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Philip Peters <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 8 Jan 2000 02:37:55 +0100
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Renato Vinicius wrote:

>Is the series of Jeno Jendo - who I never heard - performing of Beethoven's
>sonatas, really good or just cheap.

Just cheap. He is a totally unimaginative pianist.

>Could someone of you compare with Brendel, Gilels, Arrau, Kempff or
>Richter.  Is there any pianist of these with whom he look like?

He plays like a bookkeeper, just like Backhaus used to do but Jeno is
a somewhat less sloppy bookkeper than Backhaus was.  The guy to look for
when wanting to buy one whole set is Schnabel.

Philip

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