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Date:
Thu, 15 Apr 1999 10:03:46 -0500
Subject:
Re: Bach Violin Sonatas
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Steven Schwartz <[log in to unmask]>
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John Smyth on me comparing Bach on the piano to the harpsichord:

>>One man's meat.  I, on the other hand, have never heard a harpsichord
>>performance of Bach's solo keyboard music that has satisfied me as much as
>>the readings of any number of pianists.
>
>Surely you are familiar with Kenneth Gilbert's Bach? I don't particularly
>care for the harpsichord either, but I find Gilbert's choice of instrument,
>(and the Archiv recordings), very gratifying.

I have it.  I also have van Asperen, Leonhardt, Landowska, Dreyfus,
Chorzempa, and a few others.  Of these, I love Landowska above all, as
extravagant as she is.  In fact, I can amend my statement from "never" to
"almost never" just because of her.  Again, I've got nothing against any of
these players, and even find them wonderful when accompanied in a concerto
or accompanying in an instrumental sonata.  But my favorite performance of
the WTC, for example, remains Rosalyn Tureck's (piano) on American Decca.

Steve Schwartz

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