Philip Peters wrote: >>*Never* listen to John McCabe, the *butcher* of Haydn sonatas. Don Satz replied: >...But, as I remember, his reissued set of Haydn's piano sonatas received >moderate to good reviews. So, could Peter give us a little more of the >"scoop" on McCabe's butchering process? I am sure Philip will, but let me add my 2 cents worth. I looked for years for McCabe's Haydn Sonatas, and was ecstatic when I found a copy. I was despondent after listening to the first couple minutes of the first disc, especially after laying down $$$ for what I recall as an at least 10 disc set. In a nutshell: boring, stiff, lacks spirit and grace, stilted, humorless, technically challenged, missing any sense of elan or wit. I suffered through every disc of the set trying to find SOMETHING worth all the fuss. I didn't find it. My preferred versions include the 4 disc Brendel set, Richter's on Decca, Pletnev on Virgin and various other individual perfromances. JPrevite