The moving story of Rachmaninoff's years in exile and the composition of his last great work, against a cataclysmic backdrop of two world wars and personal tragedy.
Fiona Maddocks Book order (chronological)
Music for life. 100 works to carry you through
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
A selection of 100 classical works from across nine centuries to help guide and inspire our lives.
Hildegard of Bingen
- 352 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Timely reissue of the biography of an extraordinary figure in the Middle Ages - recently made a Saint by Pope Benedict XVI.