Edward Greenfield

Ivan March

Robert Layton

Paul Czajkowski

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.

The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and Dvds Yearbook 2004/5

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.

The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs & DVDs

Regarded as the standard guide to classical music on CD, the 2002/3 edition of The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs has a new wider trim size to allow for even more updates. This guide takes into account the many hundreds of new and reissued CDs that have appeared in recent years while also including all the highlights from the back catalog. Arranged by composer, the guide lists all major recordings from each work-from remastered vintage recordings to the latest releases-with evaluations of interpretation and performance by the authors, as well as assessments of recording accuracy and advice on the best buys for cost and quality. This essential reference work is designed to help select the very best recorded classical music available today.

The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs

A guide to purchasing bargain CDs and cassettes assesses the growing range of products, evaluating different musical interpretations and performances and discussing the quality of the recorded sound. Original.

The Penguin Guide to Bargain Compact Discs and Cassettes

A supplement to the current edition of The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and Cassettes, this yearbook looks in depth at new and reissued classical recordings that appeared from the summer of 1994 up to the summer of 1995. Arranged alphabetically by composer, the book evaluates the interpretation and performance of each work, assesses the recording quality, and gives advice on the best values.

The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs Yearbook, 1995

The Stereo Record Guide

This book finds this familiar group of highly respected critics having compiled a very useful survey of classical music on compact discs and cassettes. The authors discuss the artistic merits and sound quality of each recording in evaluations that are extremely perceptive and educational. Audiophiles will be happy to know that the authors indicate whether or not the recording has been recorded digitally or remastered from an analog original. Those on a budget will appreciate the inclusion of bargain-priced editions. And music lovers in general attempting to navigate the maze of CDs currently available will find this work indispensable.

The Complete Penguin Stereo Record and Cassette Guide

Evaluates mid-priced and bargain digital and analog compact disc recordings

The Penguin Guide to Bargain Compact Discs

The Penguin Stereo Record Guide

Reviews thousands of British, American, and European classical recordings on CD, DVD, and SACD.

The Key Classical Recordings on CD, DVD and SACD

The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music 2010

Covers the huge expansion of the compact disc market over the past two years, assessing each CD released since The Penguin Guide to Compact discs, Cassettes, and LPs, as well as all the noteworthy CDs from that edition.

The New Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and Cassettes

This biannual update includes a thorough assessment of audio and video discs, making it the most complete guide to classical music available.

Guide to Compact Discs

Reviews thousands of British, American, and European classical recordings on CD and DVD.

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