Bach When I started listening to classical music, I came upon innumerous recommendations to start with Bach's music - WTC and Goldberg Variations specifically. I did and oddly enough, I did not enjoy it even the slightest. I despised it entirely, the writing had no breathing! Oh, its like listening to a factory machine! What is it about his works that people find so appealing? I abandoned and several months later I listened to his works - this time on harpsichord and it clicked. The writing [...]
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