This has remained the best and most successful guide to classical music for over 40 years. Fully revised by its team of eminent authors and written with wit and passion, The Penguin Guide offers reviews of all the latest releases as well as the finest established recordings. Plus the greatest historic performances; plus the major period instrument recordings; plus an in-depth survey of the best of the budget-priced CDs; plus the core collection of 100 handpicked CDs that every serious classical music fan should own.  Now published annually for the first time, this book is essential reading. ‘Indispensable, illuminating and comprehensive’ The Times