Dimensions
170 x 234 x 25mm
This unique handbook spans 8 centuries of music from medieval Masses to works by contempories such as Judith Weir and Michael Torke. Both a buyer's guide and a who's who it features concise biographical sketches of some 160 composers, more than 150 illustrations, revealing summaries of the major compositions in all genres and incisive reviews of hundreds of CDs, selecting both the best of the latests recordings and the pick of the classic reissues.