Diaries 1924-1933: The Prodigal Son Serge Prokofiev, translated and annotated by Anthony Phillips (Cornell University Press, 1,125 pages, $60) Lina…

Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century By Paul Kildea (Allen Lane, 665 pages, $45) THANKS TO THE CENTENARY…

As we begin the New Year, I find myself thinking about books that fill the conservative armamentarium for resisting the…