We have now completed the CD reviews for March on MusicWeb see:

   http://www.musicweb.uk.net/classrev/2002/Mar02/1aMar02-1.htm

There were 155 of them, slightly fewer than usual but it was a short month
and we had several days of down time in the month.  This was due to a bug
in the e-commerce software of our partner site which has now been sorted.
The reviews for April have started at

   http://www.musicweb.uk.net/classrev/2002/Apr02/1aApr02-1.htm

My thanks to those who responded to my query about soundsamples and you
will see we have made some immediate changes which will help.

Articles of interest during the month are listed below and can be reached
from the March URL above. To be added shortly are articles on Wagner and,
from a different perspective than usual, one on Walton.
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LISTENERS - Professional or Amateur? - Arthur Butterworth

Matthias Goerne in conversation with Melanie Eskenazi

Gunter Wand (1912-2002) Obituary

New Beginnings in Philadelphia by Robin Mitchell-Boyask

Patrick Hadley THE HILLS by John France

THE RISE AND FALL OF POPULAR MUSIC by Donald Clarke
          Complete book now on-line

Benjamin Frankel:The Making of Music for the Movies by E.D.Kennaway

WALTON-BRITTEN, a musical north-south divide? By Arthur Butterworth

COME ALONG NORMAN - YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS!

        Adrian Smith rebuffs Norman Lebrecht's assertion that Walton
killed his own talent.

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Len Mullenger
The Internet CD review site
www.musicweb.uk.net  www.FilmMusic.uk.net www.TheClassicalSite.com