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Books : The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music 2008
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The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music 2008 by: Ivan March List Price: £25.00 CD-Charts Price: £18.99 You Save: £6.01 (24%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 781.680266 EAN: 9780141033365 ISBN: 0141033363 Label: Penguin Manufacturer: Penguin Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1568 Publication Date: September 27, 2007 Publisher: Penguin Studio: Penguin Sales Rank: 80344 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - As other respondents have said...the poor old Penguin Guide is trading on it's past glories. I don't think our erstwhile reviewers are listening too closely to the music or else the dreadful recording of Mravinsky's rendition of Tchaikovsky's 6th symphony would have earned a solitary star instead of the **(*) it gets. There are other examples, especially in the reviews of opera. Our editors appear to have their favourites (or perhaps a limited knowledge of opera). Callas and Bjorling were good in their day, but opera - and recording technology - has moved on... Rating: - Losing it's way, but is there a real alternative?no JBJ, we music lovers can't do without the guide as there's nothing remotely comparable doing the same job. And that's what's worrying about the downhill process the Penguin Guide's been following over, I'd say, the last 15 years. At the heart of it's problems are the practicality of size, the ability of the editors to keep up with it all and the commerciality of the product. Of what's been said before I agree that: a) the scoring system is ludicrously complicated and space-wasting, the new listings typeface heavy and ugly b) It is impossible to determine quite what criteria the editors are using to allow a reference in, although there's a reasonably good chance that new product from the two great majors - Universal & ... Read More: Rating: - Declining qualityThis edition of the Guide is riddled with typos, errors and omissions. Some CDs are noted but not rated. Some CD labels are poorly served (particulary budget labels like Brilliant and Regis). Some of the text is plain contradictory. A big disappointment that might well signal the end of this publication. Rating:  - Excellent work!This work has been and remains an invaluable tool to consult when choosing which 'version' to purchase. It is written by a reliable and very able team. Obviously not everything is to be agreedwith when it comesto interpretation- but I have found this resource to be most helpful- it sifts out poor recordings and weak performances. The new starring system is a little confusing as is the box around recommended performances- a DVD section is also helpful but there are some weaknesses. Because of size and scope there are a number of recordings missing- as other reviewers of the Guide point out- Also in previous Guides if a version is reommended then it is alluded to in the review even if it is outside of the period of the Guide- Read More: Rating:  - Awful disappointmentI agree completely with reviewer "JSH". I too 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 business of editing such a huge volume with less than an army of editorial staff is a truly daunting task. But the latest issue fails on every count. For the first time there are fewer entries rather than more since the last full edition, and the ax has been wielded completely to several composers. Adios, Alberto Gerhard! The Guide has always been good about covering new recordings ... Read More: |
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