JEAN SIBELIUS
BY DANIEL M. GRIMLEY A musical legacy of unparalleled richness, depth, range and diversity 4 stars out of 5 stars Not long after I got...
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May 11, 20233 min read
THE LIFE OF SCHUBERT
BY CHRISTOPHER H. GIBBS Until you have listened to Schubert, you can have no appreciation that a human being in a short life could create...
Aug 3, 20224 min read
MOZART - A LIFE
BY PAUL JOHNSON Replete with not-so-well-known information about Mozart 5 stars out of 5 stars For classical music fans, “One of the most...
Jun 2, 20224 min read
BACH'S OPERAS OF THE SOUL
A Listener's Guide to the Sacred Cantatas BY MARK RINGER A useful guide to a vast musical treasure - Bach’s cantatas 4 stars out of 5...
Mar 18, 20222 min read
MUSIC – THE DEFINITIVE VISUAL HISTORY
A most informative and enjoyable reference on the history of music. (Don’t attempt to read it in bed though – it is too heavy) 5 stars...
Feb 4, 20213 min read
BEETHOVEN
by Lewis Lockwood. 4.0 out of 5 stars A resourceful but challenging book for Beethoven admirers Lewis Lockwood is an acknowledged...
Nov 10, 20202 min read
A NIGHT at the OPERA
by Dennis Forman. 4.0 out of 5 stars A source of information for both novices and fans despite two significant omissions “Opera is when a...
Nov 1, 20203 min read
GUSTAV MAHLER – An Introduction to his Music
by Deryck Cooke. 5.0 out of 5 stars Understandable by an engineer uneducated in music theory Shortly after I began listening to classical...
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