Fernando Valenti, one of this century's harpsichordists, here reveals his approach to playing Bach's six Partitas.
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Dissapointing,
By D. Schuster (Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Performer's Guide to the Keyboard Partitas of J.S. Bach (Hardcover)
Valenti's guide to the keyboard Partitas of J.S. Bach is an entirely subjective account of his personal interpretive whims. Written in a scripted, question and answer format (with dissapointing results) each movement of each Partita is alloted about three to five questions which, frustrating for the serious performer, tend to focus on historical asides rather than specifcs of articulation, dynamics, slurring, etc. In addition to this, these questions are often far more vague and juvenile than one would expect of an experienced musician ready to learn these monumental works. Occasionally the author will compare different editions of the Partitas and point out some important thoughts on ornamentation, but one would do better to spend the forty dollars on several good recordings of the works, which will likely be far more illuminating and enjoyable.
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