Philip Peters wrote: >Renato Vinicius wrote: > >>Is the series of Jeno Jendo - who I never heard - performing of Beethoven's >>sonatas, really good or just cheap. > >Just cheap. He is a totally unimaginative pianist. You will have to go into more detail than to just dismiss this artist with a one liner. I find Jando's playing, especially his WTC recordings to be beautifully played, technically flawless and most interesting. >>Could someone of you compare with Brendel, Gilels, Arrau, Kempff or >>Richter. Is there any pianist of these with whom he look like? > >He plays like a bookkeeper, just like Backhaus used to do but Jeno is >a somewhat less sloppy bookkeper than Backhaus was. The guy to look for >when wanting to buy one whole set is Schnabel. You have a lousy bookkeeper then. Mine is posessed of a wonderful contralto voice and is a consumate musician. I stray though. What's sloppy about bookkeeping anyway. Sloppy bookeepers go to jail. I must insist that you give us some good reasons, documented by examples and comparisons as to why this pianist is so awful. I for one disagree, and I detest one line dismissals of another's life's work. If you must tear him down, you must back your claims with something more concrete. Kevin Sutton