Originally posted by Hitch
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I was allocated this one to play (on the piano) when we held a sponsored ‘48’ to raise funds to buy a new grand piano for the cathedral. (We also played a Chopin ‘Mazurkathon’!). This P & F may not be the most taxing to play or analyse, but the Prelude has a great deal of charm, and the Fugue unfolds in majestic flow. Sviatoslav Richter’s DG recording is one that I admire, along with András Schiff’s on ECM. The harpsichordist’s rubato here is a little too fussy for my taste.
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