Title: Very Comprehensive
Review: I agree that this volume is not a buyer's guide, but it does not purport to be. For great buyer's guides, turn to Penguin or Grammophone. The All Music Guide is a fantastically comprehensive guide to the lives and works of many hundreds of classical composers and performers, many of whom are omitted in other guides such as Rough. Yes the print is small, but I'm happy to use a magnifier to read about the many obscure composers I like. I know of no other one-volume reference with this much information about this many composers and performers.
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