Felix Delbrueck wrote concerning Rosalyn Tureck's Bach:

>She seems very much to divide opinions:....

I find that the artists who tend to receive the most extensive divided
opinions often have the most to offer; it's because they go their own way.

Felix mentioned Tureck's Partitas which have been released by Philips.
Those performances were less "analytical" than her recent Goldberg
Variations.  Has she changed her interpretations since the 1950's? All I
can say is that I don't know anyone who does things the exact same way as
they did 40 years ago.

I find Tureck superb in Bach whatever the decade or style she develops.
In recent months, I've bought some fine Bach piano discs: Goode, Perahia,
Hewitt, Peter Serkin, and Tureck.  With Tureck, and with Serkin and Hewitt,
the music envelops AND gets inside me.  Perahia, as an example, plays Bach
very well.  I can't think of one aspect of his playing that is deficient.
But, when he plays the English Suites, the music glides over the surface of
my skin; it never gets inside me.  In different repertoire, such as
Mozart's piano concerti, Perahia gets all the way in.

Don Satz
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