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Liszt: Sonata in B Minor
Liszt’s B minor Sonata is now regarded as his finest work for piano, and one of the pinnacles of Romantic piano music. This handbook opens with a survey of Liszt’s early attempts …
Beethoven: The 'Moonlight' and other Sonatas, Op. 27 and Op. 31
Even in Beethoven’s day the ‘Moonlight’ Sonata was a popular favourite. This book provides an accessible introduction to the Sonatas Opp. 27 and 31 (including The ‘Moonlight’ and …
Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps
The Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time) is among the best-known compositions by Olivier Messiaen (1908–92). Like virtually all of his works, it combines the …
Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Dvorak's Cello Concerto, composed during his second stay in America, is one of the most popular works in the orchestral repertoire. This guide explores Dvorak's reasons for …
Beethoven: The Pastoral Symphony
Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony is in many ways his most startlingly original symphony. It has a programmatic content, it is in five movements rather than the normal four, and its …
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
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 …
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
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 …
Chopin: The Piano Concertos
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 …
Brahms: A German Requiem
The German Requiem is Brahms’s largest work, written for orchestra, chorus and two soloists. It made Brahms an international name, and the scope and technique of the composition …
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto is of supreme importance as his last instrumental work. Yet there are a number of special problems surrounding the piece, since the autograph is lost and …
Britten: War Requiem
Widely regarded as one of the greatest choral works of the twentieth century, Britten’s War Requiem was first performed at the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral in 1962. …