Famous Composers, Darren Henley
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Famous Composers

Author: Darren Henley

Narrator: Marin Alsop

Unabridged: 2 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 10/01/2005

Genre: Biography & Autobiography - Composers & Musicians

Synopsis

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, Dvorak and Shostakovich. Their colourful lives and their love of music is told against the backdrop of some of their finest works – an ideal combination.

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