Len Fehskens wrote in response to me:
>>If any significant criticism of a Beethoven symphony is warranted,
>>it's the eighth that deserves it.
>
>So Beethoven obviously did not know whereof he spoke when he thought of
>it as his best?
We're talking about opinions here, personal preferences. For me, my
opinions and preferences are all that count. I can't listen to music with
Beethoven's genes and ears, just my own.
Don Satz
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