In this biography, musicologist and historian Frits Zwart carefully examines in great detail a musical life lived by Willem Mengelberg, undeniably the greatest

First Published in 2005. The Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound, 2nd edition, is an A to Z reference work covering the entire history of recorded sound from Edison

Lists classical and operatic recordings that are specifically available in the new (and desirable) compact disc format. Individual titles are graded for their a

In this fascinating study, Robert Philip argues that recordings of the early twentieth-century provide an important, and hitherto neglected, resource in the his