Thought this might be of interest...knowing Dave, he probably already has a pointer for it at classical.net As many of you know, Henry Fogel has an addiction - collecting recordings. Over a period of years, Henry and his son Karl have catalogued that collection in a database and created a website to make this catalogue available to all. Henry has generously offered to let the League share this information with you. The site is www.henrysrecords.org and it comes complete with easy to follow instructions. This database is an extraordinary resource of timings of the orchestral literature (as well as databases for chamber and instrumental music, operas, and songs). You can search for, say, Brahms Symphony No. 2 and it will show all of Henry's recordings of that work - and they come up in order of timings from the quickest to slowest. To give you an idea of the scope of this database, it is the only place, for instance, that you will find timings for all 27 of Nikolai Miaskovsky's symphonies! There are additional ways to use it as a programming tool - for example, if you need a work between 12 and 15 minutes long, you can enter that and it will give you an alphabetical listing of all pieces of that length. Or, you can search by nationality (American, Scandinavian, French, etc.) and you can combine fields - all American works between 10 and 15 minutes, for instance. Henry hopes that you will find this site to be of value in your program planning, and hopes you will share it with your staff and your conductor(s). If you find errors, please feel free to e-mail corrections to him or to his son Karl (who has a e-mail link on the site), and they will make corrections annually. As Henry's collection continues to grow, the database will be updated accordingly. If you were aware of the earlier version of the database, you will find the current incarnation faster and easier to use because of enhancements that Karl has made. If you have further suggestions for improvements, please feel free to let Henry know. Jack McAuliffe Vice President and Chief Operating Officer American Symphony Orchestra League 212-262-5161 x234 Karl