On and Off the Record: A Memoir of Walter Legge

On and Off the Record: A Memoir of Walter Legge by Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781555535193.

Reprint of the 1982 edition of a memoir that stems from an autobiography found in recording impresario Walter Legges files by his wife, singer Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. She describes her role as "a narrator of sorts guiding the reader through that uplifting, exciting, infuriating, and sometimes frustrating world" where Legge battled with recording companies in order to promote the work of musicians he admired in the days before corporate profit dictated such decisions. In addition to Legges own writing, the book includes contributions by conductor Herbert von Karajan and others. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)