This list provides an overview of CD review guides, discographies, and books geared towards collectors of recordings.

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Gramophone Classical Good CD Guide 2002. James Jolly. Gramophone - Omnibus Press. December 1999. ISBN 0860249875 (paperback).

All new for 2000, the popular Guide features a brand new rating system. This system of "recommended recordings" is applied when there is more than one reveiw of the same repertoire, and indicates the top choice. The 1,332-page Guide features over 1,000 new reviews (including price range, production values and performance quality), Editor's top picks for a "basic" classical library, alphabetical index of artists and reviews, and the renowned Gramophone award winners.

Classical Music: Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion. Alexander Morin, with 52 contributors. Backbeat Books. April 2002. ISBN 0879306386 (paperback).

The authoritative, accessible CD review guide to classical music – for novices and aficionados alike. This well-balanced guide to classical music examines historical and contemporary works by American, British, German and other composers, some dating back to the 1500s. It focuses on the very finest recordings of symphonies, operas, choral pieces, chamber music, and more performed by an international spectrum of premier conductors and musicians. Thought-provoking profiles highlight each composer's unique characteristics and contributions to the classical world. Incisive, often anecdotal critiques of selected works and exemplary recordings emphasize distinctive style and interpretation. Historical essays explore the classical repertory from medieval to electronic, Broadway to Hollywood, and more. Written in vivid language, this comprehensive guide also profiles conductors, artists, and instruments. Composers include: Bach, Beethoven, Bernstein, Brahms, Cage, Chopin, Copland, Debussy, Gershwin, Gilbert & Sullivan, Glass, Haydn, Ives, Mahler, Mozart, Puccini, Ravel, Reich, Satie, Schubert, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Varèse, Wagner, Weill, and hundreds more. Alexander Morin, a regular contributor to American Record Guide and Classical Net, is the founder, president, and editor-in-chief of Aldine Publishing Company. He is a former managing editor of the University of Chicago Press.

BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide: A Critical Guide to the Best Classical Music CDs, Erik Levi (Editor), et al. Amadeus Press. 1996. ISBN 1574670182 (paperback)

Classical CD Library: A Music Lover's Guide to Great Recorded Performances. William C. Stivelman, with Dhun H. Sethna. The Fitzwilliam Press. 1998. ISBN 0964410346 (paperback).

Contains both biographical information and a section on recommended CDs.

A Jussi Björling Phonography, 2^nd Ed. Harald Henrysson. Svenskt Musikhistoriskt Arkiv, Stockholm. 1993. ISBN 9185172103 (paperback).

An invaluable source for all lovers of this great tenor. An outstanding phonography.

The Callas Legacy: The Complete Guide to Her Recordings on Compact Discs, John Ardoin. Amadeus Press. 1995. ISBN 093134090X (paperback)

The Grand Tradition: Seventy Years of Singing on Record, J. B. Steane. Amadeus Press. 1993. ISBN 0931340640 (hardcover)

Herman Klein and the Gramophone: Being a Series of Essays on the Bel Canto (1923 the Gramophone and the Singer), Herman Klein, William R. Moran. Amadeus Press. 1990. ISBN 0931340187 (hardcover)

Discographie der deutschen Gesangsaufnahmen, Band 1. Manfred Weihermueller. Birgit Lotz Verlag. 1995. ISBN 3980346110 (hardcover).