ddoyle777
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I've been reading The Life and Death of Classical Music by Norman Lebrecht lately (Kindle download) and have enjoyed it.
It's Lebrecht's chronicle of why Classical music up and died (though I think it's far from dead) as a business venture. Then he lists the 100 most important recordings (not the best, just most important). I found that I already had a number of them in my collection and I enjoyed hearing and reading his comments at the same time. I've still got the 20 worst recordings to go.
I'm also looking forward to finding a number of recordings that he lists because he's peaked my interest in them.
Anybody else do this? What books would you suggest as similar?
It's Lebrecht's chronicle of why Classical music up and died (though I think it's far from dead) as a business venture. Then he lists the 100 most important recordings (not the best, just most important). I found that I already had a number of them in my collection and I enjoyed hearing and reading his comments at the same time. I've still got the 20 worst recordings to go.
I'm also looking forward to finding a number of recordings that he lists because he's peaked my interest in them.
Anybody else do this? What books would you suggest as similar?