On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:31:14 -0500 Dave Phillips <dlphillips@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02/14/2013 10:11 AM, Folderol wrote: > > Possibly 'pedestrian' was the wrong word, maybe 'rigid' would be better (then > > again maybe not). > > > > For me, *personally*, the limited range of Bach I've heard, while sounding very > > impressive, doesn't flow or drift in a way that I would enjoy. I especially > > like loose timing (as much of my own music demonstrates) where you can hold a > > note, chord, expression almost to breaking point. > > > > Ida Presti plays the Andante from BWV 1003 : > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aZMIuAHXcY > > Not great audio but a lovely performance. Well that was interesting. Much better than other pieces I've heard, but even so, hopping around YouTube I found that, almost without exception, I preferred her playing of work from other composers. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
