David Simmons wrote:

>Having experienced Maurizio Pollini's rendition of Boulez's second piano
>sonata, however, (courtesy of WHRO, one of the few stations that would play
>such a thing) my conclusion was that it resembled nothing in my experience
>more than a two-year-old discovering a piano for the first time.

Having worked on that Sonata some years ago... by the time that two
-year-old reaches the age of four...he or she will be playing like
Horowitz.

While I am not suggesting that you will ever like the piece, my guess is
that if you listen a few times, you might find some of the logic in it.

Karl (who after 25+ years still has trouble with the Carter Double
Concerto)