[LAU] Some new Bach

[Folderol]

On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:31:14 -0500
Dave Phillips <dlphillips at woh.rr.com> wrote:

> On 02/14/2013 10:11 AM, Folderol wrote:
> > Possibly 'pedestrian' was the wrong word, maybe 'rigid' would be better (then
> > again maybe not).
> >
> > For me, *personally*, the limited range of Bach I've heard, while sounding very
> > impressive, doesn't flow or drift in a way that I would enjoy. I especially
> > like loose timing (as much of my own music demonstrates) where you can hold a
> > note, chord, expression almost to breaking point.
> >
> 
> Ida Presti plays the Andante from BWV 1003 :
> 
>      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aZMIuAHXcY
> 
> Not great audio but a lovely performance.

Well that was interesting. Much better than other pieces I've heard, but even
so, hopping around YouTube I found that, almost without exception, I preferred
her playing of work from other composers.

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.