in britannia

As part of my plan to get my iPod back on track, I have begun a strict regimen of ripping CDs and putting the music back on my computer. So far, I have ripped 93 CDs. These take a LONG time, as I have to double check the listings on the tracks before they can be ripped.

Today's menu includes the following:

Alexander Borodin: 2nd Symphony and other works, played by the Moscow Radio Grand Symphony Orchestra
Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid, Tender Land, and Appalachian Spring, played by the Boston Symphony, conducted by Copland himself
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring and other works, played by the Orpheus Chamber Ensemble
Antonin Dvorak: Cello Concerto played by Mstislav Rostropovitch and the Boston Symphony, led by Ozawa
Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies 7 and 8, played by the Philharmonia Orchestra, cond. by Andrew Davies
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 and Smetana's Moldau, played by the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell
Soundtracks to Henry V (played by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orhcestra led by Simon Rattle) and Much Ado About Nothing, both by Patrick Doyle
Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations, conducted by the composer with the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra

and many more.

This is interesting, but dreary work.