In Reply to: RE: Budapest Music Center label and Disbelief posted by Chris from Lafayette on July 9, 2012 at 14:39:23:
I'll have to make a note to get the other CD from Berkshire. Thanks for the tip.
I agree that Ashkenazy has gone downhill as a pianist (I met him arguably in fine form at Meadow Brook in 1966 or 1967 when I was the driver for all of the Festival soloists), but I've always enjoyed his conducting, especially Russian repertoire like Rachmaninov and Shostakovich. He's like the children in Lake Wobegon -- above average.
We'll continue to disagree on Daniel Barenboim. I find him fascinating both as a pianist and conductor. I've been spending a lot of time on his new Beethoven Symphony cycle. It continues to grow on me.
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- I have the Kocsis Hungaroton and it's good - srl1 16:41:02 07/09/12 (0)