A music-related post

[Author's note: this post has nothing to do with downtown Phoenix, transportation, or anything of the like. If you're a fan of good Classical music, read on.]

For those who know me in real life, you know that I am a huge fan of Classical music. I listen to KBAQ practically all day (except when I can't get decent reception on the bus or when my radio fails), I have a large Classical CD collection, and working on a decent music score library.

Anyway, I love the old recordings of music. I have many masterworks on LP because I cannot find a decent reissue on CD. The problem is that many record companies stop printing old recordings for various reasons.

My favorite online record store for Classical music is ArkivMusic. If you've received a CD from me, there's a strong chance that it came from there. A few months ago, they started the ArkivCD project, or recordings that have previously been out-of-print and are otherwise unavailable.

I thought I'd buy one and see how it sounds, and so I bought a CD of Handel's opera and oratorio overtures. The CD was originally released in 1986 and had gone out of print (obviously). What you get is practically what you would have received if you bought the CD back in 1986. You get full liner notes, any back matter, and a label on the CD that is a duplicate of the original CD. The sound quality is second-to-none, too. And it's all authorized by the record companies.

Okay, sorry, that's enough promotion. But I thought that I'd share this!

Cheers-
Edward Jensen