Kerstin
Meyer - mezzo-soprano Georges
BIZET (1838–1875) Carmen (1875) 1. Habanera
[4:49] 2. Seguidille [4:07] 3. Duet act 2 [2:57] Ambroise
THOMAS (1811–1896) Mignon (1866) 4. Connais-tu
le pays [5:13] Giuseppe VERDI (1813–1901)
Don Carlos 5. Chanson du voile [5:29] Jacques
OFFENBACH (1819–1880) Les Contes d’Hoffmann (1881)
6. Couplets [2:25] Camille SAINT-SAËNS
(1835–1921) Samson et Dalila (1877) 7. Amour!
viens aider ma faiblesse [3:50] Richard
WAGNER (1813–1883) Die Walküre (1870) 8. Wie
töricht und taub [5:49] Richard STRAUSS
(1864–1949) Elektra (1909) 9. Ich habe keine
guten Nächte [6:00] Alexander BORODIN
(1833–1887) Prince Igor (1890) 10. Now the
daylight dies [4:31] Gunnar de FRUMERIE
(1908–1987) Singoalla
(1940) 11. Singoalla, fly mig [10:27]
Igor STRAVINSKY (1882–1971) The Rake’s Progress (1951) 12. Baba’s aria [4:18] Leos
JANACEK (1854–1928) Jenufa (1904)
13. Kostelnicka’s scene [3:59] Giuseppe
VERDI Requiem (1874) 14. Lux aeterna [6:36]
Kerstin Meyer (mezzo)
Arne Hendriksen (tenor) (2, 3), Ingeborg Kjellgren (soprano) (5), Ragnar
Ulfung (tenor) (6, 12), Joel Berglund (bass-baritone) (8), Birgit Nilsson
(soprano) (9), Set Svanholm (tenor) (11), Charles Craig (tenor) and
Kim Borg (bass) (14); Royal Orchestra (and Royal Opera Chorus); Swedish
Radio Light Orchestra; Swedish Radio Orchestra/Sixten Ehrling; Egon
Kjerrman; Herbert Sandberg; Berislav Klobucar; Stig Rybrant; Michael
Gielen; Rudolf Vasata rec. Stockholm, 1952–1972. ADD
BLUEBELL ABCD 100 [72:16][GF]
Kerstin
Meyer recorded some key repertoire for EMI, part of which has been reissued
on CD, but to hear her at her freshest this disc is your first port of
call. ... see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH
Sabine Meyer French
clarinet works
Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921)
Sonata for clarinet and piano in E flat major, Op. 167 (1921) [15:26]
Francis POULENC (1899-1963) Sonata for clarinet and
piano, Op. 184 (1959-62) [14:03] François DEVIENNE (1759-1803) Sonata No. 1 in C
major for clarinet and piano, (c. 1790s) [16:50] Darius MILHAUD (1892-1974) Scaramouche (arranged
for clarinet and piano in 1941) [9:52]
Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Oleg Maisenberg (piano) rec. 26-28 September
2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk. DDD
EMI CLASSICS 3 79787 2 [56:12] [MC]
This
EMI Classics release of French works for clarinet
and piano is an outstanding achievement ...
see Full Review
Zinka Milanov
sings Verdi Arias
Zinka Milanov (soprano), Jan Peerce (tenor),
Leonard Warren (baritone), Nicola Moscona
(bass); Metropolitan Opera Orchestra/Dimitri
Mitropoulos; RCA Victor Orchestra/Renato Cellini
rec. 1952-55
NIMBUS NI 7941 [79:40] [GF]
There
are few Verdi sopranos who can challenge Zinka
Milanov and these excerpts from four favourite
roles show her almost constantly in the best
possible light. ... see Full
Review
Václav
Neumann in rehearsal Bedrich SMETANA Overture – The
Bartered Bride Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Overture – Leonora No.
