In zoology, scavengers commit necrophagy, feeding on corpses or carrion. Music journalism too has its decomposers, and the British author Norman Lebrecht has long profited by declaring classical music dead. Currently Arts Editor and columnist at the London Evening Standard, Mr.
Lebrecht has now published "The Life and Death of Classical Music: Featuring the 100 Best and 20 Worst Recordings Ever Made" (Anchor, 307 pages, $14.95).
Death and dying are integral parts of Mr.
Lebrecht's personal killing fields of classical music.
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