I then went to the WGBH classical music site and listened again to Lugansky’s performance. By comparison to the Horowitz performance, Lugansky’s was empty–devoid of feeling and interpretation. He seemed to give each note the same weight, where Horowitz emphasized some and underplayed others. Lugansky’s timing, too, was overly mechanical, as if he still felt compelled to match a metronome exactly. I felt he played the notes, but not the music.