The Penguin Guide To Recorded Music

Author : Edward Greenfield,Ivan March,Paul Czajkowski,Robert Layton
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 921 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780141399768

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The Penguin Guide to the 1000 Finest Classical Recordings by Edward Greenfield,Ivan March,Paul Czajkowski,Robert Layton Pdf

INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR This completely new edition of the Penguin Guide reviews the 1000 best classical albums issued and reissued over the past five decades, many of which dominate the catalogue because of their sheer excellence, irrespective of recording dates. More comprehensive than ever before, it indicates key recordings on CD, DVD and enhanced SACD, including those in surround sound. If you want the finest available version of any major classical album you will find it listed and assessed in these pages. Ranging from long-established albums to the newest releases, the latest edition represents the cream of the international repertoire and has all the information you need to select the finest classical music available.

Author : Brian Morton,Richard Cook
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 1113 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780141959009

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The Penguin Jazz Guide by Brian Morton,Richard Cook Pdf

The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings is firmly established as the world's leading guide to recorded jazz, a mine of fascinating information and a source of insightful - often wittily trenchant - criticism. This is something rather different: Brian Morton (who taught American history at UEA) has picked out the 1000 best recordings that all jazz fans should have and shows how they tell the history of the music and with it the history of the twentieth century. He has completely revised his and Richard Cook's entries and reassessed each artist's entry for this book. The result is an endlessly browsable companion that will prove required reading for aficionados and jazz novices alike. 'It's the kind of book that you'll yank off the shelf to look up a quick fact and still be reading two hours later' Fortune 'Part jazz history, part jazz Karma Sutra with Cook and Morton as the knowledgeable, urbane, wise and witty guides ... This is one of the great books of recorded jazz; the other guides don't come close' Irish Times

Author : Ivan March,Alan Livsey
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 1584 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015082688097

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The Penguin Guide to Recorded Music by Ivan March,Alan Livsey Pdf

This new completely revised edition of the Penguin Guidesurveys the major classical recordings issued and reissued over the past five decades, many of which have dominated the catalogue because of their sheer excellence, irrespective of their recording dates. More thorough than ever before, it indicates key recordings on CD, as well as on DVD, with their extra video dimension, and enhanced SACD, including those in surround sound. If you want the finest available version of any major classical work (including DVDs of opera and ballet) you will find it listed and acutely assessed in these pages. THE PENGUIN GUIDE TO RECORDED CLASSICAL MUSIC OFFERS- The pick of the latest releases, as well as all key established recordings The greatest historic recordings, many in outstanding new transfers (including the very first recording of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony) An in-depth survey of the best of the budget-priced CDs, including countless new issues A comprehensive new collection of 'Portraits' of the major artists - singers, conductors and instrumentalists

Author : Ivan March,Edward Greenfield,Robert Layton
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Music
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133579800

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The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDs Yearbook by Ivan March,Edward Greenfield,Robert Layton Pdf

The essential companion volume updating Penguin’s most recent CD/DVD guide This yearbook supplements The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDs, the largest and most comprehensive survey of classical music on digital audio and video discs ever published. Together, the two books cover thousands of recordings and films, offering candid evaluation of their relative artistic and technical merits, highlighting notable performances, and pinpointing best buys. This yearbook not only reviews the many hundreds of CDs that have appeared since the publication of the main guide in 2005, but it also takes a close look at some of the more unusual areas of the classical music repertoire and includes an extensive section on instrumental concerts and recitals. Designed to help select the very best classical music and video discs available to date, The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDs Yearbookis an invaluable resource for any classical music lover.

Author : Edward Greenfield,Robert Layton,Ivan March
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1446 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Audiocassettes
ISBN : UOM:39015009733547

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The Complete Penguin Stereo Record and Cassette Guide by Edward Greenfield,Robert Layton,Ivan March Pdf

This book finds this familiar group of highly respected critics having compiled a very useful survey of classical music on compact discs and cassettes. The authors discuss the artistic merits and sound quality of each recording in evaluations that are extremely perceptive and educational. Audiophiles will be happy to know that the authors indicate whether or not the recording has been recorded digitally or remastered from an analog original. Those on a budget will appreciate the inclusion of bargain-priced editions. And music lovers in general attempting to navigate the maze of CDs currently available will find this work indispensable.