3 Südfunk-Sinfonieorchester/Václav
Neumann Filmed in Stuttgart, 1968/1969. All regions. Picture
format 4:3. B&W, mono sound. Directed by Dieter Ertl. Subtitle
languages: English, German, French,
Spanish ARTHAUS MUSIK 101059 
[99:00]
[CF]
Not
the most graceful of conductors but he knew what he wanted and … he
got it ... see Full Review
Norwegian
Piano Music Edvard
GRIEG (1843-1907) Sunfair and the Snake King No. 12
of 25 Norwegian Folksongs and Folkdances Op.17 [2:01] Klaus
EGGE (1906-1979) * Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 21 for piano
and string orchestra (Symphonic Variations and Fugue on a Norwegian
Folktune) (1944) [20:01] Halling Fantasy No. 1 of Three Pieces
Op.12 (1939) [4:35] Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 4 The Dream Ballad (1933)
[22:29] Sverre BERGH (1915-1980)
Norwegian Dance No. 2 Old Holin (1944) [2:41] Alf
HURUM (1882-1972) Aquarelles Op. 5 No. 2 Miniature
(1912) [2:23] Geirr TVEITT (1908-1981)
Wedding Bells (1963) [3:05] Håvard Gimse (piano) Trondheim Soloists/Øyvind
Gimse* rec. Potton Hall, Suffolk, UK, 7-8 April 2005, except for Egge
Piano Concerto: Olavshallen,
Trondheim, Norway, 27 October 2005. DDD
NAXOS 8.557834 [57:15][PCW]
An
interesting, attractive and well-recorded
programme … see Full
Review
Opera Highlights -
Volume 2 Henry
PURCELL (1659–1695) The Fairy Queen 1. O let
me weep [9:34]
Yvonne Kenny (soprano), English National Opera/Nicholas Kok George
Frideric HANDEL (1685–1759) Giulio Cesare 2. Piangerò la
sorte mia [9:05] Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Opera Australia/Richard
Hickox. 1995 Ariodante 3. Take your pleasure [9:35] Xerxes
4. If you worship the man who has spurned you [9:40] Ann Murray (mezzo),
English National Opera/Ivor Bolton (3). 1996; Charles Mackerras (4).
1990 Mikhail GLINKA (1804–1857)
Ruslan and Lyudmila 5. Ratmir’s aria [9:36]
Larissa Diadkova (mezzo) 6. Ruslan’s scene, act
2 [9:34] Vladimir Ognovenko (bass) 7. Finn’s ballad [9:35]
Konstantin Pluzhnikov (tenor) 8. Lyudmila’s aria,
act 4 [9:35] Anna Netrebko (soprano) Mariinsky Theatre/Valery Gergiev.
1995 Pyotr TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893)
Eugene Onegin 9. No, there could never be another [9:36]
Orla Boylan (soprano) 10. You wrote to me; Can this be the same Tatyana?
[9:34] 11. Where, oh where have you gone, golden days of my youth; Enemies,
enemies [9:31] Michael König (tenor) Vladimir Glushchak
(baritone) European Union Opera, Baden-Baden/Rozhdestvensky.1999
Leoš JANÁČEK (1854–1928)
The cunning little vixen 12. The aria of the forester
about ‘The wonder of nature’ [9:35] Thomas Allen (baritone) 13. Love
duet from act 2 [9:35] Eva Jenis (soprano), Hannah Minutillo (mezzo)
Theatre Chatelet, Paris/Charles Mackerras. 1995 Sergey
PROKOFIEV (1891–1953) The Fiery Angel 14.
Renata’s
confession [9:46] Galina Gorchakova (soprano), Mariinsky Theatre/Valery
Gergiev. 1995 Benjamin BRITTEN (1913–1973)
Peter Grimes 15. The ‘sea wall’ aria [9:55] Philip Langridge
(tenor), English National Opera/David Atherton. 1994 Billy Budd 16.
