Great Contemporary Pianists Speak for Themselves


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Revealing interviews with Arrau, Brendel, de Larrocha, Gilels, Horowitz, Tureck, Watts, 18 other artists. Intimate look at the concert scene and the life of a concert pianist. Introduction by Sir George Solti. Includes 51 photographs.







The Great Pianists


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Surveys the careers and personalities of the great pianists from Clementi and Mozart to the present day.




A Natural History of the Senses


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Diane Ackerman's lusciously written grand tour of the realm of the senses includes conversations with an iceberg in Antarctica and a professional nose in New York, along with dissertations on kisses and tattoos, sadistic cuisine and the music played by the planet Earth. “Delightful . . . gives the reader the richest possible feeling of the worlds the senses take in.” —The New York Times







Clavier


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Great Pianists on Piano Playing


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Great pianists discuss technique, musical development, virtuoso artistry, much more. Rachmaninoff's Essentials of Artistic Playing, Busoni's Important Details in Piano Study, etc. Includes 2 introductory essays, artist biographies, more.