Synopses & Reviews
This first volume of Song on Record, devoted to Lieder, provides a critical guide to performance on record from the early days of the gramophone to the present day. Alan Blyth, with a team of distinguished writers and critics, has covered comprehensively the main strands of each composer's output in the field, from Haydn and Mozart to Schoenberg and Berg, together with illuminating and entertaining discussion of the differing interpretations found on the selected recordings. The book is thus as much a history of the Lied and its interpretation as a guide to available recordings and will be of interest to musicologists and performers as well as to music lovers and record collectors.
Review
"...a valuable book, and one which any lover of the German art-song will frequently consult." Times Literary Supplement"...this current series is extremely useful for music libraries and for devotees of classical song." Dean Tudor, American Reference Books Annual"Alan Blyth provides an entertaining and engaging survey of recorded art song outside of Germany, lieder having been the topic of his well-received Song on Record, 1." Arne J. Arneson, Notes
Synopsis
This second volume of Song on Record covers the repertory of song not included in Lieder. It contains chapters on the major French composers, on Russian, Scandinavian, Spanish, English, and American song, on Bartok and Janacek, and Britten, and ends with a final chapter entitiled Encores.
Synopsis
Once again Alan Blyth has brought together a distinguished group of contributors to provide a valuable and informed discussion of interpretation.
Synopsis
This second volume of Song on Record covers the repertory of song not included in the category of Lieder. It contains chapters on the major French composers, on Russian, Scandinavian, Spanish and American song, on Bartók and Janácek, Britten and English song, and ends with a bonne bouche entitled 'Encore'. Once again Alan Blyth has brought together a distinguished group of contributors to provide a valuable and informed discussion of interpretation. Indispensable for record collectors, it is also fascinating reading for all musicians and music lovers with an interest in song.
Table of Contents
Introduction; 1. Berlioz David Cairns; 2. Duparc Alan Blyth; 3. Gounod, Chabrier, Chausson, Hahn Alan Blyth; 4. Fauré: ten songs Richard Fairman; 5. Fairé: song cycles Richard Fairman; 6. Debussy David Murray; 7. Ravel Jeremy Sams; 8. Poulenc Jeremy Sams; 9. Spanish song Michael Oliver; 10. Mussorgsky Stephen Johnson; 11. Tchaikovsky: ten songs David M. Jackson; 12. Rachmaninov: ten songs David M. Jackson; 13. Scandinavian song Robert Layton; 14. Bartók and Janácek David Murray; 15. Britten Michael Kennedy; 16. English song John Steane; 17. American song Will Crutchfield; 18. Encore John Steane; Indices.