While his playing was lauded, his choice of music (the Liszt arrangement of Weber's Polonaise Brillante for piano and orchestra) was derided as astoundingly impudent.
Aínda que alabaron o seu xeito de tocar, a súa elección da música (os arranxos de Liszt da Polonaise brillante para piano e orquestra de Weber) foi ridiculizada como incriblemente descarada.