Títulos en Compositores y músicos

Doté de fabuleux moyens, le Brésilien Nelson Freire est depuis son plus jeune âge l'un des plus grands pianistes au monde. Sa carrière a pourtant mis du temps à se hisser à la hauteur de son talent. Hypersensibilité maladive, caractère indocile et une sorte de malédiction l'ont maintenu à part, jusqu'à l'apothéose des dernières années. Son jeu noble, puissant, sensuel et coloré a fini par lui valoir l'amour du public en plus de l'admiration des musiciens. Très proche de Martha Argerich, avec laquelle il a formé un duo de légende, il reste un interprète miraculeux de Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Debussy ou Villa-Lobos.

Thirty five concerts. Seventeen thousand motorcycle miles. Three months. One lifetime. In May 2015 the veteran Canadian rock trio Rush embarked on their 40th anniversary tour, R40. For the band and their fans, R40 was a celebration and, perhaps, a farewell. But for Neil Peart, each tour is more than just a string of concerts; it's an opportunity to explore backroads near and far on his BMW motorcycle. So if this was to be the last tour and the last great adventure, he decided it would have to be the best one, onstage and off.

En Por debajo de la mesa, el reconocido periodista Alberto Tavira explora el secretismo que Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri ha mantenido sobre su relación con los presidentes de México y sus herederos, gobernadores, secretarios de Estado y presidentes de partidos políticos. Esta investigación periodística recupera los sorprendentes testimonios de testigos clave que cuentan sobre los favores que Luis Miguel ha pedido a los miembros de la cúspide política y de qué manera lo han beneficiado.

One of the most talked-about and bestselling books of last year, this is the no-holds-barred autobiography of a sporting legend driven to the brink of self-destruction. ‘Might be the most soul-baring book of its genre ever written’ Washington Post ‘Savagely compelling’ Daily Telegraph...

A 2022 Audie Award Finalist *National Bestseller* Legendary musician Richard Marx offers an enlightening, entertaining look at his life and career. Richard Marx is one of the most accomplished singer-songwriters in the history of popular music. His self-titled 1987 album went triple platinum and...

THE SUNDAY TIMES MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR TELEGRAPH'S MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR PICKED AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NEW STATESMAN Created from more than forty hours of intimate conversations with the journalist Seán O’Hagan, it is a profoundly thoughtful exploration, in Cave’s own...

Este libro es una pionera monografía que pretende ofrecer al lector una completa visión acerca de la figura del gran compositor norteamericano John Williams, autor de las bandas sonoras de toda una vida: las sagas de La Guerra de las Galaxias, Indiana Jones, Parque Jurásico o Harry Potter, y de películas inolvidable como E.T., La lista de Schlinder o Lincoln; y también de una importante obra para concierto, menos conocida entre el gran público. Narrado a su vez de forma biográfica para conocer tanto al músico como a la persona y enriquecido además con anécdotas de su vida tanto personal como profesional.

Beginning on the night in November 1963 when his mum took him to see the Beatles live at Manchester’s ABC Cinema, Mike Pickering takes the listener through sixty years of clubs, clothes, gigs, record labels, football matches and politics. Pickering has lived through decades of rapid change in popular music. As an influential DJ he introduced house music into the legendary Haçienda. He signed Happy Mondays and James to Factory Records before working with Kasabian, Gossip and Calvin Harris at Sony.

John and Paul were more than friends, collaborators or rivals in the sense we normally understand those terms. They were both exceptionally intense young men who had the fabric of their world ruptured at a young age. There have been millions of words written about The Beatles, but this is the first book to focus on what lay at the heart of this phenomenon: the alchemy of two young men. Ian Leslie explores this volatile, madly creative quasi-marriage and misunderstood story. The result is a wildly enjoyable biography, told through the songs, which will make us see and hear John and Paul afresh.

There has never been a band like Pearl Jam. The Seattle quintet has recorded 11 studio albums; sold some 85 million records; played more than a thousand shows, in 50 countries; and had five different albums reach number one. But Pearl Jam's story is about much more than music. Not for You is the first full-length treatment of Pearl Jam's odyssey and importance in the culture, from the '90s to the present. 

In Just Kids, Patti Smith’s first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. An honest and...

Stingray’s memoir vividly shows how the energy of youth culture and an international love affair with rock ‘n’ roll forged alliances among a new generation who brought an end to the U.S.S.R.

The Brian Jonestown Massacre are one of the great contemporary cult American rock and roll bands. At the peak of their anarchic reign in the San Francisco underground of the late '90s their psychedelic output was almost as prodigious and impressive as their narcotic intake. Joel Gion's memoir tells the story of the first ten years of the band from the Duke Seat. A righteous account of the hazards and pleasures of life on and off the road, Mr Tambourine Man takes use behind the scenes of the supposed behind the scenes film that cemented the band's legend.

In 1968 Nick Drake had everything to live for. The product of a loving, creative family and a privileged background, he was not only a handsome and popular Cambridge undergraduate, but also a new signing to the UK's hippest record label, Island. Three years later, however - having made three well-reviewed but low-selling albums - Nick had been overwhelmed by a mysterious mental illness. He returned to live in his family home in rural Warwickshire in 1971, and died in obscurity in 1974, aged just 26.

Martin Gregor-Dellin war einer der profiliertesten Kenner Richard Wagners. In dieser fundierten und fesselnden Biografie gibt er Auskunft über das Leben und Wirken des Musikgenies, über die Menschen, die ihn prägten und die er prägte, über die Stationen seines Schaffens, über seine Zeit und über seine unvergänglichen Werke. Die Hörbuchfassung, eingerichtet von Heinz-Dieter Sommer, unterstreicht die gelungene Verbindung von Lebens- mit allgemeiner Musik- und Zeitgeschichte.

‘I was spotty, wore an anorak, had biro-engraved flared blue jeans with “purple” and “Sabbath” written on the thighs, and rode an ear-splittingly uncool moped. Oh yes, and I wanted to be a drummer…’ Bruce Dickinson – Iron Maiden’s legendary front man – is one of the world’s...

For 30 years, drummer, author, and songwriter Neil Peart had wanted to write a book about "the biggest journey of all in my restless existence: the life of a touring musician." Finally, the right time, and the right tour. In the summer of 2004, after three decades, 20 gold albums, and thousands of performances, the band Rush embarked on a 30th Anniversary World Tour. The "R30" tour traveled to nine countries, where the band performed 57 shows for more than half a million fans. Uniquely, Peart chose to do his between-show traveling by motorcycle, riding 21,000 miles of back roads.

Eigentlich fängt die Geschichte mit Kevin Keegan an, dem englischen Stürmer mit den wilden Locken. Der wurde in den Siebzigern zu Campinos großem Idol, denn dieser coole Engländer zeigte ihm, auf welcher Seite er zu stehen hatte. Und auch als Campino Punk wurde, war England die Antwort auf alle Fragen, die er hatte. Er verehrte Full English Breakfast, London und sogar die Queen. Was lag näher als die Entscheidung für den besten Fußballverein der Welt, den Liverpool FC?

One of SPIN'S Best Music Memoirs of 2022! Brian Johnson’s memoir from growing up in a small town to starting his own band to ultimately replacing Bon Scott, the lead singer of one of the world biggest rock acts, AC/DC. They would record their first album together, the iconic Back in Black...

A Times, Resident and Rough Trade Book of the Year Longlisted for the Penderyn Music Book Prize 2026 ‘A warm and engaging memoir’ Guardian ‘A beautifully told odyssey’ Daily Express ‘A brilliant book’ Mark Ellen, Word in Your Ear As a band, the Smiths need no introduction. Formed in...