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Re: Questions about WTCII
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Donald Satz <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 14 Aug 2001 12:17:16 -0400
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Juozas Rimas asks:

>1.  Is it true that there are no really slow preludes and fugues in
>volume of WTC?  (I listened to G. Gould's recording;...)

If none of the pieces in WTC II seems really slow, you can thank Gould
for it.  With the spacious readings from Rosalyn Tureck, quite a few
performances are very slow.  It just depends on the performer.

Don Satz
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