There's little music I like more than Bach's organ works.

I have these two:

I have this:

I'll try to get my hands on the Pinnock/English recordings Brian.

Currently doing this with the Goldberg Variations:

Plays Perahia's version of variation 1
Plays Gould's version of variation 1
Plays Tureck's version of variation 1
*repeat process for all variations and arias*



Any other great performances I need?

Goddamnit so much Bach I still need.

Dreww if you have v0s of the non-Perahia ones, upload?

Gould's second version
-http://www.mediafire.com/?289a6oddm6f2s9j

My Tureck is Apple Lossless. It's also apparently not the best one, although I like it (I have the Deutsche Grammophon while VAI is supposed to be the best).

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Which Gould recording were you listening to?

You might also try a harpsichord version of the Goldberg Variations. The Penguin and Grammophone guides both recommend versions by Trevor Pinnock, Kenneth Gilbert, and Christophe Rousset.

The second one.


Brian The Historically Informed Performance Junkie! But no, I'll check out one of those.

Awesome. I prefer that to the first, for sure. So much more emotion.

Today I'm checking out this one:

Yes, I definitely prefer period instruments for Baroque era music. I especially prefer them in cases such as this, where the modern instrument, the piano, sounds so different from the original instrument, the harpsichord.

For the keyboard concertos, there's also a middle ground option. One of the versions recommended by the Penguin Guide is on modern instruments except that a harpsichord is used: harpsichordist Robert Levin with the Stuttgart Bach Collegium, conducted by Herbert Rilling.

I didn't post when everyone else was doing it, but I've been using spotify to swim through a bunch of Gould's major Bach works: WTC 1 and 2, both versions of the goldberg variations, and the art of fugue. If I'm not burned out, I'll do organ next.

Listening to Rosalyn Tureck's recording of Well-Tempered Clavier. Fantastic, I'd highly recommend it.