Remarkable Scope - On Ronald Stevenson's eightieth birthday, Patric Standford reads Colin Scott-Sutherland's 'Ronald Stevenson: The Man and his Music'

Highly Readable - Paul Jackson's third book about the Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts, reviewed by Robert Hugill

An Inspiring Read - Anthony Davie reads Victor Lederer's book 'Chopin: A Listener's Guide to the Master of the Piano'

Enthusiastically Recommended - Howard Smith reads an 'owner's manual' of Sibelius orchestral works

Extremely Detailed - Daniel Felsenfeld's 'Tchaikovsky - A Listener's Guide', reviewed by Anna L Franco

Beautifully Arranged - 'Antal Doráti and the joy of making music' by Richard Chlupaty, reviewed by Anna L Franco

Ask Alice - John Attanas' recent book about Yo-Yo Ma, reviewed by Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh

No Stone Left Unturned - A book about the business of conducting, explored by Paul Sarcich

A Real Treasure House - Dialogues with and about John Cage, reviewed by Patric Standford

An Admirable Book - Alan Riding and Leslie Dunton-Downer's companion to opera, reviewed by Robert Hugill

Deadly Wit - Michael Levin's 'Settling the Score', reviewed by Kelly Ferjutz

A Comprehensive Overview - David Hurwitz on Dvorák, recommended by Ron Bierman

Imbued with Quality - David L Nelson on Vienna, recommended by Howard Smith

Life-affirming - Steven Schick's 'The Percussionist's Art', reviewed by Paul Sarcich

Strong Narrative Flow - A new book about Monteverdi's musical dramas, reviewed by Robert Hugill

A Personal Stake - '150 Years of Opera in Chicago', reviewed by Malcolm Tattersall

Apropos 'le deluge' - A book about Shostakovich, reviewed by George Balcombe

Just Too Funny - A backstage view of the orchestra, enjoyed by Kelly Ferjutz

A Terrific Introduction - A guide to Mozart's instrumental music, recommended by Ron Bierman

Book review: Eloquent Insights - A listeners' guide to the music of Haydn, reviewed by Anna Franco

Precise and Lucid - M Owen Lee's book 'The Great Instrumental Works', enthusiastically recommended by Howard Smith

Superb Writing - Kelly Ferjutz enjoys the tale of Luciano Pavarotti's rise to fame

Ensemble. Fascinating Fusions - Ladino music from Jewish Music Central marks the UK launch of the book 'The Sephardic Songbook', reviewed by Malcolm Miller

Recent Releases - Books, paintings and music at a writers' event, reviewed by Anna Franco

What makes a conductor? - 'Conductors in Conversation' by Jeannine Wagar, reviewed by Kelly Ferjutz

Charmingly unselfconscious - 'Some Kind of Genius: The extraordinary journey of Musical Savant Tony DeBlois', reviewed by Alice McVeigh

Useful insights - Daniel Felsenfeld's book 'Benjamin Britten and Samuel Barber. Their lives and their music', reviewed by Mike Wheeler

Ask Alice - On free plugs, guides on making music, good shows ... with Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - More on music books, including Misha Stefanuk's 'Jazz Piano for the Young Beginner', with Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - On the frustrated and the talented, with Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh, plus a review of Blair Tindall's book 'Mozart in the Jungle'

Ask Alice - A review of Margaret Bartley's biography of Russian-American cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, by Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice - Alice McVeigh reviews 'The World of Music According to Starker'

Ask Alice - Renée Fleming's book 'The Inner Voice - The Making of a Singer', reviewed by Alice McVeigh

Fascinating suggestions - 'The Beethoven Violin Sonatas: History, Criticism, Performance' from the University of Illinois Press, reviewed by Robert Anderson

Alarms included - Alice McVeigh's 'Ghost Music', reviewed by Kelly Ferjutz

While the music lasts - Kelly Ferjutz enjoys Alice McVeigh's musical novel

A contrapuntal review - Gordon Rumson reads Kevin Bazzana's book about the life and art of Canadian pianist Glenn Gould, and also makes a surprise contribution of his own

Whirlwind of activity - Gordon Rumson recommends Charles Barber's book 'Lost in the Stars: The Forgotten Musical Life of Alexander Siloti'

Classical objectivity? - Peter Dale reads 'The Music of Lennox Berkeley' by Peter Dickinson

Originality and urbanity - Ilona von Dohnányi's 'Ernst von Dohnányi - A Song of Life', reviewed by Robert Anderson