Text: But--and Levin is likely to find this praise more infuriating than any criticism--had he chosen to play his Emperor  on a Steinway or a Bosendorfer, he might have given us one of the greatest recordings of the piece ever put on disc.
Entailment: If he had played his Emperor on a Steinway or Bosendorfer we could've had a better recording of the piece on disk.
Contradiction: Levin is likely to find this praise the greatest compliment he has ever received.