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Also New:
Giuseppe Sinopoli - 1946 - 2001Arthur Butterworth Writes: Rival muses
Phyllis Tate by Edmund Whitehouse
Sir Lennox Berkeley by Peter Dickinson
Conductor John MacLaughlin Williams is interviewed by Rob Barnett
IAIN HAMILTON (1922-2000) by Paul Conway
MALCOLM WILLIAMSON - a 70th Birthday Tribute by Paul Conway
MUSIC AND JANE AUSTEN by Phil Scowcroft
MUSIC AND THOMAS HARDY by Phil Scowcroft
RUDYARD KIPLING and Music by Phil Scowcroft
TALES OF THE ILL-FATED VICAR by Charles A. Hooey
"...A VOICE WITHOUT EQUAL..." CAROLINE HATCHARD by Charles A. Hooey
CAROLINE HATCHARD Photogallery added
Iain Kendell: Obituary and work list
On-Line help sites: How do I do this, Where do I find this. Some free, some notMUSIC COMPETITIONS
I would like to draw your attention to our recent report of the Rhodes International Choirs Competition, one of an series of examinations of very different international music performance and composing competitions. The link to our most recent one at Rotterdam will lead you on to five others, each unique. Your memories and comments about your own experiences of competitions (recent or distant) and your responses to our opinions and suggestions, would be greatly welcomed and appreciated. Write to Peter Grahame Woolf
Did you know you could help sponsor a new recording for as little as £10 - a symphony for £25? Read on such as this one now reviewed here: GRAHAM WHETTAM Sinfonia Intrepida
BBCSO/Sir Charles Mackerras.
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150 CD reviews for June now complete on the next pages
BOOK REVIEW
RUSSELL MARTIN Beethoven's Hair
Hopefully this book will not spawn any others - the prospect of 'Mozart's teeth' or 'Bach's feet' is too ghastly and gruesome to contemplate.
RANDALL THOMPSON: A Bio-Bibliography By Caroline Cepin Benser and David Francis Urrows
Much more than a book of lists. Make it your companion to an exploration of the music of Randall Thompson
SCORE REVIEWS
Malcolm Arnold - A Flourish for Orchestra op. 112.Frank BRIDGE (1879-1941) Three Orchestral Full Scores from Faber Music Enter Spring (1927)
057150518X £14.95 70 pages; Oration - Concerto Elegiaco (1930) 0571505589 £14.95 70 pages; Mid of the Night (1903) 0571520200 £24.95 104 pages Faber MusicThree fine scores extremely well presented and from distinct stages in Bridge's development. The Symphonic Poem will be of great interest. The other two scores are Twentieth Century Classics.
Gerald FINZI Three short elegies op.5 for mixed voices a cappella (words by William Drummond). London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1936 [1999 printing]. ISMN M-060-03044-4.
Gerald FINZI Songs to poems by Christina Rossetti op.1 for unison and two-part voices and piano. London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1999. ISMN M-060-11036-8
Drummond settings: Trouble in preparing these will be rewarded - well worth the effort.
Rossetti settings: Fun to read through, and good to see them back in print in this centenary year.A paean for Peter Warlock - ten pieces for organ by Frank Bayford, Brian Collins, Timothy Craig Harrison, Trevor Hold, Anthony Ingle,. John Mitchell, Ian Parrott, Betty Roe, Keith Glennie Smith and Eric Wetherell. 51 pages
RECORDINGS OF THE MONTH
MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Lawrence Leonard) Two Interludes from Khovantschina Gopak from Sorochinsky Fair (orch. Liadov) Pictures from Crimea (orch. Walter Goehr) Scherzo in B flat (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov) A Tear-Drop (orch. Hans Kindler) Night on the Bald Mountain (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov)
All in all, a fine release of fairly well-known and loved pieces with, as a bonus, an unusual, though well worth having arrangement of Pictures.
THE POWER OF LOVE BRITISH OPERA ARIAS Rare repertoire- see review for listing
A collection of rare British Opera arias brought to life again by the advocacy of Richard Bonynge
SPECIAL OFFER this month. EMI British Composer series: full Price reduced to mid-price; midprice reduced to budget price detailsGREAT MOMENTS OF ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF
An essential purchase for all those who care about singing in the last 50 years or so.
HEIFETZ CENTENARY MEMORIAL EDITION
Sounding, as you have every right to expect, exactly like much-loved, very well cared for, and rarely played 78s, this set is a treasure-house for both serious students of the art of violin-playing and those simply seeking something to rekindle their sense of wonder.
WALTON: Façade (the complete extant numbers). CONSTANT LAMBERT: Suite from the incidental music to Salome.
Under the able direction of David Lloyd-Jones, is well worth considering. It comes in a handsome casing, with John Piper's 1942 curtain design on the cover. One should not, however, overlook Pamela Hunter's 'complete version' (Discover DICD 920125). Available in some places at super-budget price ($6)
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Classical Editor: Rob Barnett, Reviewers: Rob Barnett, Ian Lace, Len Mullenger, and: Richard Adams, Colin Anderson, Arthur Baker, Grace Barber, Terry Barfoot, Peter Bates, Marc Bridle, Arthur Butterworth, Colin Clarke, Paul Conway, Gary Dalkin, Andy Daly, Tony Duggan, Harry Downey, Christopher Fifield, Lewis Foreman, Simon Foster, John France, Julian Hellaby, Christopher Howell, Simon Jenner, Stephen Lloyd, Kirk McElhearn, Gwyn Parry-Jones, John Phillips, John Quinn, Ailís Ní Ríain, Humphrey Smith, Philip Scowcroft, Adrian Smith, Colin Scott-Sutherland, Andrew Seivewright, Paul Serotsky, Christopher Thomas, Richard Walker, Richard Whitehouse, Jonathan Woolf, Peter Grahame Woolf, David Wright. A complete list of contributors can be seen here
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