A lavishly illustrated book based on a wonderful 13-part television series, presented by British actor Simon Callow, as screened on SBS. It brings landscape, music and history vividly alive, allowing you to visit some of Europe's most beautiful destinations, as revealed through the lives and music of the great classical composers who lived there – all from the comfort of your armchair.

Explore the primeval forests of Finland and the music of Sibelius; the Rococo splendour of Salzburg and the world of the child Mozart; the brilliant light of Venice and the corresponding clarity and vivacity of Vivaldi s Four Seasons; the grandeur of the German cathedrals and their counterpart in the architectural majesty of J.S. Bach s masterpieces. Other much loved cities and composers covered in the book include Vienna and Bonn (Beethoven), Prague (Dvorak), Leipzig (Wagner), Copenhagen (Grieg), and many others.