Fabio Bertoni Picks Three

David Remnick asks Fabio Bertoni, The New Yorker’s legal counsel, what he does on the rare occasions when he’s not at work. For unwinding at home, Bertoni recommends a book on barbecue by Aaron Franklin, one of the kings of Austin food culture; performances of Arturo Toscanini conducting masterpieces like Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, which he finds on YouTube; and a very different Italian musician, the pop star Lucio Battisti, whose squishy synthesizer sounds must be appreciated unironically.