˝Originally published in Japan as Ozawa Seiji-san to, ongaku ni tsuite hanashi o suru by Shinchosa, Tokyo, in 2011˝ , Mostly on the Beethoven Third piano concerto -- On manic record collectors -- Brahms at Carnegie Hall -- The relationship of writing to music -- What happened in the 1960s -- Eugene Ormandy’s baton -- On the music of Gustav Mahler -- From Chicago blues to Shin’ichi Mori -- The joys of opera -- In a little Swiss town -- ˝There’s no single way to teach.
You make it up as you go along.˝