This text presents portraits of five artists well known to afficionados of classical music: cellist Yo-Yo Ma, conductor Jeffrey Tate, violinist Josef Gingold, p... » 

This text presents portraits of five artists well known to afficionados of classical music: cellist Yo-Yo Ma, conductor Jeffrey Tate, violinist Josef Gingold, pianist Richard Goode and opera singer Birgit Nilsson. The book offers a personal look at the lives of the performers. «