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With music at its core, this intriguing book has compiled interviews by CBC producer Robert Chesterman with many world-famous conductors past and present, spanning his 28-year career. Described as "a prime example of what any music book should offer", this volume is packed full of fresh insights into the personal, philosophical and professional approaches of these musical "giants" of the conducting world.
Chesterman draws his illustrious subjects out of their public shells to open up with unheard-of candour, in a compelling conversational style that gives the reader a true sense of intimacy in their midst. With newly-updated information on each conductor, exclusive new photographs, previously-unpublished material and a rivetting introduction by the author, the result is an indispensible addition to the bookshelves of academics, journalists, musicians, students - anyone, really, with an interest in music...
“The author brings a penetrating intellect to his subject. The rapport he achieves enables him to explode a number of popular myths and tap a rich vein of information…” - Welling Times
“Interviews with several of the most colourful conductors of our generation. With his tenacity and perception the author refuses to be answered with clichés… and gets his chosen subjects to align themselves seriously with his quest for answers.” - Sun-Herald
LIST OF CONDUCTORS: Bruno Walter, Sir Adrian Boult, Leonard Bernstein, Otto Klemperer, Ernest Ansermet, Herbert von Karajan, Sir Georg Solti, Carlo Maria Giulini, Claudio Abbado, Eugene Ormandy, Riccardo Muti, James Levine, Rafael Kubelik, Leopold Stokowski
Imbued with 30 pages of rare and fascinating photographs.
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