Can the Brummies swing? Sure they can! Both thePrelude, Fugue and Riffs(an ... more
edge-of-the-seat display that fully measures up to both the classic Benny Goodman Sony recording and Michael Tilson Thomas's razor-sharp recent RCA version) andWest Side StorySymphonic Dances go with a contagious zest and exhilarating chutzpah of which Bernstein himself would have been proud (cannily, the CBSO hired a genuine Broadway principal trumpeter for the occasion). Written for the 1980 centenary of the Boston Symphony, theDivertimento(boisterously essayed here) is a delightfully affectionate tribute to the city of his boyhood and its distinguished orchestra. Last but not least,Facsimileis beautifully played but fractionally stiff on its pins (not for nothing does this underrated piece bear the subtitle "choreographic essay"). Early in his career, Paavo Järvi briefly studied with Bernstein (an unforgettable experience for our young Estonian), and Lenny's music clearly means a lot to him. You honestly can't go far wrong with this splendidly engineered concert. --Andrew Achenbach
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Advantages: Cheap. Good for buying presents. Disadvantages: Sell a lot of titles you've never heard of....
The Works is a discount bookstore which can be found on many high streets. I have browsed around a fair few discount bookstores, but have always found this store to be the best in it?s class. Overall, I tend to find that a lot of discount bookstores sell a lot of uninteresting titles, & books you?ve never heard of. The Works does also fall into this category, but seems to also sell more bestsellers than other stores (often current ones at that), covering a wide range of authors. Books are laid out according to genre & are for the most part stacked on shelves with the cover facing forwards, so that you can see at a glance what titles are in stock. The more popular fiction & bestsellers are laid out on tables at the front of the store, with reference books & childrens books being on shelves running down the sides & back of the store ...
sambam000 13.07.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of The Works
Advantages: Cheap, random selection Disadvantages: Random selection, rather hit and miss
Student life requires budgeting, which often involves purchasing daily essentials in cheap pound shops or from chains like Morisons, Wilkinsons and the like. Unfortunately Oxford does not have many of these, The Works is about the only cheap shop there is ? though there are two or three of these (on in the Westgate Centre next to Sainsburys, one on Cornmarket Street and maybe one on the High Street). I don?t know how many branches there are nation wide; but I know there?s also a branch in Colchester, which is much the same.
What do they sell?
The Works is primarily a cheap book shop, but also sells stationery, art equipment and other bits and pieces from time to time. The books tend to be slightly obscure, but are often going cheap. There seem to be a lot of biographies of D-list celebrities, for example Ulrika?s Johnson?s ?Honest ...
a-true-ben 22.06.2003
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Advantages: Interesting and well thought out story Disadvantages: A bit dated and lacked depth in descriptions of characters
Background:
I have had this book on one of my many bookshelves for a few years and for one reason or another never got round to reading it. That sounds very grand I suppose but it?s not I love reading and have lots of bookshelves but not much else!! So as a wet and cold weekend was forecasted the other week I decided to give it a crack, so with several cups of coffee and a cuddly blanket and set myself the task of doing just that.
About the author:
Graham Ison is a well-respected crime novelist, having written 27 books to date. He began his career as a Soldier before spending the next 30 years in Scotland Yard?s Special Branch, working in a variety of different roles. These days he is a full time author as well as being an after dinner speaker and occasional obituaries writer for the Daily Telegraph.
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