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In his article on building an ideal RVW Library (August, page 40), Andrew Achenbach refers to the London calling: John Barbirolli

Further to Jeremy Nicholas's intriguing list of classics that were pillaged to provide hit tunes (July, page 17) I would add one of the most egregious ones, Freddy Martin's 1941 blockbuster "Tonight We Love", based on the opening theme of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto. Also, in addition to...

Michael Kennedy's expertise and his considerable contribution to the cause of English music is widely recognised and his admonition that Vaughan Williams's entire opus should not be allowed to be constricted to the trite notion of a "cowpat" school (August, page 36) is to be welcomed. What should...

I was very interested to read the "My Top 10" article on Handel's "Comfort ye" (August, page 17), especially the praise for George Maran's recording in the Boult Messiah. This was my introduction to the work in the early 1960s and I still regularly use the CD transfer set. The recording was made...

As the winning bidder for the Haward spinet that sold at Bonhams last March, perhaps I can comment on Michael Johnson's letter (July). His letter was in response to several press releases which came perilously close to claiming this was the Haward spinet that was originally purchased by Samuel...