The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music 2009 - Softcover

March, Ivan; Greenfield, Edward; Layton, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141033355 ISBN 13: 9780141033358

Publisher: Penguin Books, 2008

Synopsis

An updated, indispensable guide to recorded classical music reviews hundreds of new CDs--from remastered vintage recordings to the latest releases, from the highest-quality offerings to budget releases--and is designed to help readers select the very best of recorded classical music available. Original.

About this title

About the Author:

Ivan March is a well-known lecturer, journalist, and personality in the world of recorded music, and acts as consultant to Squires Gate Music Ltd, an international mail order source for classical CDs.

Edward Greenfield was for forty years a music critic at The Guardian. In October 1993 he was given a Gramophone Award for Special Achievement and in June 1994 received the OBE for services to music and journalism.

Robert Layton is a journalist and broadcaster.

Paul Czajkowski is the longtime editor of The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music.

Review:

Indispensable, illuminating and comprehensive The Times An indispensable and comprehensive survey. Anyone who wants to make sense of all the rival versions of classical music available on CD will find a great deal of illumination The Times More valuable than ever to any serious collector of classical music Wall Street Journal The bible for the discriminating record collector Daily Telegraph

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0141033355
• ISBN 13: 9780141033358
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1602