Steve wrote to zorn: SS> To cut to the chase, low price is normally NOT an indicator of SS> performance quality anymore, not since a label called Naxos came in SS> and revolutionized (some say "killed") the industry The Naxos strategy isn't that new, actually -- one of the pleasures of growing up in the 60s was the Vox Turnabout series, which was, like Naxos, good recordings at about half the price of what the majors were charging at the time. Some of those records were first-rate; I still prefer Brendel's recordings of Mozart from that era to his later, pricier renditions. A question on the reissue issue ... has anyone re-released Barenboim's recording of the Hammerklavier Sonata? I've gone thru half a dozen other interpretations and while some of them are interesting (esp. the Horszowski from the early 50s) none of 'em's really moved me as much as that crackly old Command lp from my teen years, which could really use the upgrade. -- Jim Flannery newgrange@talmanassociates.com When you can't give anything, you can also receive nothing. Through giving, you also receive. You can never stop giving. When you have nothing more to give, you're dead. -- Mustafa Tettey Addy np: Bruckner, _Symp. #8_ (NSOI/Tintner; yes, on Naxos) nr: George P. Pelecanos, _Right as Rain_