Denis Fodor wrote: >...Which prompts me to wonder whether it'd be worth it for record >companies to try hawking live performances of stuff that seems outstandingly >promising -- like, say, the Levine Magic Flute with its all-star cast? In my limited experience, unless the performing organization will agree to a portion of the net, it will still cost a record company a bundle. Then there is the notion that a recording is written in stone...musicians are often concerned about the slightest mistake, even if the expression is wonderful. If possible, I will choose a live performance tape or recording when I listen. Some prefer the note perfect, and without much of performer's personality, which is fine, and, on occasion one will find a studio recording to both note perfect and full of expression, but for me, like it when performers take chances and I don't mind an occasional blemish. Karl