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  • Puccini: His Life and Music

    by Julian Haylock ...
    Puccini is one of the most beloved of all opera composers La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot play to packed opera houses the world over. In his lifetime he achieved an international celebrity accorded to only a few, yet the critics were rarely impressed. He was nevertheless a creative artist of profound sensitivity and dramatic flair who developed a unique form of free-flowing opera ... Read more

    $77.59 HKD

  • Piano Sonatas No.10-12 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for Solo Piano (1783) K.330/300h K.331/300i K.332/300k

    by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ...
    This wonderful collection of sonatas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart contains scores for the solo piano. It is a fine example of the composer's work and a fantastic addition to any classical musician's repertoire. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern ... Read more

    $54.99 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 村上私藏 懷舊美好的古典樂唱片

    古くて素敵なクラシック・レコードたちMy Good Old Classical Records

    by 村上春樹 ...
    Translated by 楊明綺 ...
    跟隨村上春樹的喜好 享受古典樂收藏的美好本書收錄100篇、486枚唱片關於曲目、演奏家、版本、封面設計親自挑選收藏唱片 完整介紹「老唱片棲宿著只有黑膠唱片才有的氛圍。這氛圍有如充滿鄉土氣息的溫泉，從深處逐漸療癒我的心。」「人生啊，到頭來不過就是聚積著沒什麼意義的偏見」世間的評價與基準有時（常常）不適合我，所以我的一貫作法是以適當價格，盡量以便宜價格購入那種「姑且聽聽看」好像頗有趣的唱片，要是不喜歡就處分掉，如果喜歡就留下來；比起別人的評價，我更相信自己的耳朵，以個人喜好為優先考量。我對於善惡、好惡的判斷有時可能有誤或是不恰當，但至少不會造成別人的困擾。我想應該不會。──村上春樹大家都知道村上春樹是爵士樂迷，也喜歡古典樂，然而他喜歡聽哪些古典樂？又會買些什麼樣的古典音樂黑膠唱片呢？他不愛喊到天價的「稀有盤」，演奏家與作曲家當然是遴選基準，有時也因為封套設計很棒而買。這本書要介紹的就是 ... Read more

    $88.18 HKD

  • Why Mahler?

    How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed Our World

    by Norman Lebrecht ...
    Although Gustav Mahler was a famous conductor in Vienna and New York, the music that he wrote was condemned during his lifetime and for many years after his death in 1911. “Pages of dreary emptiness,” sniffed a leading American conductor. Yet today, almost one hundred years later, Mahler has displaced Beethoven as a box-office draw and exerts a unique influence on both popular music and film ... Read more

    $82.39 HKD

  • Absolutely on Music

    Conversations

    by Haruki Murakami, Seiji Ozawa ...
    Translated by Jay Rubin ...
    A deeply personal, intimate conversation about music and writing between the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author and the former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.In Absolutely on Music, internationally Haruki Murakami sits down with his friend Seiji Ozawa, the revered former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, for a series of conversations on their shared passion: music ... Read more

    $57.49 HKD

  • The Ninth

    Beethoven and the World in 1824

    by Harvey Sachs ...
    The premier of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Vienna on May 7, 1824, was the most significant artistic event of the year—and the work remains one of the most precedent-shattering and influential compositions in the history of music. Described in vibrant detail by eminent musicologist Harvey Sachs, this symbol of freedom and joy was so unorthodox that it amazed and confused listeners at its ... Read more

    $41.09 HKD

  • Year of Wonder

    Classical Music to Enjoy Day by Day

    by Clemency Burton-Hill ...
    “Year of Wonder is an absolute treat—the most enlightening way to be guided through the year.” **—**Eddie RedmayneA unique celebration of classical music that showcases one inspirational piece each day of the year, written by an award-winning violinist and BBC Radio personalityClassical music has a reputation for being stuffy, bori... ... Read more

    $153.99 HKD

  • The Rest is Noise

    Listening to the Twentieth Century

    by Alex Ross ...
    Alex Ross’s sweeping history of twentieth-century classical music, winner of the Guardian First Book Award, is a gripping account of a musical revolution.The landscape of twentieth-century classical music is a wild one: this was a period in which music fragmented into apparently divergent strands, each influenced by its own composers, performers and musical innovations. In this comprehensive tour, ... Read more

    $73.99 HKD

  • Frederic Chopin: Music From and Inspired by The Pianist

    by Chester Music ...
    Frederic Chopin: Music From and Inspired by The Pianist contains authentically transcribed music from the Academy Award and BAFTA winning film, including ten solo Piano works by Chopin, some of which have been arranged by Jerry Lanning.The film was adapted from the memoir of Jewish-Polish musician Wladyslaw Szpilman, whose world collapsed at the outbreak of World War II in 1939, and portrays his ... Read more

    $67.59 HKD

  • Parallels and Paradoxes

    Explorations in Music and Society

    by Edward W. Said, Daniel Barenboim ...
    **These free-wheeling, often exhilarating dialogues are an exchange between two prominent figures in contemporary culture: Daniel Barenboim, internationally renowned conductor and pianist, and Edward W. Said, eminent literary critic and impassioned commentator on the Middle East. Barenboim is an Argentinian-Israeli and Said a Palestinian-American; they are also close friends.“[A] genuine give-and ... Read more

    $49.29 HKD

  • Every Good Boy Does Fine

    A Love Story, in Music Lessons

    by Jeremy Denk ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A beautifully written, witty memoir that is also an immersive exploration of classical music—its power, its meanings, and what it can teach us about ourselves—from the MacArthur “Genius” Grant–winning pianistLONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • “Jeremy Denk has written a love letter to the music, and especially to the music teachers, in his life.”—Conrad Tao, ... Read more

