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L’heure espagnole
L’heure espagnole Reviewed by David Truslove ‘My only mistress is music’, Maurice Ravel once remarked. Considering he was a private, even secretive composer who avoided relationships, his comic opera L’heure espagnole, with its central good-time girl, offers a rare glimpse … Continue reading
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ENDNOTES, May 2018
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, 2nd December 2015
ENDNOTES, 2nd December 2015 In this edition: BBC Symphony Orchestra in Gallic mood at the Barbican * Edward Gardner conducts Janacek * Rare Grieg piano music from Somm Records Only a few days after the appalling terrorist outrage in Paris, … Continue reading
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