The Rough Guide to Classical Music is a unique handbook, spanning eight centuries of music from medieval Masses to works by contemporaries such as Judith Weir and Michael Torke. Both a buyer's guide and a who's who, it features concise biographical sketches of some 160 composers, explaining their social and musical contexts; more than 150 illustrations, including some rarely seen archive photos; revealing summaries of the major compositions in all genres, from solo flute pieces to operas with casts of hundreds; and incisive reviews of hundreds of CDs, selecting both the best of the latest recordings and the pick of the classic reissues.
- ISBN10 1858284899
- ISBN13 9781858284897
- Publish Date 30 September 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 August 2002
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher APA Publications
- Imprint Rough Guides
- Format Audiobook
- Pages 208
- Language English