Marcus Maroney <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >In fact, it is the composers who perform (or conduct) that are the most >*financially* successful (Boulez, Ades, Adams, Reich, Glass). Rorem, >of course, was an excellent pianist as evidenced on early releases of >his songs, but he has all but given up the performance aspect of his >art, and his 'profile' in the musical world has correspondingly declined. Not entirely retired: Naxos has announced that Rorem will be accompanying a set of his own songs as part of the American Classics line. All the best, Robert Clements <[log in to unmask]>