1st Edition

Reflections Performers/Audiences/Recordings

Edited By Jon Tolansky, Basil Tschaikov Copyright 1996
112 Pages
by Routledge

112 Pages
by Routledge

Jon Tolansky outlines the formation and development of the Music Research Centre (MPRC) in London and the many hurdles that had to be surmounted before its inauguration. He also provides, in the final article, a selective catalogue of the current MPRC holdings of archive-recordings, audio and video, available to visitors to the Centre's Listening Studio. The voice of the musician engaged in... Read more
Chapter 1 Editorial, Basil Tschaikov; Chapter 2 The Music Performance Research Centre: An Entry into Britain’s Archive of Public Performances, Jon Tolansky; Chapter 3 The Conductor Speaks: An Interview with Mark Elder, Mark Elder; Chapter 4 The Death of Boris: Performing the Role of Moussorgsky’s Boris Godunov – Thoughts and Experiences, Robert Lloyd; Chapter 5 Sir Thomas Beecham: A Memoir, Basil Tschaikov; Chapter 6 A View from the Orchestra – Two Perspectives, Harold Nash, David Theodore; Chapter 7 remembered, Basil Tschaikov; Chapter 8 Listening to Music: Alone or in Company, David Coronel; Chapter 9 The MCPS National Discography: Britain’s Centralised Recordings Information Centre, Malcolm Tibber; Chapter 10 The Music Performance Research Centre: A Selective Catalogue, Jon Tolansky;

Biography

Tolansky, Jon; Tschaikov, Basil