http://crookedtimber.org/2004/05/25/well-tempered-clavier/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:39:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://crookedtimber.org/2004/05/25/well-tempered-clavier/comment-page-1/#comment-29710 PK Tue, 25 May 2004 17:16:52 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1620#comment-29710 OK, WTC fans: Can you recommend a great recording actually performed on a well-tempered instrument? Everyone seems to use plain old modern equal temperament, but much of the point of the Bach's composition here is dealing with the constraints of the differences between the various keys that just don't show up with equal temperament. --PK OK, WTC fans: Can you recommend a great recording actually performed on a well-tempered instrument? Everyone seems to use plain old modern equal temperament, but much of the point of the Bach’s composition here is dealing with the constraints of the differences between the various keys that just don’t show up with equal temperament. —PK

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/05/25/well-tempered-clavier/comment-page-1/#comment-29709 Sebastian Holsclaw Tue, 25 May 2004 17:07:14 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1620#comment-29709 I always loved the WTC, though I prefer Kunst der Fugue. I always loved the WTC, though I prefer Kunst der Fugue.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/05/25/well-tempered-clavier/comment-page-1/#comment-29708 Motoko Kusanagi Tue, 25 May 2004 16:13:26 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1620#comment-29708 1. Sviatoslav Richter 2. Rosalyn Tureck (DG rather than BBC) 3. Glenn Gould 4. Edwin Fischer 1. Sviatoslav Richter 2. Rosalyn Tureck (DG rather than BBC) 3. Glenn Gould 4. Edwin Fischer

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/05/25/well-tempered-clavier/comment-page-1/#comment-29707 fyreflye Tue, 25 May 2004 15:55:30 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1620#comment-29707 Thanks for this link from a longtime WTC fan. I suppose we could turn this post into a lengthy thread if there were enough CT readers interested in the harpsichord vs. piano issue, or who want to tout their favorite recording of the piece. My vote's for Feinberg on piano, with Richter, Demus and Schepkin as runners up. Thanks for this link from a longtime WTC fan. I suppose we could turn this post into a lengthy thread if there were enough CT readers interested in the harpsichord vs. piano issue, or who want to tout their favorite recording of the piece. My vote’s for Feinberg on piano, with Richter, Demus and Schepkin as runners up.

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