The Penguin Guide To Compact Discs And Dvds Yearbook 2004/5 (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and Dvds Yearbook)
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TitleThe Penguin Guide To Compact Discs And Dvds Yearbook 2004/5 (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and Dvds Yearbook)
ISBN0140515232
Author(s)Ivan March
Release Date2004-10-26
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5 Star Rating  ""THE" SOURCE FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEWS"2006-01-18
- Reviewed By wn3015
This tome is "the essential companion" to the main guide which was published a few years ago. It fills in the gaps and adds some VERY interesting reviews under "other vocal and choral recitals", "other historical reissues", "other instrumental reissues", and especially "other concerts". This book is essential reading for those who collects CDs and DVDs and who listen to recordings on classical music radio stations.

Perhaps some time in a later edition they could have a section that groups all the DVDs together in one place since there is a plethora of superb DVDs of operas, concerts, recitals, etc. being produced and since many of us have home theatre systems an easy to reference guide would be most helpful.

I say this because I recently bought a DVD of Otto Klemperer conducting Beethoven's Ninth symphony in 1964 with the New Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus and played live at the Henry Wood Hall at the Royal Albert. At times the sound almost sounds stereo and the timpani beats in the second movement are terrifying.

To me, this is one of the best performances I have EVER heard conducted and the restoration of the mono sound and black and white television tape is nothing short of miraculous. AS A BONUS (no less), included is Ernest Ansermet conducting Beethoven's 7th symphony with a French orchestra recorded in 1967! It too is a miracle of restoration.

This reference book is essential for all aficianados of classical music in all its forms and will be well-thumbed and notated when I am through with it.

VERY, VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Timothy Wingate OTTAWA CANADA
 
5 Star Rating  "The 2004/5 supplement to the 2003/4 main guide"2005-09-29
- Reviewed By alanlekan
Be sure you know what you are getting here: this is a SUPPLEMENT (736 pages) to the 2003/4 COMPLETE Penguin Guide (1616 pages). The main Penguin Guide lists the TOP-RATED CD RECOMMENDATIONS. This supplement lists additional recommendations (less important and new since last book) and some lesser-rated CD's. Additionally, the "Yearbook" supplement here lists some unique recordings: (1) their favorite COLLECTION/COMPLIATION CD's, (2) the best period performances and (3) extensive DVD offerings/reviews. The next main guide is due out Dec. 2005 (the new 2005/6 edition). Note that some of the old reviews below pertain to previous editions of the Penguin and not this 2005 supplement so keep that in mind as you read them.

Regarding the Penguin Guide in general: There are around three MAJOR classical review guides (having more than one or two "pet" recommendations): The Penguin Guide, Third Ear, and the Gramophone "Good CD Guide." The other ones like the NPR Guide, Rough Guide, Jim Svejda's Guide, All-Music-Guide, and the Omnibus Guide all are quite good in historical information, but list only one or two of their top recommendations and sometimes do not compare those. By far and bar none, the Penguin Guide is the most comprehensive - listing the most and the best available recordings for a given composer and composition. Its reviews are in-depth and fair (but often a bit too polite and non-critical for some readers). Overall then, it very useful and reliable for narrowing the field. It has few gaps in the entire repertoire listings (unlike the others, most notably "Third Ear Guide") and gives detailed and interesting summaries as well as their top picks for building a classical library. But, if you don't really need or want to research so many choices but still want at least the top 2-5 choices, then Gramophone is probably the finest guide and easiest to read with a similar rating system and top-award citings.

If you are a committed classical fan and buy at least 15 CD's a year, then the Penguin Guide is indespensibile. I have around ten different guides I use weekly, and more often then not, it is the Penguin that will help me make the final decision. But, I sure like and enjoy having the other opinions as one guide (and group of opinion) will always be limited in some way. And Penguin doesn't and cannot list EVERY possible recording as many go in and out of print. Also, don't hesitate to buy the 2003 edition USED at a great discount as it will still be fairly useful for a few more years. You can look up what is missing at the latest edition at the library or bookstore then! So, if you do not have any Penguin Guide, it is recommended to wait and get the latest, most complete 2005/6 guide due out by year end (2005). Still confused? Penguin could use a better marketing approach here ...
 
4 Star Rating  "Don't buy this if..."2004-10-04
- Reviewed By donaldekelly
you are looking for reviews of the latest releases (that is - released in this century). THIS IS NOT THE LATEST EDITION - there is a newer 2003/4 guide.

Note the publish date - 2002!

This one does list many cds left out of the new guide. So it still IS worth having.

