Hot Classical & Jazz Downloads

Hot Classical & Jazz Downloads

The long-awaited US launch of <A HREF="http://www.passionato.com">Passionato.com</A&gt;, intended as the World Wide Web's "premier destination for classical music connoisseurs," has finally happened. Passionato, which has no membership fee, offers the largest collection of classical-music downloads in CD-quality, DRM-free FLAC and 320kbps MP3 formats yet assembled online.

Can Stereophile assemble a master list of ALL Recommended Components online for reference?

Despite the fact I keep all of my old issues of Stereophile for reference, is there a desire or a need (from readers, etc.) to put all of the Recommended Components of past years in a central repository for online reference?

I just bought a PS Audio GCPH new, and had to dig for my old issues back in '06, not to read the review, but to read the capsule summary in the RC from April '06 to get some additional background info.

The Fall - Your Future Our Clutter

Any fans of The Fall ought to pick up the new LP, it is their best album in a nearly a decade. It's well recorded and well mastered but the packaging leaves a bit to be desired. Mark E. Smith sounds inspired again, and the rhythm section is fantastic. It's the best new rock album I've heard in quite some time.

Mick on Larry King tonight re: "Exile On Main Street"

I thought Buddha had started a thread on the rerelease of Exile on Main Street but couldn't find it.

Lots of interesting background surfacing about the recording and the additional tracks to be included.

Larry King interviews Mick tonight. Should be interesting.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/18/stones.exile.rerelease/

The Future of Musical Instruments

The Future of Musical Instruments

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