Listing of Reviews for The Last Week

May 2012
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NEW & RECENT ARTICLES

May Download Roundup #2 by Brian Wilson

A Kathleen Ferrier Feature by Christopher Fifield

The Every-Disc Player: Cambridge Audio 651BD by Kirk McElhearn

Naxos at 25 An Interview with Klaus Heymann by Robert Hugill

John Joubert at 85 by John Quinn

OTHER REVIEWS

Magic Moments with Perry Como; His 53 finest 1939-59 rec. 1939-59 RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4201 [78:45 +77:45] £9 post free

Nice transfers, decent notes and a fair selection of 53 songs.

Herman FINCK (1872 - 1939) Finck Album Kelli Uustani; Pirjo Levandi (sopranos); Mart Sander (baritone) Bel Etage Theatre Orchestra/Mart Sander rec. 2007, MusicWorks Studio, Tallinn, Estonia. DDD No texts DIVINE ART DIVERSIONS DDV 62402 [67.54] [JW]

Easygoing Finck deserves to stand alongside the better known Monckton.

The Golden Age of the Light Music - Stereo into the Sixties GUILD LIGHT MUSIC GLCD5192 [73:20] [JF]

Nothing more to say about this fantastic CD – except to Guild - ‘Just keep them on coming!’

Hello Dolly! – The Original Broadway Cast Recording Music and Lyrics by Jerry HERMAN starring Carol Channing as Dolly Levi and David Burns (as Horace Vandergelder) with Eileen Brennan, Sondra Lee and Charles Nelson Reilly rec. 1964 SONY MASTERWORKS BROADWAY 88697499212 [42:44] [IL]

A very successful refurbishment. A real tonic, I defy you to refrain from tapping your feet. Three cheers for Dolly!

Richard RODGERS (1902-1972) and Oscar HAMMERSTEIN (1895-1960) South Pacific - Original Broadway Cast recording featuring Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza rec. 1949 SONY MASTERWORKS BROADWAY 88697 499192 [c.65:00?] [IL]

Scintillating.

Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier Edited by Christopher Fifield reviewed by Margarida Mota-Bull

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