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Scarlatti complete

Composer anniversaries can be an excellent opportunity to stimulate interest in a musician both from scholars and performers. This and last year's special Early Music issues on Buxtehude and Agricola, for example, reflected such developments. Domenico Scarlatti has in 2007 had a less successful year, alas. Although the composer has featured at various festivals, there has not been very much in the way of important new books, articles or recordings. A newly completed recording of all the composer's 560-odd keyboard sonatas on 36 discs in Scarlatti: Complete keyboard sonatas (Brilliant Classics 93546, rec 2000–7, 2307′) from the talented young Dutch harpsichordist Pieter-Jan Belder makes some amends, however. The obvious comparison is with the complete set of these sonatas on 34 CDs by the late-lamented Scott Ross, originally issued on Erato and now available on Warner. Ross recorded all the works in an intensive 18-month period, finishing just in time for the Scarlatti anniversary in 1985, and already suffering from the illness that was to kill him four years later. This set displays every facet of his prodigious technique, mercurial style and delight in the music, and is a very worthy memorial. It was inevitable that one day another harpsichordist would tackle this corpus of wonderful and still too-little-known music. The number of performers with both the stamina and technique to do justice to the astonishing fertility of Scarlatti's invention is never going to be large, and one must admire Belder's achievement. He studied with Bob van Asperen at the Amsterdam Sweelinck Conservatory, and has something of his teacher's ‘determined’ performance style, though without the aggressive edge that van Asperen's recordings occasionally display. Compared to players like Ross himself, Andreas Staier, Trevor Pinnock and Anthony Newman, among the most exciting Scarlatti performers on disc, Belder suffers from some lack of flair, but there is always a place for a thoughtful player who eschews the ‘sempre furioso’ Scarlatti style from which some pianists (and harpsichordists) suffer.

Corelli and his legacy

This varied collection of Italian instrumental music serves as a reminder of the importance of Corelli for successive generations of composers throughout Europe. The first six of Corelli's seminal set of solo violin sonatas op.5 were recorded four years ago by Lucy van Dael, with Bob van Asperen on both harpsichord and organ, in Corelli: Violin sonatas op.5 (Naxos 8.557165, rec 2002, 68′). The organ works well, particularly in some of the slow movements and in those famous cadenza-like passages at the opening of the first sonata where the bass has long pedal notes. Here I was unconvinced by the very short and aggressive final violin notes at the ends of phrases and by the middle section of the second movement, where the tempo sags, but things soon pick up and there is much to admire in van Dael's playing, not least her mastery of the challenging multiple stopping and fugal passages in many movements. Much of the stylish ornamentation closely resembles that found in contemporary editions, and it flows naturally and convincingly, even in the gigue that closes the fifth sonata, where she changes to groups of four notes rather than three for the repeats.

Successful Test Management: An Integral Approach. By Iris Pinkster, Bob van de Burgt, Dennis Janssen, and Erik van Veenendaal. Published by Springer‐Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2004. ISBN: 3‐540‐22822‐5, pp 373

Software Testing, Verification and ReliabilityVolume 16, Issue 2 p. 123-124 Book ReviewFree Access Successful Test Management: An Integral Approach. By Iris Pinkster, Bob van de Burgt, Dennis Janssen, and Erik van Veenendaal. Published by Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2004. ISBN: 3-540-22822-5, pp 373 Peter Morgan, Peter Morgan Freelance Tester morganp@supanet.com Nicemove Limited, St. Lea, Eckweek Road, Peasedown St. John, Bath BA2 8EQ, U.K.Search for more papers by this author Peter Morgan, Peter Morgan Freelance Tester morganp@supanet.com Nicemove Limited, St. Lea, Eckweek Road, Peasedown St. John, Bath BA2 8EQ, U.K.Search for more papers by this author First published: 11 May 2006 https://doi.org/10.1002/stvr.345AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume16, Issue2June 2006Pages 123-124 RelatedInformation

Tourism forecasting and marketing, by Kelvin Wong and Haiyan Song (eds). Haworth Hospitality Press. No. of pages: 150. ISBN 0-7890-2086-6.

International Journal of Tourism ResearchVolume 7, Issue 3 p. 185-185 Book Review Tourism forecasting and marketing, by Kelvin Wong and Haiyan Song (eds). Haworth Hospitality Press. No. of pages: 150. ISBN 0-7890-2086-6. Bob van Limburg, Bob van LimburgSearch for more papers by this author Bob van Limburg, Bob van LimburgSearch for more papers by this author First published: 14 April 2005 https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.523AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume7, Issue3May/June 2005Pages 185-185 RelatedInformation

An Overview of Cold Hardiness in Woody Plants: Seeing the Forest Through the Trees

