Bach Recording Rationale In preparation for his 1992 recording
of harpsichord music by J. S. Bach, Albert produced the
following document as a conceptual guide. I have long felt that
all the music I love is in some way a direct metaphor for the
human activities of singing and dancing, the gifts of the Muses!
Bach, a personality whom I adore, was, according to this
reasoning, likewise inspired in his human physicality by his own
understanding of the human need for singin' and dancin'. The
raison d'être of this present recording is to show my own,
personal understanding of how this proposition illuminates the
harpsichord works that Bach himself created and in what he loved
in the works of others. The Italians first developed the violin
as a surrogate voice, allowing those who could not sing to
possess the high c's of the sopranos on the stages of their
beloved opera houses. Inspired by this idea of surrogate voices
and with Vivaldi as his model, Bach demonstrated that the
concerto concept, normally realized by