I was just wondering if it makes sense or if there was any interest/economic-feasibility in sampling internationally famous recording artists like Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, or ensembles like the Arditti String Quartet or London Winds? I suppose if you did this you would want to sample the kinds of things those players/ensembles are really good at doing (i.e. the kind of musical gestures they're known for). I was thinking it would be really cool and possibly musically useful for a composer to have the "VSL Kronos String Quartet" library. Ahhh!!! Even better yet, I would kill to have a "Stefano Scodanibbio Double Bass" library! This probably would open up a big can of worms as far as roalities are concerned, but I still would not be surprised if someone does attempt this kind of thing in the future.
Brian