Tim Page on Music: Views and Reviews(Amadeus). In 65 perceptive pieces, including some of the work that earned him the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1997, Page offers what he calls "a collection of illumined moments," now gathered in a single volume for the wider audience who will treasure their insights. |
Contents
Foreword by Anthony Tommasini 11 Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic | 15 |
A Lament | 23 |
Van Cliburn | 40 |
John Corigliano | 48 |
Plácido Domingo | 55 |
Leon Fleisher | 63 |
Jascha Heifetz | 74 |
Philippe Herreweghe | 82 |
A Dissent | 99 |
Lang Lang | 106 |
In Memoriam | 116 |
Bobby McFerrin | 126 |
Elizabeth Mensh | 134 |
In Memoriam | 148 |
in Europe | 160 |
The High Llamas | 92 |
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