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Books : The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs (Penguin Reference Books)

from: Penguin Books Ltd


Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 780.266 EAN: 9780140514971 ISBN: 014051497X Label: Penguin Books Ltd Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1728 Publication Date: November 18, 2001 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Sales Rank: 627460 Studio: Penguin Books Ltd	Average Rating: List Price: £20.00 Price: £4.52 You Save: £15.48 (77%) Prices subject to change.
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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Good up to a point.
Something needs clearing up here. This is the 'Yearbook' to the main guide: 'The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVD's'. Very similar titles likely to cause confusion.

The main guide, published in 2003, is a huge tome 1550 pages long giving an impressive overview of some of the classical CD's available in the U.K. This 'Yearbook' covers releases since that main guide was published. Unfortunately, presumably due to publishing deadlines, a lot of CD's I had expected would be covered, ... Read More

Rating:

- Invaluable to any gramophile
The authors are all distinguished critics whose views I trust completely. This book is an invaluable source of information to anyone who collects classical CDs. The reviews are necessarily rather short and some important modern composers are omitted but the book could not be much bigger and compromises have to be made. If you have this, the Gramophone Good CD Guide (which is not so comprehensive but more detailed) and a subscription to either Gramophone, International Record Review or the BBC ... Read More

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- Every serious collector's bible
I have both 'Penguin Guide to Compact Discs' and its main competitor, 'Gramaphone Classical Good CD Guide', so I believe I am in a position to compare them.

As far as the breadth of content or number of disks covered, Penguin wins hands down. The reader gets a dazzling array of choices, from which s/he can choose. It's pretty good in covering new disks. Luckily, so far my taste has matched with Ivan March's.

This is all very good, but has the obvious downside. The typeface ... Read More

Rating:

- The best classical CD guide there is on the market
I've been buying this book for a number of years now - I have two earlier editions - and I simply wouldn't be without it. I haven't found another guide that can compare.

The Penguin reviewers are thorough, discerning and extremely knowledgeable. I rate their judgement very highly and I think I can safely say that I've never been disappointed by a purchase made on the strength of one of their top recommendations.

Rating:

- A invaluable resource!
This is an incredible book. I use it every time I want to buy a new recording and have never been disappointed by the outcome.

I actually approve of the new 2-column layout, which allows more information than ever to be printed within.

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