- Paperback: 1664 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Revised edition edition (7 Oct 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140513795
- ISBN-13: 978-0140513790
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 6.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 996,848 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In the PENGUIN REFERENCE BOOKS series, the 1999/2000 edition of an annual guide to the recordings of classical music that are available on compact disc.
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44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDs 2004/2005: Yearbook (Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music) (Mass Market Paperback)
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, aren't. For example, the superb Chailly Mahler Symphony No.3 on Decca, which was officially released in the U.K. on May 10 2004 isn't mentioned! I found many similar omissions. Half this guide is taken up with compilations, vocal recitals, and the like, leaving fewer pages for the main orchestral discs. This is OK but really you must have the main guide before you get this, and I'm not sure how much this adds given what's left out. Still as a collector I found it an essential purchase. The review standard is as high as ever; in fact I think I even detected a bit more criticism compared with the main guide. Are classical CD standards dropping or the reviewers becoming 'tougher'?. So a bit of a disappointment regarding coverage, but still an essential for serious collectors.
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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The best classical CD guide there is on the market,
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This review is from: The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs 1999/2000 (Penguin Reference Books) (Paperback)
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.
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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Invaluable to any gramophile,
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This review is from: The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs 2001/2002 (Penguin Reference Books) (Paperback)
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 Music Magazine, then you will have everything you need to be a discerning buyer.
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