If you love the piano, this book is almost as important as a good edition of the Beethoven sonatas and the Well-Tempered Clavier. A student of Leopold Godowsky and the teacher of Richter and Gilels, Mr. Neuhaus put together a very inspiring, almost revelatory book on the loftier spiritual and intellectual aspects of playing the piano. I recommend it wholeheartedly.

Neuhaus taught at the Moscow Conservatory and his pupils included some of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century: Emil Gilels, Sviatoslav Richter, Nina Svetlanova, Alexei Lubimov and Radu Lupu. His legacy continues today and many teachers around the world regard this book as the most authoritative on the subject of piano playing.

Spanish Review:

Libro muy recomendable para pedagogos, estudiantes y aficionados al piano. Heinrich Neuhaus nos ilustra con su conocimiento acumulado en toda una vida dedicada a enseñar a referencias en la interpretación pianística, entre los que destacaron Sviatoslav Richter y Emil Gilels. De lectura fácil, amena y plagada de buenos ejemplos.