I was listening last night to Jarrett's ECM disc of Handel Suites for
Keyboard.  It's a great recording:  elegant and expressive intepretations
that might be a little low in excitement.  Since excitement is not what I
expect from Jarrett (be it Handel, Mozart, or Bach), I just revel in his
strengths which are highlighted by a beautiful sense of flow.

Handel's keyboard works led me to thinking about Perahia's Sony disc of
works by Handel and Scarlatti.  That one has passed me by so far, and I
was interested in list member comparisons between Perahia and Jarrett in
Handel.

I also don't have Pletnev's 2-cd set of Scarlatti sonatas.  What do you
think of Pletnev's Scarlatti in comparison to Perahia's?

If today goes well, I could have both Pletnev and Perahia in my hands
before evening strikes along with Zimerman's Chopin piano concertos.  It's
just a short drive to Wherehouse Music which has the three in stock.  I
must say that Wherehouse Music has a much better inventory than Blockbuster
Music which was the pits.  I keep seeing new recordings at WS that I'm
waiting for from CDNOW.  It must be time to rethink buying strategy.

Don Satz
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