Lionel Choi wrote:

>I recently acquired Maria Yudina's recordings of Bach's Goldberg
>Variations, and Beethoven's Diabelli and Eroica Variations, all on the
>Philips Great Pianists Series.  I'm glad to report that I'm enjoying them
>tremendously.  What inspiring readings!  ...

Yudina I find an *interesting* if at times downright *outrageous*
pianist who sometimes seems to use hammers instead of fingers (good for
the Hammerklavier maybe?).  Everybody is entitled to his own opinion but
there are limits ;) Schnabel overrated in Beethoven, good grief.  And I
thought I had heard it all.....

Philip Peters (who sort of believes that Schnabel *is* Beethoven)