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Documentary: BBC Four’s ‘Opera in Italia’ with Antonio Pappano
Posted on July 27, 2010 | No CommentsBBC Four: Opera in Italia with Antonio Pappano I’ve just watched this three-part documentary by BBC Four and I find it an excellent introduction to Italian opera. London-born Antonio Pappano travels to places like Verdi’s own villa, La Scala and all manners of other gorgeous […] -
Book Review: RICE Cry to Heaven – INKPOT
Posted on August 22, 2001 | No CommentsCry To Heaven by Anne Rice BALLANTINE BOOKS ISBN: 0-345-39693-6 (Reprinted May 1995) 556 pages Also available in hardcover: Knopf ISBN 0-394-52351-2 by David Chew. “Slowly, slowly he swelled it, slowly he let it pulse from his throat, this very limit of what […] -
Book Review: COPLAND What to Listen for in Music – INKPOT
Posted on March 20, 2001 | No CommentsWhat to Listen for in Music by AARON COPLAND PENGUIN BOOKS ISBN: 0-451-62880-2 (Mar 1999) 288 pages by David Chew Often, as a beginner to classical music, one can get inundated and overwhelmed by the deluge of unknown terms and forms of this particular genre […] -
Book Review: SALZMAN The Soloist – INKPOT
Posted on March 15, 2001 | No CommentsThe Soloist by Mark Salzman VINTAGE BOOKS ISBN: 0-679-75926-3 (Jan 1995) Also available in hardcover: Transaction Publishers ISBN 1-560-00446-0 (Feb 2001) by David Chew It is rare that we find a good novel concerning classical music, one that actually speaks a very important […] -
INKPOT#88 CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEWS: Book Review – “Memories of Beethoven – From The House Of The Black Spaniards” by Gerhard von Breuning
Posted on August 12, 1999 | No CommentsMemories of Beethoven: From the House of the Black Spaniards AUS DEM SCHWARZSPANIERHAUS by Gerhard von Breuning Edited by Maynard Solomon Translated from the original German by him and Henry Mins. ISBN 0-521-48489-8 Paperback Canto edition (April 1995) Cambridge University Press 4th edition (October 1984), […]