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Books : The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDs (Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music)

by: Ivan March, Edward Greenfield, Robert Layton


Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 780.266 EAN: 9780141013848 ISBN: 0141013842 Label: Penguin Books Ltd Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1616 Publication Date: September 04, 2003 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Sales Rank: 368848 Studio: Penguin Books Ltd	Average Rating: List Price: £24.99 Price: £10.00 You Save: £14.99 (60%) Prices subject to change.
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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- too much rattle
It's great to dip into, especially for suggesting previously unheard music. On the whole, reviews are safe, but the Rattle/Karajan adoration society goes much too far. The recommendations for several Mahler symphonies, for example, are absurd.

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- Awesome; enormous; educational; passionate
You can learn a lot about classical music just by dipping into this massive tome - and dipping in is a great pleasure. This is a wonderful resource, and I keep it by my side whenever I'm listening to classical music in the evening. The reviews are wonderfully personal, passionate and educational.

On the downside, this volume is riddled with errors (somewhat negating my educational claim). There are factual errors (no, she wasn't the composer's daughter, but his wife, etc.) and grammatical ... Read More

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- Let The Buyer Beware
The Penguin Guide gets bigger but not really better. Some of the editorial logic is quite a bit baffling and errors riddle the book, many of them carried over from prior editions. Comprehensive it is not as the editors admit that, because of the increase in recordings, it has been more selective based on among other things availability. That logic is also baffling. For example Ligeti rates only 4 albums and Penderecki 2. Lack of availability is no excuse here as both composers have major recording projects ... Read More

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- COMPLETE, COMPREHENSIVE, ERUDITE VOLUME
This volume - all 1566 pages (!) of it - is phenomenal. For all lovers of classical music on CDs and DVDs it is indispensable. The breadth of its erudition is mind-boggling and exhausting at the same time.

The reviewers - well-known to readers of Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine and the Guardian - are very highly qualified to pass judgment on the plethora of recordings contained in this weighty tome.

I personally like "The Key Recordings" appendix and, having gleaned it, found it to be ... Read More

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- Comprehensive and Reliable Guide to Classical C.D.'s
A big welcome for a big book! Unlike 2002's edition, which was just a yearly update together with reviews of collections, this 2003/2004 Guide casts its net over the whole range of classical C.D.'s now available in tthe U.K. There are now so many recordings available that the editors have re-thought what to include, and have I think come up with the best overall solution.

Collections of shorter pieces are, by and large, left until next year's edition. The reviewing team here concentrate on the major, ... Read More

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