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tell me one thing: do you now feel superior and happier? your honest answer to that question would be the final food to serve on the table. have a nice day

No, I don't feel superior or happier.  Why would I?  I simply believed Boileau's observation was apposite here.

When I asked you a simple question (“What are the many ‘excellent qualities’”?), the most “honest answer” you could provide seemed to be, in essence, that one who doesn’t appreciate the performance isn’t capable of appreciating it.  I don’t think that suffices as a credible explanation for the appeal of a recording you described in these words:

“yes, it has many excellent qualities, but some truly appalling ones too. u play with no tempo whatsoever to a point that it makes me wanna puke loud! pedalling is problematic, technique isn't good, melodic lines while often have sung very beautifully are often badly interrupted. that said, your talent remains top notch, yet that itself isn't enough.”

So I have another question:  what is the motivation to defend and even applaud as “genius” a performance that doesn’t even rise to a standard of mediocrity?  Perhaps your most outrageous statement was that “we need to learn alot from him, on the other hands he only needs to learn a little, if anything, from any of us”;  I think that’s offensive to those who actually approach their practice with artistry and craftsmanship and who possess the requisite technique for musical communication.

Assuming you were even serious (and it’s now apparent that you are), I was hoping you could defend your statements with concrete reasons or explain yourself with genuine answers.  Even if you cannot, maybe this should be considered the “final food to serve on the table” anyway.  It’s nonsensical to waste further time or energy on anything so absurd, especially (as was mentioned previously) considering all the truly praiseworthy recordings posted in this subforum by competent musicians that go relatively unnoticed.