John Ardoin Bücher

This detailed analysis of every record made by Maria Callas examines the development of her art from her first recordings in 1949 to the last in 1977.

(Amadeus). Furtw ngler's recordings remain for many the standard by which all subsequent performances are judged. This study offers an overview of his career and his place in the mainstream of the German school of conducting, with commentaries on all his recorded performances.

This is the story of Maria Callas. Perhaps no performer in this century has generated such adulation, stirred such controversy, and had so grteat an impact on the world of opra and the arts as Callas. The unrivaled singing actress of our time, she is the standard against which all others must measure themselves. She brought back a style of singing forgotten for more that a century, revived a repertory all but lost, and restored to the musical stage the dramatic power thaqt is opera at its grandest. En route she created a legend.