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Published by Gramaphone Publications, Harrow, Middlesex, United Kingdom, 1997
Seller: Argyl Houser, Bookseller, Turlock, CA, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket As Issued. Completely clean with no signs of wear or damage. It will be bubble-wrapped and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Editorial"; "Letters" (Light shed on Romeo Cascarino, a Kubelik rarity unearthed and your reissue pleas aired); "Variations on an Enigma" (Nalen Anthoni explores the illustrious career of the pianist Wilhelm Backhaus); "The Koch Schwann Vienna State Opera Series" (Michael Tanner feasts on the 48-CD series and reports a few regrets but much to praise); "The Recording of Johannes Brahms" (Robert Matthew-Walker has painstakingly researched the events that led to the first ever recording by a composer); "The Art of Georges Thill" (Kenneth Morgan charts the recordings that punctuated the career of Thill, a French tenor non pareil); "The EMI Archives" (EMI's archive is now united for the first time in its history. Lyndon Jenkins paid it a visit); "Back to the Future" (EMI transfer engineer Andrew Walter demystifies the remastering process); "The Musical Legacy of a Vanished Land Part 2" (Graham Silcock concludes his study of the German Democratic Republic and asks why it was that the GDR's orchestras and choirs had such a distinctive sound); "The Birth of the Gramophone" (A portrait by Clara Louise Leslie, written in 1926, of the inventor of the gramophone, Emile Berliner); "Magnetic Tape Recording" (The advent of tape freed artists and engineers from the previous restrictions of recording. John Borwick traces its introduction); "Audio and the Record Collector -- Demonstration Discs" (John Borwick searches out some highly collectible demonstration LPs for the audiophile); "Capturing History" (Jed Distler on some rare recordings of the live broadcast performances--the ones that didn't get away); "A Quartet to Remember" (The Mari Iwamoto String Quartet; not a name familiar to Western ears but one, says Sachio Moroishi, worth following up); "Punk versus Kontrapunkt" (Stephan Bultmann surveys the German reissue market in the aftermath of recent industry upheavals); "Collector News" (Ward Marston goes solo; Naxos waxes historical); plus "New Releases" and "Reviews".