As for off the beaten path, I think he recorded several Scriabin symphonies with the Philadelphia orchestra and they were beautiful. Muti as I recall, didn't like the glad handing and cocktail talks that went with being music director of a U.S. orchestra. I wonder what made him take Chicago at this point in his career? Ernie Robles *********************************************** 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