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Title: Sparkling and beautiful
Review: For the last twenty years I was a huge fan of Glenn Gould to the pointthat I believed that when it came to Bach, Gould's was the only opinionthat mattered. After having recently been shown that this was notnecessarily the case I pursued a few other recordings of the EnglishSuites, including Perahia's and Hewitt's.In my humble opinion, this one even surpasses the Gould set. I can'tstand the Hewitt set as it sounds to me like she read most of the partsin the studio and she noticably gets fatigued in many of the ornamentations.Perahia gives Bach even more life than I thought possible, sparklingand beautiful. The modern piano and studio also help to put thisrecording over the top for me. If you are still skeptical, downloadthe Gavotte II from Suite No. 6 or the Courante from Suite No. 3. Theseare good examples of how the entire set is played by Perahia.
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