Speaking of "hypovirtuosos" [sic], I miss my old DG recordings of Chopin
played by Stefan Askenase (not noted for his technical prowess), one of
the finest interpreters of Chopin's music ever to make a recording of same.
I have been corresponding with DG and have urged them to remaster and
re-release some of this great artist's recordings in The Originals series.
Askenase's exquisitely prismatic colourings are to me far more revelatory
than A.  Rubinstein's wildly overrated pedestrian literalism.

Rod DeCecco
Pawtucket, RI