They’ll lash me in a hammock [9:38] Thomas Allen (baritone), John
Connell (bass), English National Opera/David Atherton. 1995 Sound format:
PCM Stereo; Picture format: 4:3, 4:3 Letterbox ARTHAUS
MUSIC 102 049
[154:00][GF]
Though
everything isn’t visually exciting there is still a lot to savour and
the singing is in most cases splendid. ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Willem Van Otterloo and
Residentie Orkest The Original Recordings 1950-1960
Hector BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
Carl Maria von WEBER orch. BERLIOZ
Aufforderung zum Tanz Johan
WAGENAAR De Getemde Feeks Op. 25 (Overture) Cyrano
de Bergerac Op. 23 (Overture) Max REGER
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart Eine
romantische Suite Alphons DIEPENBROCK Music
to Sophocles’ Tragedy Electra Maurice
RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales,Daphnis et Chloé
Suites1and 2 Modest MOUSSORGSKY
orch. RAVEL Pictures at an ExhibitionJoseph
HAYDN Symphony No. 45 ‘Farewell’ symphony No. 55 ‘The
Schoolmaster’Symphony No. 92 Robert SCHUMANN
Overture Manfred Franz SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, ‘Unfinished’, From: Rosamunde,
Entr’acte No. 3 ; Balletmusic No. 2 Gustav
MAHLER Kindertotenlieder Herman Schey (baritone) Symphony
No. 4 Teresa Stich-Randall (soprano) Sergei
RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Abbey
Simon (piano) Anton BRUCKNER Symphony
No. 4 Overture in G minor Maurice RAVEL Pavane
pour une infante défunte Manuel
DE FALLA Three dances from El sombrero de tres picos
: The Neighbours’ dance; Dance of the miller ; Final
dance Morton GOULD Interplay
‘American Concertette’, Spirituals Sergey
PROKOFIEV Concerto No. 3 for piano and orchestra Alexander
Uninsky (piano)Léon ORTHEL Symphony
No. 2 ‘Piccola sinfonia’ Sem DRESDEN
Dansflitsen Hendrik ANDRIESSEN
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Kuhnau, Ricercare
Henk BADINGS Symphony No. 3 Edvard
GRIEG 4 Norwegische Tänze Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN Der Geschöpfe des Prometheus Symphony
No. 8 Overture: Die Weihe des Hauses Johannes
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 Tragische Ouvertüre Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 Erna Spoorenberg (soprano);
Maria von Ilosvay (alto); Frans Vroons (tenor); Herman Schey (bass);
Toonkunstkoor Amsterdam Symphony No 4 Pyotr
Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 4 Residentie Orkest, The
Hague/Willem van Otterloo All recordings made in Amsterdam, Concertgebouw
unless otherwise stated. Mono/*Stereo CD contents detailed listing at
end of review CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC 72142 [13 CDs: 75:39 + 76:31
+ 74:39 + 77:46 + 61:04 + 75:35 + 74:31 + 76:11 + 79:16 + 74:55 + 81:16
+ 79:18 + 71:50] [JQ]
A
revelatory set which does a great deal to
restore the reputation of a seriously undervalued
conductor. ... see Full
Review
Pader
an Arleth -
Music for Truro Cathedral David
BRIGGS (b. 1962) The Truro Eucharist (Kyrie
[2:16]; Gloria [3:34]; Sanctus [1:07]; Benedictus [1:14]; Agnus
Dei [2:57]) Jonathan CARNE Lannanta
Carol [4:01] Russell PASCOE Lo,
how a Rose e’re blooming [5:01] Gabriel
JACKSON (b. 1962) Missa Triueriensis (Kyrie
[2:08]; Gloria [3:50]; Sanctus [1:34]; Benedictus [0:46]; Agnus
Dei [2:57]) David BRIGGS (b.
1962) The Truro Service (Magnificat [4:56]; Nunc
Dimittis [6:11]) Paul COMEAU Preces
and Responses [1:19] The Truro Service (Magnificat [5:00];
Nunc Dimittis [3:50]; Responses after the
Creed [8:32]; Watts’ Cradle Song [2:20]) Russell PASCOE Pader
an Arleth [3:57]
The Choir of Truro Cathedral/Robert Sharpe Christopher
Gray (organ)
rec. Truro Cathedral, 16, 17, 19 May 2006 REGENT
REGCD249 [72:57]
[MK]
A
collection of anthems and settings by contemporary composers who
