"Karl T" is "trying to think up something really nasty to say about Bösendorfers in retaliation."To paraphrase Churchill, Bösendorfers have all the tonal virtues I dislike in pianos and none of the drawbacks I admire.
Poor Krystian Zimerman. Just after 9/11, his Steinway was confiscated by customs officials at JFK airport, who thought the glue smelled funny. They subsequently destroyed the instrument.
Mr. Nasty _____Listening to the Fifth Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams is like staring at a cow for forty-five minutes.
-Aaron Copland on Ralph Vaughan Williams ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html