Musical performance. Vol.1, pt.1 Reflections : performers/audiences/recordings / issue editors Jon Tolansky and Basil Tschaikov

Editorial / Basil Tschaikov -- The Music Performance Research Centre : An Entry Into Britain's Archive Of Public Performances / Jon Tolansky -- The Conductor Speaks : An Interview With Mark Elder / Mark Elder -- The Death Of Boris : Performing The Role Of Moussorgsky's Boris Godunov : Thoughts And Experiences / Robert Lloyd -- Sir Thomas Beecham : A Memoir / Basil Tschaikov -- A View From The Orchestra : Two Perspectives / Harold Nash And David Theodore -- Stravinsky Remembered / Basil Tschaikov -- Listening To Music : Alone Or In Company / David Coronel -- The Mcps National Discography : Britain's Centralised Recordings Information Centre / Malcolm Tibber -- The Music Performance Research Centre : A Selective Catalogue / Jon Tolansky. Issue Editors, Jon Tolansky And Basil Tschaikov. Cover Title. March 1966--p. [3] Of Cover. Includes Index. Discography: P. 73-98. Cover 1 Copyright Page 2 Table of Contents 3 Editorial 5 The Music Performance Research Centre: An Entry into Britain's Archive of Public Performances 7 The Conductor Speaks: An Interview with Mark EIder 13 The Death of Boris: Performing the Role of Moussorgsky's Boris Godunov - Thoughts and Experiences 25 Sir Thomas Beecham: A Memoir 35 A View from the Orchestra - Two Perspectives 45 Stravinsky Remembered 61 Listening to Music Alone or in Company 65 The MCPS National Discography: Britain's Centralised Recordings Information Centre 71 The Music Performance Research Centre: A Selective Catalogue 77 Notes on Contributors 103 Index 105 Performers/Audiences/Recordings Jon Tolansky and Basil Tschaikov outline the formation and development of the Music Performance Research Centre in London and the hurdles that had to be surmounted before its inauguration Ever since the arrival of the portable cassette recorder music lovers have wished that it was possible for them to make recordings at public performances.