Dear Mimi, I really hope that your post is meant ironically and cheeky - if this is not the case I wonder what's happening to Lieder-L these days: is there a virus of being unfriendly around? >Robert Peters, you are the very same person who a few years ago was >mentioning that he had practically every single recording ever made >of a few Schubert cycles, yes? Well, no. I have three time Die schone Mullerin, two times Schwanengesang and six times Winterreise. Not very impressive, is it? >So why not just GIVE us your opinion instead of teasing us like ths? Because, Mimi, I am interested in your opinion and though it a good way to find out about out by asking. There is no teasing in my questions. >I already know that you think he is the best and I'm sure you know what >makes him best to you, and probably, after reading your old messages, >I'm certain that you don't think there is anything that you do not like >about Schubert. Well, again you are wrong. To me he is one of the best Lieder composers, but there are others I love as well: Schumann, Britten, Wolf. I really love Schubert's touching and moving humanity and his gift for inventing melodies but sometimes I wish he could have been more aggressive. Well, I am sorry to disappoint your prejudices. >Mimi Ezust, who never forgets. Robert Peters, who knows the mercy of forgetting some things sometimes.