Yes, just having heard some of his recordings I must say that Rostro never lacks intensity. His Shostakovich 4 is outstanding--Slatkin's is good (as are, IIRC, Kondrashin's and Ormandy's), but Rostro blows everyone else away. Aaron J. Rabushka [log in to unmask] http://www.cowtown.net/users/arabushk/