i agree, it's very "straight", nothing compared to his other classical stuff. even his wagner disk is more jazzy... it's more a cut up of beethoven's complete work played with piano and a small orchestra. as my boss said: you save a lot of money, because you don't have to buy the complete beethoven... ;-) Tim mailto:TimBlechmann@gmx.net ICQ: 96771783 http://www.nyds-exp-discogs.tk -- The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!" Jack Kerouac