Don Satz writes: >Ray may well be correct in his assumptions. However, I don't think that >Gelb has any interest in possessing this knowledge, because it is not >germane to his plans which are to create a new classical audience which >is much bigger than the current one. Perhaps I missed any earlier reference to this, or maybe it's strictly a local thing. Our NPR stations "Morning Edition" is sponsored in part by Sony's new "Music for the Millenium" series. (I'm already more tired of the Millenium than I was of the Bicentennial, but that's another whine....). [It's particularly aggravating as everyone seems to be hell-bent on celebrating it a year early. -Dave] WHAT is this "Music for the Millenium"? I haven't seen any discs labelled as such - are they in the "soundtrack" section, or "world music" (another horrible term....) section, or maybe they just haven't made their way to the junior-varsity cities? And what defines them as "Music for the Millenium"? For that matter, what is a "new" classical audience? Is it an audience that will listen to more than only the usual warhorses and fatso tenors? Great - sign me up. But if it's an audience that thinks "Titanic" soundtracks constitute "classical" music, well.....I guess I'll know when I see one of these "Music for the Millenium" CDs. I don't hold very high hopes, though. Mark [log in to unmask]