Building a Classical Music Library

by Bill Parker

New Softcover 04.26.17-SA

Genres: Music, Reference, Classical Music

286 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1984

Reviews

[Evan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I split hairs here, but my copy is blue on the cover, but the design is exactly the same. This was a to-the-point simple guide. Parker spells out his parameters for recommendations clearly; he limits his recording choices to affordable and in-print recordings, but his choices are generally excellent. This was my first classical recording guide and in many ways -- in its simplicity, brevity, sensible organization, conversational language and good selection of recordings -- it's still the best. After CDs came out, the title was changed from "record" to "music."