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August 2008

Recently in the blogs by David Barker
Give Early Music a Try: John Browne and the Eton Choirbook by Brian Wilson
Symphonies of Malcolm Arnold - Review Index by Paul Serotsky
The Brass Band in Britain - Arthur Butterworth - July 2008
Horace Dann (1896-1958) by Philip Scowcroft
Graham Peel: Ettrick –a song for baritone by John France
A little more on Graham Peel by Christopher Howell
Nikolai Miaskovsky - A review index by Rob Barnett

DIGITAL BACH EDITION FOR IPOD by Kirk McElhearn
Reviewer’s Log July/August 2008 - Patrick C Waller
 
July 2008

Downloads of Bach’s Orchestral Music: A Survey Brian Wilson

Donald Harris Composer, Teacher & Musicologist -John France
Growing Up American in Paris by Donald Harris
Nadia Boulanger - Pierre Boulez - Max Deutsch - Andre Jolivet - Henri Dutilleux - Darius Milhaud - Francis Poulenc - Georges Auric
Recently in the blogs by David Barker
Michael Herman: British Orchestral Music 1800-1900 - discography
See also: British and Commonwealth symphonies - discography
British and Commonwealth Concertos - discography
June 2008

Richard Noble (1930-2008) - An obituary by Arthur Butterworth
Flying-Crooked: Four Songs by Ian Venables by John France
Recently in the blogs by David Barker
Nadia Boulanger as Teacher by Lennox Berkeley
CARLA GAVAZZI (1913-2008)
Reviewer’s Log: May/June 2008: Patrick C Waller
Karen Geoghegan interviewed by Carla Rees
Now Complete with over 700 images: The Collector’s Guide to Gramophone Company Record Labels 1898 - 1925 by Howard Friedman

May 2008

Reviewer’s Log: May/June 2008: Patrick C Waller
Recently in the blogs by David Barker
Everyman and His Music Percy Scholes (1877-1958)
Karen Geoghegan interviewed by Carla Rees
Christian Lindberg in conversation with Chris Thomas
Iris Loveridge - British Pianist by Rob Barnett
Reviewer’s Log: April 2008: Robert Hugill

Bruckner's 9th Symphony - The unfinished Finale by Aart van der Wal
Richard Stoker and Nadia Boulanger by John France
Youth - the Golden Age of Music by Arthur Butterworth

April 2008

Richard Stoker and Nadia Boulanger by John France
Youth - the Golden Age of Music by Arthur Butterworth
Recently in the blogs by David Barker
April Fools - did you miss them?
A fond farewell to Dunelm Records (as we know it) by Patrick C Waller
Reviewer’s Log: March/April 2008: Patrick C Waller

The orchestral conductor - a useless drone? by Arthur Butterworth
Das Land Ohne Musik An extensive addition by Martin Walker

March 2008
ALUN HODDINOTT (11 August 1929 - 12 March 2008)
Giya KANCHELI (b. 1935) profile by Julie Williams
Severn Bridge Variations (1966): a joint effort by John France
An interview with the German baritone Michael Volle by Jim Pritchard
In Preparation: The Collector’s Guide to Gramophone Company Record Labels 1898 - 1925 by Howard Friedman This will take a long time to complete so you can follow the work as it progresses here
February 2008
Gareth Glyn: Anglesey Composer – A first exploration of some of his music by John France
MAKING IT BETTER: BRITISH WIND MUSIC 1981-2008 A personal look at twenty-seven years of repertoire development by TIMOTHY REYNISH
An interview with the Danish bass Stephen Milling by Jim Pritchard
Composers’ originals amended by conductors by Arthur Butterworth
MusicWeb Reviewer’s log: January/February 2008 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
Recently in the Blogs by David J Barker
January 2008

