The dynamic duo has struck again -- hear it on XM; one-click the CD from Amazon. Today: Braham's Ein deutsches Requiem, the remastered 1961, with Otto Klemperer, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau -- all for $7.97.

I will fight to the last breath against anyone who wants to destroy the institutional system that provides me with such glorious experiences at such a bargain rate. The students who are unwilling to pay anything, as a matter of cultural principle, have been seriously mis-educated, and their professors carry a heavy burden of guilt.