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(0)Darren Henley
Author
Publisher
Naxos AudioBooks
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
This lively recording is a perfect way to introduce classical music to the entire family. It looks at the music through the lives of the great composers and their environment, from the churches and cathedrals that produced the familiar sound of Gregorian chant, to Johann Sebastian Bach, the family man composing for the glory of God, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the child prodigy, genius and prankster who wrote some of the finest music ever yet was...
Author
Publisher
Naxos AudioBooks
Language
English
Description
Following on the success of The Story of Classical Music, Darren Henley and Marin Alsop combine forces again to tell, in more detail, the lives of six key composers Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorák and Shostakovich. Their colourful lives and their love of music is told against the backdrop of some of their finest works - an ideal combination.