Re: Bach Toccata's

[Bruce Petherick <brucep@canada.com>]

At 19:46 18/01/99 -0700, you wrote:

>I just purchased Glenn's recording of Bach's Toccata's, because I

>am learning the D Minor (BWV 913).  Is it just me, or are Gould's

>tempo's relatively unorthodox?   It seems to me, especially in the D

>counterpoint is brought out incredibly.  I just have never heard

>these toccata's performed by anybody else, so I don't know how

>the "mainstream" interpretation with regard to tempo's goes. 

If you haven't heard any other performances, how do you know what is an
orthodox tempo?  I am not being mean, but I want to know how
orthodoxy is perceived.

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