Nellie Melba.
Complete Gramophone Company Recordings Volume 2. The 1904 London Recordings.
Paolo TOSTI (1846-1916) La
Serenata - Goodbye - Charles GOUNOD (1818-1893)
Romeo et Juliette – Je veux vivre dans ce rêve - Ah! Je
ris de me voir (Jewel Song) - Herman BEMBERG
(1859-1931) Chant Hindou - Sur le lac - L’amour est pur
comme la flamme - Giacomo PUCCINI (1858-1924)
La Bohème – Donde lieta usci al tuo grido d’amore - Mi
chiamano Mimi - TRADITIONAL God
save the King - Auld Lang Syne - CLARIBEL
(Mrs Charles BARNARD) Come back to Erin - Stephen
FOSTER (1826-1864) Old Folks at Home -
SCOTT-GATTY Good Night - Landon
RONALD (1872-1938) Away on the Hill there runs a Stream
- Henry BISHOP (1786-1855) Home
Sweet Home - Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
– Charles GOUNOD (1818-1893) Ave
Maria - Georges BIZET (1838-1875)
Pastorale - Edouard LALO (1823-1892)
Le Roi d’Ys – Puisqu’on ne peut - Nellie Melba, soprano -With
various accompaniments - Recorded 1904-06
NAXOS 8.110738 [61.58] [JW]
The
uppermost register is still a little more effortful than in her very
best, pre-recording days, but voice production is still free, unforced
and easy. Her trills are quick and even … see Full
Review
Yehudi Menuhin,
violin: Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Sonata
No 4 in C Minor BWV 1017 - Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Violin Sonata No 10 in G Major Op 96 (1812)
- Arnold SCHOENBERG (1874-1951)
Phantasy for Violin and Piano Op 47 (1949)
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
- Glenn Gould, piano - Recorded CBC Studio, Toronto October 25 and 26
1965 SONY SMK87856
[47.30] [JW]
If
I find the performances uneven this was still a meeting of historic
status and of lasting value. … see Full
Review
Nathan
Milstein and
Arthur Balsam - Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
Adagio in E Major K261 - Rondo in C Major K373 - Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Partita No 2 in D Minor BWV
1004 – Chaconne - Sonata in C Major BWV 1005 – finale (allegro assai)
- Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Violin Sonata No 5 in F Major Op 24 Spring - Niccolo
PAGANNI (1782-1840) Caprice Op 1 No 11 in C Major - Caprice
Op 1 No 5 in A Minor - Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
Chanson russe trans Dushkin - Franz
RIES (1846-1932) Perpetuum mobile Op 34/5 - Maria
Theresia von PARADIS (1759-1824) Sicilienne
Nathan Milstein, violin - Arthur Balsam, piano - Recorded Ascona 11
October 1957 AURA
121-2 [66.57] [JW]
Prime
Milstein … fluent and communicative … see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH "Miniatures
for Flute and Guitar"
Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750) Allegro,
from BWV 1033 (2.30) Siciliano, from BWV 1031 (2.30) Carl
Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714-1788) Rondo in G Major, from Wq
133 (2.44) Niccolo
PAGANINI
(1782-1840) Polacca in F Major (6.51) François
Joseph GOSSEC 1734-1829 Tambourin
(l.26)
Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART (1756-1791)
Alla turca, from K. 331 (3.04) Frédéric
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Variations on a
Theme by Rossini (6.58) (1924) Scott JOPLIN
(1868-1917) Original Rags (4.17) Pjotr
I. TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Valse sentimentale, Op.51/6 (2.17)
Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959) Bachianas
Brasileiras No.5 (4.56) (1945) Jacques IBERT
