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“malcolm hayes”

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  • Liszt: His Life and Music

    by Malcolm Hayes ...
    Perhaps the greatest pianist who has ever lived, Liszt was one of the titanic musical figures of the Romantic age. Abandoning his spectacular career as a travelling virtuoso in his mid-thirties, this passionate lover and fond father dedicated himself instead to a life of composing, conducting, teaching and, increasingly, religious devotion, eventually taking minor orders in the Roman Catholic ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    Going Home & other plays

    Eight Full-Cast BBC Radio Productions

    by William Trevor ...
    Narrated by Daniel Day-Lewis, TP McKenna, Sylvia Coleridge, Malcolm Hayes, Nigel Anthony, Sarah Badel, Kate Binchy, Elizabeth Proud, Maurice Denham, Full Cast ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 57 min

    A collection of original radio dramas by the much-loved Irish literary legendOne of Ireland’s greatest contemporary authors, William Trevor won the Whitbread Prize three times, and was shortlisted four times for the Man Booker Prize. He received an honorary CBE in 1977 for his services to literature, was made a Companion of Literature in 1994 and in 2002, and received an honorary knighthood. These ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    Tower of London

    A Vintage BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisation

    by William Harrison Ainsworth ...
    Narrated by Gudrun Ure, Francis de Wolff, Ralph Truman, David March, Malcolm Hayes, Peter Williams, Christopher Bidmead, Nigel Anthony, Denis McCarthy, Alexa Romanes, Duncan McIntyre, Full Cast ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 23 min

    An epic 13-part dramatisation of William Harrison Ainsworth’s historical romance, centring around the rise and fall of Lady Jane GreyWilliam Harrison Ainsworth was lauded by his contemporaries as a successor to Sir Walter Scott, and was named in 1847 as one of the three most popular writers in England (alongside Edward Bulwer-Lytton and Charles Dickens). His first three historical novels were ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    The Algernon Blackwood BBC Radio Collection

    17 Supernatural Dramas and Ghost Stories

    by Algernon Blackwood ...
    Narrated by Algernon Blackwood, Philip Madoc, Malcolm Hayes, Christopher Neame, Roger Allam, Fraser Kerr, Eric Deacon, Philip Skale, Full Cast ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 10 min

    A collection of strange and fantastical tales from Algernon Blackwood, plus bonus documentariesDescribed by H P Lovecraft as 'the one absolute and unquestioned master of weird atmosphere', Algernon Blackwood (CBE) was the acclaimed and prolific author of numerous ghost stories and horror tales. Throughout his lifetime, he wrote 14 novels, several children's books, a number of plays, and over 200 ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    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

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  • The First Four Notes

    Beethoven's Fifth and the Human Imagination

    by Matthew Guerrieri ...
    A TIME Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2012A New Yorker Best Book of the YearLos Angeles Magazine's #1 Music Book of the YearA unique and revelatory book of music history that examines in great depth what is perhaps the best-known and most-popular symphony ever written and its four-note opening, which has fascinated musicians, historians, and philosophers for the last two hundred years.Music ... Read more

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  • The Faber Pocket Guide to Haydn

    by Richard Wigmore ...
    Joseph Haydn is one of the greatest and most innovative of all composers, yet in some ways he is still curiously misunderstood. This engaging new Pocket Guide assesses what Haydn's music means to us today, and challenges some of the myths that have grown up around the composer. With suggestions for further reading and recommended CD recordings, Richard Wigmore's crisp and concise guide presents ... Read more

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  • Rachmaninoff: The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers.

    by Matthew Robert Walker ...
    In this biography, Robert Walker skilfully blends the fascinating story of Rachmaninoff's life with the historical background of his times. The author shows, too, how outside influences- the 1905 and 1917 revolutions, the Great War, the Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression- very much affected Rachmaninoff as an artist. As well as the use of contemporary accounts, letters and reminiscences, ... Read more

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  • Bach's Works for Solo Violin

    Style, Structure, Performance

    by Joel Lester ...
    J. S. Bach's sonatas and partitas for solo violin have been central to the violin repertoire since the mid-eighteenth century. This engaging volume is the first comprehensive exploration of the place of these works within Bach's music: it focuses on their structural and stylistic features as they have been perceived since their creation. Joel Lester, a highly regarded scholar, teacher, violinist, ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Haydn: His Life and Music

    by David Vickers ...
    Haydn was among the first great composers whose fame in his own lifetime endured after his death. While he is loved for a handful of popular, tuneful symphonies and the oratorio The Creation, the broader scope of Haydns musical achievements and his fascinating life have been overshadowed by the prodigious brilliance of his friend Mozart and the rebellious daring of his pupil Beethoven. This ... Read more

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  • Beethoven

    by J.W.N. Sullivan ...
    From the Author's Preface:"I believe that in his greatest music Beethoven was primarily concerned to express his personal vision of life. This vision was, of course, the product of his character and his experience. Beethoven the man and Beethoven the composer are not two unconnected entities, and the known history of the man may be used to throw light upon the character of his music."Clifton ... Read more

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  • The Sorcerer of Bayreuth

    Richard Wagner, his Work and his World

    by Barry Millington ...
    Richard Wagner (1813-1883) is one of the most influential - and also one of the most controversial - composers in the history of music. Over the course of his long career, he produced a stream of spellbinding works that challenged musical convention through their richness and tonal experimentation, ultimately paving the way for modernism. This book presents an in-depth but easy-to-read overview of ... Read more

    $44.99 USD