An important point: When I was in the 6th form (Year 11-13) in 1964-1965 Bach as performed by The Swingle Singers and Jacques Loussier was the ultimate in coolness. We transposed the "Air on a G String" to make it singable (this was decades before IMSLP, I no longer know where we got the sheet music from; we had almost no access to recordings)) and sang it under the trees at Sandown Grammar School, Isle of Wight, Great Britain. Bach was the way forward, out of the  anthologies of cloying piano music  ("Golden Hours"  is one name I remember and a French 19th century guy called Godard(?)). I recently threw out my dog-eared copies  of the 48 (Edition Peters) which I had bought as a student about 1966-1967  after my Grade 8 exam) and bought new ones.  I still play Bach almost every day, now on my spinet, trying to observe what I learned during my harpsichord lessons.  My (English language) students are amused by the internet phrase "Just saying" - but it's exactly right in this context: For me, Bach has always been the way forward.

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