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Monday January 25th

163 reviews completed this month

RECORDING OF THE MONTH Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Complete Symphonies Minnesota O/Osmo Vänskä rec. 2004-8 BIS [DC]

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano Trio 5 Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Dumky Trio Czech Trio rec. 1972 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT CDs [JW]

Stanislaw MONIUSZKO (1819-1872) Paria Leszek Skrla (baritone) Ch & O Castle Opera (Opery na Zamku)/Warcislaw Kunc rec. 2008 DUX [RH]

Albert ROUSSEL (1869 - 1937) Symphony 1, Résurrection, Le marchand de sable qui passe Royal Scottish Ntl O/Stéphane Denève rec. 2008/9 NAXOS   [NB]

RECORDING OF THE MONTH Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828) String Quintet, String Quartets 14 & 15 Belcea Qt, Valentin Erben (cello) rec. 2009 EMI CLASSICS [MC]

Bad Boys Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Swedish RSO & Ch/Paul Daniel rec. 2009 DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON   [MC]

Alfred Brendel - The Farewell Concerts rec. live, 2008 DECCA [DC]

Serenade Bohuslav MARTINŮ (1890-1959) Serenade 1, Quartet Carl NIELSEN (1865-1931) Serenata in vano Charles KOECHLIN (1867-1950) Les Confidences Baborāk Ensemble rec. 2008 SUPRAPHON [LW]

Toscanini Broadcasts Series: NBC Symphony Orchestra, 1940-43 Kurt ATTERBERG (1887-1974) Symphony 6 Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949) Don Juan Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) La Valse GUILD [BR]

RECORDING OF THE MONTH Verismo Renée Fleming (soprano) Giuseppe Verdi SO & Ch, Milan/Marco Armiliato rec. 2008 DECCA [MC]

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NEW and RECENT ARTICLES AND BOOK REVIEWS

Quote of the Week - each Friday a new music-related quote (Quote archive)
This week: For sheer strength of character, I wouldn't have dared to cross swords with Callas. I would rather have gone six rounds with Jack Dempsey. John Huston, when asked if he had ever met any woman who was his equal.

George Dannatt - An Appreciation by David Wilby

Manchester Sounds Vol 7 - John France

Interview with the pianist Roger Woodward by Angela Boyd

Ian Venables - Elegy for Cello and Piano Op.2 (1980) - John France

Thomas Pitfield: Cheshire Verses – both grave and gay - John France

Review Index: EJ Moeran

January 2010 Download Roundup - Brian Wilson

Walter Hussey (1909-1985) Master of Arts Kenneth Shenton

BOOK REVIEWS

 

Landmarks in Music since 1950 - Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story by Nigel Simeone Ashgate Publishing

Oxford Companion to English Literature. Seventh edition edited by Dinah Birch. Oxford University Press

 

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