As on its splendid Sony recordings (made before Mr. Kats's time), it delivered big, extroverted performances, with each note given a distinctive expressive profile.

Besides classic arias, the tenors' program features romantic ballads from "Duetto," their forthcoming Sony Classical recording.

Their compelling way with the piece can be heard on a 1993 Sony recording of excerpts with the soprano Renee Fleming.

Few conductors are more authoritative in this extraordinary music, and Mr. Boulez's earlier Sony recordings remain classic accounts.

The Juilliard's interpretation also seemed an evolutionary step past its Sony Classical recording of the Bach work.

Not surprisingly, though there is no hard sell, the show's material is available on Sony Classical recordings.

MP3.com will be able to offer Sony recordings on its My.MP3.com system.

Bach's six suites for solo cello have long been central to his repertory; his Sony recording of them ranks among the finest.

But soon into the story (the second track on the Sony Classical recording of the score) you hear the haunting music for "Anakin's Dream."

The Sony Classical recording (S3K 44878) holds its own.