/tags/virgil-thomson Virgil Thomson en-US Copyright Thu, 17 Dec 2020 16:18:57 GMT /classical-101/2020-12-17/my-favorite-recordings-of-2020 “I haven’t burned a CD in five years,” yelled a local musician who wanted to send me recordings for possible broadcast. “I don’t even own a CD player.”OK,… Thu, 17 Dec 2020 16:18:57 GMT /classical-101/2020-12-17/my-favorite-recordings-of-2020 Christopher Purdy /show/classical-101-by-request/2018-08-06/harkening-back-to-four-saints-during-the-harlem-renaissance The next time you see a magpie in the sky, I hope you'll remember Four Saints in Three Acts.That there are a prologue and four acts, and 18 saints — maybe… Mon, 06 Aug 2018 11:45:00 GMT /show/classical-101-by-request/2018-08-06/harkening-back-to-four-saints-during-the-harlem-renaissance Christopher Purdy