Dear List:
I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned the difficulty Bach had with his
parishoners over his arrangements of chorale preludes. From Christoph
Wolff, Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician, p. 85:
First, they reproved Bach for having hitherto made many curious variations
in
I also didn't like the sound at first hearing. I couldn't get past the
reverb. However, since then I have grown to love this recording. Now I
can't get past the astonishing artistry.
On a related note, early in the current release The American our hero goes
to a small village in Italy. He
