A PASSION FOR OPERA: Learning to Love it: The Greatest Masters, Their Greatest Music. By Peter Fox Smith. North Pomfret, Vermont: Trafalfar Square Publishing, 2004. 697 pp. illustrations. Paperback, $24.95
THE MUSICAL MADHOUSE. By Hector Berlioz. Translated and edited by Alastair Bruce. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2003. 240 pp. Paperback. $24:95
THE MAHLER SYMPHONIES: An Owner's Manual. By David Hurwitz. Pompton Plains, NJ: Amadeus Press, 2004. 195 pp. Includes Full-Length Hänssler Classic CD. $19.95 (paper)