Composers’ originals amended by conductors by Arthur Butterworth
MusicWeb Reviewer’s log: January/February 2008 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
Recently in the Blogs by David J Barker
Unveiling of Holst statue April 4th - Press release from Cheltenham Civic Society
New Projects for the New Year by David J Barker
The Clarinet Trio of John Ireland by Stephen Fox
Jottings on Eric Fogg’s Sea Sheen by John France
GYORGY LIGETI (1923-2006) by Julie Williams
JUDITH WEIR by Julie Williams
Youthful Prodigy or Late Developer? By Arthur Butterworth
Robert Hugill's Reviewer's Log
Complete Book on-line: Erik Chisholm: The Operas of Janáček First published 1971; Now available only in this online version produced for the Erik Chisholm Trust by MusicWeb International

DECEMBER 2007

Sir Edward ELGAR (1857–1934) The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 Some personal observations on recordings of the work by John Quinn
Deutsche Grammophon Launches Download Site by Kevin Sutton
Reviewer’s log: December 2007; Reviewer: Patrick C Waller

NOVEMBER 2007  

A Tribute To Nina Milkina by Christopher Howell on the first anniversary of her death
Christmas Music Beyond The Carols by David Barker
Arthur BUTTERWORTH in conversation with Christopher Thomas
British and Commonwealth Concertos from the Nineteenth Century to the present - A discography of CDs and LPs by Michael Herman.
Henryk GORECKI: profile by Julie Williams
Reviewer's log: Patrick Waller
Online Music pages compiled by David Barker: a guide to sites offering digital music for downloading and streaming, some of it FREE!
Olivier MESSIAEN (1908–1992) a profile by Julie Williams
Sofia GUBAIDULINA (b. 1931) a profile by Julie Williams
The Real Horn - a new enlightenment? by Arthur Butterworth
 
OCTOBER 2007

Olivier MESSIAEN (1908–1992) a profile by Julie Williams
Sofia GUBAIDULINA (b. 1931) a profile by Julie Williams
The Real Horn - a new enlightenment? by Arthur Butterworth
Naxos Historical Great Violinists themed review page completed
Elizabeth Maconchy DBE (1907-1994): Some biographical and musical notes by her daughter Nicola LeFanu.
A postcript on the Joyce Hatto affair - Ates Orga
Trevor Hold (1939-2004) - A catalogue of compositions by Lewis Foreman
Antal Dorati – Recording Legend by Tony Flynn
Jacqueline du Pré – twenty years on Anne Ozorio talks to Christopher Nupen
Notes on Iain Hamilton’s ‘The Bermudas’ A Forgotten Half Century John France
Three emigrés: Gál, Gerhard and Goldschmidt 2007 update added by Guy Rickards
Reviewer's Log: Patrick Waller

SEPTEMBER 2007
Reviewer's Log: Patrick Waller
Chandos Film Music - a new Themed Review page compiled by David Barker
Interview on the Chandos Film Music Series with conductor Rumon Gamba by Ian Lace
The Music of MAURICE JACOBSON by Michael and Julian Jacobson
In Touch with Music: an interview with Bjarte Engeset by Göran Forsling
Luciano Pavarotti in Memoriam: a tribute by Göran Forsling
Luciano Pavarotti : a brief appreciation by Evan Dickerson
Malcolm Arnold Discography updated
British & Commonwealth Symphonies (from the 19th century to the present) - A Discography of CDs & LPs © 2007 Michael Herman [corrected and updated 9-9-07]
AUGUST 2007
British and Commonwealth Symphonies (from the 19th century to the present) - A Discography of CDs & LPs © 2007 Michael Herman
Yma Sumac – The Allure of the Mysterious by Nicholas E. Limansky
Dominy Clements Interview with the Basso Moderno Duo
The importance of not to always being yourself: Tenor James Gilchrist talks to Anne Ozorio (AO)
Queen of the Nurses and Mothers: an interview with Catherine Wyn-Rogers (JPr)
There is no ‘passaggio’: Finnish bass-baritone Juha Uusitalo talks to Bill Kenny about musical training, singing and his personal philosophy (BK)
 
