Donald Satz wrote: >Among other BMG offerings, Donald Scarinci asked about the Schumann piano >concerto and violin concerto disc performed by Argerich, Kremer, and >Harnoncourt on Teldec. > >. . .This mostly concerns the piano concerto where I felt the balance >between orchestra and piano was unfavorable. . . . Many people tend to >think not too well of the piano concerto, and I wonder if it's >peformances like the Argerich which lead to that opinion. If that was >the only one I was familiar with, I'd be thinking that the concerto was >nothing great. I doubt it's "performances like the Argerich" -- unless you mean, "like the Harnoncourt" or "like the engineering on the Argerich"... I had the same reaction but when I raised the sound level to Loud, it made all the difference for me. Also, I have a version of Argerich playing this with Celibidache as well as with Kord (presently available on Polska) + a video'd concert performance with another conductor, and her playing of this piece will not likely be the reason anyone thinks less of the concerto. Andrys in Berkeley, CA http://www.andrys.com/books.html Search Classical: Sheet Music, Videos, CDs