Jon Lewis wrote: >As to the remastering on the Gieseking set, I think EMI could've done >better. I have a hard time believing that 1953-54 sessions can't be made >to sound better than this. I absolutely adore his playing but sometimes >the sound drives me up the wall, and I'm not a big sound guy. ... > >And with Debussy you've gotta have those overtones!! When I listen to the >Gieseking set I just want to yank the piano about twenty feet closer to >me-- it sounds like it's in the next room. But the playing is divine. I agree 100%. I think they do best to leave the noise mostly untouched sometimes, as in the Cortot Chopin set. Michael Cooper mad pianist