Jon Lewis wrote:

>As to the remastering on the Gieseking set, I think EMI could've done
>better.  I have a hard time believing that 1953-54 sessions can't be made
>to sound better than this.  I absolutely adore his playing but sometimes
>the sound drives me up the wall, and I'm not a big sound guy. ...
>
>And with Debussy you've gotta have those overtones!!  When I listen to the
>Gieseking set I just want to yank the piano about twenty feet closer to
>me-- it sounds like it's in the next room.  But the playing is divine.

I agree 100%.  I think they do best to leave the noise mostly untouched
sometimes, as in the Cortot Chopin set.

Michael Cooper
mad pianist