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MICHAEL NYMAN talks to John Leeman about his opera Man and Boy: Dada

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Domenico SCARLATTI (1685-1757) The Complete Keyboard Sonatas Scott Ross (harpsichord)[PCW] Ongoing Review Review updated 18 December 2005

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THE PENGUIN GUIDE TO COMPACT DISCS & DVDs 2005/6 Edition: The Key Classical recordings on CD, DVD and SACD Reviews by: Ivan March; Edward Greenfield; Robert Layton Edited by Ivan March Assistant Editor: Paul Czajkowski Paperback 1520 pp. ISBN 0-141-02262-0

Beethoven: The Universal Composer by Edmund Morris. [In the series Eminent Lives] Harper Collins Publishers, New York. 2005. 5-1/2" x 7-3/8." 243 pages, including glossary of musical terms. No index. 1 B&W illustration. US$21.95.ISBN 13978-0-06-075974-2 and ISBN 10 0-06-07594-7.

The Cambridge Companion to Grand Opera David Charlton (editor) Published 2003 Cambridge University Press, 496 pages ISBN 0-521064683-9

The Cambridge Companion to the Concerto, edited by Simon P. Keefe Pub: Cambridge University Press, 2005 (1^st ed.) 309 pp. Paperback: ISBN 052154257X £17.99 Hardback: ISBN 052183483X £45.00 [ED]

 

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MICHAEL NYMAN talks to John Leeman about his opera Man and Boy: Dada

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MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: December 2005 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller

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