Kevin Sutton writes: >For heaven's sake, it's not about the damn covers! It's about the music.... Precisely! In this vein, I have a query regarding something on this page. It's about the music of Sandor Veress (1907-1992). I've approached the page's owner, but I'm not as patient as I'd like to be -- or maybe there's no one there. At the very bottom of that page a CD cover of his music appears with these words added on: "Please, Mr. Bond, do not adjust your set; we've taken over all global communications." Grammon seems to be the name of the label, and the CD appears to contain: Concertante Music for 12 Strings; Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra; and 4 Transylvanian Tanze for String Orchestra. My German doesn't stretch to 'Tanze;' pieces? (The URL, of course, is http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/2216/bad.html.) I'd be grateful if someone could tell me about this disk; the proper discographical references, and so forth. Veress admittedly looks a little glum on the cover, but I can live with that. In fact, I do: what I confront in the mirror ain't much prettier! My money's on the music. Rather, I'd like it to be. ...because Veress is a fantastic composer. He takes after Bartok, who taught him. It shows, IMO, very positively; at least in the firmness of his musical language, something (Hungarian?) about the dissonance, and the sweep yet overall tightness of his compositions. I say this on the strength of just one CD: It contains Hommage a Paul Klee*; Concerto for Piano, Strings and Percussion**; and 6 Czardas** (A Schiff*, Denes Varjon**, piano; Budapest String Orchestra under Heinz Holliger. Teldec 0630-19992-2) An ECM New Series' CD also has a few pieces by Veress: a solo violin sonata; a solo cello sonata; and a trio for strings -- together with a Cello Suite by Bach. Other than these 2 items, as far as I know, there's no more Veress on disk! Many thanks in advance to whoever would kindly show me to be wrong: tell me about this CD. Bert Bailey, in Ottawa