ecarroll

Matthew,

Of course they're stars. Lesser musicians wouldn't/couldn't tackle such a score. The question that I raised is an old axe for me, personally. I used to be turned off as a student in New York by posters proclaiming (in this order)

GEORG SOLTI
(photo of maestro)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

bruckner symphony nr.7

or

LUCIANO PAVAROTTI
ZUBIN MEHTA
(photo of maestri)

New York Philharmonic

arias by bellini, verdi, and puccini

(sorry, that's the best I can do with font size here but you catch my drift)

I'd SO prefer that the order be reversed. Maybe after I'm elected Pope of Music...

Watching for that white smoke,
EC