Music As Alchemy Journeys With Great Conductors And Their Orchestras

by Tom Service

2012 292 pages eng

How are conductors' silent gestures magicked into sound by a group of more than a hundred brilliant but belligerent musicians? The mute choreography of great conductors has fascinated and frustrated musicians and music-lovers for centuries, from Toscanini to Karajan, from Carlos Kleiber to Gustavo D…