Belated 80th birthday wishes to (the memory of) Moisei Vainberg (1919-1996) (probably born Dec. 8, 1919)! Composer of 19 or 20 symphonies (those I know - 1-8, 10, 12, and 14-19- seem quite good), 17 string quartets (likewise), 5 violin and piano sonatas, 3 violin solo sonatas, 4 cello sonata sonatas, 2 cello and piano sonatas, a piano trio, a piano quintet, many operas (the one I've seen - "Congratulations!", to a text by Sholom Aleichem- seems good too- I mean that I have seen it in vocal score), film scores (many) and much else. (To, so to speak, renew an old feud unnecessarily ;)- I object to the description of his music as Shostakovichian not because I find it to be an insult to him- I don't- but because I find it to be inaccurate. *g* Anyway...) Olympia (http://www.olympia-cd.com) seems to be embarked on a valuable project to record and release a lot of Vainberg's music, perhaps even all of it- please support them. (If it needs to be said- and it .does.- I have no financial interest of any kind here.) Best-Eric Schissel