have a close affiliation with the cathedral. A thoroughly enjoyable
and praiseworthy recording ... see Full
Review
The Michael Rabin Legacy:
Unissued Recordings 1950-56
Henryk WIENIAWSKI (1835-1880)
Violin Concerto No.1 Op.14 (1853) [20:11] * Etude-caprice Op.18 No.4
[1:40] Polonaise brillante Op.4 [5:02] Alexander
GLAZUNOV (1865 - 1936) Violin Concerto in A Op. 82 (1905)
[19:33]# Edouard LALO (1823-1892)
Symphonie espagnole for violin and orchestra (1873) – fifth movement
[6:52] Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Violin Concerto in D major Op.35 (1878) – first movement [12:39]
Johannes BRAHMS (1833 – 1897)
Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 (1879) – third movement [7:50]
Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Violin Concerto in E Minor,
Op. 64 (1844) – Third movement [6:28] Auf Flügeln des Gesanges Op.34
No.2 [5:15] Mailüfte Op.62 No.1 [2:37] Niccolò
PAGANINI (1784-1840) Caprice Op.1 No.17 (c.1819) [3:30]
Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Slavonic Dance Op.46 No.2
arranged Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) [4:10]
William KROLL (1901-1980) Banjo and Fiddle [2:53]
Leopold GODOWSKY (1870-1938) Old Vienna [Alt Wien] (1916)
transcribed by Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987) [3:05] Fritz
KREISLER (1875-1962) Caprice Viennois Op.2 [4:09] Old Refrain
[3:13] Fryderyk CHOPIN (1810-49)
Nocturne Op.27 No.1 arranged Nathan Milstein [4:20]
Manuel de FALLA (1876-1946) La vida breve (1905) [3:25]
Pablo de SARASATE (1841-1904)
Zigeunerweisen Op. 20 for violin and orchestra (1878) [8:26] Carmen
Fantasy Op. 25 for violin and orchestra (1879) – parts three and four
[4:48] Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
La fille aux cheveux de lin - transcribed Arthur Hartmann in 1910 [2:45]
Moritz MOSZKOWSKI (1854-1925)
Guittare Op 45 Op.45 No.2 [3:11] Edward ELGAR
(1857-1934) La Capricieuse Op. 17 (1891) [4:04]
Bell Telephone Orchestra/Donald Voorhees except * Los Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra/Alfred Wallenstein, recorded February 1954 # New York Philharmonic
Orchestra/Dmitri Mitropoulos, recorded May 1954 rec. 1950-56
TAHRA TAH632-33 [74:15 + 67:47] [JW]
A
splendid collection. An important set. There
are unique things here. As violin playing
it could hardly be bettered ... see Full
Review
Seresta:
Music from South America José
BRAGATO (b.1915) Milontán
(1983) [5:39] Graciela y Buenos Aires [8:38]
Astor PIAZZOLA (1921-1992)
Le Grand Tango (1982) [11:00] Alberto
GINASTERA (1916-1983) Pampeano
No.22 (1950) [9:41] Francisco
Paulo MIGNONE (1897-1986) Modinha
(1934) [4:13] Liduino
PITOMBEIRA (b.1962) Sonata for
cello and piano, Op.91 (2005) [14:14] * Seresta
No.15, Op.108, for cello, piano, voice and
percussion (2006) [11:24] *
Martin Merker (cello); Anna Adamik (piano);
* Marilia Vargas (voice); * Wolfgang Lindner
(percussion) rec. 10-14, April 2006, Remise
Bludenz, Austria
BELLA MUSICA BM-CD 31.9228 [64:55] [GPu]
An
enterprising and entertaining CD, which should
please all with an interest in Latin American
music – or in tuneful and approachable modern
chamber music … see Full
Review
Beverly
Sills – Made in America
see review for details
Beverly Sills (soprano)
A Thirteen/WNET production, written by John Walker rec. 1933-77. PCM
stereo, NTSC DEUTSCHE
GRAMMOPHON 734299 [83:00
+ 29:00 bonus] [DM]
All
in all a well-rounded portrait of a marvellous talent and a truly
down-to-earth diva ... see Full
Review
Spain
Manuel de FALLA
(1876–1946) El amor brujo (1915) [27:51] The
Three-Cornered Hat (1919), excerpts [12:11] The Neighbours’
Dance [3:21] The Miller’s Dance [2:40] Final Dance [6:10] La vida
breve (1913), excerpts [6:37] Interlude [2:56] Dance [3:41]
Isaac ALBENIZ (1860 – 1909) (trans.
