The NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection: The 350 Essential Works - Second Edition, Revised and Updated

Theodore Libbey

ISBN 10: 0761104879 / ISBN 13: 9780761104872

Published by Workman Publishing Company, 1999

About this Item

Unbekannte Unterschrift / Widmung / Aufkleber; Verschmutzung / Wasserschaden; Abnutzung / Risse - leicht; Gebrochener Buchrücken / Seiten oder Softcover umgeknickt. Berlioz. Vaughan Williams. Schubert and Schumann. Mozart after the Jupiter Symphony, Bach beyond the Brandenburg Concertos, opera after The Magic Flute. In his informed and indispensible guide with over 157,000 copies in print, National Public Radio's Ted Libbey takes listeners by the hand through the classical repertory to build a music library. For the second edition, with five years of new performances to consider, five years of new releases to review, and five years of reissues to re-evaluate-the author has completely revised and updated the book. While sticking to the essential 300 works, there are now one-third new selections and reviews, and a 50% change in discography to keep all suggested CDs up to date. The NPR Guide tp Building a Classical CD Collection will make every music lover's core collection complete.

Seller Inventory # 5b03eed7-113b-4d61-bfbf-0ac35be4677b

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection: The 350 Essential Works - Second Edition, Revised and Updated
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761104879
• ISBN 13: 9780761104872
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • Non-Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

An update and revised guide by the host of National Public Radio's Performance Today recommends the best recordings of the three hundred most important classical works, and provides background information on each composer. Original.

About the Author

Ted Libbey is a commentator on NPR's "Performance Today", the features editor of The Schwann Opus, and a series producer for Time-Life Music, and was formerly music critic for The New York Times. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.