Bert Bailey wrote: >This suggests to me that eliminating or reducing that diversity of >sound between those orchestras is maybe a *good* thing. So we've >actually gained something by this reckoning, even if it implies the >greater homogeneity to wh you refer. Interesting comment, and I'd be curious to hear how others feel. Very recently after reading a couple Music Web reviews I bought a couple of Munch/BSO CDs just re-released on RCA Red Seal. The reviewer there had been praising the BSO and the 'greatness' of the orchestra. I still think something is missing today. Regards, Tom Connor