Seeing Kelly hold up that gloriously ghastly album cover made my day.

Hey, if I caught the flu at the theatrical premiere of Hard Truths, then I may as well ride it out streaming everything else!

Pretty much. It’s the New Haven version of Pizza Rat

Yeah, Segovia wasn’t really a pedagogue, and this book is a well-known red herring among teachers. I do think he was setting out to establish the set as a repertoire standard - see John Williams early recording of these 20 etudes in this order.

I always assumed it’s because of the neo-baroque style of the piece, which is more retro than his other 19 choices. Mirrors his typically chronological approach to concert programming.