A Critical Guide To The Best Recordings Of Opera On Compact Disc

The first guide to jazz recordings on CD reviews more than 300 CDs by 80 jazz artists. Essential to jazz aficionados because of the extreme variance in the quality of jazz CD recordings. 45 illustrations and 200 full-color photographs.

Lists classical and operatic recordings that are specifically available in the new (and desirable) compact disc format. Individual titles are graded for their appropriateness to specific types and sizes of libraries. The main portion covers some 160 composers whose works are important in constituting a nuclear library collection of "serious" music. There are over 1,200 titles included and individually numbered (and fully cross-referenced) and graded. For numerous works, two or more performances are cited in order to provide the librarian with greater choices; monophonic works are specifically indicated. Many of the works are annotated. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR