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The Partial View: June 2015
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Sunday, 28 June 2015. Photos: The Ten Greatest Novelists in the World. John C. Winston, 1948. Photo by Dorothy Wilding, 1958. In September 1948, John C. Winston published a book by W. Somerset Maugham titled Great Novelists and Their Novels. It contained essays on "The Ten Best Novels in the World", a list Maugham originally made for the editor of Redbook. In the UK (Heinemann, 1954) and The Art of Fiction. 1869-70), never mind that it has little to do with the sketch by her sister, Cassandra, drawn c...
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The Partial View: December 2014
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Tuesday, 23 December 2014. Review: The Major Works of Lord Byron (Oxford World's Classics). Press, Paperback, [2008]. 8vo xxviii 1080 pp. Introduction [xi-xxiii] and Notes [1021-76] by Jerome J. McGann, 1986. This edition first published, 1986. First published, with revisions, as an Oxford World's Classics paperback, 2000. Note on the Text. A Fragment (‘When, to their airy hall, my fathers’ voice’). The Farewell to a Lady. From English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. Lines to Mr Hodgson]. She Walks in Beauty.
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The Partial View: September 2015
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Wednesday, 30 September 2015. Review: Giuseppe Di Stefano - In Concerto - Live, 1950-52, G.O.P. I Concerti General Motors alla TV Messicana,. Ed Sullivan Show,. GOP, 2002. 2 CD. TT: 76.63 73.26. CD 1 (76.33):. De Curtis: Tu can nun chiagne. Puccini: Turandot – Nessum dorma. Mexican TV – 15/6/1952. Mario: Santa Lucia luntana*. Cioffi: Na sera a maggio. Mexican TV – 22/6/1952. Perez-Freire: Ay, ay, ay. Puccini: Tosca – E lucevan le stelle. Cardillo: Core ‘ngrato. Mexican TV – 29/6/1952. Di Capua: O sole mio.
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The Partial View: Five Degrees of Vladimir Horowitz: A Brief Discography
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Saturday, 17 December 2016. Five Degrees of Vladimir Horowitz: A Brief Discography. Five Degrees of Vladimir Horowitz:. The labels are those for which the recording in question was originally made (Sony=. Is not mentioned because its contents were included in the nine volumes (13 CD) of The Complete Masterworks Recordings. Much more extensive, though somewhat dated, discography is available at The Horowitz Website. Complete Original Jacket [RCA/Sony, 2009, 70 CD]. Horowitz ReDiscovered [RCA, Live, 2003].
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The Partial View: October 2014
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Friday, 31 October 2014. Photos: Strictly Personal (1941, 1942) by W. Somerset Maugham (US and UK editions). Is one of the least known books by Somerset Maugham. If it is mentioned at all, it is usually dismissed as propaganda by people who haven’t read it. What I have to say about the book I have said it elsewhere. The purpose of this post is to shed a little light on the curious differences between the American and the British editions. The major source is Stott’s bibliography. The First English editio...
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The Partial View: March 2015
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Friday, 13 March 2015. Reflections on Infinity: "The Other Tiger" by Arthur C. Clarke. What does it really mean to say that the universe is infinite? The vast majority of people think that "infinite" is simply synonymous with "very, very big". This is not even close. I will not attempt to explain this mind-boggling concept. Arthur Clarke already did this brilliantly in his short story " The Other Tiger. PS If you care to read Frank Stockton's "The Lady or the Tiger? Labels: Arthur C. Clarke. It was his c...
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The Partial View: October 2015
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Tuesday, 13 October 2015. Quotes: Vladimir Horowitz - His Life and Music (1992) by Harold Schonberg - Preface and Appendices. Harold C. Schonberg. Vladimir Horowitz: His Life and Music. Simon and Schuster, 1992. 8vo 432 pp. Appendices I–IV The Horowitz Recordings. Discography by Jon Samuels [pp. 357-404]. Index. First published, 1992. With Carlo Maria Giulini and the Scala Orchestra, and he was a little nervous about it. He had never played it in public. And I never saw him again. On his return to. Durin...
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The Partial View: August 2015
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Tuesday, 4 August 2015. Quotes: Interplanetary Flight (1950) by Arthur C. Clarke. Arthur C. Clarke. An Introduction to Astronautics. First published by Temple Press, 1950. First American edition by Harper and Brothers, 1951. Second impression [slightly revised], 1951. Third Impression, 1952. The Earth’s Gravitational Field. Strictly speaking, no point in the Universe is “beyond Earth’s gravity”, which decreases as the inverse square of the distance and so becomes zero only at infinity&#...Since the work ...
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The Partial View: November 2014
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Monday, 24 November 2014. Review: Volodos Plays Liszt - 2006 (SONY). Stupendous virtuosity at service of the music: a rarity among pianists. There are, basically, three major reasons for every piano lover and Lisztian to acquire this disc as soon as possible. In order of their importance, these are:. 1 Arcadi Volodos himself. 2 The program itself. 3 The sound quality. One caveat, however. Occasionally – most notably in the Vallée. What’s more, the program illustrates one the most endearing qualitie...
