David Patrick Stearns (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 8½"x11"; 98 pages; Soft Pictorial Cover; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. Due to USPS regulations, this item may require additional postage. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details. BBC Music Magazine is a British monthly magazine that focuses primarily on classical music. Each edition comes together with an audio CD, often including BBC recordings of full-length works. The first issue appeared in September 1992. The magazine includes regular columns and reviews of new releases as well as several in depth feature articles by noted music writers. Each issue contains a CD featuring complete works by the greatest composers, performed by world-class artists and ensembles. This issue includes the audio CD recording: "Stravinsky 'Rite of Spring'; Britten 'Four Sea Interludes'; Mussorgsky 'Prelude to Khovanshchina'; Lyadov 'Kikimora'; Walton 'Portsmouth Point Overture'" performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by David Atherton. This issue contains the following articles: "This month's CD Listening Guide" (track-by-track guide) by Jan Smaczny; "Annie Fischer; 1914-95" (Obituary) by Misha Donat; "Label Profile: Opus 111" (Yolanta Skura, founder) by Nick Kimberley; "Percussion takes center stage" (more young people finding the soul of music in percussion) by John Milsom; "Music in art: 'Sir Thomas Beecham conducting' by WR Sickert" by Tom Phillips; "Indian summer" (Ravi Shankar) by Kenneth Hunt; "unmasked at the ball?" (Luciano Pavarotti) by Antony Peattie; "Imperial splendor" (Royal Opera House, London and Marlinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg) Jane Glover "Händel v Handel" (George Frideric Handel German-British Baroque composer) by Simon Heighes; "Composer of the Month: George Enescu" by Noel Malcolm; "Building a Library: Mahler, 'Symphony No. 8'" by Edward Seckerson; "Brian Kay's Starter Collection" (recommended essential performances from the classical repertoire) by Brian Kay; "Catch a Cab!" (Cab Calloway) by Ian Carr; "Music that changed me: Leonard Slatkin, conductor" interview by David Patrick Stearns.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 8½"x11"; 106 pages; Soft Pictorial Cover; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. Due to USPS regulations, this item may require additional postage. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details. BBC Music Magazine is a British monthly magazine that focuses primarily on classical music. Each edition comes together with an audio CD, often including BBC recordings of full-length works. The first issue appeared in September 1992. The magazine includes regular columns and reviews of new releases as well as several in depth feature articles by noted music writers. Each issue contains a CD featuring complete works by the greatest composers, performed by world-class artists and ensembles. This issue includes the audio CD "Beethoven: Piano Sonatas in B flat, Op. 106 (Hammerklavier) and in C minor, Op. 111" performed by Edith Vogel (piano) This issue contains the following articles: "Tuning up: Concert halls, better live than dead?" (acoustics of concert halls) by Tommy Pearson; "Music in art: 'David and Saul' by Rembrant van Rijn" by Tom Phillips; "The proud chatelaine" (Kiri Te Kanawa celebrates her 50th birthday) by Lesley Garner; "Flights of Fantasy" (Rimsky-Korsakov's fairy-tale operas) by David Nice; "Super sleuths" (Sotheby's Simon Maguire, Stephen Roe detecting musical forgery, fraud and deception) by Graham Topping; "A History of Deception" (some infamous forgeries) by Albi Rosenthal; "Composer of the Month: Ludwig van Beethoven" (Part 1: juggling incentive and inspiration) by Barry Cooper; "Saint or Sinner?" (Keith Jarrett) by David Patrick Stearns; "Recorded Reputations: Boris Christoff" by Richard Fairman; "Never too early" ('Early Music' Nikolaus Harnoncourt) by Nicholas Anderson; "Never too Late" ('Early Music' Christopher Hogwood) by Lindsay Kemp; "Eastern uprising" ('Early Music' in Eastern Europe) by Peter Holman; "One off the beat" (Dave Brubeck) by Ian Carr; "Footnote" (the problem of 18th century operas with 20th century staging) by Charles Osborne; "Building a Library: Gustav Mahler, Symphony No.9) by Bernard Keeffe; "Brian Kay's Starter Collection" (recommended essential performances from the classical repertoire) by Brian Kay; "Music that changed me: Sir Claus Moser".

No Binding. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Spotless and undamaged inside and out. No signs of wear. The magazine will be packed with a backing card, bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Viewpoint"; "OperaWatch"; "You Only Live Twice" (Phyllis Curtin, then and now) by Richard Dyer; "Vintage 1900" (Reflections on a life in music publishing) by Hans Heinsheimer; "Dramatic Alternatives" (Roger Ames' theater for youth) by Andrew Pincus; "The Americanization of Kurt Weill" (Street Scene and Broadway) by David Patrick Stearns; "Sound and Fury" (Red-hot (and medium-cool) verismo on CD) by C. J. Luten; "Testament" (the Tucker Foundation pays homage to an immortal) by Susan Elliott; "Hands-On Opera" (putting on a show at the Met Opera Guild) by Deborah Grace Winer; "Sight and Sound" (Best Buys '90) by Hans Fantel; "Recordings" (Donizetti heroines, Cosi, Mitridate) by John W. Freeman; "NYCO Telecast of November 7: A Little Night Music"; "Books" (Shirlee Emmons on Lauritz Melchior); "In Review" (from around the world); "Crutchfield at Large" by Will Crutchfield and "Dateline" (What's going on in North America).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Six booklets in box: Film, Theatre, Dance, Visual Arts, Music, Literature. Some soiling and wear to surface and edges of box. Booklets are crisp and clean like new. ; 4to.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Large 4to hardshell portfolio with 6 booklets on visual arts. Contents fine as new. Portfolio box has one coffee stain at top right else very good.