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| February 01, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Sensible Sound. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Anyone who has read this column before knows the drill. Tom Lyle and Ye Grumpy Olde Editor independently audition two competing recordings, typically of large-scale orchestral music, and then indicate and try to justify our preferences in a few brief paragraphs. You might characterize Double Double as a kinder, gentler, print version of Pardon the Interruption sans the wigs, hats, and heads on sticks. Tony and Michael can't seem to stop yapping about Michael Jordan; Tom and Karl can't seem stop writing about Gustav Mahler. And so it goes, issue after issue.

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