On Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 10:34:15 AM UTC-8, AB wrote:
>
> for me he is just an ordinary concert pianist.....
> we hardly ever talk about a real genius like
> Ciccolini who was in the same league as
> ABM, AdL, Richter, Sokolov, etc.
>
Hhmmm..... I am a great fan of Ciccolini, yet I
wouldn't describe him as a "genius". He was
certainly excellent at the peak of his career. I
heard him live more than once and he never
disappointed. But he was was no Richter,
and no AdL either. Just compare their
Iberia performances.
dk