JULY 2007

Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) A conspectus of his life and a review of the audio and video recordings of his works. Fourth and Final part by Robert Farr
 Copyright and the Liberation of Music by Dr Stephen Hall
Kenneth Hesketh Interview with Christopher Thomas - 2007
Some random jottings about William Alwyn's Elizabethan Dances by John France
MusicWeb Reviewer's Log - Robert Hugill
IN SEARCH OF MIKLÓS RÓZSA by Anastasia Khitruk
JUNE 2007
Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass by John L Wright
MIASKOVSKY RIDES AGAIN …. COURTESY OF THE ALTO LABEL
Sir Patrick Spens - a Rediscovered Work by Herbert Howells by John France
Burkhard Schmilgun: Talking to a musical treasure-hunter by Ilja Nieuwland
Classical Podcasts by David J Barker
MusicWeb Reviewer's Log May 2007: Patrick C Waller
Vaughan Williams review index pages - now up to date; next stop Malcolm Arnold
World Orchestra pages now with USA section completed

May 2007

Elgar Symphony 2 by Arthur Butterworth
Mahler Symphony No 6 - an update of Tony Duggan's survey of recordings
Some Random Jottings about Montague Phillips’ "Dance Revels." by John France

 
April 2007

MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: April 2007 - Robert Hugill
Unusual instruments in the orchestra by Arthur Butterworth
Interview with Christian DesJardins - author of Inside Film Music – Composers Speak by Ian Lace

Themed Review page: Beniamino Gigli - the first from the Naxos Historical label
Elgar and Empire by Ian Lace (originally published in The Elgar Society Journal in 1997)
Living with Extreme Instruments #008, the Subcontrabass Flute - Dominy Clements
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: April 2007 - Patrick C Waller 

 

March 2007


Memories of a Quiet Magician - Nathan Milstein in Portrait by Anne Ozorio
THE ROGER WRIGHT INTERVIEW Interviewer: Ian Lace. Roger Wright is Controller BBC Radio 3
"An echo inside a shadow wrapped in cellophane" An appreciation of Ferneyhough’s Shadowtime - Anne Ozorio
Appreciating Sibelius’s Luonnotar Op. 70 by Anne Ozorio
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: March 2007 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
Promenade Concert Novelties 1907 by John France
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: February 2007 Reviewer: Robert Hugill
February 2007

Link to a list of "Joyce Hatto" recordings reviewed on MusicWeb International
Joyce Hatto – Some thoughts, some questions and a lot of letters by Christopher Howell
Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande A Recording Overview by Jeffrey Sarver
The Hatto Affair: why it should concern us all by Evan Dickerson
Hatto - the greatest pianist(s) that now everyone has heard of! by Len Mullenger
Saga Remembered by Robin O'Connor
Getting beyond his station in life? by Arthur Butterworth
A Conductor with panache: José Serebrier speaks to Anne Ozorio (AO)
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: February 2007 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
Index to Vaughan Williams reviews on MusicWeb
Orchestra pages update - Europe page now available and other pages substantially expanded
Result of the MusicWeb Christmas Challenge
Irvine Arditti interviewed by Anne Ozorio
Marion Scott and the Society of Women Musicians by Pamela Blevins

 
 
 
 

January 2007


Index to Vaughan-Williams reviews on MusicWeb
Orchestra pages update - Europe page now available and other pages substantially expanded
Irvine Arditti interviewed by Anne Ozorio
Marion Scott and the Society of Women Musicians by Pamela Blevins
Julius Harrison & Bredon Hill by John France
Towers of Babel? - Arthur Butterworth writes
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: January 2007 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: January 2007 Reviewer: Robert Hugill
Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) A conspectus of his life and a review of the audio and video recordings of his works by Robert Farr. PART 3: Verdi’s middle period: The eight operas from Stiffelio (1850) to Un ballo in Maschera (1859)
Great Recordings of the Century - review link pages revised and updated

December 2006

Two new complete books on-line
Cannons and Flowers - the memoirs of Georges Cziffra
The Music goes Round and Around by Basil Tschaikov
Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) A conspectus of his life and a review of the audio and video recordings of his works by Robert Farr. PART 3: Verdi’s middle period: The eight operas from Stiffelio (1850) to Un ballo in Maschera (1859)

