The Music Review

Volume 1 (1940)

No. 1

• Pages i-ii: Table of Contents
• Page 1: Geoffrey Sharp, "Editorial"
• Pages 2-23, Egon Wellesz, "The Symphonies of Gustav Mahler"
• Pages 24-24b: "An Unpublished Letter of Mahler" [text transcription on page 24 and a facsimile of the latter on a separate page before page 25]
• Pages 25-35: Cecil Gray, "Pietro Raimondi"
• Pages 36-53: Otto Erich Deutsch (translated by Dr. K. Wood-Legh), "The Riddle of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony"
• Pages 54-67: Paul Hirsch (translated by Percy H. Muir), "Some Early Mozart Editions"
• Pages 68-71: W.J. Turner, "Artistic Direction"
• Pages 72-78: Geoffrey Sharp, "Ernest Bloch's Violin Concerto"
• Page 79: Music Received and Books Received
• Page 80: Book Review
  • G.N.S. [Geoffrey Sharp], A List of Books About Music by Percy Scholes, published by Oxford University Press
• Pages 81-87: Gramophone Records
  • Page 81: Geoffrey Sharp, Beethoven: Variations in E flat major. Op. 35. Lili Kraus. Parlophone R 20470-72. 18s.
  • Pages 81-82: Geoffrey Sharp, Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major. Op. 60. The B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini. His Master's Voice DB 3896-99. 24s.
  • Pages 82-83: M.H. [Mary Houghton], Beethoven, Symphony No. 8 in F major. Op. 93. Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam conducted by Prof. Dr. Willem Mengelberg. Telefunken SK 2760-2. 182.
  • Page 83: Geoffrey Sharp, Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique. Op. 14. Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire conducted by Bruno Walter. His Master's Voice DB 3852-57. 36s.
  • Page 84: Geoffrey Sharp, Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E major. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Eugen Jochum. Telefunken SK 3000-7. 48s.
  • Page 84: Geoffrey Sharp, Chopin: Scherzo in C sharp minor. Op. 39, No. 3. Claudio Arrau. Parlophone R 20469. 6s.
  • Pages 84-85: Geoffrey Sharp, Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D major (The London). The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. Columbia LX 856-8. 18s.
  • Page 85: Geoffrey Sharp, Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major (The Haffner). The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. Columbia LX 851-2/LXS 853. 15s.
  • Pages 85-86: Geoffrey Sharp, Schubert: String Quartet in B flat major. Op. 168. The Busch Quartet. His Master's Voice DB 3737-39. 18s.
  • Page 86: Sibelius Society, Volume Six. Contents: En Saga. Op. 9; Valse Triste. Op. 44; A Spring in the Park, Entr'acte, and The Death of Mélisande. Op. 46 from the incidental music to Pelléas et Mélisande; In Memoriam. Op. 59; The Bard. Op. 64; Prelude. Op. 109a from the incidental music to The Tempest. The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. 42s.
  • Page 87: Geoffrey Sharp, Wagner: Overture―Rienzi; Berlioz: Marche Troyenne. Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire conducted by Felix Weingartner. Columbia LX 860-61. 12s.
• Pages 88-89: London Concerts
  • Page 88: Geoffrey Sharp, Courtauld-Sargent Concert (October 21: Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra)
  • Page 88: Geoffrey Sharp, The Royal Philharmonic Society Concerts (October 16 and November 23: Sir Thomas Beecham/London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Page 89: J.H. [John Hollingsworth], Westminster lunch time concert (December 6: Dr. Malcolm Sargent/London Philharmonic Orchestra)
  • Page 89: Geoffrey Sharp, third Courtauld-Sargent concert (December 9: Dr. Malcolm Sargent/London Philharmonic Orchestra)
• Pages 90-91: Mary Houghton, "Hallé Concerts Society: Season, 1939-1940"
• Pages 92-93: Geoffrey Sharp, "Broadcasting"
• Page 94: Geoffrey Sharp, "Enterprise"
  • The Maurice Miles String Orchestra
  • London Contemporary Music Centre