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Today's Reviews [Fuller details and yesterday's reviews are available here]

Frank BRIDGE (1879-1941) Songs and Orchestral pieces [CH]

John CORIGLIANO (b. 1938) Clarinet Concerto (1977) ZHOU Long (b. 1953) The Immortal (2004) Kaija SAARIAHO (b. 1952) Orion (2002)[HC]

Charles IVES (1874-1954) A Continuum Portrait 3: Piano, Chamber, and Vocal Works [SM]

Harald SAEVERUD (1897 – 1992) Symphony No. 5 Quasi una fantasia Op.16 (1941) Oboe Concerto Op. 15 (1939) Entrata regale Op. 41 (1960) Sonata Giubilata Op. 47 (1969) [HC]

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No.2 in G major, Op.126 (1966) Symphony No.12 in D minor, Op.112 (1960-61) The Year 1917 (in Memory of Lenin) Jonathan Ayling (cello) [PS]
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Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No.1 in E flat, Op.107 (1959) ; Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No.2 in G major, Op.126 (1966) Jonathan Ayling (cello)[IM]

Georges TACONET (1889-1962) Fourteen Songs, Violin Sonata in D minor (1927) [RB]

Carl Maria von WEBER (1786-1826) Oberon or The Elf King’s Oath - Hillevi Martinpelto, Steve Davislim/Sir John Eliot Gardiner [MC]

Cantorial Concert Masterpieces Cantor Benzion Miller [RH]

Music for Organ: Volume 5: Organ Music by Manchester Composers. John E. ELLIS (b.1943) Norman COCKER (1889-1953)Ronald FROST (b.1933) Ernest TOMLINSON (b.1924) Douglas STEELE (1910-1999) David ELLIS (b.1933) [PS]

BOOK REVIEW

Max Bruch - His Life and Works by Christopher Fifield [RB]

IGOR STRAVINSKY - Orchestrations of The Song of the Flea by Modest Mussorgsky. The Song of the Flea by Ludwig van Beethoven. Publication and Commentary by Arkady Klimovitsky. [LF]

 

 

'Sun loungers were available for the fatigued outside the hall, although these were quickly bagged by the Germans.' - Wagner, 'The 24 Hour Ring' Tiroler Festspiele, Erl, Austria - Soloists, Tiroler Festspiele Orchestra and Chorus, Gustav Kuhn, 22nd to 24th July 2005 (BK)

Interview: Towards the Edinburgh Isolde: an in-depth interview with US soprano Christine Brewer by David Harbin © July 2005

Jaroslav Krombholc - An Anniversary Remembrance by Alan Watkins

Bach Without Fear
Who is entitled to play Bach? The music director of a period-instrument orchestra reclaims baroque music for modern players.
By Nicholas McGegan

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BOOK REVIEWS
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Bach Performance Practice, 1945 - 1975: A Comprehensive Review of Sound Recordings and Literature by Dorottya Fabian PURCHASE Through MusicWeb International £55 £50 post-free

BOOK REVIEW

Max Bruch - His Life and Works by Christopher Fifield [RB]

Ferruccio Busoni: A Musical Ishmael Della Couling 2005 354 pp SCARECROW PRESS INC. ISBN 0 8108 5142 3 (hardcover) $45

The Cambridge Companion to Elgar Edited by Daniel Grimley and Julian Rushton CUP 2004 ISBN 0 521 53363 5 Paperback £17.99 [EM]

IBBS AND TILLETT: The Rise and Fall of a Musical Empire by Christopher Fifield April 2005 244 x 172 mm Includes 78 b&w illustrations 724 pages Hardback Ashgate Publishing Limited 1 84014 290 1 £29.95 post free through MusicWeb

This is great big palatial book; that's the first impression and the impression stays. Its splendour is its detail and its finish and it is very readable - packed with good stories but with a fascinating narrative sweep across the decades. ... see Full Review

London - A Musical Gazetteer by Lewis Foreman and Susan Foreman Illustrations: 100 illustrations Number of Pages: 352 Paperback ISBN 0 300 10402 2 PRICE: £15.99 PUB DATE: 31 Mar 2005 [RB]

Indispensable to a world of lovers and addicts of London as well as to those researching classical musical subjects of one sort or another. ... see Full Review

Eric Charles Blake Wars, Dictators and the Gramophone 1898-1945 pp320; illustrated; laminated cover.published by Sessions of York, Huntingdon Rd, York YO31 9HS, England Buy from MusicWeb £10 plus postage - immediate delivery

The Singer's Ego Finding Balance between Music and Life By: Lynn Eustis

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