SIR MALCOLM ARNOLD (1921–2006) - First Hon. Vice-President of the UK Sibelius Society - Edward Clarke
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: December 2006 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
A New Kind of Record Collection by Kevin Sutton
Zoran Todorovich talks to Göran Forsling at the Staatsoper unter den Linden
The Flight of Jackie O - Creativity in Baroque Roles and Ornamentation : An interview with Vivica Genaux by Michael Ellison
There is no ‘passaggio’: Finnish bass-baritone Juha Uusitalo talks to Bill Kenny about musical training, singing and his personal philosophy
World Orchestras links pages - the start of a Musicweb project by David Barker

November 2006

Klaus Heymann auf Naxos by Randolph Magri-Overend
How music works - an introduction to his new TV series by Howard Goodall
Amelia Farrugia – Driving Talent by Randolph Magri-Overend
Rohan de Saram on Berio and new musical horizons by Anne Ozorio
World Orchestras links pages - the start of a Musicweb project by David Barker
Mad about England’s music: English Music Festival - Em Marshall
Simone Young: Twirling a Baton by Randolph Magri-Overend
Musical Post-Codes - Regional Sounds by Arthur Butterworth
Reviewer’s Log: October-November 2006 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
Brain Cramp: Last Thoughts (probably) On The Strange Audio World Of Peter W. Belt (BK)
Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) A conspectus of his life and a review of the audio and video recordings of his works - Part 2 by Robert Farr
A Beginners’ Guide to the Galaxy of Singers from the Past By Göran Forsling and Jonathan Woolf
October 2006

Brain Cramp: Last Thoughts (probably) On The Strange Audio World Of Peter W. Belt (BK)
Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) A conspectus of his life and a review of the audio and video recordings of his works - Part 2 by Robert Farr
Interview: There is no ‘passaggio’: Finnish bass-baritone Juha Uusitalo talks to Bill Kenny
Britten Discography now complete - after six months work by David Barker and more than 1,000 new listings, the updated discography of the works of Benjamin Britten is now complete. It will also be updated on a regular basis with new releases
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: July-September 2006 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller



Malcolm Arnold - an Obituary by Rob Barnett
Sir Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) A Greater Composer than Some Might Think
[DVD - Toward the Unknown Region Malcolm ARNOLD – A Story of Survival - A Film by Tony PALMER]


 September 2006

Orchestral colour in the 21st century - fashion in new sounds by Arthur Butterworth
Interview: There is no ‘passaggio’: Finnish bass-baritone Juha Uusitalo talks to Bill Kenny
Britten Discography now complete - after six months work by David Barker and more than 1,000 new listings, the updated discography of the works of Benjamin Britten is now complete. It will also be updated on a regular basis with new releases.
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: July-September 2006 Reviewer: Patrick C WallerA Beginners’ Guide to the Galaxy of Singers from the Past By Göran Forsling and Jonathan Woolf
The BBC Proms 2006 by Chris Cope
Fallen by the Wayside? - Neglected Instruments by Arthur Butterworth

 

 

 
August 2006
An obituary of Michael Hurd by Geoffrey Peck
An interview with Christopher Nupen by Anne Ozorio
The nature of music as a meaningful language …… Arthur Butterworth
Tributes to the late Elisabeth Schwarzkopf by Göran Forsling and Anne Ozorio
Further tribute by Evan Dickerson
HOLST – An Enigmatic Variation by John France
Mahler Symphony 5 by Tony Duggan - update
The Solo Violin Music of Ivan Khandoshkin by Anastasia Khitruk

JULY 2006

Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) A conspectus of his life and a review of the audio and video recordings of his works - Robert Farr
An Appreciation of the Hyperion Complete Schubert Song Edition By John Quinn and Patrick Waller
Joyce Hatto (1928 -2006) Obituary
A composer’s own most memorable performances - Arthur Butterworth

