Includes bibliographical references and discography (pages 347-349) and index.
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Debut -- Berio -- Paths to Montsalvat -- Carter -- Da lontano -- Gubaidulina -- Handful of pianists -- Purcell -- Around New York -- Tippett -- Being in Assisi -- Boulez -- Composer's voice -- Mozart 1991 -- Decade of Don Giovannis -- Henze -- Operatic passions -- Vivier -- At the movies -- Schoenberg on the stage -- Five British composers -- Lachenmann -- Mapping mtsensk -- Stockhausen -- Behind the rusting curtain -- Verdi at the Met -- Quintet of singers -- Schnittke -- How it was, maybe -- Reich -- Tracks in allemonde -- Birtwistle -- Departure.
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"Griffiths vividly conveys the vision, aura, and idiosyncrasies of prominent pianists, singers, and conductors (such as Herbert von Karajan), and debates changing styles of performing Monteverdi and Purcell. A particular delight is his response to the world of opera, including Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande (six contrasting productions), Pavarotti and Domingo in Verdi at New York's Metropolitan Opera, Schoenberg's Moses and Aaron, and two wildly different Jonathan Miller versions of Mozart's Don Giovanni."--Jacket.
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"Paul Griffiths here offers his own personal selection of some of his most substantial and imaginative articles and concert reviews from over three decades of indefatigable concertgoing around the world. He reports on premieres and other important performances of works by such composers as Elliott Carter, Sofia Gubaidulina, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Steve Reich, as well as Harrison Birtwistle and other important British figures."