{"id":5960,"date":"2013-04-22T10:07:59","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T10:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/?p=5960"},"modified":"2013-04-22T10:07:59","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T10:07:59","slug":"playing-bach-on-an-elephant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/video-picks\/playing-bach-on-an-elephant-5960\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing Bach on an Elephant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pianist Andr\u00e1s  Schiff&#8217;s latest recording was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/andras-schiff-almost-won-grammy-without-pedal-5758\">nominated for Grammy<\/a> and gained international attention because of its lack of using the sustain pedal.<\/p>\n<p>In this interview Schiff explains and demonstates his ideas on this widely discussed topic on how to  play J. S. 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