June 2006
Benjamin Britten Discography - update. Parts one and two of this update have now been completed by David Barker
Two new themed release review pages - Schubert Lieder on Naxos and Bach Collegium Japan on BIS
Never-to-be forgotten concerts Arthur Butterworth
Frank Bridge – Phantasie in F minor Centenary and Confusion - John France
György Ligeti (1923-2006) - An Obituary Evan Dickerson
For Classical Music - To iPOD or not to iPod? Ian Lace
A SINGER AND HIS SONGS: HUBERT EISDELL by Charles A. Hooey
A SINGER’S LIFE : Petra Lang talks to Jim Pritchard
THOUGHTS ON ELGAR'S 149th BIRTHDAY - Arthur Butterworth
Needs no handle to its name!- Arthur Butterworth
BENJAMIN FRANKEL: BMS Lecture-Recital given by Dimiti Kennaway
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: June 2006 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller </DD>
May 2006

The Global Concert Hall - Marc Bridle
EDITORIAL: A Death Foretold - Marc Bridle
Marc Bridle - An Appreciation - Len Mullenger, Melanie Eskenazi and Bill Kenny
Reviewer's Log - Robert Hugill - February 2006
AM I CAPABLE OF PLAYING THIS MUSIC? by Arthur Butterworth
ARTHUR BUTTERWORTH’s Desert Island Discs
Mahler Symphony 4: an update of Tony Duggan's survey of available recordings
Reith Lectures - April 2006 - Barenboim A universal language or a divisive art ? by Arthur Butterworth
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: May 2006 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
April 2006
A World without orchestras – computers rampant?
Insidious Decline - Arthur Butterworth fights a rear-guard action
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: April 2006 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
Tony Duggan's Synoptic Survey of the Mahler symphonies:
Mahler symphony No. 3 - revised and updated
Plenty of the plain by Arthur Butterworth
A Glass of Wine with the Flautist Rachel Smith - John France
AGEING AUDIENCES FOR CONCERT MUSIC by Arthur Butterworth
On Seen and Heard
Michelangelo Drawings: Closer to the Master reviewed by Alex Russell
March 2006
Plenty of the plain by Arthur Butterworth
A Glass of Wine with the Flautist Rachel Smith - John France
AGEING AUDIENCES FOR CONCERT MUSIC by Arthur Butterworth
Domenico SCARLATTI (1685-1757) This set is a pinnacle in the history of recorded music The Complete Keyboard Sonatas Scott Ross (harpsichord)[PCW] Ongoing Review Review now complete
Richard Stoker, Janet Craxton & ‘Polemics’ by John France
ROBERT HUGILL - WEBLOG - December 2005 - January 2006
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: March 2006 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
Mahler Symphony No.2 - Tony Duggan Survey - revised March 06
Ronald Finch (1920-1992): A biographical outline by Averil Davies
February 2006
Ronald Finch (1920-1992): A biographical outline by Averil Davies
The Mahler Symphonies An update to the synoptic survey by Tony Duggan Symphony No 1
An Inexplicable Inspiration? by Arthur Butterworth
Martinů in Paris: A Synthesis of Musical Styles and Symbols By Erik Anthony Entwistle (200 pages)
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: February 2006 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller  
January 2006
JOYCE HATTO by Ates Orga (illustrated)
Birgit Nilsson: (1918-2005)
MALCOLM ARNOLD IN CORNWALL by Phillip Hunt
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: January 2006 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
MICHAEL NYMAN talks to John Leeman about his opera Man and Boy: Dada
WEBLOG- Robert Hugill
Adrian Smith: 1931-2005
December 2005
MICHAEL NYMAN talks to John Leeman about his opera Man and Boy: Dada
Adrian Smith: 1931-2005 Contributions from John Quinn Paul Serotsky Sir Malcolm Arnold CBE Arthur Butterworth MBE Matthew Curtis Keith Llewellyn Elaine Carter Stuart Marsden Marilyn and Dick Myers David Golightly Maggie Cotton
MAURICE JACOBSON (1896-1976) by Michael and Julian Jacobson
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: December 2005 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
WEBLOG- Robert Hugill
November 2005
CONCERT-PERFORMANCES ... THIRSTY WORK? by Arthur Butterworth
LAUNCH OF RVW’S CANTATA WILLOW WOOD ON NAXOS attended by John France
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: November 2005 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
October 2005
CYRIL SCOTT: A man whose time has come again? by Desmond Scott
RICHARD ARNELL AT 88 - Susan Roberts
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: October 2005 Patrick C Waller
Robert Hugill Weblog - Aug/sept 05
September 2005
Reviewer’s Log: a Summer Retrospect John Quinn
Inspiration - "In The Air"? Arthur Butterworth
A Thumbnail Sketch of the Music of William Blezard Part 2 (The Piano Works) John France
Philip Cowlin (1920-2005)
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: September 2005 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
MUSICWEBLOG July-August 2005 Reviewer: Robert Hugill
UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2005 BRUCKNER SYMPHONIES: AN INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW OF SELECTED RECORDINGS by Patrick Waller and John Quinn
Hunting the Snark: More On The Strange Audio World Of Peter W. Belt
August 2005
Graham Fitkin - biography
A Thumbnail Sketch of the Music of William Blezard Part 1 John France
A Greville Cooke Catalogue A Preliminary Overview John France
First Hyperion and now Chandos
MusicWeb Listening Room upgrade
Read This Facing North: The Strange Audio World Of Peter W. Belt
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: August 2005 Patrick Waller
July 2005
Towards the Edinburgh Isolde: an in-depth interview with US soprano Christine Brewer by David Harbin © July 2005 Sandra Radvanovsky (soprano) interviewed by Bruce Hodges
Latest Programme Notes by Paul Serotsky
Jaroslav Krombholc - An Anniversary Remembrance by Alan Watkins
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: June/July 2005 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller

