LJUBA
WELITSCH - BULGARIAN DYNAMO - An appreciation of the life and career of the legendary
soprano who first sang Salome in 1943 with Strauss conduting and continued with
an international career. Many anecdotes and photographs. 
A
multiple disk set (13 SACDs abd 1 DVD) of live performances by the Royal Concertgebouw
Orchestra
condu conducted by Maiss Jansons, 1990 - 2004 (RCOA LIVE) 
Capsule reviews of more than
twenty DVD Audio multi-channel recordings giving essential information about number of channels, DVD numbers,
etc. 
RICHARD STRAUSS' SALOME ... history of the opera and a survey of more
dozens of recordings, from the first
acoustics to the many complete recordings, including historic live performances
by Ljuba Welitsch, Maria Cebotari, Christel Goltz, Leonie Rysanek and many others
- plus a survey of recordings of the
final scene, and videos......and some previously unpublished photos
of the finest Salome of all—Ljuba Welitsch.
A survey
of
many recordings of Richard Strauss' ELEKTRA including performances
by some of the greatest interpreters of the role: Birgit Nilsson, Inge
Borkh, Astrid Varnay, Hildegard Behrens, Rose Pauly and Christel Goltz—and
DVD
versions as well..
A detailed
explanation
of surround sound and the three primary multichannel formats: SACD, DVDA
and DTS - equipment involved, how to arrange speakers, how to play the disks
and how to
understand terminology..
A multiple-CD issue of live concert performances and commercial recordings
by WILLEM MENGELBERG
and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, produced by Hubert Wendel
An interview with pianist ARCADI VOLODOS when he was in Baltimore in mid-March
2001 to play
Prokofiev's Second Piano Concerto with the Baltimore Symphony
A feature article on the life of British composer
SIR MALCOLM ARNOLD and recordings of his music
WILLEM MENGELBERG - A 10-CD set
of "The Live Concertgebouw Radio Recordings" with distinguished guest
artists, plus a DVD recorded in France
An 11-CD
set of live performances (1935/1958) of EDUARD VAN BEINUM and the Concertgebouw
Orchestra,
plus a DVD of Beethoven's Eroica filmed in 1957
NEW
YORK PHILHARMONIC AMERICAN ALBUM - ROGER DETTMER reviews this huge set
of live performances of American music with various conductors
CHARLES GERHARDT - Bob Benson reflects on his long friendship with the late
American conductor/arranger/producer
Bob Benson
takes a comprehensive look at RCA's CLASSIC FILM SCORES and
other film music recordings with Charles Gerhardt and
the National Philharmonic
SCRIABIN's POEM OF ECSTASY — A survey of recorded performances;
this sensuous symphonic poem has yet to receive
its definitive recording.
ILYA MUROMETZ -- Reinhold Glière's monumental Symphony No. 3....
The
music and its recordings over the years.
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
- "THE HISTORIC BROADCASTS - 1923 - 1987" ROGER
DETTMER comments on this huge set of live performances.
"A PORTRAIT OF EDUARD VAN BEINUM" including
a complete discography
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC—THE
MAHLER BROADCASTS - 1948 - 1982 ROGER
DETTMER reviews this major set of live Mahler performances.
Bob Benson
surveys THE HISTORY OF RECORDING IN THE CONCERTGEBOUW from 1926 to the
present time
BERNARD HAITINK
- 70th BIRTHDAY
COMMEMORATIVE SET -- Live Performances of a wide variety of music performed with
the
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
RCA's
multi-CD set
of
all of their recordings by pianist WILLIAM KAPELL reviewed by Bob Benson