of Schiff’s Bach) “I never recall hearing Bach better played on a piano. He has obviously profited from the return to the baroque style (he studied with George Malcolm) but as Bach on piano must be in the nature of a modern arrangement he is sparing with baroque conventions.”(Gramophone). “(Lipatti’s) classic performances were recorded by Walter Legge in a dry Geneva studio in the last year of Lipatti’s short life, but with each issue they seem to have grown in wisdom and subtlety. The reputation of these meticulous performances is fully deserved” (Penguin Guide)

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Lipatti - rec. 1950, Schiff - rec. 1978