Classical Music’s Most   [Fill In The Blank]   Of 2008

They’re not the best or the worst, necessarily, but Dan Wakin has compiled a list of other musical superlatives in 2008: Longest Road Trip (NY Phil in Pyongyang), Biggest Tumble (Alberto Vilar), Most Execrable Timing (the Juilliard Quartet’s new first violinist, who broke his wrist just days after getting the gig), and so on.