What are the levels of penguin ratings?

The Penguin CD & *** Yearbook is the most extensive and authoritative survey of digital audio and CD-ROM publications. The content of these two books covers a pertinent evaluation of the artistic level, technical advantages, brilliance and performance details of thousands of records and films.

The Penguin Record Guide uses an asterisk as a grading scale. Stars 1 to 3 represent three grades: Medium, Good, and Excellent. If the critic thinks that there is a particularly good performance in the three-star record version, after considering the product pricing and recording, a special flower will be given in addition to the three stars.

This is the "Penguin Evaluation Three-star with Flowers". Therefore, the record that was rated as "three-star with flowers" is naturally the best choice among similar records and has a very high collection value.

It is worth mentioning that from 2006, the first four-star record with flowers began to appear in "Penguin Record Guide". The "Penguin" explains the rating criteria for "four stars" as follows: it is a recording that is "outstanding" in every way, while the "three-star" rating is changed to:

To achieve the "outstanding" renditions and recordings that we are now accustomed to.

Finally, the Penguin Guide is just a reference. Everyone's preferences are different, you don't have to worry about a few stars, whether to bring flowers, so as not to affect your judgment of ** beauty.

What is British Penguin Review?

For collectors of classical** records, "Penguin Recommendation" is very important, and anyone who can get a CD with "Penguin Three Stars" is often the main choice, and a CD that can get "Penguin Three Stars with Flowers" must be the first choice. "Penguin" is not the name of a book. It is the name of the company of the fourth largest publishing house in the United Kingdom.

The "Record Guide" published by China's leading audio-visual publishing house is the so-called "Penguin Record Guide", which was originally called "CD and Tape Guide".

The Penguin Record Guide and the number "three" are very close:

First, there are three authors of "The Penguin Record Guide", namely Ivan March, Edward, and Greenfield Robert Layton;

Second: the evaluation grade is based on "three stars" as the grading standard, of which the best one is crowned with the highest honor of "with flowers";

In addition, there are three main reasons why Penguin Records Guide is authoritative:

1) The three commentators are all from the first class and have practical orchestra experience; or have many years of review experience in famous magazines such as Gramophone; Not only is he well versed in the best theories, but he has also read countless films, from LP to CD, you can list the versions for comparison.

3) The rating is clear. The same track, many versions are placed together, and the advantages and disadvantages are immediately apparent.

In his own opinion, he can be regarded as the most authoritative evaluation.