In addition to this in April discussed topic of "personal traits" and interpretation, which I wanted to add something to after having come across some new recordings. I listened to Sherbackows recordings of Beethoven diabolical Diabelli Variations. I only half joking said long ago to a listmember I involved in discussion that I might not be able to differ it from a certain other composers etudes....let me add: not when it comes to temperament!! The Diabelli variations are fileld with Beethovens temperament, and thinking process: That dancing little diddeliding sequence that is crushed down to just rythm in the first varation, and then everything builds up again over roughly 55 minutes. I think Naxos has made a lucky choice in snipping up this matrix (why isn't this pianist recording more, like with Jandoe's force?). Speaking of Jandoe, he can play eveything, Schernackow is outstanding in a certain piece. If one can argue Geoffrey Bush plays the Diabelli so childishly frustrated as he was a homosexual male and Beethoven was not, what is then Jandoe, who playes everything at least with elegance, and some corn of humour? Mats Norrman [log in to unmask]