A few weeks ago I made a post asking for your suggestions for performances of Ferruccio Busoni's transcription of this J.S. Bach piece. I actually haven't had a chance to buy any of these, and all I have is the Bolet version that's on his set of the Great Pianists of the 20th Century.
I've come to realize something: at the very end of the piece, when the left hand has particularly large chords, Bolet does not roll anything. I thought, maybe he picked up some left hand notes in the right hand, but as you will see, that is not a feasible task either. My conclusion is that Bolet "cheated" -- that is to say, sacrificed perhaps the top notes of the left hand chords in order to satisfy his personal interpretation of how the end of the piece ought to sound, because I don't recall Bolet having comparatively large hands, and I don't even think Cliburn could hit all these notes without rolling. Do you think Bolet is cheating? Do you agree with his interpretation?
I've scanned the measures in question.
