I've noticed no one, including myself until now, has mentioned Gould. I personally find *some* of his Beethoven sonatas right on, like his Opus 31 #2 and his Opus 27 #1. (even Goode doesn't touch Gould on these two, and I like both pianists very well!) The problem with Gould is that he tends to take his own tempos and other liberties with the score. I think there was some discussion in another thread about taking liberties with a score, and most of his Beethoven doesn't fail. But some does... (I think you have to be a Gould fan to appreciate *ever*thing he did.) And for gosh sakes, skip his late sonatas at first!!:-) -Lindsey Orcutt [log in to unmask]