Nono: Intolleranza 1960

Advantages: Outstanding performance of the entire work
Disadvantages: Live recording - complete with audience coughs!

...I was first introduced to Nono's works during a BBC Radio 3 Broadcast from the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival several years ago, and I feel in love with his late works immediately. Prometeo is an opera that occurs entirely without visual dramatic action. In this particular recording, the Ensemble Modern teams up with the Freiburg Soloists Choir, with Ingo Metzmacher taking the role of conductor. The first thing to note is that the packaging itself precludes the consumer from being able to tell exactly what is contained in the set. The double-cd box and libretto are contained in a cardboard slip-case that only declares "Luigi Nono - Prometeo - Metzmacher", and the requisite stock numbers/bar-codes etc. from Sony/BMG. Once past this minor hurdle, the package proves to be a fairly standard multi-lingual libretto... Read review

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Advantages: A unusual and fascinating book
Disadvantages: None for me

..., suffering discrimination by the social snobberies of the time, or is she a devious manipulator of Charles's feelings? You can see what's coming. Or can you? In a very unique style, Fowles gives three endings to the novel. Something that is very rare in a Victorian book is a frank references to sexual activity. Allusions are often made to too the sexual act, but rarely dwelt on even though it may be central to the entire theme of a book. Fowles, however, goes into scandalous (by Victorian standards) details about sex throughout his book - including a two-page deviation discussing lesbianism and the perceptions (or lack) of it in the Victorian Age. I would go as far as to say that in his pains to bring sex to the forefront, Fowles demonstrates his 1960s pressure Although Fowles sets the story in 1867, you can't forget that... Read review

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Advantages: Free road tax, reliable, appearance, ease of maintenance
Disadvantages: lack of security needs aftermarket locks

...Bought as several boxes of disparate parts, I at first wondered if I'd lost my marbles. It was a 1960, bathtub model, but of course they'd gone. The loved/loathed slickshift was present. A strip of the engine showed pretty good nick, but many non standard parts, like an alloy head and Bonnie cams. Pistons were 9.75, up from standard. As I couldn't warrant the cost of nos bathtubs and didn't want fibreglass, I left the alloy head on, even though they are more prone to cracking. The valves weren't oversize, so that left a bit more meat. After nearly a year, she was ready for testing. Filled up with unleaded (valve seats modded), Second kick! After 30 years, she was running. Out for mot, straight through the test. Picked up a tax disc, I asked if they wanted a cheque for £0.00, but they didn't. Performance? A decent unrestricted... Read review

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