Can’t Tell The Music Without A Program…

So you’ve decided to take the plunge and buy and download some classical music from one of the hot new legal paysites. First you’ve got to find it, writes Greg Sandow: “As I rooted around, I came across all the Beethoven sonatas in the old and greatly respected Artur Schnabel performances. All of them! Ninety-nine cents per track. There’s only one problem. What you get, when you look these up – and it’s the same on all three services I’ve mentioned – is a track listing. As follows (transcribed verbatim): 1 The Complete Piano Sonatas, I. Allegro/ 2 The Complete Piano Sonatas, II. Adagio…”