James Zehm wrote: >... To those who claim they hear a difference, I always wanted >to know; where is the difference? - Is it in a certain chord? or a certain >note? or a certain phrase? I am pretty sure, and some should listen to >that, that Tjajkovskijs "Pathetique" would have sounded the same if he had >not been a homosexual, Richthers Rachmaninov would have been the same even >if he had loved women. Of coure there is a difference. Emotional and temperimental. Tell the truth, could you imagine Rubinstein or Richter being female? For me they bring the masculine emotional world. Richter with his temperement and his large massive structure and modesty. The Prokofief concertos are very masculine pieces. Another very masculine pianist is Alfred Brendel. "Gal Shalev" <[log in to unmask]>