I read on this site words such as "torture", "very convoluted, even mannered" and the booklet accompanying the CD "marginal", "refuses to compromise on artistic requirements," "the last of the great titans of the Soviet era ". Only geniuses can conceptualize a sound. I prefer my hardiness which allows me to appreciate the music in the face-to-face, without any cognitive production. What is relaxing! And Sokolov, I like!