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Classical music reviews

ENDNOTES, July 2018

Posted on July 17, 2018 by leslie

Endnotes: July 2018, Michael Tippett, an overlooked English composer, by Stuart Millson; Steven Osborne, Martin Kasík, recitals reviewed by Leslie Jones Sir Michael Tippett – a greatly admired figure in the 1970s and ‘80s, especially during Proms seasons – has fallen … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, May 2018

Posted on May 10, 2018 by leslie

Endnotes, May 2018 In this edition: a revelation from Roussel; Elgar, choral and orchestral music, reviewed by STUART MILLSON The music of Albert Roussel makes only the occasional appearance in British concert programmes or recording catalogues, with French 20th century music … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, April 2018

Posted on April 12, 2018 by leslie

ENDNOTES, April 2018 In this edition: 20th-century choral music by Sir Arthur Bliss, Frank Martin and Bohuslav Martinu; piano concertos by Grieg and Delius, reviewed by STUART MILLSON Two superbly-produced CDs of choral music have recently appeared – one, a … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, March 2018

Posted on March 3, 2018 by leslie

ENDNOTES, March 2018 In this edition: Smetana from Prague; the music of Marcus Paus; Rubbra conducts Rubbra As a tribute to the great Czech maestro Jiří Bělohlávek, who died last year (after succumbing to cancer at 71), Decca has issued … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, February 2018

Posted on February 1, 2018 by leslie

ENDNOTES, February 2018 In this edition: On the blue shore of silence, the music of Peter Seabourne;  Echoes of Land and Sea, from Somm Records; Copland, An Outdoor Overture, from the BBC Philharmonic, reviewed by STUART MILLSON.  Anna Fedorova recital, reviewed … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, 6th December 2017

Posted on December 7, 2017 by leslie

ENDNOTES, 6th December 2017 In this edition: Ronald Corp conducts Parry, Elgar & Vaughan Williams; A Wind in the Willows fantasy, narrated by Simon Callow; Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker from Bergen, reviewed by STUART MILLSON. Echoes of Mozart, reviewed by LESLIE JONES … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, 10th November 2017

Posted on November 11, 2017 by leslie

ENDNOTES, 10th November 2017 In this edition: Celebrating English Song – a new release from Somm Recordings, reviewed by STUART MILLSON Taken largely from the early-20th-century ‘English songbook’ (the music of Butterworth, Ireland, Vaughan Williams, Gurney and Warlock) Somm’s new … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, 7th October 2017

Posted on October 8, 2017 by leslie

ENDNOTES, 7th October 2017 Frank Bridge Cello Sonata etc. at Music@Malling, reviewed by STUART MILLSON ‘Music is always important but even more so in difficult times. It brings people together to share what is good and enduring and underscores what we … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, 21st September 2017

Posted on September 22, 2017 by leslie

ENDNOTES, 21st September 2017 Edward Gardner conducts Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder for Chandos Records, reviewed by STUART MILLSON Several works proclaim the creed of the late-romantic period – in particular its transition into the world of early modernism: Mahler’s ‘Symphony of a … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES: September 3rd 2017

Posted on September 4, 2017 by leslie

ENDNOTES: September 3rd 2017 Music and Landscape – the works of John Ireland, by Stuart Millson In this season of harvest and late-summer sunshine, what could be a more apt musical accompaniment than the music of John Ireland (1879-1962). Born … Continue reading →

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