Philip Peters responds to Renato Vinicius: >>Is the series of Jeno Jando - who I never heard - performing of >>Beethoven's sonatas, reaaly good or just cheap. > >Just cheap. He is a totally unimaginative pianist. That's putting the nail in the coffin. I think that Jando does much better with Bach (WTC) than with Beethoven. Jando has trouble with Beethoven's anger and volatile mood changes; Bach's music is a lot smoother. And Jando brings out much of the emotional foundation Bach provides. The other pianists Renato mentioned (Arrau, Gilels, Kempff, Brendel, and Richter) play Beethoven much better than Jando. That's because each is among the best in Beethoven. This is about the toughest competitive repertoire there is when you also add Schnabel, Solomon, Pollini, Annie Fisher, and Ashkenazy. Don Satz [log in to unmask]