Compact Discs Yearbook 2000/1, The Penguin Guide to (Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music) [Paperback]

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

Book Description

Series: Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music | Publication Date: October 20, 2000

More than an essential companion to the complete Penguin Guide to Compact Discs (1999), the Yearbook 2000/1 reviews hundreds of brand new CDs and takes a closer look at some of the more unusual areas of the classical-music repertoire. Features include:
-- Evaluations of recordings based on sound quality, interpretation, excellence of performance, and financial value
-- Reviews of ongoing series, information on rarer pieces and an extensive new section on instrumental recitals and concerts
-- Listings of bargain and super-bargain CDs
-- The editors' personal selection of the 100 greatest recordings of all time

The Yearbook will help you make an informed choice from the vast and bewildering range of classical recordings offered today.

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About the Author

Ivan March, Edward Greenfield, and Robert Layton, all distinguished writers in the music field, are also the authors of The Penguin Guide to Bargain Compact Discs.

Product Details

• Paperback: 576 pages
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics); Revised edition (October 20, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140513825
• ISBN-13: 978-0140513820
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,851,255 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb update of the ultimate CD guide, March 16, 2001

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"pspa" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Compact Discs Yearbook 2000/1, The Penguin Guide to (Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music) (Paperback)

As has been the case ever since I began reading these wonderful guides in the late 80s, this volume updating the complete 1999 compilation of the Penguin Guide is comprehensive, entertaining, and highly informative. It contains reviews of thousands upon thousands of new and reissued CDs, which are full of wit and insight and which are up to the authors' usual high standards. The separate alphabetical listings on invididual performers, which unfortunately were omitted from the 1999 guide because of lack of space, are incredibly valuable.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable, July 24, 2001

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Jeff Davis Maynor "Jeff" (Baton Rouge, LA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Compact Discs Yearbook 2000/1, The Penguin Guide to (Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music) (Paperback)

For any collector of classical music this book is a must have resource. Keeping ahead of, or even up with the amount of classical recordings in today's market is a near impossibility, but with some help from Penguin you can at least make an attempt to. I find some disagreement with some choices and know that I find they leave out some of what I consider to be good recordings, but it's mainly just personal taste, I have never been unhappy with a recording I purchased based in the recomendation of the Penguin staff.