The Penguin Companion to Classical Music
The Penguin Companion to Classical Music

Author: Paul Griffiths

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2004-10-07

Total Pages: 1412

ISBN-13: 0141909765

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This superbly authoratitive new work provides a comprehensive A-Z guide to some 1000 years of Western music. It explores in detail the lives and achievements of a vast range of composers, as well as looking at such key topics as music history (from medieval plainchant to contemporary minimalism), performers, theory and jargon. Throught Griffiths skilfully blends lightly worn scholarship with personal insight, whether examining the emotional colouring that different musical keys achieve or charting the rise and development of the symphony.

The Da Capo Catalog Of Classical Music Compositions
The Da Capo Catalog Of Classical Music Compositions

Author: Jerzy Chwiałkowski

Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated

Published: 1996-03-21

Total Pages: 1430

ISBN-13:

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An exhaustive list of the works of 132 major composers. Gives the essential information about each work, including proper title; English title; variant titles or nicknames; dates of compostion and revision; names of any librettists, playwrights, poets, screenwiters, or directors associated with the work; intended instrumental or vocal ensemble; opus and catalog numbers.

The Penguin Guide to Bargain Compact Discs and Cassettes
The Penguin Guide to Bargain Compact Discs and Cassettes

Author: Edward Greenfield

Publisher: Penguin Mass Market

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 724

ISBN-13: 9780140469196

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The authors of the acclaimed Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and Cassettes are back with the best bargains in classical music recordings. The authors evaluate interpretations as well as performances and consider both the quality of the recorded sound and the value for money in terms of playing time.

Beethoven
Beethoven

Author: Maynard Solomon

Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13:

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Presents a comprehensive study of Beethoven, his career, and his music.

The Penguin Guide to Bargain Compact Discs
The Penguin Guide to Bargain Compact Discs

Author: Ivan March

Publisher: Puffin

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 1404

ISBN-13:

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Covering a wide range of modern digital recordings of high quality, this valuable reference, now completely revised and expanded, assesses the huge and growing range of mid-priced, bargain, and super-bargain CDs of classical music, including doubles, duos, and twofers.

The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs
The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs

Author: Ivan March

Publisher: Penguin Group

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 1618

ISBN-13:

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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.