Bernard Chasan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>It is a source of wonderment to me that Mozart is bashed so much more
>frequently than any other master.  It is as if the old eighteenth century
>drawing room cliches are being reinstated, and I have to wonder if the
>bashers know the operas, or the viola quintets, or the piano concerti.
>If you don't know these parts of Mozart's output (among many others) you
>don't know Mozart.

Yes I do know them, and yes there are wonderful things about them.I must
admit that his later symphonies are still my favourites.  This still does
not mean one should EVER stop listening 'critically' to anything.  For by
critically, I repeat, I do not mean, with superficial disdain, but the
deepest of humility and love for what one MUST remain critical of.

Satoshi Akima