Gal Shalev <[log in to unmask]> replies me: >>... To those who claim they hear a difference, I always wanted >>to know; where is the difference? - Is it in a certain chord? or a certain >>note? or a certain phrase? ... > >Of coure there is a difference. Emotional and temperimental. Tell the >truth, could you imagine Rubinstein or Richter being female? For me they >bring the masculine emotional world. Richter with his temperement and his >large massive structure and modesty. The Prokofief concertos are very >masculine pieces. No, I could not imagine Rubinstein or Richter being female, but that is not what I said. I do consider both Rubinstein and Richter masculine in their art...I don't think a man is feminine just because he is homosexual - not at all. >Another very masculine pianist is Alfred Brendel. And another very masculine pianist is Maria Yudina. Yes! (though not in all aspects) James Zehm <[log in to unmask]>