Walter Meyer wrote:

>Funny thing.  I never heard of Alfred Brendel until years after I first
>heard of Badura-Skoda.  The pianist I would hear him referred to with was
>Georg Demus, his junior by a year, w/ whom I believe he recorded some works
>for two pianists.

Same with me.  Brendel came into my ken in the 70s, PB-S in the 50s.  And
yes, I too would associate him more with Jorg Demus (that's the spelling
I've always seen.) Interestingly, I got to know the keyboard music of
Bach and the work of Demus at the same time, c.  1958.  I had a three-LP
Remington set of the partitas, three of which were played by John Gillespe
on the harpsichord, two by Demus on the piano and the remaining one by
another pianist.  I can't remember the name.  The album made me a firm
believer in Bach on the harpsichord, through no fault of Demus.  Even at
the age of 14, I could tell that his playing was exceptionally intelligent
and musical.  But when you're 14, you tend to get pretty rigid in your
artistic convictions.  It wasn't until I heard Angela Hewitt, about 15
years ago, that I began to listen gladly to Bach on the piano. Now I
prefer it that way.  And hey, how about them Murray Periah English Suites
-- real good stuff in the midst of what is becoming the wasteland of Sony
Classics.

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