What mid-boggling numbers of alternate versions (!) -- and what devotion to assembling 'complete' sets! I couldn't help but contrast posts in this thread with a prefatory comment to the American Symphonies Overview article in August's American Record Guide. Introducing an annotated roster of ":the most significant, ... most representative works" in the medium going as far back as 1853, Mark Lehman writes: Most of these symphonies have been released in at least two recordings, and some have been issued in many. Even so, the choices are generally more limited than the huge array for most standard repertoire, and there remain a number of them -- though this diminishes almost every month -- available only in one recording. If we exempt figures such as Hovhannes, Copland, Roy Harris, Antheil, Ives, etc., I suspect that "many" is c. 5 or under. No parity here for this repertoire with the attendtion on disc devoted to older, European works. Does this in and of itself constitute a publicity issue for quality American works? J L Zaimont *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html