Ruben Stam wrote: >... The 'tubby' sound you mentioned detracts from what is otherwise a >fine recording by Ashkenazy of the Schubert B-flat sonata. His Schumann >recordings are among the worst sounding modern piano recordings I own, >only surpassed by that on the Brahms Handel variations/ Sonata disc. I agree Decca's track record on sound in their Ashkenazy recordings is nothing to write home about. I was thinking more about the Bach discs with Schiff which have close to perfect sound. Ulvi Yurtsever E-mail: [log in to unmask]