Gene writes:

>For reasons unknown I am unable to sample ANY of the sound clips on the
>Naxos site.  When I click on any, a window opens warning me about the
>damage some files can cause on a computer and indicating the name of the
>file I clicked on as something like "8.555991_012348.asf".  It shows the
>file type as: "Winamp media file", the source as: "theatre.hnh.com".
>
>I am using Windows XP-2002 and have no such problems in the past.  I
>have written Naxos asking for help but have not had a response.  Anyone
>have any suggestions?

I just checked and had no problem using Windows Media Player although
I DID have to log in, something I've not had to do before if I remember
correctly.  I chose to listen to some clips from the not-yet-released
new recording of Barber's 'Vanessa,' and am SO excited that we're going
to have a new recording of this wonderful opera.  Nothing will ever
replace the original Mitropoulos/Met recording with Eleanor Steber,
Rosalind Elias and Nicolai Gedda, but it is beginning to show its age.

Scott Morrison