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The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDs 2004/2005: Yearbook (Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music) (Paperback)

by Edward Greenfield (Author), Robert Layton (Author), Ivan March (Editor)

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Paperback: 736 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (7 Oct 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0140515232
ISBN-13: 978-0140515237
Product Dimensions: 23 x 15 x 4 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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Containing reviews of the hundreds of CDs issued since the main Guide was last published, as well as information on the very best current releases. It also looks at some of the more unusual areas of the classical music repertoire and includes a hugely expanded cornucopia of concerts and recitals on disc, plus many new video DVDs.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good up to a point., 8 Nov 2004

By	Steve (Huddersfield, U.K.) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Every serious collector's bible, 5 July 2002

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This review is from: The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs 2001/2002 (Penguin Reference Books) (Paperback)

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 is very small, hard to read. I found the format confusing when I first browsed it, because I was used to the nice, neat format of Gramaphone guide. But hey, do you prefer better content, or better format/typeface?

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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable to any gramophile, 4 Nov 2002

By	Dr. R. G. Bullock "Gavin Bullock" (Winchester, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

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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