Maestros, masterpieces and madness : the secret life and shameful death of the classical record industry / Norman Lebrecht.
By: Lebrecht, Norman [author]
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BookPublisher: London : Penguin, 2008Copyright date: ©2007Description: 324 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780141028514 (paperback) .Subject(s): Sound recording industryDDC classification: 780.26
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Inflated egos. Corporate insanity. Slave labour. Sexual excess. Dazzling genius. Welcome to the world of classical recording.
Maestros, Masterpieces and Madness is a sparkling expose of the strange truth and sheer brilliance behind the classical music recording industry. Leading music critic Norman Lebrecht charts its rise since the great Caruso's first gramophone bestseller of 1902 and predicts the industry's imminent doom in the face of schmaltzy crossover albums and new technology. From the imperious Karajan to the perfectionist Toscanini and charismatic Bernstein, the leading figures are all here, depicted in witty, incisive pen portraits.
Including Lebrecht's own selections of 100 recorded masterpieces and twenty that should never have been made, this is a compelling story of flamboyant maestros, lifelong alliances, disastrous personality clashes and entrepreneurial masterstrokes.
Includes bibliographical references ([305]-307) and index.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Norman Lebrecht is the author of nine books on music, including The Maestro Myth and The Companion to Twentieth-Century Music. He lives in London with his family.(Bowker Author Biography)