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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