(1890-1962) Entr’acte (3.25) (1937) Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Pièce en forme de Habanera (2.58)
(1908) Aram KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978)
Three Dances from "Gayaneh" (1943) Allegro (No.17) (2.33)
Andante (No.23) (5.54) Allegro vivace (No.6) (2.40)
Peter-Lukas Graf, Flute; Konrad Ragossnig, Guitar Recorded at Evangelische
Kirche, Steinen-Endenburg, April 1986
CLAVES CD 50-2013 (56.20) [PSh]
Brilliant
in every way, a perfect gift, a recording to cherish and hear over and
over again… see Full Review
Pierre Monteux and
the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897):
Tragic Overture, Op. 81 (1881) [13’34"] Recorded 14 May 1962 Symphony
No 1 in C minor, Op 68 (1876) [42’38"] Recorded 20 November 1963
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 (1879) [37’55"]* Recorded 12
October 1950 Symphony No 3 in F Major, Op. 90 (1883) [36’26"] Recorded
30 October 1960 Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957):
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 47 (1903, rev 1905) [29’53"]**
Recorded 1 November 1950 Igor STRAVINSKY
(1882-1971): Petrushka, Ballet in four tableaux (1911 version)
[34’49"] Recorded 30 October 1960 Hector
BERLIOZ (1803-1869): Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14a (1830-31)
[48’59"] Recorded
20 May 1948 John Amis interviews Doris and Pierre Monteux, May 1963
[10’33"] * Nathan Milstein (violin) ** Jan Damen (violin) Concertgebouw
Orchestra of Amsterdam conducted by Pierre Monteux Recorded in the Concertgebouw,
Amsterdam. ADD or AAD
TAHRA TAH 175-178 [255’ 59"] [JQ]
Strongly
recommended both to admirers of Pierre Monteux and to connoisseurs of
great conducting. … see Full Review
Johnathan Woolf has also listened to this recording
… see Full Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Music
for Trumpet and Organ - Jan
Pieterszoon SWEELINCK
(arr. Thomas/Balsom) (1562-1621) Variations on "Mein
junges Leben hat ein End" - Johann
Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750) Allemande from Partita II, BWV 1004 - Henry
PURCELL (1659-95) Musike from "King Arthur"
- Traditional (arr. Thomas) Shenandoah - George
THALBEN-BALL (1896-1987) Elegy - Henri
TOMASI (1901-71) Semaine Sainte a Cuzco (1960) -
Olivier MESSIAEN (1908-92)
Vocalise-Etude, pour voix élevées - Petr
EBEN (1929-) Windows, after Marc Chagall (1980)
Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Quentin Thomas (organ) - Recorded at Paisley Abbey, Scotland, June 2002
DDD EMI CLASSICS
"DEBUT" 7243 5 75683 2 6 [57:46] [CT]
An
impressive debut disc by young trumpeter Alison Balsom, particularly
worthwhile for an atmospheric performance of Eben’s Windows, after Marc
Chagall … see Full Review
David Nadien. Volume
2. Romantic and Virtuosic music from the Golden Age of the Violin -
Pablo de SARASATE (1844-1908) Zigeunerweisen
(1878) - Max BRUCH (1838-1920) Violin
Concerto No 1 in G Minor (1868) - Fritz
KREISLER (1875-1962) Variations on a theme of Corelli
in the style of Tartini (c 1910) - Recitative and scherzo-caprice Op
6 - Schön Rosmarin - Francesco Maria
VERACINI (1690-1768) Largo - Nicolo
PAGANINI (1782-1840) Caprice Op 1 No 20 arr Kreisler
(1801-07) - Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Minuet in G Major - Franz SCHUBERT
(1797-1828) Serenade - Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Träumerei (Kinderszenen Op
15 1838) - Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Waltz in A Minor arr Hochstein - Antonín
