@jcazador Jeremy I have just read your post about Arrau and Bach.
Having famously said he deferred to the harpsichordists when it came to playing him he unfortunately relented and recorded some Bach before he died. Well it is sad to see ones heroes fail before your ears and I listened to him trying to play the partitas. I couldn't get by no 2 in B flat major as I was horrified to hear a man in his late eighties stumbling through them. I HAVE HEARD 2ND YEAR STUDENTS PLAY BETTER. Surely it was up to the recording company to hold it back and not release it as it sounds nothing like him. I am glad that Brendel retired when he did as he thought he wasn't playing as good as he once did, I really admire him for that.
Having famously said he deferred to the harpsichordists when it came to playing him he unfortunately relented and recorded some Bach before he died. Well it is sad to see ones heroes fail before your ears and I listened to him trying to play the partitas. I couldn't get by no 2 in B flat major as I was horrified to hear a man in his late eighties stumbling through them. I HAVE HEARD 2ND YEAR STUDENTS PLAY BETTER. Surely it was up to the recording company to hold it back and not release it as it sounds nothing like him. I am glad that Brendel retired when he did as he thought he wasn't playing as good as he once did, I really admire him for that.