Steve Schwartz: >I would also make the point that the Ravel orchestration of Pictures isn't >necessarily inferior to Mussorgsky's piano suite Most listeners would find this a real understatement, but I once heard--on the radio--a brilliant piano performance, following which the announcer remarked, "With playing like that, who needs an orchestra?" I had already decided those were my sentiments exactly but unfortunately I didn't remember the name of the (Russian) pianist, whose name was not familiar to me. (Not Richter.) Any suggestions? Jim Tobin (reading some of this thread in spite of himself)