas

June 2010 Download Roundup by Brian Wilson

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BOOK REVIEWS

SHOSTAKOVICH IN DIALOGUE: Form, Imagery and Ideas in Quartets 1-7, by Judith Kuhn, 2010, Ashgate Publishing Ltd. 296pp £57 [GD]

A well researched and well written study that most readers should find both informative and provocative ... see Full Review

Michael Steen, The Lives and Times of the Great Composers, London, Icon Books, 2010. 984pp. £7.78. ISBN 978-184831-135-0. [BW]

An interesting read, but no match for the Concise Grove or the Oxford Companion to Music ... see Full Review

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