Shocked and deeply saddened to hear this news today. I feel grateful that I was in London during the 80s to attend some of his rare appearances there.. I particularly remember a sublime recital at the QEH of Forqueray, Duphly etc. I also recall being 19 and spending all my hard-earned cash on his box of all the Bach harpsichord concertos...I was a fan forever after.
Gustav Leonhardt, 1928 - 2012
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I have listened a lot to the 2008 80th birthday jubilee edition with a mixture of well-known works and less familiar items. A must-have, I would have thought. He seemed to be one those figures that would always be there. Looking back over his huge contribution over the years he must have died a happy man.
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