Can anyone confirm that there are so many trills in the score of the Sarabande from the lute suite in e (BWV996) as Robert Hill does on his lautenklavier? I didn't notice such HUGE abundance of trills in any other performance of Bach. I can even say that the melody itself is hardly distinguishable under the thick cover of trills. I listened to Segovia's version on the guitar to compare it and, although Segovia barely connects sounds and sounds too Spanish, the melody is much better heard. The melody's so good that I'd rather remove most of the trills than stick to authenticity. As a side note, what do you think of the guitar recordings of the lute suites in general? For me, the guitar sound is very fragmented, chopped, having little resonance and the music cannot come out in a smooth rivulet-like flow when it would be nice if it could. The guitar is a wonderful instrument in the agitated Spanish music, including Gipsy Kings, but I'll probably forget about guitar versions of the Bach's suites and limit myself with the lautenklavier. The instrument sounds so good (at least in the Hill's nicely echoing recordings) that it seems more appropriate in other works as well - even more appropriate than the harpsichord that the works are usually played on (take Hill's BWV906 fantasia, for instance - I now can't imagine a better sound for this jolly piece than that coming from the lautenklavier). Juozas Rimas Jr (not the one playing) http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/141/juozas_rimas.html