Wonderful Bartok recordings, thanks.
He was a superb pianist, there's a recording of him playing a few Scarlatti sonatas and you can really hear his elegance and precision of touch.
Re Beatles, I guess there are those who would say that for all their popularity they were important precisely for their experimentalism (within the confines of rock), as seen from stuff like Tomorrow Never Knows or certain tracks off the White Album... Not that it means everyone should listen to them obv! To each one's own.
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