Also, we're on dodgy ground if we always assume that a composer's recordings of his own work are definitive. Before the age of recording that wasn't conceivable in any case. Scott-Skinner was a complex and temperamental fellow who was involved in dance, traditional and classical performance and composition. His long life saw out the end of the Romantic period and the start of what we could loosely term the modern era. As Will touches on, playing styles were evolving. I have lots of classical recordings from the 20s and 30s which are full of portamento that would raise eyebrows today. Scott-Skinner's own recordings are of interest and good points of reference, but I can't think for a minute that he wouldn't have wanted performers down the years to make his pieces their own.