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I'm an iPod newbie. I used to think I wouldn't enjoy one and dismissed the notion. But I bought an iTouch before my recent trip to Spain & France mainly for the dictionaries I could load and movies for the plane.
Before I left, I loaded up as many CDs as I could - some Spanish Renaissance things, all of the "
recorded legacy" of Stravinsky, and assorted other stuff. I didn't listen to the iPod at all in Spain - I guess I was busy enjoying the conversation. But when I got to Paris, where I was by myself for 5 days, I plugged in the earphones and listened a lot, and I bought a few more CDs over there.
I was surprised what a good companion it was: I had
Marin Marais in the Louvre,
Agon and
Apollo in the Pompidou,
Perotin in the Sainte-Chappelle, jazz on the streets, and Annie Lennox going out at night.
Since then I've been enjoying the Sony
Ligeti recordings...