Gerardo Constantini wrote: >Tureck is very interesting, but for me she sounds most times more >"scholar" than a "great artist". She uses the style perfectly (of course >in this topic nobody has the last word), but very few times she makes me >feel an emotional context on it: Don't forget Bach was not only Brain, but >a big soul too. I never forget that fact, and I don't think Tureck does either. Certain artists tend to get an "academic/scholarly" reputation, and we think that they slight the emotional and spontaneous areas of music. Tureck does no such thing. Whether it's the Philips or DG recording, I hear a superb pianist who digs into Bach and extracts a wonderful range of emotions. I feel them when I listen to her, and that's all I need to arrive at the conclusion that she marries the scholarly and emtional just fine. Yes, Ray, that includes the recent DG recording as well - keep listening, you might find it. Don Satz [log in to unmask]