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The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music 2008 (Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music)
by Ivan March, Edward Greenfield, Robert Layton
from Penguin (Non-Classics)

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• steep decline in quality
  Sadly this publication has slipped badly. Did they really have an editor?? I loved this book in past editions-they led to my deepening appreciation of classical music and through them I made many great discoveries. This edition is a mess however-inconsistent, full of typos, confusing, repetitive, and a waste. Hope somebody straightens this out. wish I had gotten my money back.

• 6 STARS! A Bible for Classical Music
  I have used all the verions of this reference bible, so to speak, for 20 years. My entire (well over 300) CD Library was based on this book. Yes, they favor British and European artists, but they work extensively with the BBC and its treasure trove of 'live' recordings over the last 60 years. The bonus is, they now include DVD reviews.

• Penguin classics
  Still a good guide to classic recordings and now includes DVDs, but many of the recordings cited are unobtainable. Reviews now seem to focus on musical integrity and make no mention of the sound quality of the CDs. Still, a lot better than just guessing!

• Extremely disappointing
  I agree with the negative reviews posted here. I have been buying this guide regularly for decades, and look forward to each new issue avidly, despite the ever-lengthening trail of nonsensical statements that have survived cut-and-paste editing as recordings are added or (especially) deleted from the list. I can kind of forgive this particular widespread mess, as the task of editing such a huge volume with less than an army of editorial staff is truly daunting. Despite the ever-worsening series of little... more info

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