Kwon Younghee asks: >Can anyone recomemend a recording of contemporary music composer? I >would like listen to the music at first, but I have no idea about that. And Dave adds: >[Just for grins let's define "contemporary" as "living". -Dave] No problem. I'd recommend anything by Arnold Rosner or Christopher Rouse. There's a marvelous sampler on Argo called "Dance Mix" with a bunch of contemporary composers, all eminently listenable. A partial list follows (no composer born before 1940) of music I've heard in the last few years available on CD: Adams: Gnarly Buttons, Violin Concerto, John's Book of Alleged Dances Kernis: New Era Dance Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony Rabushka: Harp Concerto Scurria: Beyond All Walking Zaimont: Serenade to Music, Symphony No. 1, Elegy for Strings, choral music Schiff: Divertimento from "Gimpel the Fool" Steve Schwartz