Re : [tuning] Bach and tuning

Neil haverstick wrote:

> A superb rendition of the Bach solo sonatas/partitas is by guitarist
> Kazuhito Yamashita...he also does the cello sonatas. Not only is the
> technique staggering, but the feeling, the emotional depth, is amazing.
> He's really playing on a deep level.

Is this a recent recording? I do have his recording of Mussorgsky's Pictures
at an Exhibition. I was sceptical before I heard it (that was in 1981) but
already after a few notes I was listening very concentrated. Today I think
that was still the best thing Yamashita ever did. During the years musical
'athletism' always seemed to generate his artistic output: complete Sor,
transcriptions of Dvorak 9th Symphonie, Stravinsky's Firebird (two guitars),
Beethoven's Violin Concert... His CD with Villa-Lobos' Studies and Preludes
is inaudible, way to fast and -sorry to say- really out of tune! I feel
sorry for this, because his potential is enormous. Is there new hope with
this Bach recording?

--Wim Hoogewerf