Browse: Phaidon Press (publisher), Classical Composers

A considerable success - an overview that manages to be serious without ponderousness, fresh without superficiality ... in Bujic's hands there is always a degree of shrewdness to counter the... — Musical Times More…

As a series, Phaidon's 20th Century Composers has brought remarkable variety and a welter of information, both necessary and delightfully trivial. Intended both for the general reader and for... — The Scotsman More…

It has been brilliantly done by Rudolph Sabor, whose achievement is magnificent. The clarity, detail, comprehensiveness and sheer usefulness of the volumes cannot be praised too highly. I sincerely... — Financial Times More…

Full of insights and contriving to tell us much about the music — Sunday Telegraph More…

So much of the material is new that this book is a must for anyone remotely interested in the subject — Gramophone Magazine More…

An excellent critical account of Gershwin's musical development in the social and musical context of the first three decades of the century — BBC Music Magazine More…

Ivry's much-needed and informative Poulenc captures the French between-wars scene vividly — Sunday Telegraph More…

As a series, Phaidon's 20th Century Composers has brought remarkable variety and a welter of information, both necessary and delightfully trivial. Intended both for the general reader and for... — The Scotsman More…

Here is an excellent introduction to the life, character and music of a man Jaffe rightly describes as one of the best loved yet least known of all 20th century composers — BBC Music Magazine More…

As a series, Phaidon's 20th Century Composers has brought remarkable variety and a welter of information, both necessary and delightfully trivial. Intended both for the general reader and for... — The Scotsman More…