Kevin Sutton writes:

>For heaven's sake, it's not about the damn covers!  It's about the music....

Precisely!  In this vein, I have a query regarding something on this page.
It's about the music of Sandor Veress (1907-1992).  I've approached the
page's owner, but I'm not as patient as I'd like to be -- or maybe there's
no one there.

At the very bottom of that page a CD cover of his music appears with these
words added on:  "Please, Mr.  Bond, do not adjust your set; we've taken
over all global communications." Grammon seems to be the name of the label,
and the CD appears to contain:  Concertante Music for 12 Strings; Concerto
for Clarinet and Orchestra; and 4 Transylvanian Tanze for String Orchestra.
My German doesn't stretch to 'Tanze;' pieces? (The URL, of course, is
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/2216/bad.html.)

I'd be grateful if someone could tell me about this disk; the proper
discographical references, and so forth.

Veress admittedly looks a little glum on the cover, but I can live with
that.  In fact, I do:  what I confront in the mirror ain't much prettier!
My money's on the music.  Rather, I'd like it to be.

...because Veress is a fantastic composer.  He takes after Bartok, who
taught him.  It shows, IMO, very positively; at least in the firmness of
his musical language, something (Hungarian?) about the dissonance, and
the sweep yet overall tightness of his compositions.  I say this on the
strength of just one CD:  It contains Hommage a Paul Klee*; Concerto
for Piano, Strings and Percussion**; and 6 Czardas** (A Schiff*, Denes
Varjon**, piano; Budapest String Orchestra under Heinz Holliger.  Teldec
0630-19992-2) An ECM New Series' CD also has a few pieces by Veress:  a
solo violin sonata; a solo cello sonata; and a trio for strings -- together
with a Cello Suite by Bach.  Other than these 2 items, as far as I know,
there's no more Veress on disk!

Many thanks in advance to whoever would kindly show me to be wrong:  tell
me about this CD.

Bert Bailey, in Ottawa