Enrique Arbós) (1906-08) Iberia, Book 2 Triana [5:06]
Enrique GRANADOS (1867 – 1916)
Goyescas (1916) Intermezzo [5:40] Isaac
ALBENIZ (trans. Enrique Arbós) (1906-08) Iberia, Book
1 Fête-Dieu à Seville [8:01] Iberia,
Book 4 Navarra [5:39]
Leontyne Price (soprano) (El amor brujo) Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Fritz
Reiner rec. 4 March 1963 (El amor brujo); 25 April 1958 (the rest)
RCA LIVING STEREO 88697 04607 2 
[71:05][GF]
An inviting programme … colourful Spanish music,
oozing with atmosphere, superbly performed. El amor brujo and Goyescas
intermezzo are desert island recordings. ... see Full
Review
Gerhard
Taschner - 1944-56 Recordings Jean
SIBELIUS (1865-1957) Violin
Concerto Op. 47 (1903 rev. 1905) [30:22] Max
BRUCH (1838-1920) Violin Concerto No.1 in G
minor, Op.26 (1864-68) [23:45] Franz
SCHUBERT (1797 -1828) Sonatina for Piano and
Violin in D, D384 Op. Posth. 137 No.1 [12:46] Niccolò PAGANINI (1782-1840) Caprices
Op.1 – No.24 [6:40] Gerhard
Taschner (violin) Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra/Herbert
Sandberg – Sibelius, rec. 1956 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Hermann
Abendroth - Bruch, rec. 16 December 1944
Hans Altmann (piano) – Schubert and Paganini, rec. Munich 1954 ARCHIPEL
ARPCD0232 [73:19] [JW]
Despite
having never really convinced me as a soloist I’m sure Taschner’s
admirers, of whom there are many, will enjoy this romantic collection
... see Full Review
Vintage Brisk
– Contemporary Music for Recorder Quartet
Ron FORD (b. 1959) Sequentia (1996) [4:12]Bart
VISMAN (b. 1962) Song (2006) [2:45] Hymn of Pan (2000)# [9:45]Theo
ABAZIS (b. 1967) Johnny Buy (1999) [6:51]
Roderik de MAN (b. 1941) Gotta minute? (2006) [1:36]
Guus JANSSEN (b. 1951) Pogo 1 (2005)* [4:39] Rahoe!
(2006) [1:28] Daan
MANNEKE (b. 1939) La flûte de Pan (2000)# [7:35]
Huba de GRAAF (b. 1959)
The Brisk Frog project (2006) [9:10]Calliope
TSOUPAKI (b. 1963) 2000&1 (1999) [6:03]
Estampida (2006) [1:48] Michiel
MENSINGH (b. 1975) Happy ‘Birds’- day (2006) [1:12] Oh, I’m Sorry,
Did I BREAK Your Concentration? (2005)* [10:21] Willem
WANDER VAN NIEUWKERK (b. 1955) Quartet
(part 3) (1991) [6:36] Catch (an Angel) (2006) [1:27]
Brisk Recorder Quartet Amsterdam; Tomoko Mukaiyama (piano)*; Egidius
Quartet # rec. Hervormde kerk, Mijnesheerenland, May 2006 and Waalse
kerk, Amsterdam, September 2006
GLOBE GLO5220 [75:26] [DC]
Playing
immaculate and stunning throughout. Well worth
exploring; there is much to enjoy here ...
see Full Review
Under
the Sign of the Sun Jacques
IBERT (1890-1962) Concertino da camera (1934) [12:05] Henri
TOMASI (1901-1972) Concerto for alto saxophone (1949)
[18:51] Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) Pavane
pour une Infante défunte (1899) [6:08] Paule
MAURICE (1910-1967) Tableaux de Provence (Suite)
(1948-55) [14:20] Florent
SCHMITT (1870-1958) Légende, Op.66 (1918) [11:26] Darius
MILHAUD (1892-1974) Scaramouche, Op.165c (Suite)
(1930) [9:14] Claude
Delangle (saxophone) Singapore Symphony Orchestra/Lan Shui
rec. August 2004, Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore. DDD BIS
CD-1357 [73:49] [RB]
Delange,
Lan Shui and BIS now add valuably to the line-up of saxophone anthologies
with this new mix of French familiars and discoveries ... see Full
Review
Virtuoso
Horn Duo Franz Josef
HAYDN (1732-1809)
Concerto in E flat for two horn and chamber
orchestra [17:23] Antonio
VIVALDI (1678-1741) Concerto No.
11 ‘L’Estro Armonico’ for two horns
and strings (transcribed from the original
for two violins by Zoltan Varga) [9:22] Antonio
ROSETTI (1750-1792) Concerto No.
