the great pianists

The Great Pianists vividly portrays the brilliant, stylish, and eccentric lives of history's piano masters, from Mozart's fabulous legato to Beethoven's surging power and Liszt's magnetic charisma.

Harold C. Schonberg draws on contemporary accounts, reviews, and personal anecdotes to detail the performances, methods, and quirks of legends like Clara Schumann, Vladimir Horowitz, Van Cliburn, and modern artists such as Ashkenazy, Gilels, and Gould.

Spanning over 500 pages and dozens of profiles, the book offers insightful analysis of piano virtuosity's evolution.