The revival of Bach

Bach’s compositions nearly always sound profoundly inevitable.

Bach commanded more respect from Musicians than the general music public in the decades after his death.  The Baroque gave way to a lighter and more airy successive strikes, such as the Roccoco and then the Classical Style.  The Bach revival cited in the OP was largely fueled by reviving the large Choral Works, as the keyboard works were well appreciated by the likes of Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin

"profoundly inevitable."

An interesting and ambiguous phrase. First, while "predictable" certainly has negative connotations, "inevitable" suggests that the music is as it must be--no better choices exist. "profoundly" tells me that the second option is intended.

“And shall you not relent?”
“Shall a geometrical proposition relent?  I am not so superficial.”
“Doesn’t geometry treat of surfaces?” asked Mrs. Almond, who, as we know, was clever, smiling.
“Yes; but it treats of them profoundly. "

Henry James--Washington Square

Second option correct.