Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichordist, organist and conductor, born 30 May 1928; died 16 January 2012
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3 comments:
Very true...
(cf. discussions on composer's intentions, interpretation, intentional fallacy, etc. etc.)
One of the greatest musicians of the century (and a lovely version of Les villageoise!)
One of the greats. Send not to know for whom the bell tolls, etc etc.
He doesn't seem to have been an easy man to work with, though; comparisons have been drawn with Richter - another towering genius now lost to us.
Sic transit...
I had the privilege to hear him a number of times, Yacht. But never met him.
Difficult? No hint of that in his playing which would have been the greater part of him.
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