I don't know how SPJ Music Inc., based in the world-famous town of Hauppaage, NY, manages to do it, but they have released at least 24 of these "25 XXXX Favorites" CDs, and all those that I have heard are superb collections. OK, many of the performances on this album are by ensembles that few will have heard of in North America, such as the Wurttemburg Chamber Orchestra, Musica di San Marco, and I Musici di Zagreb, and maybe they are a bit old (no recording dates are given), so SPJ probably doesn't have to ..
Yes, you guessed right - Amazon has the temerity to charge the absolute LIST PRICE for this item - $3.97. When I got the CD I couldn't believe it. I did more research and went to the website on the disk. I was granted permission to quote - in full - from the back of the album:
