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The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDs 2005/2006 (Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music) (Paperback)

by Paul Czajkowski (Contributor), Ivan March (Editor), Edward Greenfield (Editor), Robert Layton (Editor)
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  • Paperback: 1616 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; 2005/6 Ed., 30th Anniversary Ed edition (24 Nov 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141022620
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141022628
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 17.3 x 16.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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"More valuable than ever to any serious collector of classical music."

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This new, completely revised edition of The Penguin Guide surveys the key classical recordings issued and reissued on CD over the past two decades, many of which have dominated the catalogue because of their sheer excellence, irrespective of their recording dates. Now DVDs have also been added, with their extra video dimension, as well as the sound-enhanced SACDs. If you want to be sure of acquiring the finest available version of any major classical work (including DVDs of opera and ballet) you will find it listed and assessed in these pages often with alternatives of comparable excellence and price. For those just embarking on a classical CD collection, there is invaluable advice on which works to sample.

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3.0 out of 5 stars An awful lot of good CD's missing., 6 Aug 2006
By Steve (Huddersfield, U.K.) - See all my reviews
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It certainly must be difficult to cover the vast number of new classical recordings released each year, but as the years have gone by the Penguin Guide has been really struggling to include many very important important issues. Small record companies in particular have suffered from omissions; there really are just too many to start giving examples. One thought that occurs to me- are the authors of the Penguin Guide free to review any CD, or must they only review those discs specifically submitted for review? I think we should be told, and if the latter, some small companies should pull their finger out and get review copies out.

I think the time has come for a two-volume set to do justice to everyone. In the meantime though, there is no doubting the general judgement of the authors (one does disagree on quite a few occasions inevitably), and there is still no real alternative covering anything like the number of recordings. Collectors will still find this an essential purchase.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Essential reading - highly recommended, 22 Jul 2006
By Mike "dmh220551" (Hampshire, UK) - See all my reviews
I would happily recommend this book to any lover of classical music. The reviews are invariably fair and accurate, and are useful if one wants to add a new work to one's music collection or buy a different version of another work. For anyone starting to build a classical CD collection the book will prove invaluable.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A 'Well-loved' but oh dear...., 3 Mar 2006
By M. G. Williams (Storrington, West Sussex United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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Of course the CD universe has expanded phenomanally over the years since I started buying this 'indispensable' Guide; and although the Guide too has been considerably enlarged I realise it cannot be completerly comprehensive. But is there any excuse for omitting virtually all the 'younger generation' of composers (mostly now in their later middle-age!) in order to list so many alternatives to the same hackneyed concert warhorse - eg. if only parochially to consider British composers, where are all those excellent recordings by NMC? Or those remarkable Finns - Saariaho, Lindberg, Salonen et al on Ondine & DG. No Sciarrino, no Scelsi, no Ruders - I could go on. I have excellent recordings of all of them in my collection (and all purchased in the UK - no exotic shopping).
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