• Re: Sviatoslav Richter on Bach

    From Jay Reedy@21:1/5 to Alan Turing on Thu Feb 2 09:31:09 2023
    On Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 2:53:54 AM UTC-5, Alan Turing wrote:
    On 2012-11-10 16:20:03 +0000, Alan Turing said:

    On the cover of one of his CD collections "Richter plays Bach"(STR-33820-4CD) there is a quote:

    "It does no harm to listen to Bach from time to time, even if only from
    a hygienic standpoint" by him of course.

    This is completely lost on me and i was wondering if anyone could shed
    some light on or discuss this seemingly enigmatic statement.
    When i emailed my dad about the quote, he replied back with:

    "Listening to Bach is like attending confessional"

    I thought this was quite interesting as it very wholely captures my
    state of mind. A rather primal one that delivers me into a realm where
    truly I feel purged. Anyone else get this feeling?
    --
    -AlanTuring
    Confessional? A tad too catholic a reference perhaps.

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