III (16) (D.T.B. 51) [19:52] Kerry
TURNER (b. 1960) ‘Twas a dark
and stormy night’ (2006) [7:14]
The Virtuoso Horn Duo (Kerry Turner;
Kristina Mascher) Sinfonietta Cracovia/Dariusz
Wisniewski rec. 3-5 April 2006, Zgromadzenie
Ojcow martwychwstancow, Cracow, Poland
MSR CLASSICS MS 1181 [53:53] [DM]
So,
does this duo dazzle? Indeed they do, and
then some but altogether a very disappointing
disc. ... see Full
Review
The
Voice of the Clarinet Edvard
GRIEG (1843-1907) Ein Traum [2:29] Jean
SIBELIUS (1865-1957) Var det en dröm [2:02] Ralph
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) The Roadside Fire [2:18] Giulio
CACCINI (1546-1618) Amarilli, mia bella [3:05] Nicolai
RIMSKY-KORAKOV (1844-1908) The Nightingale sings to the Rose
[3:10] Henri DUPARC (1848-1933)
L'invitation au voyage [3:59] Joseph HAYDN
(1732-1809) Piercing Eyes [1:43] Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Kommt dir manchmal in den
Sinn [2:08] Manuel de FALLA (1876-1946)
Asturiana [2:16] Gioacchino ROSSINI
(1792-1868) La Fioraia Fiorentina [3:47] Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Requiem [3:56] Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Pièce en forme d'habañera
[3:05] Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Gretchen am Spinnrade [3:40] Claude DEBUSSY
(1862-1918) Beau Soir [2:36] Cole PORTER
(1891-1964) Just one of those Things [3:29] Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Daisies [2:41] Francis
POULENC (1899-1963) Les chemins de l'amour [3:22] Hugo
WOLF (1860-1903) Auch kleine Dinge [2:29] Richard
STRAUSS (1864-1949) Cäcilie [2:25] Gabriel
FAURÉ (1845-1924) Les berceaux [2:49] Fernando
OBRADORS (1897-1945) Coplas de Curro Dulce [3:10]
Cristo Barrios (clarinet) Clinton Cormany (piano) rec. August 2006,
Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London
DIVINE ART DDA 25040 [61:02][JW]
A
feast for those addicted to the liquid legato of the clarinet. ... see
Full Review
BOOK
REVIEWS
Edward
ELGAR (1857-1934)
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 6 in G minor
The
sketches of Edward Elgar completed and orchestrated
by Anthony Payne Full Score Duration: 9 Minutes
53pp large study format Performance materials
available on hire £12.99 Boosey & Hawkes
ISBN 978 0 85162 547 8
As
yet there is no recording but aspiring concert
promoters, orchestral managements and record
companies would do well to give this overture
length march a close look. ... see Full
Review
ELGAR: AN ANNIVERSARY
PORTRAIT introduced
by Nicholas Kenyon Continuum, 2007 199pp ISBN
9780826496966 £16.99 (hardback)[GHu]
A
very welcome and stimulating addition to the
Elgar bibliography... see
review
Bruce Montgomery/Edmund
Crispin: A Life In Music And Books by
David Whittle ISBN-
13: 978-0-7546-3443-0 ISBN- 10: 0-7546-3443-4
ASHGATE 2007 £60 314pp [JF]
Extensively
researched and approachable. The market it
serves reaches out to include students of
film and classical music, detective fiction,
Philip Larkin and Kingsley Amis. ... see Full
Review
RACHMANINOFF:
Life, Works, Recordings by
Max Harrison ISBN 978-0-8264-9312-5 Continuum
Press; paperback 422 pages £18:99
A
most satisfying biography and appreciation
of one of the 20th century’s greatest
musicians ... see Full
Review
The Percy
Whitlock Companion Selected
and edited by Malcolm Riley The Percy Whitlock
Trust, 2007, ISBN 978 0 9555669 0 5, £18 288
pp, 38 illus., song, appendices Obtainable
from the Trust; Malcolm Riley, 32 Butcher
Close, Staplehurst, Kent TN12 0TJ £18 plus
£2 p & p. Cheques payable to "The
Percy Whitlock Trust" [JW]
His
now stilled written voice comes across intimately
in this handsomely produced volume ... see
Full Review
Zarathustra
By
Sina Vodjani Membran
International. Hardback. 273pp. (+ CD and
DVD) ISBN 978-3-86562-739-1 69.95 Euros at
cd-lp-dvd.net
[GPU]
Vodjani’s
evocation of a world very unfamiliar to most
in the west and increasingly demonised by
the west, can be warmly recommended. ... see
Full Review
Detailed
listing
(last five days)]
[Part 1 New] [Part
2 A-B]
[Part 3 C-L]
[Part 4 M-R] [Part
5 S-Z]
[Part 6 Misc A-L][Part
7 Misc M-Z]
[Recommended recordings]
