"On Elaine Comparone: I've heard worse. And: Music exists for the 
performer's and the audiences' joy. And there are different performers
and different audiences. Claiming that there is just one correct way
(or any wrong way) to perform a piece IMO is equivalent to declare 
that this piece should be regarded as something dead belonging in
a museum... "

All very true.  My intention in posting to this thread earlier on was, in any case, to comment on what I (and others, evidently) feel is an example of poor technique.  I made no comment on the performance, as that was not the issue for me in writing up my post for the list.

BM

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