Author : George Cole
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 0472032607

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The Last Miles by George Cole Pdf

The story of the final recordings of one of the greatest jazz musicians of the twentieth century

Author : Tony Russell,Chris Smith
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 972 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015064227153

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The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings by Tony Russell,Chris Smith Pdf

From its roots in the American South to today's world stage, the journey of the blues has encompassed countless artists and recordings. But how can you find the best of them? The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordingsis a uniquely informative, insightful and easy-to-use guide through the jungles of the record shop and the online music store. It surveys the recorded work of more than a thousand blues artists, from towering figures of the past like Charley Patton, Bessie Smith and Robert Johnson to stars of the modern era such as B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Stevie Ray Vaughan, providing crisp, expert and witty reviews of almost six thousand CDs. Whether you're a blues aficionado or just starting a collection, this is required reading.

Author : Ivan March,Edward Greenfield,Robert Layton
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 1616 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Compact discs
ISBN : UCSC:32106016545912

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The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs by Ivan March,Edward Greenfield,Robert Layton Pdf

Regarded as the standard guide to classical music on CD, the 2002/3 edition of The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs has a new wider trim size to allow for even more updates. This guide takes into account the many hundreds of new and reissued CDs that have appeared in recent years while also including all the highlights from the back catalog. Arranged by composer, the guide lists all major recordings from each work-from remastered vintage recordings to the latest releases-with evaluations of interpretation and performance by the authors, as well as assessments of recording accuracy and advice on the best buys for cost and quality. This essential reference work is designed to help select the very best recorded classical music available today.

Author : Ivan March,Edward Greenfield,Robert Layton
Publisher : Penguin (Non-Classics)
Page : 1568 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 014103324X

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The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music 2008 by Ivan March,Edward Greenfield,Robert Layton Pdf

This invaluable resource has remained the best and most successful guide to classical music for over 30 years. Fully revised (and digitally remastered) by its team of eminent authors and full of its trademark wit and passion, this Penguin Guide offers reviews of all the latest releases as well as the finest established recordings. Now published annually for the first time and revised for the download generation, this book is essential reading for all classical music fans.

Author : Vladimir Bogdanov,Chris Woodstra,Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Publisher : San Francisco, CA : Backbeat Books ; Berkeley, CA : Distributed to the book trade in the U.S. and Canada by Publishers Group West ; Milwaukee, WI : Distributed to the music trade in the U.S. and Canada by Hal Leonard Pub.
Page : 1472 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Music
ISBN : 087930717X

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All Music Guide to Jazz by Vladimir Bogdanov,Chris Woodstra,Stephen Thomas Erlewine Pdf

Covers more than eighteen thousand recordings and more than 1,700 musicians from across the jazz spectrum and includes a history of the different types of jazz, the evolution of jazz instruments, and essays on styles.

Author : Edward Greenfield,Robert Layton,Paul Czajkowski
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Music
ISBN : 0141033363

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The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music by Edward Greenfield,Robert Layton,Paul Czajkowski Pdf

This invaluable resource has remained the best and most successful guide to classical music for over 30 years. Fully revised (and digitally remastered) by its team of eminent authors and full of its trademark wit and passion, this Penguin Guide offers reviews of all the latest releases as well as the finest established recordings. Now published annually for the first time and revised for the download generation, this book is essential reading for all classical music fans.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1614 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Compact discs
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123315785

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The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music by Anonim Pdf

Author : Julia Bishop,Steve Roud
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780141964324

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The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs by Julia Bishop,Steve Roud Pdf

One of the Spectator's Books of the Year 2012 'Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain For we've received orders for to sail for old England But we hope in a short while to see you again' One of the great English popular art forms, the folk song can be painful, satirical, erotic, dramatic, rueful or funny. They have thrived when sung on a whim to a handful of friends in a pub; they have bewitched generations of English composers who have set them for everything from solo violin to full orchestra; they are sung in concerts, festivals, weddings, funerals and with nobody to hear but the singer. This magical new collection brings together all the classic folk songs as well as many lesser-known discoveries, complete with music and annotations on their original sources and meaning. Published in cooperation with the English Folk Dance and Song Society, it is a worthy successor to Ralph Vaughan Williams and A.L.Lloyd's original Penguin Book of English Folk Songs. 'Her keen eye did glitter like the bright stars by night The robe she was wearing was costly and white Her bare neck was shaded with her long raven hair And they called her pretty Susan, the pride of Kildare' In association with EFDSS, the English Folk Dance and Song Society

Author : Richard Cook,Brian Morton
Publisher : Penguin (Non-Classics)
Page : 1754 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015048369345

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The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD by Richard Cook,Brian Morton Pdf

Now fully updated--the critically acclaimed guide to the world of jazz on CDWhere can you find a complete set of Ella Fitzgerald's many songbook recordings? Who are the influences of Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick, Jr., and Joshua Redman? What are the earliest available recordings of trumpeter Chet Baker? Leading critics Richard Cook and Brian Morton answer these and myriad other questions in The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD--the most comprehensive critical guide to jazz recordings available.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:475502237

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The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD by Anonim Pdf