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BANK HOLIDAY May 30th/31st

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These are not necessarily all reviews of new releases
187 completed for May

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

Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869) Les francs-juges Overture [12’26"] Waverley Overture, Op. 1 [10’24"] Le roi Lear Overture, Op. 4 [15’57"] Le carnaval romain Overture, Op. 9 [9’29"] Béatrice et Bénédict Overture [8’06"] Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21 [8’44"] Benvenuto Cellini Overture, Op. 23 [10’07"] Staatskapelle Dresden/Sir Colin Davis [JQ]

RECORDING OF THE MONTH Gaetano DONIZETTI (1797-1848) Zoraida Di Granata [RJF]

Lukas FOSS (b. 1922) The Complete Works for Solo Piano Daniel Beliavsky [JF]

Michael HAYDN (1737-1806) Concerto in D Major for two Trombones and Orchestra Leopold MOZART (1719-1787) Serenade for Trumpet, Trombone and Orchestra [19:37] Michael HAYDN (1737-1806) Concerto in D Major for two Trombones and Orchestra [12:56] Jean FRANCAIX (1912-1997) Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Eleven Strings [8:55] Reinhard SÜSS (b. 1961) Fortuna Desperata Concerto for Piano and Chamber Ensemble [34:20] [PG]

BARGAIN OF THE MONTH Franz KROMMER (1759-1831) Oboe Quintets and Quartets [PCW]

Gian Francesco MALIPIERO (1882-1973) Fantasie di Ogni Giorno (1953) Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 (1948)Notturno di Canti e Balli (1957) [KS]

Giacomo PUCCINI (1858-1924) Il tabarro (1918) Giuseppe Baroni.
Rec. Turin in 1949. [CC]

Ottorino RESPIGHI (1879-1936) Arrangements for brass instruments by Peter LAWRENCE (b.1965) Fountains of Rome, Pines of Rome, Roman Festivals. [IL]

Franz SCHUBERT (1797 – 1828) Schiller-Lieder, Vols. 3 and 4 (Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition 18) Maya Boog (soprano) Lothar Odinius (tenor)[GF]

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906 - 1975) Symphony No. 7, Op. 60 Leningrad (1943) Roman Kofman [PSh]

Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957) String Quartets: 1885-1889 [MC]

RECORDING OF THE MONTH Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949) The Complete Songs, Volume 1 Christine Brewer (soprano)[TB]

Zeitgenössische Gitarrenmusik (Contemporary Guitar Music) Christoph Jaggin (Guitar) [ZT]

Fonotipia – A Centenary Celebration 1904-2004 [JW]

The Salley Gardens- A Treasury of English Song Yvonne Kenny (soprano) [JW]

Carole Farley – singer and champion of repertoire. Interviewed by Anne Ozorio

View from the audience by Frank T. Manheim: THE RELEVANCE OF FUTURISM IN CLASSICAL MUSIC TODAY: WHY CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS STILL HAVE TROUBLE EXCITING AUDIENCES

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Fuller details and yesterday's reviews are available here

 

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Christopher Fifield - Ibbs and Tillett: The Rise and Fall of a Musical Empire. Just published by Ashgate. 692 pages, 78 b/w illustrations. Hardback for only £29.95 post-free in the UK [review]

 

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Arts in Residence Programme 2004-5

Visit the HOFFNUNG EXHIBITION at the Frome Festival - July 1-10 2005

ADVANCE NOTICE MALCOLM ARNOLD FESTIVAL 2006 to coincide with Sir Malcolm's 85th Birthday

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BOOK REVIEWS
Recent book reviews may be seen at the head of the list here

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

LONDON – a Musical Gazetteer By Lewis and Susan Foreman Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2005 ISBN 0-300-10402-2 (chalk.paper) 384 pp 107 b/w illus large format paperback ISBN 0 300 10402 2 £15:99.

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

THE MAHLER SYMPHONIES - An Owner's Manual by David Hurwitz

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