Today I meandered to Half Price Books in Colerain, searching for who knows what. I looked in the classical music books section because I found some great buys there before. No such luck today. I then perused the nonfiction sections, computer games, and finally the CDs. I was surprised, and so excited, by what I found in the clearance section at the bottom of the CD display case. THE recording of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony that had been part of my formative years during high school. It is the recording by Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on the RCA Victor label. I remember having this recording at home in Alabama, and it managed to make the move when my parents moved, but during my recent trips home I noticed it disappeared. I was going to buy it through Archivmusic, which would cost me $10, but through my miraculous find at Half Price Books, it costs me a little over $1. A small cost to pay for a recording taking one back to moments of his adolescence. I remember I was a new driver and was lost in a neighborhood, and the first movement of Beethoven's Ninth was playing. I was lost directionally just as a listener was trying to figure out the form of the first movement. I am so glad I somehow found this recording for immediate consumption, and for such a low price. And it makes me wonder if others out there have specific recordings of their own that take them back in time.
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