MusicTeachers.co.uk Online Journal

Win Caldwell’s 2-volume The Oxford History of English Music

On the good ship Lollipop
Editor John Woodford examines what motivates the so-called child prodigy

Awards, examinations, publishers, promoters, recording companies, etc.


		The Last Master – John Suchet in Interview The Last Master – ITN newscaster and Beethoven biographer John Suchet in an exclusive interview with MusicTeachers.co.uk’s editor, John Woodford.

		Full Circle MusicTeachers.co.uk talk to Melvyn Tan about how his career as one of Britain's leading concert pianists has turned from the early to the modern piano.

A Dictator amongst Dictators – The Rise of Arturo Toscanini As renowned for his temper as he was for his musicianship, MT.co.uk examines the life of Arturo Toscanini.

The MusicTeachers.co.uk guide to MP3 With the rise of Internet music, MusicTeachers.co.uk provide a comprehensive account of the ins and outs of MPEG.

Each month we ask music's high-flyers how they made it to the top.

This month, Claire Willis talks of her work as Press Officer for Universal Classics.

New Recordings
-	Handel: Rinaldo Daniels/Bartoli/Fink/Orgonasova Taylor/AAM/Hogwood (Recording of the month)
-	JS Bach: Attributions Christopher Herrick
-	JS Bach: Cello Suites played on the viola Patricia McCarty
-	Handel: Apollo e Dafne Gauvin/Braun/Labadie
-	Schubert: The Complete String Quartets vol. 6 Coull Quartet
-	Scriabin: Preparation for the Final Mystery/Nuances Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Ashkenazy
-	Liszt: Sonata, Ballades and Polonaises Stephen Hough
-	Fraser-Simson: The Maid of the Mountains Kelly/Maltman/George/Corp et al.
-	Rachmaninov: Piano Trios Moscow Rachmaninov Piano Trio
-	Rachmaninov: Isle of the Dead/ Symphony No.1 Russian National Orchestra/ Pletnev
-	Stravinsky: The Collected Works vol. 4 Philharmonia Orchestra/Craft
-	Britten: The Folksong Arrangements Anderson/Nathan/MacDougall/Martineau
-	Cellissimo: My favourite encores for cello and piano Maisky/Hovora
-	A Boston Concert Ken Colyer’s Jazzmen
-	Benny Walters live at the Pawnshop Walters
Books
-	The Oxford History of English Music John Caldwell
-	The Clavichord Bernard Brauchli
-	The History of the English Organ Stephen Bicknell
-	Lexicon of Musical Invective Nicolas Slominsky
-	The Puccini Companion William Weaver & Simonetta Puccini

-	Edexcel A Level notes Mozart – Sonata in B-flat major K333
-	‘From here on it’s downhill all the way…’ MT.co.uk contributor Victoria Larley provides a frank account of her early experiences as a piano and singing teacher.