Deryk Barker wrote: >I'll grant you Pollini, especially the fugue, which he plays bettter than >anyone else IMO. > >OTOH you should hear Solomon, whose late sonatas stand with Schnabel's. I haven't heard these. In fact I haven't listened to any Solomon since the recordings he made in the 1940s (he used to "own" the Op. 2, No. 3). If I can track down his Hammerklavier (and later), I'll do some serious listening. John Dalmas [log in to unmask]