Reviews
"... his diaries brilliantly document what their translator calls perhaps 'the greatest assemblage of pianistic talent ever gathered around a teacher at any one time'...Through terse, aloof entries, he lets us glimpse a man [Liszt] of undiminished energy, infinitely knowledgeable..... Concerning his [Liszt's] own compositions, as well as Chopin and the Schumann Fantasie, his [Liszt's] remarks are essential reading.... these journals... are indispensable, clarifying both the presence and (matched by elegant typography) is supplemented with copious music examples, meticulous reference and biographical notes..." -- International Piano Quarterly, "[Liszt] gives practical tips, drawn from a well of experience sans pareil... demonstrates how to project second-rate music (a Rubinstein concerto)... [and] suggests ways of coping with the truly profound (in response to a student's performance of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations)." -- Times Literary Supplement, "If one could go back in time and space, I feel sure most pianists... would desire to go back to [Lizst's] time to study with this great personality -- but we cannot. However, in this book you have it all." -- Keyboard Teacher, "... If one could go back in time and space, I feel sure most pianists... would desire to go back to his time to study with this great personality -- but we cannot. However, in this book you have it all." -- Keyboard Teacher
