"Day is omnivorously interested in his subject, and has digested a huge quantity of material from sources of all kinds. The result is a minor classic, thought-provoking and informative on almost every page." Noel Malcolm, The Sunday Telegraph "An excellent narrative history... Day shows how recordings both created and supplied a new market for classical music, how technology deepened the ... Read moremarket, and how recordings now affect musicians and listeners alike." James Penrose, Wall Street Journal "Essential reading... undoubtedly a major landmark." David Patmore, International Record Review "A valuable book... and an important aid to broadening our understanding of classical music over the past 100 years." Malcolm Walker, Gramophone "The book raises no barriers, for musical notation is absent and musical jargon minimal in it. The fascination it possesses for classical music lovers is enormous... Day is clear and precise throughout, and he has written what may come to be regarded as a music library cornerstone." Booklist "Day's history is... an introduction - he claims no more - to a vast subject which has the potential to overturn ideals as much as prejudices... he writes about it as though he knows he is on to something, with verve and a profusion of detail." Peter Phillips, The Musical Times Show Less