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Many listeners and players are fascinated by Bach’s Goldberg Variations. In this wideranging and searching study, Professor Williams, one of the leading Bach scholars of our time, …
On its first appearance in 1891, Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet was immediately recognised as a remarkable achievement, and a century later it still has the power to claim the hearts and …
Chopin’s E minor and F minor Piano Concertos played a vital role in his career as a composer-pianist. Praised for their originality and genius when he performed them, the concertos …
Verdi’s Messa da Requiem is one of the most frequently performed works of the choral repertoire, and one of Verdi’s most important non-operatic works. This new handbook offers an …
The Missa Solemnis is a document of extraordinary richness from the last decades of Beethoven’s creative life. In this compendious and accessible guide, William Drabkin considers …
The piano cycle Pictures at an Exhibition is perhaps the most widely known of Musorgsky’s compositions, especially as orchestrated by Ravel. This informative and wide-ranging guide …
The Op. 50 string quartets contain some of the purest writing Haydn ever accomplished. In this first full account of these six quartets Dean Sutcliffe evaluates the Op. 50 in …
This guide to Schubert’s much-loved song cycle explores both the music and the poetry from a variety of perspectives. It includes biography and cultural history, literary …
Haydn’s Creation is one of the great masterpieces of the classical period. In this absorbing and original account the author places the work within the oratorio tradition, …
An informative and wide ranging guide which places Musorgsky's original piano work in the context of Russian cultural life.