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The new, completely revised edition of The Penguin Guide surveys the key classical recordings issued and reissued on CD over the past two decades, many of which have dominated the catalogue because of their sheer excellence, irrespective of their recording dates. Now DVDs have also been added, with their extra video dimension, as well as the sound enhanced SACDs. If you want to be sure of acquiring the finest available version of any major classical work (including DVDs of opera and ballet) you will find it listed and assessed in these pages - often with alternatives of comparable excellence in different price ranges. This latest edition contains more entries than ever before. Ranging from long-established recordings to the latest releases, it represents the cream of the international repertoire and has all the information you will need to select the finest classical music available.

Con más de 1.800 entradas es uno de los más completos diccionarios editados en un solo tomo. En este libro se pueden encontrar todos los conceptos y movimientos significativos, enfocados siempre desde una perspectiva actual y desprovista de tecnicismos innecesarios. Existen entradas de teoria musical, articulos tecnicos e historicos dedicados a los instrumentos y una extensa biografia, rigurosa y actualizada, de los mas de mil compositores, interpretes y musicoligos que han forjado el legado musical de la cultura occidental, con especial enfasis en la musica hispana.