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Created:	Mon Feb 17 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Mar 03 1989
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1517
Total number of notes:	13349

509.0. "Recommendations for Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier" by PRAGMA::GRIFFIN (Dave Griffin) Sun Oct 26 1986 18:06

    I recently decided that I liked what exerpts of Bach's "The
    Well-tempered Klavier" I have heard over the years so much that I
    would go out and pick up both books - knowing full well that it
    would be more than 1 CD... 
    
    I finally found it at Electric Grammaphone - $64  .. Ugh!
    
    Can any of the classical music specialists recommend a particular
    artist or recording before I purchase the CD - 'cause I'm only
    going to buy one version..  :-)
    
    Thanks,
    
    - dave

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
509.1		DSSDEV::CHALTAS		`Mon Oct 27 1986 07:49`	13
	Well, I don't know your tastes, but here are 3 reccommended performers 1. Trevor Pinnock ('authentic Baroque') 2. Ton Koopman ( ditto ) 3. Glenn Gould ('authentic Gould, definitely NOT Baroque -- uses a piano') Oh -- I don't really know if these folks have the complete WTC available on CD -- but they are good! George
509.2	Richter the Russian	IMNAUT::SIEGMANN		`Mon Oct 27 1986 09:23`	4
	Don't forget Sviatislov Richter; piano. Russian and exciting and even romantic performances. Had it on records and perhaps will be avail on CD. Ed
509.3	Gould plays Bach	BOLT::MINOW	Je suis marxiste, tendance Groucho	`Tue Jan 05 1988 14:23`	11
	The Glenn Gould recordings are available on a two CD set. You can also find the Goldberg Variations (1 cd) and the French and English Suites (2 cd's and 3 cd's per set). There is also a reissue of the first Gould recording of the Goldberg Variations. For completists, BIS records has issued a Gould recording from a Scandinavian tour. Available at Tower in Boston. Note that some of the Gould piano recordings include his off-key humming. Martin.
509.4		BINKLY::STROUBLE		`Wed Jan 06 1988 14:21`	15
	The April '87 issue of HiFi News & Record Review makes the CD of Das Wohltemperierte Clavier 1&2 by Kenneth Gilbert its 'Record of the Month'. (ARCHIV 413 439-2) 4-CD's, 255m 51s Reviewier Roger Bowen writes that it is one of the most immediate and sonically arresting harpsichord CD's he has heard and gives it their highest rating for both performance and recording.
509.5	Archive 413-439-2 Is Great	KACIE::DEUFEL	Daniel Allen Deufel	`Thu Jan 07 1988 14:14`	5
	re: 509.4 I have the Kenneth Gilbert set and I love it. -Abdul-