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RE: Charles Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Planets?

Here, learsfool, is one of the few instances I'm not entirely with you. If quality of playing was all or almost all that mattered, one could simply stick with the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics and call it a day. And it's true that for a large chunk of their discographies, you really could stick with them.
But at least when it comes to recorded as opposed to live performance, they don't always top the charts for me, despite superb technical precision and great soloists. Sometimes lesser orchestras are more convincing, though of course these days those "lesser" orchestras still often play to a sky-high technical standard as well.
The Montreal winds and brasses do great things in the Planets. But as I said, modern technical standards are high. I once heard a live Rite of Spring from MTT and the SFSO, also spectacular winds and brasses and great overall.
A number of orchestras today have the chops to do a great Planets or Rite of Spring. But the result on record is not always equally successful.

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