Steve Schwartz wrote: >Don Satz mentions my name: > >> Quite a few months ago, both Steve Schwartz and I reviewed on this board >> a set of Bach's French Suites played by harpsichordist David Cates on >> the Music & Arts label. I found the performances the best on the market; >> Steve considered them overly romanticized. ... > >... I don't even consider you or me necessarily right. We hear what >we hear and make a case for our reactions. What else can we do? Cates, >incidentally, is starting to grow on me -- as I speculated in my review >that he might. On Don's recommendation, I purchased the Cates and have loved it from the beginning. As far as who's right, I don't really know that it ultimately matters. But I do feel that when an artist puts his work "out", he gives up a certain amount of authority as to interpretation and meaning, as this is part of the interaction with his audience (this applies to all arts, I think). When someone criticized Jacqueline du Pre for playing something in a different manner than the composer would have liked, she said something to the effect of "once he has finished writing it, it is mine!" Miguel Muelle [log in to unmask] www.miguelmuelle.com/db