For those who may be interested, the Phila. Inquirer reviews the 12CD centennial set of Phila. Orch. recordings. The article can be found at: http://www.phillynews.com/inquirer/99/Oct/10/arts_and_entertainment/ Two snippets from the article: Pianist William Kapell is captured in a 1945 Carnegie Hall recording of the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor - a work he never recorded commercially, according to the project's artistic adviser, Mark Obert-Thorn. And who remembers Michael Rabin, the Ivan Galamian student who died in 1972 at age 35? A 1961 recording of the American violinist in the Tchaikovsky concerto, with William Smith conducting, reveals a major talent. Mary Esterheld <[log in to unmask]>