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Some GG Questions
Dear Everyone,
I have a few questions that I suspect list members will be able to answer.
1. I have never seen any recordings of GG playing
Scarlatti. Did he? If not, why not?
2. Bach Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord (BWV
1014 - 1019) and for Viola da gamba and
Harpsichord (BWV 1027 - 1029) are on Sony.
I have read that GG only recorded these to
fulfil a contract and that the recording reflects
this. What is the performance like?
3. Amongst the first Bach I heard played by GG were
the Preludes and Fughettas and the Nine Little
Preludes -- the miniatures now collected
together on Sony CB792 (at least in the 2 disc
version I have). GG returned to these a few years
before his death and they do seem to be a distillation
of his art. Does anyone think that GG had a particular
feeling for these miniatures and thought that
he had previously not done them justice?
Looking forward to your help.
- regards, Alun Severn
17/8/96
11:25 pm
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