Music

Verdi


by Barbara Meier

Guiseppe Verdi, the popular genius behind Rigoletto, La Traviata and Aida, continues to enthral audiences with his daring music and stories of love and death. His life was as dramatic and as passionate as his music. Verdi was always fighting: for Italy’s liberty and nationhood and for his own artistic freedom against censors, opera impressarios and the authorities.

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Prokofiev


by Thomas Schipperges

Sergey Prokofiev lived a life caught between East and West, old and new. Best known for his opera 'The Love for Three Oranges', the ballet 'Romeo and Juliet' and the musical fairy tale 'Peter and the Wolf'. Introduced by Nicholas Kenyon

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Bach


by Martin Geck

Johann Sebastian Bach was the father of modern music, a supreme craftsman who was able to combine the order of the middle ages with the passionate individualism of the renaissance. Bach expert Martin Geck shows us Bach in his time, offering a rich portrait of the personal, political and social circumstances which shaped some of the greatest music ever written.

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Beethoven


by Martin Geck

Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the legendary figures of world culture. But who is the man behind that legend? Martin Geck offers a vivid portrait of a difficult but fascinating man with a tangled and still controversial love life. This is an expert introduction to a self-styled cultural hero, presented warts, genius and all.

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