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RE: Levine's reference Brahms.

Uh, first of all, Levine IS ranked among the foremost American conductors!! In fact, I cannot think of another living American anywhere near his stature (and no, I personally don't include Tilson Thomas in that class, though I will grant some would). Second, with the exception of Bernstein, none of the other conductors you listed are American, though they did spend much of their careers here. Third, even if you count all those others, yes, Levine certainly deserves to be ranked among them, for what he has accomplished at the Met alone (and in most orchestral players opinions, this is by miles his finest work, though he has made some good symphonic recordings as well - I agree those Brahms recordings are better than Solti's with the CSO). Fourth, I think he was actually a Karajan student, if I am remembering correctly, though he may have worked some with Szell as well. Certainly his musical approach is much more similar to Karajan than Szell.

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