Some of his early recordings can be quite elegant, and I love his Vox recordings from the 50s. However, his arrogance is something inexcusable. It was Liszt who said that learning to become a great musician is learning to become a great human being. Insulting colleagues, especially living ones, is totally unbecoming. Brendel also dismisses all of Rachmaninov as “a waste of time.” Ashkenazy often said generally, “If somebody does not like Rachmaninov, I have serious doubts about his qualities as a human being.”
cause many pianists are traumatized from the beatings they got when they wuz spoilt brat youngsters and they want to shit on other mofos cause it is their only outlet for any kind of social life aside from ladyboys in Thailand
the mofos that got an early claim to fame suffering from Poony style brain warps while da C tier mofos want to make money from something which 99% of society sees as a hobby and loser their soul while they aspire to grift.