Its clear from this record that they were musical soul-mates. Local response was ecstatic, far beyond the mere plaudits he had received elsewhere. Sadly, although they often performed together, this was to be their only recording, as Kochanski died soon after. According to Simkin, Indiana University Press 1967 Main Stack PN1995. Mega super top of pop2011mp3, that may not be quite as strong an endorsement as it first appears - after all, Gould was a man of bizarre musical taste, who denigrated much of Mozart and Beethoven (and all of Chopin and Liszt) and who insisted that Orlando Gibbons was the greatest composer of all time.