Drawing upon an extensive selection of rare letters, reviews and memoirs, Kenneth Birkin sets Hans von B low's work as a recitalist, chamber-music artist and orchestral conductor at the centre of a disturbed and eventful life. B low's Zukunftsmusik advocacy and ruthless criticism of performance standards in Berlin and Munich antagonised a musical 'establishment' nonetheless spellbound by his keyboard and orchestral mastery. Birkin pays particular...