“‘He sat down and played a chord something like this and he said, “How many?”‘ [Szell biographer Michael] Charry says. ‘I said six or seven and he said, “Can you name them?” and I actually did name them. And, passing that, then we went to the rest of the audition. I had the feeling, though, that if my ear hadn’t been good enough, he would have said, “Thank you very much, but you may go.”‘”