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Re: Bach Toccata's
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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