In Reply to: But... posted by kerr on February 26, 2007 at 13:22:04:
kerr,Reading reviews and comments, it seems the reviewers were especially impressed by the versatile, idiomatic performances- all supposedly from one person. On one recording "Hatto" was the perfect Chopin solist, then an astounding Beethoven concerto player, then a Debussy expert. Plus, over 100 CDs appeared in the short time of a few years.
I think you would find that the performances selected by B-C were all highly regarded originally. As the cost was the same for each version and he wanted to create this artificial glorious legacy for his wife, he may as well pick the best!
Cheers,
Bambi B
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Follow Ups
- I think it was the high productivity and apparent versatility that impressed - Bambi B 10:52:38 02/27/07 (2)
- Re: I think it was the high productivity and apparent versatility that impressed - kerr 11:57:09 02/27/07 (1)
- "source of embarrassment to the music reviewers..." {shhhhhhhhhh....}...N/T - musetap 15:20:17 02/27/07 (0)