Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 780
EAN: 9780393106084
Edition: 5
Format: Audiobook, Classical
ISBN: 039310608X
Label: W. W. Norton
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: July 11, 2005
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Release Date: January 01, 2006
Studio: W. W. Norton

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
The Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music includes professional recordings (many brand new) of all works in the anthology on two six-CD sets, of which this is volume 1.




Rating: - Poor packaging results in defective CDs
The CDs in this set are not packaged in standard jewelboxes nor even in cheap sleeves, but are mounted directly atop a printed surface. As a result, when I purchased the set from my school bookstore, I found that several of the CDs had dried flecks of ink on the data side that made it impossible to play or rip certain tracks. Beware.

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Rating: - Great and accurate.
I received these cds well on time, and upon discovering they were the wrong cd set the return also took place quickly.

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Rating: - The Standard
If you're a music student at almost any major school (I just finished my undergraduate at Indiana University, for example) you'll most likely need to take a course that uses these CD's as part of its history survey. For that purpose, this set is an excellent collection. These, with their companion Norton Anthology of Western Music, and in conjunction with Grout/Palisca's History of Western Music, make for a thorough survey of the roots and history of Western music. Both the History and the Anthology ... Read More

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