Books

Here are some insightful books that have guided my appreciation of music over the years, and which I recommend to any music lover.

• Leonard Bernstein, The Infinite Variety of Music
• Leonard Bernstein, The Joy of Music
• Charles Rosen, The Classical Style
• Charles Rosen, The Romantic Generation
• Alex Ross, The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
• Edward Said & Daniel Barenboim, Parallels and Paradoxes: Explorations in Music and Society
• Lawrence Kramer, Why Classical Music Still Matters
• Harold C. Schonberg, The Great Pianists: From Mozart to the Present
• Leonard Slatkin, Conducting Business: Unveiling the Mystery Behind the Maestro
• Daniel Levitin, This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
• Ronald Smith, Alkan: The Man, The Music
• Haruki Murakami & Seiji Ozawa, Absolutely on Music: Conversations

Websites

Here are some websites I frequent for music criticism and news on the world of classical music.

• Classical Notes
• Classicstoday.com
• MusicWeb International
• Slipped Disc
• David Hurwitz’s Youtube channel