Don Satz on my evaluation of Pires:
>Felix's view surprises me a little. I've heard Pires in Mozart, Bach,
>Schubert, and Chopin. I don't have any significant complaints and tend
>to view her as a "mainstream" interpreter - not the best in any works but
>better than most. Actually, I prefer her older Mozart recording on Denon
>than her more recent Mozart cd's for DG.
That may be my problem: I listened to some of her sonatas for DG. Note
that my comment was specifically about Mozart: I think that her latest
recordings (Chopin Nocturnes etc) are actually pretty good.
Felix Delbruck
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