John Dalmas ([log in to unmask]) wrote:


Deryk Barker wrote:
>
>>His (Lorties's) Beethoven, OTOH, IMHO opinion, sucks. (That's a technical
>>term.)
>
>I haven't listened to Lortie's Beethoven sonatas, but I have to question
>any blanket condemnation.  IMO Lortie's Eroica Variations is one of the
>best, certainly right up there with Curzon and Buchbinder.

OK, I admit to not having heard the EVs, but I have a bunch of his sonatas,
including the Hammerklavier, and they're little more than well played
runthroughs, IMHO.

Deryk Barker
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