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Sir Colin Davis - a recorded legacy
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French
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Edward Loder -
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Sing
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Masterwork Index: Dvorak's
American string quartet
October
Elisabeth
Lutyens' En Voyage – suite for orchestra. article
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A
Visit to Eric Coates’ boyhood home in Hucknall
(Nottinghamshire) … and The Eric Coates Society - Ian Lace
EM
Records makes the première recording of Ivor Gurney’s
Violin Sonata: a session report by John Quinn
Scandinavian,
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Eric Pinkett and the Leicestershire County School of Music
An Appreciation by a Former Student
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Masterwork Index: Rimsky-Korsakov's
Scheherazade
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August
David
Dubery: Composer update by John France
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Masterwork Index: Aida
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Bohème
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July
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Jon
Lord - an obituary
Bach’s
Sacred Cantatas: Recordings and Resources by Kirk McElhearn
Sir
Arthur Bliss's The Beatitudes in Coventry Cathedral
– at last! by John Quinn
Russian,
Soviet & Post-Soviet concertos A national discography
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Wandelweiser: Disappearance
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Ian
Venables: A Major Song Cycle celebrating Worcestershire (and
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June
Celebrating
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Sir Simon Rattle discusses the four movement version of Brucker's
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Kathleen Ferrier Feature by Christopher Fifield
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Every-Disc Player: Cambridge Audio 651BD by Kirk McElhearn
Naxos
at 25: An Interview with Klaus Heymann by Robert Hugill
John
Joubert at 85 by John Quinn
May
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April
Clifford
Bax on English opera by Christopher Howell
A
Really Good classical CD shop in the heart of Shropshire
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3.6
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April
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Jussi
Björling – The Commemorative Years - A retrospect
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April
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March
An
Interview with the composer John Ramsden Williamson
Michael
Herman's National Discographies have been updated to
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Kathleen
Ferrier : a centenary tribute by Christopher Fifield
George
Lloyd – Symphony No. 6 by Peter Fender
March
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Tippett's
Shires Suite and the LSSO by John Whitmore
The
LSSO Havergal Brian recordings by John Whitmore
March
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Tony
Duggan (1954-2012) -
In memoriam
February
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Catalani - Opera’s Great ‘Inbetweener’ by
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Obituaries
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Berglund and Gustav
Leonhardt
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National
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Sir
Willliam Walton - List of works and discography by Martin
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Interview
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John
S. Bridge - A Manchester Musician by Stuart Scott
December
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Musicweb
International Recordings of the Year 2011
Masterwork Index: Debussy's
La Mer
November
Robin
Milford: A biography
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November
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November
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The
Malcolm Arnold Festival - report by Len Mullenger
The
Pump Room Orchestra Bath: Three Centuries of Music and
Social History by John France
The
role of the music editor by Dr Valerie Langfield, Music
Editor: Robin Hood
Frank
Tapp by Rob Barnett
October
The
future of record labels in the Classical Music Field
October
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Waiting
to Breathe: Yuliya Gorenman's Beethoven Project
The
new advert for the AudiA6 Avant
October
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September
American
Symphonies Discography by Michael Herman
September
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Stan
Metzger's tribute to Bill Kenny on his retirement from
Seen and Heard
On
the Subject of “Seriously” Listening to Music
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September Download Roundup #1 by Brian Wilson
On
the Subject of Applause in Classical Recordings by Kirk
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"How
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August
Masterwork
Index: Liszt's
sonata in B minor
August Download Roundup #2 by Brian Wilson
Frank
Bridge: The Missing Piano Music Recordings by John France
Benjamin
Dale—a reassessment. Part 4: The silent years, 1928-1938
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Donald
Harris - Sonata 1957 – a documentary film by Daniel
Beliavsky by John France
August
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July
The
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Elgar's
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July
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All
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Compleat Academic? by
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Masterwork
Index: Rodrigo's Concierto
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Kinderszenen
July
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June
The
clarinet in search of Rossini by
Christopher Howell
Exploring
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Martucci, Sgambati, Bossi & a few others by Christopher Howell
The
first recording of Korngold's symphony
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Dick
Blackford
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William
Hardwick Organist,
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Robert
Wagner
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June
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Dr
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June
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May
Benjamin
Dale—a
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1914-1918. by Christopher Foreman
“Gullivers's
Travels” & music
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“Robinson
Crusoe” & music
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May
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The
Nature of the Symphony by
Arthur Butterworth
Adam
Pounds: Notes and News by John France
Discography: German
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Present by Michael Herman
May
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April
Respighi's
legacy 75 years after his death -
an interview with Adriano by Ian Lace
The Naxos Music Library by Kirk McElhearn
April
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Orchestra
of Exiles: The Story of the Israel Philharmonic
Josh
Aronson, the director of the forthcoming documentary, talks to Stan
Metzger
April
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Voyage
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Jones
Ian
Venables: Three Pieces for violin & piano by John
France
Edward
De Jong - Hallé’s First Flute By Stuart
Scott
March
Yakov
Kreizberg (1959-2011) - an appreciation by Evan Dickerson
March
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Philip
Scowcroft's Garlands New entries 1110, 1132-34
March Download Roundup by Brian Wilson
Michael
Kennedy receives the Elgar Society Medal
February
Masterwork
Index: Wagner's
Ring Cycle
prepared by Patrick Waller
Music
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Puccini's
La Rondine A comparative review
of DVD recordings by Ian Lace
All national discographies
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Jean Sibelius
Orchestral Songs
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Dale - a reassessment
by Christopher Foreman
February
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January
National
Discography: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish & Latin American Symphonies
by Mike Herman
Orchestral
Music at Colwyn Bay 1900 - 1968 By
Stuart Scott
Orchestral
Music at Llandudno by
Stuart Scott
Bantock
At New Brighton By
Stuart Scott
Betty
Roe: The first 80 years by Iain Snedden
January
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