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Bach Toccata in c minor #356918 03/25/05 02:39 PM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 13 Northern New Mexico J julian OP Junior Member
OP julian Junior Member J Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 13 Northern New Mexico	I'm interested in other's experiences of learning and playing the great c minor toccata of j.s. Bach.

Re: Bach Toccata in c minor #356919 03/25/05 03:34 PM
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 848 CA Orlando Gibbons 500 Post Club Member
Orlando Gibbons 500 Post Club Member Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 848 CA	a wonderful work, and my favorite toccata. Gould has a great recording of it, he reigns himself in rather nicely. I think all the toccatas have a common performance problem, and that is, to keep the sense of freedom and fantasy while maintaining a coherent whole. To balance the textures of fantasy, fugue, recitative, etc. whie not losing focus is the challenge, I think. "See?! The Cliffs of Insanity!"

Re: Bach Toccata in c minor #356920 03/25/05 03:35 PM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,868 pianojerome 9000 Post Club Member
pianojerome 9000 Post Club Member Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,868	I love Hewitt's recording. It's definately my favorite of the Bach Toccatas. Sam

Re: Bach Toccata in c minor #356921 03/25/05 03:56 PM
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Ralph 1000 Post Club Member Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,651 Delaware (slower/lower)	I've heard several, but my favorite by far is Martha Argerich's recording. Do or do not. There is no try.

Re: Bach Toccata in c minor #356922 03/25/05 05:02 PM
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Kreisler Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 13,837 Iowa City, IA	I've played it. It's really wonderful. Fugue is awfully long. "If we continually try to force a child to do what he is afraid to do, he will become more timid, and will use his brains and energy, not to explore the unknown, but to find ways to avoid the pressures we put on him." (John Holt) www.pianoped.com www.youtube.com/user/UIPianoPed

Re: Bach Toccata in c minor #356923 03/25/05 06:43 PM
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OP julian Junior Member J Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 13 Northern New Mexico	Martha's recording is one of the best Bach recording in the discography, including the second partita and the second English suite. Her interpretation of the fuge of the Toccata is subtle and powerful, an architectual tour de force

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