This dialogue between conductor Seiji Ozawa and novelist Haruki Murakami explores how to listen to classical music, how to read scores, the bodily sense of performers, and differences among recordings. Through conversations on Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler, and others, it conveys the pleasure of listening.

A world-renowned conductor and a novelist listen across recordings and move deeper into music.

This dialogue between conductor Seiji Ozawa and novelist Haruki Murakami explores how to listen to classical music, how to read scores, the bodily sense of performers, and differences among recordings. Through conversations on Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler, and others, it conveys the pleasure of listening.

A world-renowned conductor and a novelist listen across recordings and move deeper into music.