Peter Horvath wrote:

>I have a very difficult time understanding why she is considered to
>be "the high priestess of Bach."  To me her playing is boring and
>pedantic.

I also have the Bach partitas discs in the Philips Great Pianists
series, but I do not share Peter's opinion.  I found her interpretations
insightful, tasteful, and a product of the times.  What did bother me were
her frequent dynamic fluctuations which, for me, did disturb the flow of
the music.  Overall, I'm glad I have the recordings.  The recorded sound
is not too good though.  It's rather boxy and shallow.

I don't know to what extent she is considered the "high priestess." The
title is pretty dumb at this point in time.  I am interested in her new
recording on DG of the Goldberg Variations; at least the sound should be
very good.

Don Satz
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