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Book Synopsis The Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2012 by : James Jolly
Download or read book The Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2012 written by James Jolly and published by Gramophone Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 1,400 pages of reviews, The Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2012 is the ultimate companion for classical music enthusiasts. Drawn from Gramophone magazine's panel of unrivaled critics, the book arms the reader with reviews of 3,000 recommended classical recordings to suit any taste. Also features an essay on the 1,000 year history of classical music, a guide to downloading, 100 brand new recommended recordings, a suggested basic library and a list of Gramophone's recordings of the year.
Book Synopsis The Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2011 by : James Jolly
Download or read book The Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2011 written by James Jolly and published by Gramophone Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2011 is the essential guide for music lovers collecting their music on CD, DVD or as a download, drawing on Gramophone magazine's 85-year experience of reviewing classical music on record.Whether you're just dipping a toe into the huge, but rewarding, world of classical music, or already have a substantial collection, The Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2011 is an invaluable companion.
Book Synopsis The Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2011 by : James Jolly
Download or read book The Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2011 written by James Jolly and published by Gramophone Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2011 is the essential guide for music lovers collecting their music on CD, DVD or as a download, drawing on Gramophone magazine's 85-year experience of reviewing classical music on record.Whether you're just dipping a toe into the huge, but rewarding, world of classical music, or already have a substantial collection, The Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2011 is an invaluable companion.
Book Synopsis The Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2009 by : James Jolly
Download or read book The Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2009 written by James Jolly and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Omnibus Press). This is the most comprehensive guide to classical music recordings. Drawing on the reviews by Gramophone magazine's unparalleled roster of critics, the guide offers authoritative opinions on over 3,000 recordings from popular works like the Beethoven symphonies to more obscure repertoire for the classical music aficionado.
Book Synopsis The Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2010 by : James Jolly
Download or read book The Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2010 written by James Jolly and published by Gramophone Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 3,500 reviews, this guide features recordings from over 600 years of classical music from the old favourites to more unusual repertoire. The book includes a beginner's guide to downloading, with help on file formats and the best places to find and buy classical music.
Book Synopsis All Music Guide to Classical Music by : Chris Woodstra
Download or read book All Music Guide to Classical Music written by Chris Woodstra and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2005 with total page 1620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering comprehensive coverage of classical music, this guide surveys more than eleven thousand albums and presents biographies of five hundred composers and eight hundred performers, as well as twenty-three essays on forms, eras, and genres of classical music. Original.
Book Synopsis The Penguin Guide to the 1000 Finest Classical Recordings by : Edward Greenfield
Download or read book The Penguin Guide to the 1000 Finest Classical Recordings written by Edward Greenfield and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 867 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Gramophone Classical Good CD Guide 2001 by : Gramophone
Download or read book Gramophone Classical Good CD Guide 2001 written by Gramophone and published by Gramophone Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 1380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to be published in September 2000, this essential guide contains reviews by the world's leading writers on classical music. Whether you're looking for a Mozart symphony or a Turnadge opera, a Liebermann concerto or a Haydn string quartet, the Gramophone Classical Good CD Guide provides you with access to the expertise to ensure that the choices you make are the best possible. With a Suggested Basic Library, ratings for the best discs and over 5,000 reviews, the Gramophone Classical Good CD Guide is the essential buy for anyone interested in classical music.
Book Synopsis Gramophone Classical Good CD Guide 2002 by : Gramophone
Download or read book Gramophone Classical Good CD Guide 2002 written by Gramophone and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 1390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features thousands of reviews by the world's leading critics on classical music. Whether it's buying your first opera, discovering the music of Arvo Part or searching for the best recording of Mahler's Fifth Symphony, you need the Classical Good CD Guide. An invaluable reference tool for anyone interested in classical music on disc, the Guide also includes advice on building a basic library, composer biographies, facts on the greatest works, additional recommendations, suggested further listening and more. Enables you to make the most informed choice from the vast array of classical recordings available today.
Book Synopsis The Rough Guide to Classical Music by : Rough Guides
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Classical Music written by Rough Guides and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2010-05-03 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Classical Music is the ideal handbook, spanning a thousand years of music from Gregorian chant via Bach and Beethoven to contemporaries such as Thomas Adès and Kaija Saariaho. Both a CD buyer's guide and a who's who, the guide includes concise biographical profiles of more than 200 composers and informative summaries of the major compositions in all genres, from chamber works to operatic epics. For novices and experts alike, the fully updated fifth edition features contemporary composer Helmut Lachenmann and Widor, the 19th century organ composer of 'Toccata' wedding fame, as well as dozens more works added for existing composers. You'll find an new 'Top 10's' section with accessible introductory listings including the Top 10 operas and the Top 10 symphonies plus new essay boxes on topics such as "Baroque - a style or a period?" and "The clarinet comes of age". The Rough Guide to Classical Music features fresh and incisive reviews of hundreds of CDs, selecting the very best of the latest recordings and reissues as well as more than 150 illustrations of composers and performers, including a rare archive of photos.
