Music Reviews

Abstract: Three new music publications are featured, two by American publishers, and one by the venerable Italian publisher, Casa Ricordi. 40@40: Volume I is the latest release by NewMusicShelf, forty new songs by forty composers, curated and commissioned by American soprano Laura Strickling. Classical Vocal Reprints has published Phantaste, Opus 8, songs by Kenneth Mahy, American composer, with texts by nineteenth century British fantasy writer George MacDonald. Casa Ricordi has re-released songs by early twentieth century composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Canzoniere, Opus 17, for Voice and Piano: Soprano, Tenore, Baritono and Basso, all settings of Tuscan folk poetry.