Mari Yoshihara Much has been written about Leonard Bernstein, a musician of extraordinary talent who was legendary for his passionate love of life and many relationships. In this work, Mari...

Arved Ashby Experiencing Mahler surveys the symphonies and major song sets of Gustav Mahler, presenting them not just as artworks but as vivid and deeply felt journeys. Mahler took the...

Jeremy Yudkin "No classical composer put more drama or originality into his opening ideas than Beethoven, so this first special study of these musical beginnings is particularly welcome." LEWIS LOCKWOODThis...

Kent Nagano How relevant is classical music today? The genre seems in danger of becoming nothing more than a hobby for the social elite. Yet Kent Nagano has another world...

Roger Scruton Richard Wagner's final creation is also his most mysterious. The story of Parsifal, the 'pure fool, knowing through compassion', who has been called to rescue the Kingdom of...

Anna-Maria Busse Berger and Jesse Rodin (Editors) Through forty-five creative and concise essays by an international team of authors, this Cambridge History brings the fifteenth century to life for both...

William Kinderman We have long regarded Beethoven as a great composer, but we rarely appreciate that he was also an eminently political artist. This book unveils the role of politics...

Cosey Fanni Tutti A SUNDAY TIMES, TELEGRAPH, ROUGH TRADE, PITCHFORK AND UNCUT MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEARArt Sex Music is the autobiography of a musician who, as a founding member of the avant-garde group Throbbing Gristle and electronic...

Christina Guillaumier The first book in the English language to engage with Prokofiev's operatic output in its entirety.The operas of Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) mark a significant contribution to twentieth-century music...

Andras Schiff Andras Schiff is one of the most important pianists of our time. This stimulating account of his life and work, told in two parts, takes readers on an...

Edited by Anna Harwell Calenza George Gershwin is often described as a quintessentially American composer. This Cambridge Companion explains why, engaging with the ways in which his music was shaped...

Jan Caeyers This new biography of Ludwig van Beethoven offers connoisseurs and newcomers alike an unparalleled story of the composer’s life and works, written by a renowned conductor and scholar...