Ernie Smart replies to me:

>>I don't presume to speak for dedicated fans of Chopin, who may well
>>miss the usual cheap thrills pianists often go for.  However, for a view
>>of Chopin the classicist, the man who studied Bach, Nissman's quite
>>persuasive.
>
> What an overweening - and usually incorrect -- assessment of the taste
> of "dedicated fans of Chopin".

This is why "I don't presume to speak for them." And, yes, I have heard
Michelangeli and Solomon.  My quarrels are with the "multitudes of
others."

Steve Schwartz

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