by Frank T. Manheim: The Pace of Classical Music Reform Increases in the UK and the USA

 

MENDELSSOHN The Complete Quartets - a comparative review by Michael Cookson: Pacifica Quartet, Emerson Quartet, Henschel Quartet, Talich Quartet, Aurora String Quartet, Bartholdy Quartet
George Enescu: a fiftieth anniversary commemoration through recordings
Part II: Enescu the performer: violinist, conductor and pianist
'How do we compare honest chalk with good ripe Stilton exactly?' - BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World

June 2005
DOES COMMISSIONED MUSIC STAND A BETTER CHANCE OF A LONG CONCERT LIFE THAN MUSIC WRITTEN WITHOUT A COMMISSION? ... ... Arthur Butterworth
SYMPHONY IN D, OPUS 32 BY DONALD FRANCIS TOVEY: A Record Producer’s Diary By Peter Shore
A REVIEWER’S LOG – June 2005 - John Quinn
Rutland Boughton: Reunion Variations for Orchestra - Paul Adrian Rooke
JOHN WOOLDRIDGE by Hugh Wooldridge
Respighi’s Marie Victoire edited by Ian Lace
HELENA KEAN and the Songs of RESPIGHI by Ian Lace
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
May 2005
George ENESCU: a fiftieth anniversary commemoration through recordings
Part I: Enescu the composer - Evan Dickerson
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: May 2005 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
KENNETH V. JONES by Helen Davis
Murray McLachlan reflects on the fruits of a private pilgrimage in the life and music of JOHN WILLIAMSON
CLASSICAL MUSIC - TOO ÉLITIST ? Arthur Butterworth
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: March 2005 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
Marc Bridle reports on the forthcoming Proms Festival
Vernon Handley records BAX tone poems and Sinfonietta Lewis Foreman
Tantrums or Principles? Assessing the Muti Affair by Bernard Jacobson
"The tyrant at La Scala" - Lebrecht; "The monster of Milan." - Mellor; Is it really so? Read Bernard's article from MusicWeb's Seen and Heard.
Bernard Barrell 1919-2005 List of Works
April 2005
Vernon Handley records BAX tone poems and Sinfonietta Lewis Foreman
MusicWeb Reviewer's Log: April 2005 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
Tantrums or Principles? Assessing the Muti Affair by Bernard Jacobson
"The tyrant at La Scala" - Lebrecht; "The monster of Milan." - Mellor; Is it really so? Read Bernard's article from MusicWeb's Seen and Heard.
Bernard Barrell 1919-2005 List of Works
March 2005
Groundbreaking production of Harry Partch's Oedipus takes place at Monclair State University
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: March 2005 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
Cyril Scott as Composer-Pianist and Author, with some Recent Perspectives by Leslie De'Ath (Word file)
February 2005
A COMPOSER'S PROGRESS - OR RECESSION? by Arthur Butterworth
Music from the Silver Age – NIKOLAY and ALEXANDER CHEREPNIN by Gregor Tassie
'Reminiscences' by Bill Harris
First Part: " A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Fool"
Second Part: "Some thoughts on Opera"
FELIX APRAHAMIAN (1914 - 2005): A personal memoir - John Leeman