D. Siminovitch and his graduate student, Keith Pomeroy also were among the fi rst to document that the protoplasm underwent distinct biochemical changes during cold acclimation that presumably played a direct role in conferring stress tolerance (Pomeroy and Siminovitch, 1971). Research by the Russian scientist I. Tumanov (as reviewed in Sakai and Larcher, 1987) also recognized the importance of biochemical changes during cold acclimation. Truly, the research conducted by these pioneers in the fi rst half of the century formed the conceptual basis of much of what was to follow. Regarding cold hardiness research, it is also important to recognize the important contribution that was made by the Plant Cold Hardiness Laboratory at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, beginning in the 1960s, under the leadership of Conrad J. Weiser. Research (as reviewed in this article) conducted by scientists and graduate students at this laboratory dominated the literature for over 25 years (1960–85). A greater understanding of deep supercooling, the biophysics of water at low temperatures, dormancy, the role of sugars in cold hardiness, and more, all grew from the activities of this laboratory. People such as Paul Li, Leslie Fuchigami, Harvey Quamme, Lawrence Gusta, Milon George, Michael Burke, Jiwan Palta, John Carter, Cecil Stushnoff, Margaret Smithburg, Tim Hall, Stan Howell, Phil Graham, Robert McLeester, Bob van Huystee, and others were associated with the Plant Cold Hardiness Laboratory and would go on to staff many of the horticulture departments in the U.S. and Canada. The seminal paper by Weiser (1970) often is cited for its recognition that changes in proteins during cold acclimation also implied changes in gene expression. “Bud” Weiser later went on to chair the Department of Horticulture at Oregon State University. In the latter part of the 20th century, characterizing the genetic regulation of cold hardiness has dominated the literature (Thomashow, 1999; Xin and Browse, 2000). Strategies allowing plants to survive freezing temperatures have been organized into two categories (Levitt 1980): 1) freezing tolerance and 2) freezing avoidance. Mechanisms representing both categories are common in woody plants (Burke and Stushnoff 1979). In comparison to herbaceous plants, woody species are extremely freezing tolerant. Many species native to boreal forests tolerate –40 °C and some can even tolerate –196 °C in midwinter. In contrast, very few herbaceous plants tolerate temperatures less than –25 °C or prolonged exposure to –15 °C for a period of several weeks, whereas certain woody species can tolerate –40 °C for months. In addition to a historical review, the present contribution will cover the main factors involved in woody plant cold hardiness, although reference will also be made to herbaceous plants where applicable. This is especially true for recent advances in the molecular biology of cold acclimation where research with Arabidopsis and other herbaceous crop species has dominated the literature.

TRAVEL COST The Study of the Effect of Price on Incoming Overnight Tourism in the Netherlands and Amsterdam—The Case of USA Tourists. Bob van Limburg. Tourism Management, vol. 19, no. 1, February 1998, pp. 87-92. Elsevier Science Customer Support Department, P.O. Box 945, New York, NY 10010. $640 annual subscription

TRAVEL COST The Study of the Effect of Price on Incoming Overnight Tourism in the Netherlands and Amsterdam—The Case of USA Tourists. Bob van Limburg. Tourism Management, vol. 19, no. 1, February 1998, pp. 87-92. Elsevier Science Customer Support Department, P.O. Box 945, New York, NY 10010. $640 annual subscription

Recordings

Journal Article Recordings Get access G. F. HandelCOMPLETE SONATAS FOR SOLO WIND INSTRUMENTS AND CONTINUO Frans Brüggen (flute, recorder), Bruce Haynes (oboe), Bob van Asperen (organ, harpsichord), Hansjürg Lange (bassoon), Anner Bijlsma (cello) Seon RL 30408 (three records) G. P. TelemannTRIOS FOR RECORDER OR FLUTE AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS Frans Brüggen (flute, recorder) and others Seon RL 30343 Vivaldi 6 CONCERTI OP. 10 Frans Brüggen (flute, recorder) directing The 18th-century Orchestra Seon RL 30392 CONCERTOS FOR OBOE BY VIVALDI. ALESSANDRO MARCELLO AND PLATTI Bruce Haynes (oboe), Baroque orchestra, directed by Frans BrüggenSeon RL 30371 NICHOLAS McGEGAN NICHOLAS McGEGAN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Early Music, Volume 11, Issue 2, April 1983, Pages 277–279, https://doi.org/10.1093/earlyj/11.2.277 Published: 01 April 1983

The Economies of Scale

THE theory of the economies of scale is the theory of the relationship between the scale of use of a properly chosen combination of all productive services and the rate of output of the enterprise. In its broadest formulation this theory is a crucial element of the economic theory of social organization, for it underlies every question of market organization and the role (and locus) of governmental control over economic life. Let one ask himself how an economy would be organized if every economic activity were prohibitively inefficient upon alternately a small scale and a large scale, and the answer will convince him that here lies a basic element of the theory of economic organization. The theory has limped along for a century, collecting large pieces of good reasoning and small chunks of empirical evidence but never achieving scientific prosperity. A large cause of its poverty is that the central concept of the theory-the firm of optimum size-has eluded confident measurement. We have been dangerously close to denying Lincoln, for all economists have been ignorant of the optimum size of firm in almost every industry all of the time, and this ignorance has been an insurmountable barrier between us and the understanding of the forces which govern optimum size. It is almost as if one were trying to measure the nutritive values of goods without knowing whether the consumers who ate them continued to live.