Jace Whitmarsh ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >This was the first version I heard and still holds a place in my >affections. kentner was a wonderful Lisztian. I particularly enjoyed >Feux Follets, and for me Chasses Neiges had a curious apocalyptic quality. >For the historically minded there is a Kentner recording of Liapunov >"Transcendental Etudes". These frankly Lisztian imitations include a >striking musical portrait of the river Terek. The same river that the >Russians may be about to cross in Chechnya. Lyapunov was completing Liszt's tonal scheme, wasn't he? I presume Kentner's performance - not the complete set I suppose - are better than the worthy but dull Malcolm Binns on Pearl? Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]