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The Exquisite Musical Tastes of Author Haruki Murakami

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Finally, after years of expectation, hype and imagining what gems might be found in its pages, Haruki Murakami’s book Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa has been released in the United States.

I started reading it this afternoon, and am enjoying it so far. It's presented as a series of lightly edited transcripts of fairly candid discussions the two of them had about different pieces of classical music. Sometimes the translator seems to struggle with the colloquial nature of the original, but mostly it is very readable.

If you enjoy classical music, I highly recommend getting a copy. There are related recordings on the penguin website which I haven't listened to yet, but I have been listening to some of the works discussed as they were mentioned.