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“Fugger” [family of bankers and music patrons]

Author: Fisher, Alexander Publication details: Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, 2d ed., Personenteil 7:246–52. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2002. Weblink: www.abebooks.com

Edition of Rudolph di Lasso, Virginalia Eucharistica

Author: Fisher, Alexander Publication details: (Munich: Nikolaus Heinrich, 1615). Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque Era 114. Madison, Wisc.: A-R Editions, 2002. Weblink: https://www.areditions.com

Narratives of Middle Eastern Music History

Author: Fisher, Alexander and Dr. Virginia Danielson Publication details: The Middle East, 15–27. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music 6. New York: Routledge Reference, 2002. Weblink: https://www.routledge.com/The-Garland-Encyclopedia-of-World-Music-The-Middle-East/Danielson-Reynolds-Marcus/

Copland & Gershwin: An American Recital

Artists: Mark Anderson Recording details: “Mark Anderson brings a compelling grandeur and eloquent fervour to Copland’s imposing Sonata of 1939-41 (apparently Leonard Bernstein’s favourite work), achieving a splendid concentration and unforced gravitas in the riveting concluding Andante sostenuto in particular. …the sound is eminently truthful and the audience impeccably behaved (and, I should add, rightly […]

Paul Hindemith, Gottfried Benn, and the Defense of the Autonomy of Art in the Late Weimar Republic

Author: Fisher, Alexander Publication details: Hindemith-Jahrbuch 28 (1999): 11–53. Weblink: https://www.schott-music.com/en/hindemith-jahrbuch-no16696.html

Brahms: Klavierstücke Op 118 & 119

Artists: Mark Anderson Recording details: “[Mark Anderson] creates a magical oasis of calm in the Op.118 No.2 and finds so much more than mere energy in the robust opening measures of the ‘Ballade ‘. His temperament is ideally suited to the elusive mix of romanticism and pre-impressionism in Op.119 No.1. Quite without cunning or artifice, his […]

Liszt: Rhapsodie Espagnole

Artists: Mark Anderson Recording details: “As his two previous Nimbus discs (3/95 and 7/95 – the latter including a fine performance of Liszt’s Dante Sonata) show, Mark Anderson is a most musicianly pianist. His communicative ardour understandably made him an audience favourite at the 1993 Leeds Piano Competition and here, in this richly diverse programme, he […]

Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3

Artists: Mark Anderson Recording details: “Mark Anderson here proves himself a musician-pianist to the manner born. From the powerful opening surge of the Brahms Sonata to the closing chord of the Schumann Toccata, his authority and pianistic command are never in doubt. A debut recital disc of impressive quality. Performance, Five Stars!” – Classic CD Nimbus […]

Brahms, Piano Concerto No.1, Dohnányi, Nursery Variations

Artists: Mark Anderson Recording details: “The American pianist Mark Anderson – winner of the third prize in the 1993 Leeds International Piano Competition – is the soloist. He gives a glittering performance of the Dohnányi, and a spontaneous one; he is superbly accompanied by Adám Fischer and the Hungarian State SO.” -Gramophone Nimbus Records, 2008