Joe Hagedorn writes:

>I've been thinking of subscribing to a one of these magazines.  Actually
>I was thinking of subscibing to BBC's Music magazine.  Is there a better
>choice? I'm looking for something that would be good for a beginner I only
>have about a 90 CD's in my collection.

The nice think about the BBC Music Magazine is that is comes with a CD with
entire pieces and there is 'step to step' listening advice.  They cover the
gamut from renaissance through to modern music.  I don't like some of it
and give those CDs away, but you can learn a lot about the pieces and the
composer.  Each month they do an article on a composer, and their is a
column called, Building a Collection.

Sami
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