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This definitive encyclopaedic work explores the origins of
percussion through the development of the early drums and
xylophones right up to the wide range of modern instruments and the
sounds they make. James Blades covers these early developments
globally from China and the Far East, India and Tibet, the early
civilisations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome and Persia
through to mediaeval and renaissance Europe. He continues to
examine the role of percussion in the classical and romantic
orchestras and finally looks at the ways composers have pushed the
boundaries in modern music. Each chapter has its own photographs,
illustrations and bibliography and there are comprehensive indices
referencing all the composers and works discussed. This extended
edition includes two important new chapters. The first covers the
rise of the solo percussionist and is written by the world's
leading practitioner and one of Blades' former pupils, Dame Evelyn
Glennie, who also contributes a new Foreword, while recent
developments in orchestral percussion are covered by Neil Percy,
Head of Timpani and Percussion at the Royal Academy of Music and
Principal Percussionist of the London Symphony Orchestra.
The A Z of String Players surveys the lives, careers and recordings
of over 300 string players from the past and present. Many great
string players who have made recordings are included, from Accardo
to Zukerman. The text covers artists from the earliest recording
processes to contemporary, cutting-edge technology. In this clear
and straight-forward publication, the artists are listed
alphabetically, with a summary of their career, notable recordings,
biography and critical appraisal of their recorded legacy. In
addition, four compact discs present a selection of recordings from
69 artists. This package will appeal to enthusiast and scholar
alike as a readable, informed and fascinating work of reference.
Benjamin Britten's opera, composed to celebrate the Coronation of
Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. He took as his starting point Lytton
Strachey's 'Elizabeth and Essex'. Sarah Walker and Anthony Rolfe
Johnson star.
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Various Artists - Take Four (CD)
Take Four, Tran Vuong-Thach, Luca Mosca, Giacomo Puccini, Maximo Diego Pujol, …
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Andris Nelsons leads the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in
this 50th anniversary performance of Benjamin Britten's War
Requiem. The piece was commissioned to mark the consecration of the
new Coventry Cathedral, which was built after the original
fourteenth-century structure was destroyed in a World War II
bombing raid in 1940. 50 years after its premiere it returns to the
cathedral to be performed, as it was on its first airing, by the
the City of Birmingham Orchegstra, Chorus, and Youth Chorus. The
featured vocalists are Erin Wall, Mark Padmore and Hanno
Müller-Brachmann.
David McVicar's acclaimed production of Benjamin Britten's chamber
opera, recorded live during its premiere run at the Aldeburgh
Festival in 2001. Paul Daniel leads the English National Opera,
with performances by Sarah Connolly, Christopher Maltman, Catherine
Wyn-Rogers and Mary Nelson.
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