I also recommend Olsons Books and Records for CDs. There's a store at Dupont Circle, Georgetown, Old Town Alexandria, Clarendon in Arlington and Bethesda. They have the Phillips Greatest Pianists series on sale for $18.99 through the 31st. Also Tower on 21st and Pennsylvanis Avenue near George Washington University has a big selection of CDs and some interesting classical cut-outs. If you buy second hand LPs, Second Story Books on 20th and P, off Dupont Circle sometimes has a good selection. Britten's War Requiem is being performed at the Washington National Cathedral on Oct. 29 with the excellent Cathedral Choral Society and Hakan Hagegard as one of the solists. Also Handel's Israel in Egypt at The Kennedy Center on the 29th. The Washington Opera is doing Rigoletto at the Kennedy Center on the 28th and El Cid with Domingo on the 30th, but that, I believe, is sold out. Have a great visit! Darrell Acree [log in to unmask]