Eric Schissel: >The labels' nerve increases, and increases, and increases... I thought >Olympia was pretty nervy for claiming their recording of Milhaud sym. >3 a premiere, and ASV .very. nervy for claiming their recording of >Bacewicz' 4th quartet a premiere (it's her most recorded quartet already >for goodness' sake) but it gets worse and worse, and has finally crossed >the bounds into obviousness. At the risk of getting myself into hot water, I must say that I've come to the conclusion that anything resembling the words "world premiere recording" on a CD should be ignored. Sure, it -may- be true. But in my experience -nobody- checks at all and its a complete toss-up. There! That was nice and neutral, eh? Eh? Bob K.