DVORÁK (1841-1904) Humoresque - Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Pièce en forme de Habanera (1907-08)
- Henryk WIENIAWSKI (1835-1880) Scherzo-Tarantelle
(1856) David Nadien,
violin - Hungarian State Opera Orchestra/ Rudolph von Eltz - Boris Barere,
piano all piano accompanied items except - David Hancock, piano (Ravel)
and Samuel Sanders, piano (Schon Rosmarin) - Recorded Budapest 1973
(Bruch, Sarasate), items with Boris Barere April 1961, with David Hancock
in 1962 and Samuel Sanders at Town Hall New York January 1973
CEMBAL D’AMOUR CD 117 [70.25] [JW]
A
musician of delicacy and intimacy as well as panache and drive … see
Full Review
THE PARSONS DANCE
COMPANY - Fine Dining - Music
by David LINTON *Brothers
- STRAVINSKY: Concertino
for 12 Instruments - Reflections of Four - MOZART:
Adagio from Serenade K361 - Caught - Music by Robert
FRIPP Scrutiny - Music by Michael
RAYE The Envelope - Music by Gioacchino
ROSSINI Nascimento - Music by Milton
NASCIMENTO
All choreographed by David Parsons and * by Daniel Ezralow - Produced
by Denmark Radio and TV, 1992 - Directed by Thomas Grimm
ARTHAUS DVD 100 264 [117"] [PQ]
Fans
of contemporary dance will certainly want to see this, but it could
grab anyone attracted by the latent beauty in human movement. … see
Full Review
Plot in Fiction:
Italian Music for ensemble - Enrico CORREGGIA
(b.1933) Già
l’Eolia di Notte … (1985) - Luca FRANCESCONI
(b.1956) Viaggiatore Insonne (1983) - Giacinto
SCELSI (1905-1988) Kya (1959) - Ada
GENTILE (b.1947) In un Silenzio Ordinato (1985)
- Dario MAGGI (b.1944) Im
finsteren Wald (1993) - Luca FRANCESCONI
Plot in Fiction (1986) - Alison Wells (soprano) Roger
Heaton (clarinet) - Christopher Redgate (oboe and cor anglais)
Firebird Ensemble/ Barrie Webb - Recorded live in concert, St. Paul’s
Hall, Huddersfield, June 1994-June 1997 DDD
METIER MSV CD92018 [60:00] [CT]
A
typically enterprising and challenging release of Italian music for
ensemble in accomplished performances by Firebird. … see Full
Review
Prague Guitar Concertos Luboš
FIŠER (b. 1935) Sonata
per Leonardo (for guitar and string orchestra) (1994) Pastorale per
Giuseppe Tartini (for guitar and string orchestra) (1995) Sylvie
BODOROVÁ (b. 1954) Tre canzoni da suonare (for guitar
and string orchestra) (1980-85) Dona nobis lucem¹ (for voice, violin,
guitar and string orchestra) (1995) Otmar MÁCHA
(b. 1922) Christmas Concertino (for guitar and string orchestra)
(1995) Lubomír
Brabec, guitar Václav Hudeček, violin¹ Zdena Kloubová,
soprano¹ Prague Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra/Jiří Bĕlohlávek
Recorded in Domovina Studio, Prague, 30th-31st
August 1996. SUPRAPHON
SU 3272-2 031 [56.50] [NH]
Guitar
music of real quality from a surprising source. I exhort you to investigate!
… see Full Review
Dame
Margaret Price (soprano): Franz SCHUBERT
(1797-1828)
Lieder:
Geheimnis D.491, Die Forelle D.550, Der Künig in Thule D.367, Gretchen
am Spinnrade D.118, Der Hirt auf dem Felsen D.965*, Auf dem Riesenkoppe
D.611, Du bist die Ruh’ D.776, La Pastorella al Prato D.528, Heidenröslein
D.257, Schwanengesang D.744, Wehmut D.404, Der blinde Knabe D.833b
- Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Frauenliebe
und Leben, op. 42 - Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY
(1840-1893) Songs (sung in Russian): None but the lonely
heart, op. 6/5, Do not believe, my friend, op. 6/1, At the ball, op.
