<br><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805070702/ncdn"><IMG SRC="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0805070702.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg" border="0" alt="It's always a tricky task to pick a list with as sweeping a title as this, but Kozinn, a music critic for the New York Times, has done a sterling job" hspace="3" vspace="3"></A>
<br><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400075157/ncdn"><IMG SRC="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1400075157.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg" border="0" alt="This fascinating exchange between two of the most prominent figures in contemporary culture, Daniel Barenboim, Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, and Edward W. Said, the eminent literary critic and scholar and a leading expert on the Middle East, grew out of the acclaimed Carnegie Hall Talks" hspace="3" vspace="3"></A>
<br><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0860249972/ncdn"><IMG SRC="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0860249972.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg" border="0" alt="All in all it's an interesting read and I wish I'd have purchased it before any collections of classical cds." hspace="3" vspace="3"></A>
<br><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805070702/ncdn"><IMG SRC="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0805070702.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg" align="left" border="0" alt="Classical Music: A Critic's Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings, which not only features the expected classical masterpieces but also a long list of contemporary works." hspace="3" vspace="3"></A>
<br><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400034892/ncdn"><IMG SRC="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1400034892.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg" border="0" alt="First novel by English journalist and music critic NORMAN LEBRECHT. Two men who became friends as children in London during WWII are reunited after 40 years. In 1939, nine-year-old Martin Simmonds meets Dovidl Rapoport, a violin prodigy the same age." hspace="3" vspace="3"></A>
<br><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195174402/ncdn"><IMG SRC="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0195174402.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg" border="0" alt="More than two decades after his death at the age of 50, Glenn Gould remains one of the most famous (and in some circles controversial) pianists of the 20th century." hspace="3" vspace="3"></A>
<br><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009ZVEM/ncdn"><IMG SRC="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00009ZVEM.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg" border="0" alt="MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION: Each issue of GRAMOPHONE is full of reviews of orchestral, chamber, isntrumental, choral, opera and world music, with additional information about equipment for the audiophile." hspace="3" vspace="3"></A>
<br><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691120692/ncdn"><IMG SRC="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0691120692.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg" border="0" alt="Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) has a reputation as one of the leading composers of the twentieth century. But the story of his controversial role in history is still being told, and his full measure as a musician still being taken." hspace="3" vspace="3"></A>
<br><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0571215831/ncdn"><IMG SRC="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0571215831.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg" border="0" alt="Richard Morrison's new chronicle--published to coincide with a major U.S. tour--reveals the pioneering spirit of this independent, self-governing ensemble; it follows the LSO from an idealistic infancy through to its position today as a prestigious classical ensemble in an age of uncertainty for classical music, exploring how the orchestra has managed to retain its swashbuckling quality and high standards" hspace="3" vspace="3"></A>
<br><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521533422/ncdn"><IMG SRC="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0521533422.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg" border="0" alt="Sections cover aspects of biography as well as Felix Mendelssohn's expansive and multi-faceted musical output" hspace="3" vspace="3"></A>