Keep Or Return?

[J.A.W.]

  On 12/15/2012 at 4:25 PM, paul secor said:

  On 12/15/2012 at 2:44 PM, Peter Friedman said:

After reading all these comments it strikes me that the 2 opposite points of view are both partially correct.

From my perspective, yes interpretation certainly does matter, but is by no means everything. A marvelous

Interpretation of a composition one does not find interesting, or dislikes is of no value to the listener.

To follow up on Jim's food analogy, an important question is why do I select a rib steak to purchase at the market

rather than a strip steak. And don't forget the quality of the meat itself, is it choice or prime cut of meat.

The interpretation of Beethoven's piano sonatas is very important and should be discussed, but there is almost

no discussion of (for example) which Beethoven sonatas one finds most interesting, rewarding, pleasing, etc.

Isn't it equally important to discuss both which compositions by Chopin are my favorites, AND which pianists are my favorite

performers of those compositions?

Good points, Peter. Might be a good thread for you to initiate.

Yep, excellent post. I always thought the points Peter made were obvious until I started reading a few classical fora...

[JSngry]

Yeah, all I really wanted to know was if there was some sort of "consensus" here about this Rafal Blechacz guy, did he bring some flame to the game or not.

Apparently there's not, so I'll assume that he's not really a stirring enough performer to have fired anybody here's imagination (except Moms, who fired right back at him!).

I'll get out of the house and send the damn thing back, and never order from Amazon Seller Import CDs again! This is just too big of a mixup for which to have a logical explanation.

[kh1958]

That's odd, I've found Import CDs to be excellent--often at or near the best price on amazon, and fast and reliable.

Edited December 15, 2012 by kh1958

[JSngry]

Fair enough. I mean, shit happens, even weird shit. But geez, mixing up a used Brubeck CD with a new DG CD, somebody in the chain must've been working with their eyes closed.

[J.A.W.]

  On 12/15/2012 at 5:54 PM, kh1958 said:

That's odd, I've found Import CDs to be excellent--often at or near the best price on amazon, and fast and reliable.

Same here.