Jonathan Ellis <[log in to unmask]> proclaims:

>Nobody - and I repeat, nobody - can possibly be better than Arrau in Brahms
>First.

The joint "Gold Medalists" in this event are, in alphabetical order, Curzon
& Serkin. The "Bronze Medalist" is Schnabel. All with Szell as conductor.

While I'm about making arbitrary declarations of my own, I take this
opportunity to nominate Burt Bacharach as one of the top 100, 000 composers
of all time.  I hope that this will not excite too much controversy.

Geoffrey Gaskell [log in to unmask]
http://freeweb.digiweb.com/music/Gustav_Mahler/