Estonian Incantations 1

This remarkable recording explores an unsuspected soundworld – that of guitars, electric and acoustic, and chorus – in new works by four contemporary Estonian composers, whose styles range from the primitivism of ancient Estonian magical incantations via plainsong-like meditation to electronic sampling.

Marzi Nyman, guitar (Tracks 1 – 2, 6)
Andre Maaker, seven-string acoustic guitar (Tracks 3, 6)
Weekend Guitar Trio (Tracks 4, 6)
Ain Agan, fretless guitar (Tracks 5, 6)
Paul Daniel, electric guitar (Tracks 5, 6)
Annika Lõhmus, vocal (Track 5)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Kaspars Putniņš, conductor
Robert Jürjendal, electric guitar, electronics
Tõnis Leemets, electric guitar, electronics
Mart Soo, electric guitar, electronics

Toccata e due CD: Rediscovering Early Martinů – Part II

The publication of Martinů and the Symphony in 2010 brought a few unexpected opportunities my way. Even before the book appeared, I had taken part… 

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John Gardner, Symphonist

This interview was published in Fanfare, Vol. 24, No. 1 (September/October 2000) to mark the release of an ASV CD of John Gardner’s orchestral music.… 

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Dallapiccola on Opera: Selected Writings, Volume One

Foreword by Antal Doráti
Translated and Edited by Rudy Shackelford
Extent: 291 pages
Composition: Demy octavo ~ Illustrated ~ Index

Experiencing Music: A Composer’s Notes

Translated, Edited, and Introduced by Paul Rapoport
With a Foreword by Robert Simpson
Extent: 142 pages
Composition: Demy octavo ~ Illustrated ~ Bibliography ~ Index
Illustrations: 14 b/w

Szymanowski on Music: Selected Writings of Karol Szymanowski

Edited and Translated by Alistair Wightman
Extent: 390 pages
Composition: Demy octavo ~ Illustrated ~ List of Szymanowski’s Writings ~ Bibliography ~ Index
Illustrations: 15 b/w

Shostakovich Reconsidered

With an overture by Vladimir Ashkenazy
Extent: 791 pages
Composition: Demy octavo ~ Illustrated ~ Appendices ~ Bibliography ~ Index
Illustrations: 16 b/w

The Music of Aaron Copland

Preface by André Previn
With a talk on the piano music between Aaron Copland and Leo Smit
Extent: 262 pages
Composition: Demy octavo ~ Illustrated ~ Bibliography ~ Index

Havergal Brian on Music: Volume One: British Music

Edited and introduced by Malcolm MacDonald
Extent: 438 pages
Composition: Demy octavo ~ Index

Schubert and the Symphony: A New Perspective

Extent: 317 pages
Composition: Demy octavo ~ Illustrated ~ numerous appendices ~ Bibliography ~ Index
Illustrations: 10 b/w; 101 music exx.

Humperdinck: A Life of the Composer of ‘Hänsel und Gretel’

by William Melton

Foreword by John Mauceri

Royal octavo (253 mm x 158 mm)
456pp
81 illustrations
61 music exx.
Catalogue of Works
Bibliography
Format: Hardback

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Discovering Berlioz: Essays, Reviews, Talks

by David Cairns

Foreward by Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Extent: 400 pages
Size: royal octavo
Published: December 2019
ISSN 0264-6889
Musicians on Music, No. 12

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Szymanowski’s King Roger: The Opera and its Origins

Foreword by Antonio Pappano
Extent: 171 pages
Size: 24.1 x 16.4 cm
Extent: 171 pages
Composition: Royal octavo
Illustrations: 26

The Music of E. J. Moeran

Preface by Vernon Handley

Extant: 288

Composition: Demy octavo ~ Illustrated ~ Bibliography ~ Personalia ~ Index

Hans G‡ál: Music behind Barbed Wire: A Diary of Summer 1940

Translated by Eva Fox-G‡ál and Anthony Fox
English edition edited by Martin Anderson
Foreword by Sir Alan Peacock
Extant: 243
Composition: Royal octavo ~ Editorial Introduction ~ Eva Fox-Gál: ‘Hans Gál: A Biographical Introduction’ ~ Richard Dove: ‘”Most Regrettable and Deplorable Things have Happened”: Britain’s Internment of Enemy Aliens in 1940’ ~ Hans Gál: Music behind Barbed Wire ~ Eva Fox-Gál: ‘Gál in Britain’ ~ Appendices – One: Personalia; Two: CD Programme; Three: Martin Anderson: Hans Gál in Conversation; Four: The Hans Gál Society; Five: The Contributors ~ Bibliography ~ Index of Gál’s Works ~ General Index
Illustrations: c. 50

Martinů and the Symphony

Extent: 550 pages
Composition: Royal octavo
Illustrations: 9 half-tones; 199 music exx.