Never been much of one, myself, for chamber music or sonatas; but I think him incomparable orchestrally. Reminds me that I haven't listened to the 6th & 8th symphonies or the 4th piano concerto for much too long. Must remedy.

Of course he was bad-tempered: of all the afflictions that could affect a great composer!... I don't believe in Heaven, yet irrationally hope that his supposed last words have come true and that he can hear there.

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