Deryk Barker wrote:

>When exactly did you hear him in person? If it was late in his career,
>then you are probably aware that the precursors of the stroke which was
>to disable him were already undermining his technique.

are you saying he was beginning to have a series of smaller strokes-
heard his debut in NYC in the late 40s and 2 more concerts after - he was
a marvelous musician with a beautiful tone, but never was he considered a
"virtuoso"- certainly nothing like Horowitz, Wild, Cziffra, Volodos, etc-
he was more concerned with musical matters-

Solomon was the first pianist I heard in concert - all because of his D
major Haydn sonata, his first recording of Beethoven PC #3 Liszt Hungarian
Rhapsody, Brahms Handel Variations and numerous smaller works all heard on
our local classical music station-

AB