Ron Chaplin wrote:

>Right now, I'm listening to Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas/Mikhail
>Pletnev/Virgin D 212324 and I like the recordings very much.  I also have
>the WTC Books 1 and 2 by Angela Hewitt, which I also like very much.
>
>I'm wondering if any List members have an opinion about what is gained
>and/or what is lost when works for the harpsichord are performed on piano.
>If I have the works performed on piano, do I owe it to myself to get the
>same recordings performed on harpsichord?

I actually prefer these Scarlatti works played on the Harpsichord which is
the 'authentic' performance anyway.  The same goes for works by Rameau etc.

But I was wondering also about the Bach keyboard works on (you've guessed
it) Brilliant.  A lot of these seem to be on harpsichord or cembala.  Yet
most of the performances one usually comes across have these works played
on a piano.  Do Bach experts have any views on this?

Bob Draper
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