Henk van Tuijl wrote:
>>Tchaikovsky is not "over the top" when played by someone like
>>Rubinstein.
And Donald Satz replied:
>I appreciate Henk's comment and will keep it in mind. My current feeling
>is that it would be over the top even if Brendel and Norrington were the
>performers. However, I have been yielding. I recently bought all T's
>symphonies performed by Markevitch(1-3) and Mravinsky(4-6). It's been
>hard going - I cringe often. I think I would have been better off if
>I went for the ballets, and that's what I'm going to do next.
I share your response to Tchaikovsky completely, except for his operas.
Forget about his ballets, and try Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades
Julia Werthimer <[log in to unmask]>
California, USA