Reviews

[E]ine... wichtige Veröffentlichung, gerade weil man einen durch Musikjournalismus gefilterten Blick auf das Musikleben der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts, vor allem der 30er Jahre erhält. Die
*MUSIKFORSCHUNG*

A fascinating read.
*THE DELIAN*

This second volume of Brian's writing...makes for tantalising reading...What Malcolm MacDonald's meticulously annotated volume shows is the work of a highly intelligent commentator...at the critical vanguard. [Editor's Choice]
*CLASSICAL MUSIC [Editor's Choice]*

A body of writing second to none for its insight into the musical world of the earlier twentieth century, as one of its most pertinent commentators saw it.music journalism such as Brian's is a salutary reminder of what ought to be possible.
*INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW*

MacDonald's editing is up to its usual high standards - his footnotes alone make fascinating reading.
*AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE*

[B]oth a work of scholarship and an important historical source for an understanding of the British music of the early 20th century.
*ELGAR FOUNDATION*

This is a golden treasury of fascinating journalism from a period in British musical history that can easily be bypassed when leaping from Elgar to Britten and beyond, and penned by a writer of great skill, broad musical perception and understanding, and above all the insights of a remarkable composer.
*MUSIC & VISION DAILY*