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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 8½"x11"; 106 pages; Soft Pictorial Cover; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. Due to USPS regulations, this item may require additional postage. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details. BBC Music Magazine is a British monthly magazine that focuses primarily on classical music. Each edition comes together with an audio CD, often including BBC recordings of full-length works. The first issue appeared in September 1992. The magazine includes regular columns and reviews of new releases as well as several in depth feature articles by noted music writers. Each issue contains a CD featuring complete works by the greatest composers, performed by world-class artists and ensembles. This issue includes the audio CD recording: "BBC Singers: A 70th anniversary celebration" (includes music by Bach, Reger, Lassus, Mendelssohn, Delius, Stanford, Ravel, Birtwistle, Holst and Bond, conducted by Jane Glover, Bo Holtenand Simon Joly). This issue contains the following articles: "This month's CD Listening Guide" (track-by-track guide) by Nicholas Williams; "O happy band of versatile pilgrims" (The BBC Singers 70th anniversary) by Nicholas Williams; "Company Profile: BIS" (BIS Records is a record label founded in 1973 by Robert von Bahr) by Nick Kimberley; "In hot pursuit of the elusive sounds of the ancient world" (speculation on the sound of ancient music) by John Milsom; "Stay cool-don't flunk the funk" (rock stars have their own exams) by Simon Parkin; "music in art: 'Clara Schumann' and 'Richard Wagner' by Franz von Lenbach" by Tom Phillips; "First among equals" (London Symphony Orchestra) by Douglas Kennedy; "Recorded Reputations: Joan Sutherland" by John Steane; "Why don't women buy CDs?" opinion by Germaine Greer and Phil Sommerich; "Composer of the Month: Emmanuel Chabrier" by James Harding; "The bearable lightness of being" (Peter Maxwell Davies) interview by David Owen Norris; "Beneath the penguin suits" (Emanuel Ax, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma and Isaac Stern discuss getting children interested in classical music) by Robert Cowan; "Building a Library: Handel; 'Israel in Egypt'" by John Steane; "Brian Kay's Starter Collection" (recommended essential performances from the classical repertoire) by Brian Kay; "Paris in the swingtime" (1920s and 1930s Paris was the jazz capital of Europe) by Ian Carr; "Music that changed me: Jeffrey Tate, conductor" interview by David Blum.