Hi Angela,
I usually start the day with one of your Bach recordings, the perfect way to spend a few precious moments before the start of the working day.
I am looking forward enormously to the Bach Keyboard Concertos. I guess this just brings to an end the Bach marathon. I have just about all of them, and they are seldom far from my CD player. I have been wondering if there is any possibility of you recording any (or even all 555 of them!) of the Domenico Scarlatti Sonatas. Having enjoyed your Couperin recordings so much, and being particularly fond of Scarlatti's little gems, I couldn't help thinking that if anyone was going to record them on piano, it should be you. It would be a substantial undertaking, I know, but wow, what a prospect for fans. I would be interested to learn of your views on the Scarlatti sonatas. Personally I find them completely irresistable.
I particularly enjoy the fact that you write your own booklet notes. How did this come about? They are so detailed and informative, and very well written too, I might add. Any chance of Hyperion letting you put them on your website as a series of collected articles?
Finally, I hope to be able to see and hear you perform live at some time. I understand you prefer Fazioli pianos. Well the concert hall here in Leicester (De Montfort Hall) took delivery of a new Fazioli last year, and having heard it on a number of ocassions already since then, it sounds glorious. Any chance of a concert here? To hear you perform the Goldbergs and I could die a very happy man!
My very best wishes to you for the future, and heartfelt thanks for the music you make,
Ashley