Browse: Boydell & Brewer (publisher), Classical Composers

The Compendium is well written, authoritative, and interesting enough to be read cover-to-cover or in large chunks, though most people will delve into it as fancy dictates. For scholars writing... — American Record Guide More…

Lambert's fascinating, multifaceted personality and Lloyd's informed insights keep us turning the pages. (Four stars out of five.) — BBC Music Magazine More…

Lockwood has made vital contributions to Beethoven scholarship, and in the present volume he offers scholarship about Beethoven scholarship. Highly recommended. -- B. J. Murray — Choice More…

Generously filled with black and white photographs, reproductions of programmes and musical illustrations, this handsome volume is an invaluable - and essential - contribution towards a fuller... — International Piano More…

Now we can all appreciate these works afresh, with the useful and pertinent insights afforded by this welcome volume — International Piano More…

Potter's scholarly and engaging book brings out the ways in which Satie's music...absorbed the 'sonic environment' of the city — Sunday Times More…

My Beloved Man is, quite simply, a love story...it is fascinating to read — Gramophone Magazine More…

Immensely detailed, rich, and often fascinating anecdotal biography — Choice More…

Chisholm's contribution has been crying out for this reassessment - that it's as readable as this is a real bonus — The Scotsman More…

The book is fascinating for its insights into politics as much as into musical matters including the Russians' influence on Britten and he on the Russians — American Record Guide More…