Michael Cooper on Kissin:

>I always hear Evgeni Kissin as being in a league of his own.  (Not I hear
>that's the word on the street, but I hear it when I listen to him and other
>pianists such as Perahia and Argerich, who are no doubt as near to the top
>as can be.)

I heard Kissin very young in some Chopin and wasn't impressed.  He seemed
to me fingers without a brain attached.  As a result, I haven't heard him
recently.  Has he gotten better?

Steve Schwartz