Christine wrote: >I don't have the CD but as I am intrigued by and quite appreciative of >the cello concerto you mention above - Carlos Prieto's cello is >impressive... Perhaps a personal story might be of interest. Several years ago Prieto was in Austin. At that time I was in charge of the recorded sound collection. He came into our library and asked to see me. I had never heard of him before. He was a friend of Gerard Behague, a Latin American specialist on our faculty. Prieto and I spoke for awhile and he gave me a pile of CDs of his playing. When I looked at the repertoire he had recorded, on labels that were very little known at that time in the US, our conversation gained new energy and went on for quite sometime. While I was not overcome by his playing at that time, I was delighted to know of his deep knowledge of and appreciation for the literature. He was totally unpretentious, a complete gentleman and most gracious, and to me, a rather noble sort of individual. While his technique was not that of a Rostropovich, but then only a Yo Yo Ma is that good, his interpretations conveyed to me a great respect and love for the music. Karl