Edwin Fischer is GREAT at Mozart, horrible in Bach, both stylistically and technically inapt... Casals does not stand up in any way except as part of the discography, not quite as odious as fucking Heifetz from the another thread (Heifetz = marketing & to buy that box instead of, say, 30-40 Naxos CDs of diverse repertoire ludicrous or just brand loyalty). Spare me Artie Grumiaux's 'lustrous tonal elegance' & that tinkly dink distant clavecin also, please.
Performance practice has come a long way from St. Louis & both more 'authentic' AND jazzier than it's been for 300+ years, time to shuck these received hosannas for schlubs too arrogant to know from Dolmetsch or Duke.
Helene Schmitt
Carmignoloa + Marcon
somewhat mean to take (and destroy) that newbie post of mine from back when ... will reply at more length later on.
the one part that makes me scratch my head is, under Brandenburg Concertos/Orchstral suites: "(clearly room for more here!)" - you think those needn't be bothered with at all?
i believe the post you are referring to as a whole makes one "scratching his head".....IMO.....