Peter Friedman

Mendelssohn - String Quartet Op.81 and Beethoven - Violin Sonata No.9, Op.47 "Kreutzer"

Thanks for sharing this heartfelt story about life in Mississippi, and role of Mulgrew Miller.

Symphony No.42, No.43 "Merkur", No.44 "Trauer"

Brahms - String Quartet No.1, Op.51/1 & Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante K.364

Tchaikovsky Piano Trio - The Leningrad Philharmonic Trio

Herbie Steward solos on almost every track here.

K.526, K.305, K.379

No.20 & No.49

The way one organizes/ catalogs ones recordings is basically whatever work for that person. I organize my extensive CD collection on shelves by record label. I suspect very few do it that way, but it works for me. I have two exceptions - I file all vocal CDs separately in alphabetical order. I also separate Blues CDs in alphabetical order. On the other hand, my 3X5 card catalog is organized strictly by Artist/Leader in alphabetical order. I have a large section in that file for those recordings without a clear leader. It is titled miscellaneous, and organized alphabetically by title of CD instead of artist. There are always issues that make it less than clear where a CD belongs. For example, a CD with vocals on some tracks and instrumentals on others. I usually use the 50% rule. If vocals are on at least half of the tracks, it if filed with vocals. I make no distinction in either of my cataloging/filing for separating genres such as Bop, Swing, Big Bands, Traditional, etc.

Peter Leitch Trio - Landscape

Piano Sonata No.3, Op.2/3 & No.4, Op.7

Sonata No.2, Op.35 & Etudes Op.25

Back when I was living in Rochester, NY in the 70's, 80's and 90's there were actually about 4 specialty stores that sold high quality audio equipment. I would often visit those shops just to check out what they had. When the time came that I wanted to upgrade my speakers or separate amps and pre amps, I would spend quite a bit of time listening to what was available in the various shops. A few of them had special listening areas with wonderful leather couches and chairs. You could bring your own recordings with which you were familiar to audition the equipment. Was very disappointing when I moved to Tucson to find only one stereo shop with high quality equipment, and that soon changed to focusing primarily on Video.