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- ↑ MUSIC REVIEW; A Survey of Bach Opens at a Trot - New York Times
- ↑ MUSIC: The Year in Classical Music: The Critics' Choices; Assorted Bach; Assorted Bachs - New York Times
- ↑ Elste,Martin: "Meilensteine der Bach-Interpretation 1750-2000" Metzler/Bärenreiter, 2000, p. 203
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