its pretty disgusting really, but this ignorant sort of attitude still runs rampant today, look at 'mephisto'....
So you mean that it is a fact that Cziffra was a great pianist and that everybody that don`t like him is ignorant and simply wrong. Explain........-The Mephisto
I'm quite sure he deliberately omitted Cziffra, he mentioned Hungarian pianists like Tamas Vasary but not Cziffra. Btw Stevie, while Horowitz got mentioned, I got the impression that Schonberg regarded him as a mere technician, which made me mad. Overall its still an enjoyable read.
He's a critic, 'nuff said.koji
You should read Schonberg's Vladimir Horowitz: His Life and Music, which is an entire book dedicated to him.