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My favorite recording is the one he made with Sviatoslav Richter of the Beethoven Cello Sonatas. I have treasured this ever since it came out and prefer it to Casals, which is saying a lot (for me). I wish I could get enthusiastic about his Bach Cello Suites, but they were recorded in a cathedral that had so much reverberation that I could barely, if that, follow the music. So the Casals

Nordlinger's article is strictly classical music "lite", akin to the soft news pieces that newspapers keep in the drawer for days when nothing happens. As regards James Levine, those of us who work with him on a regular basis well know that his work in the last decade has been feeble as a result of the debilitating disease to which he sadly fell victim. Nordlinger's fawning over him therefore