The maestro myth : great conductors in pursuit of power

Introduction. The making of a myth --
Tears of a clown --
The composer as conductor --
The personal tragedy of Hans von Bulow --
Honest Hans and the magician --
Nikisch and Richter --
Masters of the house --
Mahler and Strauss --
Walter, Klemperer and Krauss --
Facing the dictators --
Toscanini v Furtwangler --
Szell, Reiner and the Soviet system --
Karajan case --
Karajan, Knappertsbusch and Bohm --
\'Starving population and an absentee aristocracy\' --
Koussevitsky to Ozawa --
Stokowski, showbiz and Previn --
Gremlin in the garden --
Beecham v Barbirolli --
Kubelik --
Solti, Colin Davis and Haitink. Collapse of the conducting composer --
Bernstein and Boulez --
Strange tales from the Vienna Woods --
Bernstein, Maazel and Levine --
Formula uno --
Abbado, Muti and Sinopoli, Chailly --
Mavericks --
Horenstein, Celibidache, two Kleibers and Tennstedt --
Insider dealing --
Mehta, Barenboim and the Kosher nostra --
Left outside --
Gays, women, blacks --
Search for a semi-conductor --
Marriner, Munrow, Hogwood and early music --
Where have all the conductors gone? --
The bare future : Rattle, Salonen and Welser-Most --
Master of them all? --
Ronald Wilford and the millionaire conductor.