Donald Satz wrote:

>It was nice reading that Jos thought as highly of the Hickox recording as
>I did in my short review.  Unfortunately, that opinion is not universal.
>I just read the Fanfare review of the cd in their September/October issue
>(I'm behind in my reading), and the reviewer had these comments:
>
>"Textures sometimes sound excessively busy, and there is a certain
>doctrinaire stiffness about the whole enterprise...." I didn't notice
>anything of that nature.

I sent my other post before reading this one.  But it's nice to know I am
not alone in having doubts.

>Whose views to trust? Trust me, Jos, and the ARG reviewer who also
>considered the disc outstanding.  Why? The Fanfare reviewer has a little
>bias against period instruments.

But I don't Don and in my other post I have given reasons which have
nothing to do with whether the performance is period or not.

Bob Draper
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