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David Pickett <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 10 Jun 2018 09:21:19 +0200
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At 08:23 10-06-18, Philip Kimber wrote:

 >Bach anywhere - just listen to the arrangements by the Swingle Singers
 >or Jacques Loussier! All great stuff, but Bach is always great.

My point is that Bach arranged is fine (eg. Gould and all the other 
instances so far cited). But, unless they play Bach/Busoni or a real 
arrangement, pianists who play Bach try to do it verbatim, and for me 
that doesnt work at all.

David

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