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Ancient Airs and Dances (Paul O'Dette, Helios #CDH55146)/Ancient Airs and Dances (Dorati,Mercury Living Presence SACD,#470 637-2 MSA). I put both because the former is a collection of the 16th-17th century originals that Respighi later transposed for orchestra. The former is a budget reissue of a Hyperion CD that came out around 10 years ago and is just as good as the original. The latter is an SACD re-do of an earlier Mercury regular CD, itself a reissue of the original vinyl, which I bought in the '70's and still have. It is interesting to compare the original music with what Respighi transposed for modern orchestra. The SACD is not as good as the original vinyl and only marginally better than the regular CD, but is still very good acoustically. Dorati's conducting is the best, for my tastes, of about a dozen other versions of the Respighi, and the Helios, with O'Dette and a tenor named Rogers Covey-Trump (Nigel North is on the bass lute), is unique (in its focus on only the pieces Respighi used), superbly recorded, and... well, you all know how good O'Dette is. This is one of those rare opportunities to get inside a major composer's head by hearing, side by side, what Respighi himself must have heard, and hearing his modern response to his ancient musical roots.

Ani Difranco, the cd is Little Plastic Castle, sonics are fantastic, you guys are gonna love it

Norah Jones-Feels Like Home, Alison Krauss and Union Station--Lonely Runs Both Ways...very odd since I'm basically a metal head. Just goes to show that talent, like experience, is everything.