38/3 - Franz LISZT (1811-1886) Lieder:
O lieb’, so lang du lieben kannst! S.298, Die Lorelei S.273, Die stille
Wasserrose S.321, Es muss ein Wunderbares sein S.314, Kling leise, mein
Lied S.301 Dame Margaret
Price (soprano), James Lockhart (pianoforte), Jack Brymer (clarinet)*
- Locations: St. Dunstan’s, Cheam, GB (Schubert), Barking Town Hall,
GB (others) Dates: April 1971 (Schubert), August 1973 (others)
EMI CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 575 7732 [CH]
Some
of the most beautiful singing you’re ever likely to hear. … see Full
Review
Elisabeth SCHWARTZKOPF: A
Self Portrait
A film by Gérald Caillat. Concept: André Tubin and Gérald
Caillat - Editor: Toby Trotter - PAL System 4:3 B&W/Colour No Region
code - Subtitles: English/Deutsch/Français/Espagnol - Menu Languages:
English/Français/Deutsch - Insert: essay by J.B. Steane
EMI CLASSICS 7243 4 92852 9 3 [57.00] [PS]
An
affectionate box of candy for Schwartzkopf fans. Lots of historical
footage, excellent production values. … see Full
Review
SEGOVIA
Vincenzo
GALILEI (c1530-1591) Six Pieces Robert
de VISÉE (c1650-1725) Six Pieces from the Suites No.9
in D minor / No.12 in E minor Johann Sebastian
BACH (1685-1750) Fugue in A minor (orig. G minor), BWV1000
Gavotte en Rondeau from the Suite in E Major, BWV1006a Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Menuetto from the Piano Sonata in G
Major, D894 Alexandre TANSMAN (1897-1986)
Cavatina Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)
Prelude No.1 in E minor Prelude No.3 in A minor Mario
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO 1895-1968) Tonadilla on the name of Segovia,
Op.170/5 Tarantella, Op.87/1 Enrique GRANADOS
(1867-1916) Danzas Espanolas, Op.37, Melancolica (Danza triste)
in G Major Andrès
Segovia (guitar) Recorded live: Edinburgh Festival, Freemason’s Hall
on 28th August 1955
BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4108-2 [70:57] [AD]
A
must for Segovia devotees. Captures a moment in time: the legend weaving
his spell. … see Full Review
Berl Senofsky. The Art of the Violin Volume
1 – Concert Favourites Maria
Theresia von PARADIS (1759-1824) Sicilienne
Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741) Sonata
in D Major Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Sonata in D Major D384 Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH
(1906-1975) Four Preludes for piano Op 34 transc violin and
piano Tsiganov Fryderyk CHOPIN
(1810-1849)
Nocturne in C Sharp minor arr Milstein Manuel
de FALLA (1876-1946) Danse Espagnole from La Vida Breve arr
Kreisler Gabriel FAURÉ (1845-1924)
Berceuse Op 16 Moritz MOSZKOWSKI (1854-1925)
Guittare Op 45 No 2 arr Sarasate Nicolo
PAGANINI (1782-1840) Caprices Op 1 Nos 7 and 17 Pyotr
TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Melody Op 42 No 3 Henryk
WIENIAWSKI (1835-1880) Caprice in A Minor arr Kreisler Polonaise
Brillante op 4 Christoph Willibald GLUCK (1714-1787)
Melodie from Orfeo ed Euridice Leopold
GODOWSKY (1870-1938) Alt Wien arr Heifetz
Berl Senofsky, violin with Boris Barere, piano Julian Martin, piano
Won Me Cho, piano Live recordings
CEMBAL D’AMOUR CD106 [65.52] [JW]
Cembal
d’Amour usefully fills some glaring historical gaps … see Full
Review
Berl Senofsky. The
Art of the Violin Volume 2. French and Russian Masterworks. Gabriel
FAURÉ (1845-1924) Violin
Sonata No 1 in A Major Op 13 (1875-76) Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Violin Sonata in G Minor (1916-17) Sergei
PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Violin Sonata No 2 in D Major Op 94a
– arr Prokofiev from Flute Sonata Igor STRAVINSKY
(1882-1971) Suite Italienne (c1933) – arr Stravinsky and
Dushkin from Pulcinella
Berl Senofsky, violin Boris Barere, piano on all except Vanden Eynden,
piano (Fauré) Recorded 1949-58
CEMBAL D’AMOUR CD 110 [75.52] [JW]
This
disc charts the progress of an estimable talent. Let’s hope Cembal d’Amour
can keep us busy with many more such in the years to come. … see Full
Review
SubString Bridge: Anders
HILLBORG (b.
