Donald Satz <[log in to unmask]>:

>Mats Norrman responds to my review of the Naxos/Cui disc:
>
>>>is further inducement to check out a 2nd tier composer at his best.
>>
>>I know that for example Sjostakovitz had agreed completely here, as he
>>uses the same word(2nd rank) to describe Cui's musicmaking, but I guess
>>you came up with an insult as well.
>
>Insult? I think not.  My reason for using "2nd tier" was to convey
>to readers that Cui is not in the same league as Chopin, Scriabin,
>Rachmaninoff, etc.

I remember that a few years ago, a friend of mine compiled a funny list
called "Christmas gifts for an enemy".  One of the items was "a set of 4
CDs containing the complete piano works by Cesar Cui (if such thing would
exist)".

Pablo Massa
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