Re: The Bach Choral Dilemma

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On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Diana Deutsch wrote:

> >My wife has a recording of the cello suites by Morten Zeuter, a Danish
> >cellist, in which he pauses slightly before and after every bass note
> >and thereby destroys the streaming effect. I have always been annoyed by
> >that performance (I even think it got a Danish music award).
>
Excuse my ignorance, but if performance can cause such a huge difference,
then shouldn't it be denoted somehow in the music sheet?

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