Just don't get fooled, like I was by the synopsis above. THERE ARE NO SACDs or DVD-As listed, Very few cds from this century.

BUYER BEWARE
 
5 Star Rating  "HERE'S HOW TO FIND THESE RECOMMENDED CDs:"2003-12-17
- Reviewed By Anonymous
I've heard quite often that American readers have great difficulty finding the recordings that are recommended in the Gramophone and Penguin CD guides--primarily because these guides work from the catalog of CDs that are in print in the UK, but also because they recommend many CDs that must be imported into both the UK and US from Germany.

Here's one trick to finding many, many imported CDs in the Amazon database--the only way I know of, in fact. Specially imported classical CDs retain their original label: Philips, Decca, Deutsche (from Deutsche Grammophon), Classics for... (from Classics for Pleasure), Archiv, Eloquence, Teldec, Virgin, etc. By contrast, CDs released domestically on these labels show up as Polygram, Universal, Elektra, etc. (these labels' "parent" companies).

So--if you go to the classical search page and type "Deutsche" in the label field and nothing else, you get about 400 or 500 results that are specially imported Deutsche Grammophon CDs. Likewise, if you search only for "Philips" or "Decca," you will be astounded by the results--hundreds of imported CDs on these labels that I don't think can be found any other way because most imports don't carry catalog numbers. For example, dozens of DG Galleria discs can be found only by searching with "Archiv" in the label box.

The peculiarity is that often these imported discs apparently have links and info for the performers, but if you search for this performer from the classical search page, these imported CDs still don't show up! Very strange... For example, searching for "Dumay" on the classical search page brings about 15-20 results, but clicking the "Dumay" link on an imported CD page brings about twice as many results! So--the other trick to searching is to click on links for a performer, and don't rely only on searching for a performer. You almost always get significantly more results by clicking a link than by searching.

You can, of course, also find many--but not all!--of these CDs on the Amazon.co.uk site, which is just as easy as using Amazon.com, but often the price advantage is in Amazon.com's favor, so it can really pay off to sift through the extensive import search results. And in the case of imports from Germany, the Amazon database often still carries imports that are no longer available through the UK outlet.

Examples of CDs I've found by doing label searches are Andras Schiff's box sets of Schubert piano sonatas and Mozart piano concertos, the Bruggen box set of Haydn's Sturm/Paris/London symphonies, all of the Dumay/Pires chamber music recordings on DG, Brendel's 4-disc set of the Haydn piano sonatas, recently released Double Deccas of Bizet, Hindemith, Stravinsky, and Vivaldi, Dvorak piano quintets by Richter and the Borodin Quartet, the Bohm set of the Mozart symphonies, the Alban Berg set of the late Mozart string quartets--all these recordings are very highly rated by either the Gramophone or Penguin guides, and I found all of them by sifting through the hard-to-find imports.

Finally, what I've sometimes done, and what other classical music-lovers can do is, after I've found one of these highly rated recordings, I use Amazon.com's recommendation feature to create links to this hard-to-find disc from other recordings of the piece. For example, from Kemff's Schubert box set I created a link to the imported Schiff Schubert box. It was through one of these links that I found the Chung / Zimerman Gramophone Award-winning recording of the Strauss / Respighi violin sonatas on DG Galleria-thanks to whoever did that!

Happy searching--and listening!!

 
5 Star Rating  "Great help when buying classical CDs!!!"2003-09-11
- Reviewed By caskarg
This is, without any doubts the most comprehensive classical CD guide you can buy!

Although I also like, and would recommend, the Gramophone guides, the amount of information contained in the Penguin guide is simply amazing! While the Gramophone guide lists several composers with ample and informative reviews on two or three of the recordings that they consider to be the best choices of a certain work the Penguin guide includes many more recommendations of each work although with much shorter reviews. The amount of composers and works listed and reviewed in this guide is incredible!

I bought this guide almost a year ago (from Amazon.com) and every single CD that I've bought this year, following this guide's recommendations, has proven to be the right choice! You just can't go wrong with the wealth and quality of information that you'll find within this guide's pages!

This is an absolute must for any classical music lover!

 
5 Star Rating  "Creme de la creme"2003-05-21
- Reviewed By garciamp
Similar to the potential pitfalls in picking out just the right bottle of wine, finding the "best" recording and performance of a certain opera, symphony, violin concerto, etc., can be a proverbial mine field. However, the expertise rendered in this jewel of a guide makes the shopping experience a happy walk in the park. Don't shop with out it! Trite analogies aside, to address the previous reviewer's frustration (oh, how I sympathize!) in finding a well stocked local classical CD shop-- ...
 
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