Boydell & Brewer

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…

[Susan Tomes's] penetrating intelligence is refreshing in a discourse often reduced to cliche and lazy generalisation ... One has only to think of Tomes's exceptional playing to understand why... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Rewarding ... Enlightening ... An exciting new addition to the musical and historical literature — British Music Society More…

This book reveals [Tomes'] talents as a writer, too, one with a capacity for imaginative enquiry and a gift for the telling phrase... as natural and compelling a communicator in words as she... — BBC Music Magazine More…

[A] fascinating study of 'classical' music from around the globe . . .Beautifully produced and laden with colour images. 4 Stars — BBC Music Magazine More…

Here is everything you always wanted to know about the voices we today call 'countertenor' . . . . It is a fascinating study — American Record Guide More…

David Wyn Jones's triumphant volume tells the story of musical Vienna...the thoroughness of his research has resulted in vivid and compelling portraits of Vienna...and Jones proves an impeccably... — Gramophone Magazine More…