Ivor Gurney’s Friends: Ethel Voynich — ‘E. L. V.’ Revolutionary, Novelist, Translator, Composer by Pamela Blevins
Ruth Gipps and Sir Arthur Bliss by Pamela Blevins
Gregor Tassie interviews Mariss Jansons - 4 September 2001
"Mr. Delius Discourses on His Music to 'Hassan'" A report from Marion Scott Christian Science Monitor Saturday, October 27, 1923
ROY DOUGLAS by John Walton
BRUCKNER SYMPHONIES: AN INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW OF SELECTED RECORDINGS by Patrick Waller and John Quinn
January 2005
'Crisis' in Contemporary Music? What Crisis? THE HEART OF THE MATTER by David F Golightly
Respighi’s Sunken Bell - (La Campana sommersa) by Ian Lace
On the Humanity of Music and Musicians: the new unacknowledged legislators by Marc Bridle
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: January 2005 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
December 2004
MUSICWEB RECORDINGS OF THE YEAR 2004
Dialup users
SEEN&HEARD CONCERT OF THE YEAR 2004 MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: October-December 2004 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
November 2004
HISTORY OF MUSIC 3. Approaching the Baroque era
HISTORY OF MUSIC 4. Early American Music (1620-1800)
HISTORY OF MUSIC AMERICAN MUSIC OF THE NINETEEN CENTURY Dr David C F Wright
ALGERNON ASHTON - THE CASE FOR REVIVAL by Harold Truscott
BRUCKNER’S EIGHTH SYMPHONY Personal reflections on a favourite work and some key recordings by Patrick C Waller
SHOULD COMPOSERS TELL ? by Arthur Butterworth
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS by Em Marshall
Sally Beamish Interviewed by Christopher Thomas 2004
October 2004
REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION - a matter of black and white?- by Arthur Butterworth
The Trio in G Minor for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano by WILLIAM YEATES HURLSTONE A Critical Reassessment by Richard J Moore
GERARD FRANCIS COBB (1838-1904) by David Mackie
September 2004
Why "classical" classical music will never die: the artistry and psychology of courtly music from Mozart and Haydn’s time Frank Manheim
Kenneth Leighton (1929-88)
August 2004
THE MUSIC OF ALGERNON ASHTON (1859-1937) By Rutland Boughton
Interview with Ashley Wass by Colin Clarke
Knight Foundation Administers Tough Love to American Symphony Orchestras to Encourage Building of New Audiences by Frank Manheim
ERIC GRAEBNER A brief introduction by Dr David C F Wright
JEFFREY LEWIS A brief introduction by Dr David C F Wright
July 2004
CARLOS KLEIBER (1930-2004)
"Has the time come to set Mozart aside and let a new generation discover him?" Hans-Theo Wohlfahrt on Glyndebourne's new Magic Flute.
WHAT IS CLASSICAL MUSIC? WHO LISTENS TO IT? Vignettes from the American scene Frank T. Manheim
PERCY YOUNG - 1912-2004 Obituary by Philip Scowcroft
HISTORY OF MUSIC Part 2 Music of the Renaissance and Reformation Periods Dr David C F Wright
Georges Charles GOUNOD (1818-1893) Faust - an opera in five acts - Faust on record; a look back and into the future
June 2004
A NEW LOOK for Seen and Heard
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK by Dr David C. F. Wright
THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE THAT ANY MORE - - - Arthur Butterworth
Adriano at 60 - interviewed by Ian Lace
Obituary for DENIS APIVOR born April 14 1916; died May 27 2004. Mark Marrington
May 2004
CONSTANT LAMBERT: Humphrey Searle talks to David Wright (1965)
MALCOLM ARNOLD David C F Wright
April 2004
Tony Banks in interview with Christopher Thomas, March 2004
Seven: A Suite for Orchestra
THE CRITICS’ PRIME CONCERN ---- Arthur Butterworth
RICHARD STOKER site update
March 2004
THE PIANO MUSIC OF BERNARD VAN DIEREN: A DICHOTOMY EXAMINED - BY GORDON RUMSON
THE HISTORY OF MUSIC 1. Earliest times to the Renaissance Dr David C F Wright
John Warnaby in conversation with Brian Ferneyhough about Shadowtime, an opera in 7 scenes
Elliott Carter at 95 by John Warnaby.
Christoph Eschenbach in interview with Bernard Jacobson
Pitch Variation in the Callas Tosca - a lively debate
JOHN FOULDS by Malcolm Macdonald - preconcert talk
ROBERT SIMPSON LECTURE by Malcolm MacDonald
Febuary 2004
GORDON JACOB (1895 – 1984) By Dr Geoff Ogram
Osmo Vänskä talks to Bill Kenny
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU A brief account of his life and works … and personal comments David C F Wright
Hans Rott by David Wright
Amélie-Julie Candeille
January 2004
BERNARD BARRELL (1919 - )List of works
REAL MUSIC …. OR JUST FOR SHOW? ... Arthur Butterworth
Harry Partch 'A Just Cause' by Paul Serotsky
December 2003
MusicWeb can now supply discs from the Gasparo label
November 2003
Hugo Wolf by David Wright
An Introduction to the Symphony by David Wright
What makes a Great Conductor? David Wright
A Conversation with the composer/writer Richard Stoker about Cecil Armstrong Gibbs by
John France
WILLIAM BUSCH: 1901-1945 by Julia Cornaby Busch
WILLIAM BUSCH by Sinclair Logan
Roremania: Bernard Jacobson attends a birthday celebration
ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS: DISASTERS IN WAITING November 2003
WALTER BECKETT Dr David C F Wright
AGNES BALTSA Dr David C F Wright
Gilbert Kaplan talks to Marc Bridle about Mahler’s Second Symphony.
Recent Contemporary Music on CD: Feldman, Finnissy, Pritchard, Usher. Maxwell Davies, Staebler and Zimmermann reviewed by John Warnaby
JOSEPH HOLBROOKE AND WALES by MICHAEL FREEMAN
JOSEPH HOLBROOKE INCOGNITO by MICHAEL FREEMAN
MusicWeb can now offer you the Concert Artist catalogue £12.99 Post-free World-wide
the CDACCORD Catalogue from £9 Post-free World-wide
the Arcodiva Catalogue£9 Post-free World-wide
October 2003
MARY HOWE by David Wright
MELINDA WAGNER by David Wright
GUSTAV HOLST : A Personal Assessment by David Wright
ETHEL SMYTH Dr David C F Wright
A DECEIVING MIRROR by Arthur Butterworth
IAIN HAMILTON (1922-2000) Dr David C F Wright
September 2003
Charles Villiers Stanford: Man and Musician by Jeremy Dibble (Oxford 2002, 535 pp) £65
Charles Villiers Stanford by Paul Rodmell (Ashgate 2002, 495 pp) £57.50 [CH]
ERRORS AND DISCREPANCIES IN TWO RECENT BOOKS ON STANFORD
STANFORD, EDMOND HOLMES AND "THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE"
STANFORD AND MUSICAL QUOTATION
BORIS BLACHER A Cent