Chris Bonds wrote:

>I listened to a bit of a live recital put on by M.  Argerich and I.
>Perlman.  It included the "Kreutzer" Sonata and the Franck sonata.  I only
>heard the opening of the "Kreutzer" on a Borders listening station.  This
>would be worth having if for no other reason than the uniqueness of the
>collaboration, but I am wondering what others think, who have heard the
>whole disc??!

It's disappointing.  Perlman is sloppy and in some passages downright out
of tune.  He seemed to me to phone in the performance.  Argerich is her
customary shade of fantastic, but fiddle sonatas without a decent fiddle
are pretty worthless.

Kevin Sutton