Re: Bach Toccata's

["Pat.Zumstein" <pzumst@bluewin.ch>]

> Andrew:
>
> I don't know anywhere on the Web but there is a store in Toronto that has them all in
> stock and ships them all over the world.  The store name is L'Atalier Grigorian and
> their phone number is (416) 922 6477. Fax is (416) 922 4879.  Their hours of
> operation are 10 a.m to 6p.m Monday through Saturday (Thursdays and Fridays till 8
> p.m) and that is eastern time..  Its a family run business and they are great people
> to deal with.  They also have most GG books in print and all the CDs.

Just remembered that the store also has a website at
www.chumcity.com/bravo/grigorian
e-mail grigorian@msn.com

Pat

>
> Gillian
>
> Andrew Lance wrote:
>
> > > It's interesting to note that GG really *didn't* like these pieces much at all.
> > > He was particularly critical of the fugues ("in need of a red editor's pen")
> >
> > Yes, and with good reason.  The toccata's for harpsichord were
> > some of the first large-scale pieces Bach wrote for that instrument,
> > and as Gould rightly pointed out, they aren't very contrapuntal--that
> > is, relative to the complexity Bach would compose with later in his
> > life.  Speaking from a performance aspect, I find the voices in the
> > fugues difficult to perpetuate forward, something that Gould didn't
> > seem to have any problem with.  Because they are so harmonic,
> > the horizontal aspect just isn't very strong.
> >
> > On another note, does anybody know of some place on the Web
> > that sells the the Glenn Gould Collection of video's by Sony?  I
> > have the Goldberg Variations, and need to buy the rest!  Thanks.
> >
> > Andrew