1954) Close
Up (1996) - Close Enough (remix of the above by Magnus Frykberg) -
Åke PARMERUD (b. 1953) SubSring
Bridge (1999) - Steve REICH (b. 1936)
Electric Counterpoint (1987) - Escortic Joynt (remix of the
above by Trio Escort) - Arne LÖTHMAN
(b. 1954) Diptych - Toru TAKEMITSU
(1930-1996) All in Twilight (1988) - Johan
SÖDERQVIST (b. 1966) Epilogue (2000) -
Åke PARMERUD SubSring Bridge, short version (multimedia
track) Mats Bergström,
guitar - Recorded at various locations in Sweden between 1996 and 2001
BIS NORTHERN LIGHTS
BIS-NL-CD-5019 [55.54 plus 4.40 video track] [WH]
The
visual element was even more devoid of interest and merit than the music.
… see Full Review
TE DEUM
Paul ENGEL (born
1949) Venezianisches
Déjà-vu (2001)a Te Deum (1988)b
Cyrillus KREEK (1889 – 1962) David’s
Psalms (1923)c Knut NYSTEDT
(born 1915) Immortal Bach (1988)d Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685 – 1750) Toccata, Adagio and Fugue BWV
654e Chorvorspiel BWV 641e
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choirbcd; Franz Hauk (organ)be;
Ensemble Art of Brass, Viennaab; Paul Engel Recorded: Dom
St Jakob, Innsbruck, October and November 2001
GUILD GMCD 7245 [69:52] [HC]
Well-made,
accessible and communicative choral music. … see Full
Review
Alexander Tselyakov
in Live Performance Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Sonata
in A flat op. 110 - Isaac ALBENIZ (1860-1909)
Triana (from Iberia, Book II) - Srul
Irving GLICK (b. 1934) Nistar (Secret) – Fantaisie Elégiaque
- Frédéric CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Waltz in c sharp op. 64/2, Study in b op. 25/10 - Nicolai
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1840-1908) arr. Sergei
RACHMANINOV Flight of the Bumble-Bee - Piotr
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1844-1893) October (Autumn Song)
op. 37b/10 - Franz LISZT (1811-1886)
La Campanella S.140/3a - Alexander
ROSENBLUTT (b. 1955) Variations on a theme of Paganini
Alexander Tselyakov (pianoforte)
- Locations: Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto (except Liszt and Rosenblatt);
Hart House, University of Toronto (Liszt, Rosenblatt) - Dates: November
1997, December 1997 (live performances)
GOLOMB RECORDS GLDC 5701-2 [62’ 00"] [CH]
A
more uneven disc than Tselyakov’s Russian Album. The Chopin is particularly
noteworthy. … see Full Review
TRANQUILITY:
A
collection of beautiful melodies and arias - Giulio
CACCINI (1545 – 1618) – Ave
Maria (arr. Nick Ingman) - Giacomo PUCCINI
(1858 - 1924) – Donde lieta usci (Mimi’s Farewell) (La Boheme
– 1895) - Antonín DVORÁK (1841 –
1904) – Songs my Mother taught me from ‘Gipsy Melodies B104
Opus 55’ - 1880 - Albert Hay MALOTTE
(1895 – 1964) – The Lord’s Prayer - Giuseppe
VERDI (1813 – 1901) – La Vergina degli angeli (La Forza
del Destino – 1862) - George Frideric HANDEL
(1685 – 1759) - Ombra mai fù (Serse HWV40 - 1737)
- Engelbert HUMPERDINCK (1854 – 1921)
– Prayer (Hänsel und Gretel - 1893) - Heitor
VILLA-LOBOS (1881 – 1959) – Bachianas Brasileiras No.
