Cambridge University Press

This is very much the academic's Wagner, pinned out dry on the dissection table ... [an] impressive and information-packed volume — BBC Music Magazine More…

Nicholas Temperley's excellent short book Haydn: The Creation answers all the questions a non-specialized listener is likely to have — Washington Post More…

The result is a book that not only offers new ways of understanding Schubert's music but critiques music theory itself, inviting further questioning of long-accepted assumptions. This work is... — Choice More…

Michael Kennedy's elegantly written volume is full of interesting and sagacious comments on Elgar's compositions — Sunday Telegraph More…

This Companion fully captures the richness and all too human complexity of this astonishing work, offering up multiple paths for us each to find our way to its heart — Opera Magazine More…