Book Synopsis The Vintage Guide to Classical Music by : Jan Swafford
Download or read book The Vintage Guide to Classical Music written by Jan Swafford and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1992-12-15 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most readable and comprehensive guide to enjoying over five hundred years of classical music -- from Gregorian chants, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and beyond. The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is a lively -- and opinionated -- musical history and an insider's key to the personalities, epochs, and genres of the Western classical tradition. Among its features: -- chronologically arranged essays on nearly 100 composers, from Guillaume de Machaut (ca. 1300-1377) to Aaron Copland (1900-1990), that combine biography with detailed analyses of the major works while assessing their role in the social, cultural, and political climate of their times; -- informative sidebars that clarify broader topics such as melody, polyphony, atonality, and the impact of the early-music movement; -- a glossary of musical terms, from a cappella to woodwinds; -- a step-by-step guide to building a great classical music library. Written with wit and a clarity that both musical experts and beginners can appreciate, The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is an invaluable source-book for music lovers everywhere.
Book Synopsis Gramophone Classical Good CD and DVD Guide 2005 by : David Roberts
Download or read book Gramophone Classical Good CD and DVD Guide 2005 written by David Roberts and published by Gramophone Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Classical Good CD & DVD Guide contains over 3500 reviews of Classical CDs and DVDs, written by the critics of Gramophone (the world's mostauthoritative classical music magazine), with more recommendations than ever before.
Book Synopsis The Insider's Guide to Classical Recordings by : Jim Svejda
Download or read book The Insider's Guide to Classical Recordings written by Jim Svejda and published by Prima Lifestyles. This book was released on 1999 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For hundreds of thousands of loyal listeners throughout the United States, Jim Svejda's weekly radio program The Record Shelf is not to be missed. Now, this amusing and irreverent guide captures the special flavor of Svejda's unique program. Without fear or favor, he recommends his choices of CDs and cassettes for hundreds of compositions from the standard, and not-so-standard, fare. You'll enjoy reading this wryly humorous and candid collection time and time again. "No one on the air treats both composers and performers with such personal devotion or has such a fine ear for differences in inflections and interpretations." --New York Times "The best, most searching and fascinating review of music around." --Dudley Moore "If you want to expand or enrich your musical horizons, this book is indispensable. No matter how sophisticated you may be about the world of classical music, Jim Svejda's book will introduce you to new performances and perspectives." --Michael Medved, PBS's Sneak Preview "Great fun to read." --Sir Andre Preven
Download or read book Classical Music written by Duncan Clark and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2001 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sketches of classical composers and CD reviews.
Book Synopsis The Mahler Symphonies by : David Hurwitz
Download or read book The Mahler Symphonies written by David Hurwitz and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2004 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hurwitz describes the emotional extravagance that lies at the root of Mahler's popularity, the consistency of his symphonic thinking, and his dazzling and revolutionary use of orchestral instruments to create an expressive musical language that is varied in content and immediate in impact."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis The Complete Classical Music Guide by : DK
Download or read book The Complete Classical Music Guide written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with photographs, composer biographies, analyses of major works, and essential information on every musical genre, style, form, instrument, and ensemble, DK's Complete Classical Music Guide is a portable encyclopedic guide to more than one thousand years of Western classical music. From Bach to Berlioz, Glinka to Gershwin, Stravinsky to Shostakovich, and everyone in between, the Complete Classical Music Guide contains more than three hundred composer profiles, and offers a clear definition of the particular styles and characteristics of seven key eras: Early Music (1000-1600); The Baroque Era (1600-1750); The Classical Era (1750-1820); The Romantic Era (1810-1920); Romantic Opera (1810-1920); National Schools (1830-1950); and Modern Music (1900-). The Complete Classical Music Guide also includes a timeline that charts the evolution of musical styles and forms, instruments, and provides explanations of the building blocks of music — melody, harmony, rhythm, texture, form, tempo, and dynamics. Previously published as Eyewitness Companion: Classical Music, this book has been reformatted and designed and now comes packaged in an exclusive presentation slipcase.
Book Synopsis The Penguin Guide to Recorded Music by : Ivan March
Download or read book The Penguin Guide to Recorded Music written by Ivan March and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2008 with total page 1584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
