Re: Bach Toccata's

[Gillian Fernie <gillian.fernie@sympatico.ca>]

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.

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