Yoel L. Arbeitman:

>Barenboim claimed to be totally unaware of the virulent anti-semitism
>(read Judenhass) of Richard Wagner several years ago and from what I
>read at that time it seems that only his friend Prof.  Said let him in
>on the secret.  If this is true, we have here a very naive man indeed.

Or a man who just doesn't care.  I hate to point out the obvious, but
the composer and the music are somewhat distinct.  After all, if you
didn't perform the music of all the anti-semites who ever wrote, you'd
be performing very little classical music indeed.

Steve Schwartz