David Lamb writes:

> ...  Yet for all Chopin's uniqueness and range of emotion, he
> never, in my opinion, reveals himself.  It is as though he were
> performing behind a screen.  Think of other composers.  Liszt, for
> example, we know almost too well through his work.  Beethoven is
> always present in person. Haydn seems as real as anybody you could
> ever know.  And with Mahler, we feel an intimate bond and know almost

Well said.  Isn't Bach also like Chopin in that respect?  Another
example of personal emotion coming through is Widor.  Often tempestuous.

Gerhard

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