John Grant wrote: >Ditto, ditto: but some qualifications. Gould's Brahm's Intermezzi are >wonderful. Jarrett's WTC is near the bottom of my own personal list (Book >1 on piano; book 2 on clavichord, I think); but his Shostakovich Preludes >and Fugues, and his Handel Suites are superb. I've never heard the performances of the Brahms intermezzi by Gould. All I can say is that I have heard more people agree with you than not regarding their quality. I'm not sure exactly what I dislike about the Gould performance of the Rhapsodies. They sound very mechanical like they were being churned on a conveyor belt. I'll look into the Jarrett WTC and I'll keep in mind your opinion before I make the decision to buy. Jarrett's recording of the Handel Suites is very nice. I was tempted to pick it up a few years back but never went through with it. I have the 8 suites (1720) in a recording by Paul Nicholson on the Hyperion label. It's also a nice performance although some parts are grotesquely ornamented in my opinion. Maybe Handel the showman would perform them in much the same way. --Wes Crone