Jonathan Ellis <[log in to unmask]> proclaims:
>Nobody - and I repeat, nobody - can possibly be better than Arrau in Brahms
>First.
The joint "Gold Medalists" in this event are, in alphabetical order, Curzon
& Serkin. The "Bronze Medalist" is Schnabel. All with Szell as conductor.
While I'm about making arbitrary declarations of my own, I take this
opportunity to nominate Burt Bacharach as one of the top 100, 000 composers
of all time. I hope that this will not excite too much controversy.
Geoffrey Gaskell [log in to unmask]http://freeweb.digiweb.com/music/Gustav_Mahler/