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Re: GG's orthodox interpretations



At 12:00 22/01/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Bradley:
>
>I was intrigued by your classification of the Partitas (below).  I'd be
>very interested to hear your analysis of the differences - with respect
>to "orthodoxy" - between #1,5,6 and #2,3,4.  In particular, what makes
>the latter "unorthodox"?  Also, some of the tempi in #5 - insane, in my
>opinion, but also incredible and wonderful to behold - strike me as
>quite unusual.  These are among my favorite recordings, so I'm
>interested in your opinion of them.

To reinforce this point:
	How do we define orthodoxy in musical style/performance style?  I _do_
have an answer - perhaps a surprising one for this list - but I would like
to hear other's opinions first.



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