5: Aria (Cantilena)- 1938 - Franz SCHUBERT
(1797 – 1828) – Ave Maria (Ellen’s Gesang III), D839 (Op.52,
No. 6 – 1825) - Giacomo PUCCINI (1858
- 1924) – Vissi D’Arte (Tosca - 1900) - Cesar
FRANCK (1822 - 1890) – Panis Angelicus - 1872 - Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756 – 1791)– Vedrai Carino (Don Giovanni
K527 – 1787)) - Franz SCHUBERT (1797
– 1828)– Ständchen (Horch! Horch! die Lerch') D889 -
Gabriel FAURÉ (1845 – 1924)–
Pie Jesu (Messe de Requiem Op. 48, 1886/7 - Karl
JENKINS (b.1944) – He Wishes for the cloths of heaven
- 2001 - Vincenzo BELLINI (1801 -
1835)– Casta Diva (Norma - 1831)
Lesley Garrett (Soprano) - Britten Sinfonia and Chorus - Ivor Bolton,
conductor - The Anthony Pleeth Cello Ensemble - London Voices - Terry
Edwards, Directory - BBC Concert Orchestra - Peter Robinson, conductor
BMG 74321 96300 2
[61.57] [RH]
A
compilation album, pleasant enough but really for Lesley Garrett fans
only … see Full Review
VIVE LA DIFFÉRENCE:
String Quartets by female composers -
Lucie VELLERE (1996-1966) Quartet
No.3 (1951) - Sarah ADERHOLT (b.1955)
String Quartet (1978) - Ruth SCHÖNTAL
(b.1924) String Quartet (1981) - Amy
BEACH (1867-1944) Quartet for Strings Op.89 (1942) -
Priaulx RAINIER (1903-1986) Quartet
for Strings (1936/9)
The Crescent Quartet recorded in 1981 and the Alard Quartet (Rainier
only) recorded in 1983. CD transfer 1994 - originally on LP
LEONARDO LE 336 [66.33] [GH]
Well
worth exploring. … see Full Review
VOICES
OF AFRICA. Roelof
TEMMINGH (b. 1946) - Himne - Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) - Psalm 100 (Jauchzet dem
Herrn alle Welt) - Anton
BRUCKNER (1824-1896) - Os Justi - Psalm 36, 30-31
- Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) - Pater
Noster - Arvo PÄRT (b. 1935)
- Magnificat - Lars JANSSON
(b. 1951) - To the Mothers of Brazil - arr.
Gunnar ERIKSSON (1936) - Veljo
TORMIS (b. 1930) - Raua Needmine - (Curse upon
Iron) - Sven-Eric JOHANSON (1919-1997)
- Dilemma - Thomas JENNEFELT
(b. 1954) - Villarosa sarialdi - Niel
van der WATT (b. 1962) - I am the Voice of Africa
- text: Lindsey Reyburn - Jaakko MÄNTYJÄRVI
- Pseudo-Yoik- Deep River (Spiritual) -
arr. Anders PAULSSON - William
Spevery - Operator - arr. Niel van
der WATT - Soloists: Werner Badenhorst, Pieter Odendaal,
Marko Fourie, Christo Burger, Brandon Hill - Hannie van Zyl (piano)
tr.1, Marc Botha (sax) tr.6, Barend Stapelberg (percussion)
University of Pretoria
Camerata/Johann van der Sandt. Recorded: Musaion of the University of
Pretoria and St Alban's Cathedral, Pretoria, October 1999 and October
2000. Full price
GUILD GMCD 7246 [72.52] [RJF]
So
much variety of expression and nuance … see Full
Review
BOOK REVIEWS
THE CLASSICAL GUITAR BOOK: A
Complete History by John Morrish Creative Director: Nigel Osborne
Published by Backbeat Books ISBN 0-87930-725-0
At
the price of £19.95 (my copy is soft backed) this book is an absolute
gift. Not only is it a visual feast it is also packed with facts and
information that one can return to with pleasure time after time. …
see Full Review
Classical Music: The Essential Listening
Companion ed. Alexander J. Morin The
Third Ear BACKBEAT BOOKS
ISBN 0-87930-638-6 softback 1202pp 2002
Not
as up to date as it might have been but you will come away from reading
these lively, sometimes iconoclastic pages better informed and enthused
to explore and compare. ... see Full Review
David Rattray Masterpieces
of Italian Violin Making; Important stringed instruments from the collection
at the Royal Academy of Music
Balafon Books £75 ISBN 187154792X [JW]
Explores
the subject with clarity and elegance, details individual histories,
reflects upon construction techniques with acuity and presents the instruments
in photographic glory. … see Full Review
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[Part 4 M-R] [Part
5 S-Z]
[Part 6 Misc A-L] [Part
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