Craig, from your list, I see that you may be aiming at SACD/DVD-A, and I can't help you directly on that point. I did see a little bit
here that may be of interest. I have borrowed CD versions of Gardiner and Previn from the library and recall that I liked the Previn performance better(don't know Elder at all; haven't even heard "Pluto"). The CD sound was fine in both but my impression was that if anything the Dutoit sound might have been slightly better. I might suggest that since classical puts ambience rather than discrete instruments into the surround channels, it may be that the excellent Dutoit sound with DPLII extracting the ambience may give you just as good an effect as multi-channel discs.
Back to what I suggested to you a couple months ago, I have Dutoit, Mehta, Solti and Steinberg(obviously I need more), and I'll again say that you should add the Mehta and Steinberg( brief
review ) to your Ormandy and Dutoit. If it has to be SACD/DVD-A, I suppose that I'd guess Previn.
