The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDs 2003/4 The Guide to Excellence in Recorded Classical Music

by Greenfield, Edward; March, Ivan; Layton, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780141013848
• ISBN10: 0141013842
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-30
• Publisher: Penguin Books

Summary

The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDsis the largest and most comprehensive survey of classical music on digital audio and video discs ever published. It covers thousands of recordings, offering candid evaluation of their relative artistic and technical merits, highlighting notable performances, and pinpointing the best buys. This guide takes into account the many hundreds of new and reissued CDs and DVDs that have appeared in recent years while also including all the major recordings of each work-from remastered vintage recordings to the latest releases. This essential reference work is designed to help select the very best video and music discs available today.

Table of Contents

Editor's Note: The Key Recordings	p. ix
Foreword	p. x
Introduction	p. xiii
The American Scene	p. xvi
Price Differences in the UK and USA	p. xvi
The Australian Scene	p. xvi
International Mail-order Source and Website	p. xvii
Abbreviations	p. xviii
Composers	p. 1
The Key Recordings	p. 1525
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