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James Blades' Percussion Instruments and their History
Legendary percussionist James Blades' Percussion Instruments and their History was first published in 1971 (with an introduction from Benjamin Britten with whom Blades had a long association) and last updated in 2005. The book has remained the standard reference work on the subject. Now it is being re-issued in expanded form (over 600 pages) by Kahn & Averill. The expanded edition includes a chapter on the rise of the solo percussionist and written by 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. As a performer James Blades (1901-1999) played with the Melos Ensemble and the English Chamber Orchestra, and as professor of percussion at the Royal Academy of Music he enthused a whole generation, and […]
2021-02-22 00:00:00
Decca Eloquence 4
[…] Debussy 16 Piano Preludes from Books I and II Jorge Bolet Bela Bartok Concerto for Orchestra Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Igor Stravinsky L’Oiseau de feu: Suite (1919 version) Le Sacre du printemps - Le Chant du Rossignol Zoltan Kodaly Háry János:Suite Concertgebouw Orchestra Eduard von Beinum J. N. Hummel Piano Septet Piano Quintet C. M. von Weber Clarinet Quintet Gervase de Peyer clarinet The Melos Ensemble of London Giuseppe Tartini Violin Concerto in A major Violin Concerto in B flat major Violin Concerto in G major Violin Concerto in E minor Violin Concerto in G major Salvatore Accardo violin & director I Musici English Chamber Orchestra Frank Martin Violin Concerto In terra Pax Etudes Concerto for seven wind instruments Wolfgang Schneiderhan violin L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Ernest Ansermet […]
2021-01-08 00:00:00
Decca Eloquence Part 2
[…] Arthur Honegger Symphonies 2-4 Le Roi David Frank Martin Et In Terra Pax Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Ernest Ansermet Antonin Dvorak String Quintet No. 10 Piano Quintet No. 2 Sir Clifford Curzon piano Boskovsky Quartet Vienna Philharmonc Quartet Pastoral Dialogues Works by Jones, D´India Dowland, Lawes Emma Kirkby soprano David Thomas bass Anthony Rooley lute Ravel Debussy Roussel Ropartz The Melos Ensemble William Shield Rosina Richard Bonynge Dmitri Shostakovich Symphonies Nos. 1 and 9 The Age of Gold, Suite Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Walter Weller London SO Jean Martinon
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