{"id":608,"date":"2011-08-24T08:32:23","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T12:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.155dayswithbachandme.com\/?p=608"},"modified":"2011-08-24T08:49:31","modified_gmt":"2011-08-24T12:49:31","slug":"day-twenty-eight-six-partitas-part-one-cd-2-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.155dayswithbachandme.com\/?p=608","title":{"rendered":"Day Twenty Eight: Six Partitas, Part One (CD 2-5)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bach<\/a>If I have one complaint regarding the Brilliant Classics Complete Bach edition it’s this:<\/p>\n

Too much harpsichord!<\/p>\n

Or, to put it another way, this edition relies too much on period instruments. Would it have killed anyone to use a contemporary piano to perform The Well-Tempered Clavier<\/a>? Or the Six Partitas<\/a>? Unless one is a music historian, or someone with a taste\/fascination\/fetish for the harpsichord, then these performances will leave one cold. Perhaps Brilliant Classics was going for the “purist” approach to Bach. But I think Bach can be interpreted and played with instruments invented after the 1740s, don’t you?<\/p>\n

Regarding today’s compositions — Six Partitas — I’m pretty sure these would sound a lot better to my ears if they were played on the piano…for example, by — oh, say, Glenn Gould. <\/p>\n