    $98.59 HKD

  • The Classical Music Book

    Big Ideas Simply Explained

    by DK ...
    Series series DK Big Ideas
    Learn about the world's greatest classical compositions and musical traditions in The Classical Music Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Classic Music in this overview guide to the subject, brilliant for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The ... Read more

    $172.99 HKD

  • The Red Hot Chili Peppers

    An Oral/Visual History

    by The Red Hot Chili Peppers ...
    This is the book fans have been waiting for since Mother’s Milk and Blood Sugar Sex Magik first hit the charts: The first (and only!) official Red Hot Chili Peppers story—an oral and visual autobiography from one of the world’s greatest rock groups. Together, Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante, Flea, and Chad Smith tell the 61-million-album selling band’s rollercoaster story, with anecdotes of their ... Read more

    $128.29 HKD

  • Time's Echo

    The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

    by Jeremy Eichler ...
    A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORK TIMES, NPR • WINNER OF THREE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS • Finalist for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction • A stirring account of how music bears witness to history and carries forward the memory of the wartime past • SUNDAY TIMES OF LONDON HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARIn 1785, when the great German poet Friedrich Schiller penned his immortal “Ode to Joy,” ... Read more

    $82.39 HKD

  • Mozart

    The Reign of Love

    by Jan Swafford ...
    From the acclaimed composer and biographer Jan Swafford comes the definitive biography of one of the most lauded musical geniuses in history, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.At the earliest ages it was apparent that Wolfgang Mozart’s singular imagination was at work in every direction. He hated to be bored and hated to be idle, and through his life he responded to these threats with a repertoire of ... Read more

    $110.69 HKD

  • Discover Early Music

    by Lucien Jenkins ...
    The Middle Ages began with the collapse of the Roman world. This left a military and political system in ruins but a cultural world-view largely intact. Artistically rich and varied in themselves, the medieval centuries also sparked both the artistic Renaissance and the religious Reformation that followed. Rich but musically lost? Buildings and statues endure, but how can we ever really know ... Read more

    $54.29 HKD

  • The Life and Death of Classical Music

    Featuring the 100 Best and 20 Worst Recordings Ever Made

    by Norman Lebrecht ...
    In this compulsively readable, fascinating, and provocative guide to classical music, Norman Lebrecht, one of the world’s most widely read cultural commentators tells the story of the rise of the classical recording industry from Caruso’s first notes to the heyday of Bernstein, Glenn Gould, Callas, and von Karajan.Lebrecht compellingly demonstrates that classical recording has reached its end ... Read more

    $41.09 HKD

  • Music in the Baroque Era - From Monteverdi to Bach

    by Manfred F. Bukofzer ...
    This vintage book contains a comprehensive treatise of Baroque music. It was written for the music student and music lover, with the aim of acquainting them with this great period of music history and helping them to gain a historical understanding of music without which baroque music cannot be fully appreciated and enjoyed. Written in simple, plain language and full of fascinating information ... Read more

    $75.99 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Music Talks: the lives of classical musicians

    by Helen Epstein ...
    Music Talks: the lives of classical musicians by Helen Epstein (92,000 words)A collection of profiles of some of the world's most fascinating musicians, including the late Leonard Bernstein, Vladimir Horowitz, and Dorothy DeLay and the very lively James Galway and Yo-Yo Ma. Passed from hand to hand and read by music students as well as music lovers everywhere, Music Talks makes a wonderful gift ... Read more

    $101.51 HKD

  • Music in the Castle of Heaven

    A Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach

    by John Eliot Gardiner ...
    Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced by a man who (when we can discern his personality at all) seems so ordinary, so opaque - and occasionally so intemperate?John Eliot Gardiner grew up passing one of the only two authentic portraits of Bach every morning and evening on the stairs of his parents' house ... Read more

    $112.39 HKD

  • Beethoven

    Anguish and Triumph

    by Jan Swafford ...
    This "monumental" portrait of the man, his music, and the world in which he lived is "a truly remarkable biography" ( The Christian Science Monitor).Jan Swafford's biographies of Charles Ives and Johannes Brahms have established him as a revered music historian, capable of bringing his subjects vibrantly to life. His magnificent new biography of Ludwig van Beethoven, more than a decade in the ... Read more

    $145.99 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • CONFESSIONS OF A HERETIC

    Revised Edition

    by Roger Scruton ...
    A collection of provacative essays by the late philosopher and political thinker Roger Scruton. Each 'confession' reveals aspects of the author's thinking that his critics would probably have advised him to keep to himself. Scruton sought to answer the most pressing problems of our age: what can we do to protect Western values against Islamic extremism? Why is the Nation State worth preserving? ... Read more

    $84.59 HKD

  • Johann Sebastian Bach - Nineteen Little Preludes (Songbook)

    Schirmer Performance Editions Series

    by Johann Sebastian Bach ...
    (Schirmer Performance Editions). Bach's intermediate level little preludes are gems to be played for pure enjoyment, for any recital, or as steps toward the more challenging Well-Tempered Clavier . Contains extensive discussion and examples on Baroque ornamentation, as well as audio recordings. ... Read more

    $96.19 HKD

  • Jazz Etudes and Exercises for Classical Guitar

    by Alexander Vinitsky ...
    The accurate interpretation of swing rhythm is the most important element in jazz music. This collection of 7 jazz etudes and 11 exercises for solo guitar gives the student practice in playing this rhythmic pattern as well as working on other important skills. The etudes are written in notation only in different jazz styles: Swing, Latino, Bossa Nova, Blues, and Jazz Rock. These etudes develop the ... Read more

    $77.59 HKD