BMG offered it for US$4.99 plus shipping, handling, and tax, totalling, it turned out to US$7.71. But it was the Guarneri playing Janacek's quartets. What could I lose? I'd say, about half an hour's worth of music. The darn CD has only about 41 minutes of music on it. I didn't know the quartets were that short. There must have been something of appropriate that Philips could have included to make this CD of decent length. Walter Meyer