Help! I'm Looking For A Clue, puzzled over software/hardware needs Options

[tabor]

I have a brand spanking new mac mini and want to record some live performances to cd at near-studio quality sound for a "sample cd" of my work as a classical operatic singer. I know I'll need a good condenser microphone...

...any suggestions?
and a decent interface....any suggestions?

and some software that allows me to burn in at least 16 bit sound to a CD, keeping the possibility of CD duplication open...

...unless I can do this with Garageband 2 and itunes, which I doubt.

I'm doing live performances. One or maybe two tracks and very little editing if any, but I need it to have decent sound quality.

what should I be looking for?

(thanks in advance for any help)

Tabor

[tabor]

thanks for the advice..

I should have been more specific. I plan on recording myself and my wife with piano and maybe organ. We have the use of a small church which has good acoustical properties-not too live or dead, a decent piano and a truly wonderful small organ. We could easily record with or without an audience due to all of the special events at the church and many people have been asking us to make a CD.

Since it is primarily family, friends, church members and the like doing the asking, I'd been thinking about doing it as inexpensively as possible and perhaps using a duplication service to make 100 or maybe 200 cds. Still, I want the master CD to sound good, balanced and the like. I've been unsure about using the mini for recording or purchasing a standalone digital multitrack recorder/burner.