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Compared with
Gieseking's instrumental and musical mastery, Samuel may sound correct, academic and less interesting, but we have too few documents of how he played other composers to gain a full understanding of his art. He helped prepare listeners for then unfamiliar compositions by Bach through an
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A few recordings (apparently live) by Samuel can be heard on Duo-Art piano-rolls (at least via their MIDI scans). Recordings made acoustically by Samuel can also be heard via YouTube (see
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Harold Samuel was particularly distinguished as an interpreter of Bach, whose entire keyboard oeuvre he learned by heart. At his London début in 1898 he played Bach's
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were among the first pianists of the twentieth century to play pure-Bach, distinguished for having programmed large scale works by Bach in their recitals.
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332:"Mr Harold Samuel - A Great Interpreter of Bach"
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