VirtuosoWorks has announced NOTION 1.5 for the Mac and PC platforms, which combines a full-featured music notation system with interpretive algorithms linked to a proprietary playback engine that offers samples of thousands of individual notes and articulations played by the prestigious London Symphony Orchestra and recorded at historic Abbey Road Studios. The software includes MIDI note entry, Music XML import, and NotionPlayer, which allows the user to “conduct” the software to accompany live performers. Sounds quite intriguing and it should be available in February 2006.