{"id":10203,"date":"2013-07-15T19:28:18","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T00:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/wp\/?p=10203"},"modified":"2015-05-06T12:13:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T17:13:37","slug":"bach-times-377","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/bach-times-377\/","title":{"rendered":"Bach times 377"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon.com is currently offering <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00DHACZZ8\/\" target=\"_blank\">the complete harpsichord works of Bach<\/a>, performed by Martin Galling, for 99 cents. This includes both books of the <em>Well-Tempered Clavier<\/em>, the partitas and French and English suites, and much else. Even if the recordings are not to your taste, you&#8217;re only risking a dollar for fifteen hours of music.<\/p>\n<p>The performances, to my non-expert ears, are acceptable but not outstanding. Here&#8217;s Galling&#8217;s rendition of the Prelude and Fugue in C minor from the first book:<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.setup(\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-audio-player\/player\/player.swf\", { width: 290 });<\/script><p id=\"audioplayer_1678\"><audio controls><source src=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/audio\/Prelude in C Minor-galling.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p><p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.embed(\"audioplayer_1678\", {soundFile: \"http:\/\/tancos.net\/audio\/Prelude in C Minor-galling.mp3\",  titles: \"Zoopraxiscope\", autostart: \"no\", loop: \"no\", animation: \"yes\", remaining: \"yes\", noinfo: \"no\", initialvolume: \"70\", buffer: \"5\", encode: \"no\", checkpolicy: \"no\", rtl: \"no\", width: \"100%\", transparentpagebg: \"no\", bg: \"E5E5E5\", leftbg: \"CCCCCC\", lefticon: \"333333\", voltrack: \"F2F2F2\", volslider: \"666666\", rightbg: \"B4B4B4\", rightbghover: \"999999\", righticon: \"333333\", righticonhover: \"FFFFFF\", loader: \"009900\", track: \"FFFFFF\", tracker: \"DDDDDD\", border: \"CCCCCC\", skip: \"666666\", text: \"333333\"});<\/script><\/p><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.setup(\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-audio-player\/player\/player.swf\", { width: 290 });<\/script><p id=\"audioplayer_9358\"><audio controls><source src=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/audio\/Fugue in C minor-galling.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p><p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.embed(\"audioplayer_9358\", {soundFile: \"http:\/\/tancos.net\/audio\/Fugue in C minor-galling.mp3\",  titles: \"Zoopraxiscope\", autostart: \"no\", loop: \"no\", animation: \"yes\", remaining: \"yes\", noinfo: \"no\", initialvolume: \"70\", buffer: \"5\", encode: \"no\", checkpolicy: \"no\", rtl: \"no\", width: \"100%\", transparentpagebg: \"no\", bg: \"E5E5E5\", leftbg: \"CCCCCC\", lefticon: \"333333\", voltrack: \"F2F2F2\", volslider: \"666666\", rightbg: \"B4B4B4\", rightbghover: \"999999\", righticon: \"333333\", righticonhover: \"FFFFFF\", loader: \"009900\", track: \"FFFFFF\", tracker: \"DDDDDD\", border: \"CCCCCC\", skip: \"666666\", text: \"333333\"});<\/script><\/p><\/p>\n<p>Compare it to Malcolm Hamilton&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.setup(\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-audio-player\/player\/player.swf\", { width: 290 });<\/script><p id=\"audioplayer_3493\"><audio controls><source src=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/audio\/Prelude-hamilton C minor.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p><p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.embed(\"audioplayer_3493\", {soundFile: \"http:\/\/tancos.net\/audio\/Prelude-hamilton C minor.mp3\",  titles: \"Zoopraxiscope\", autostart: \"no\", loop: \"no\", animation: \"yes\", remaining: \"yes\", noinfo: \"no\", initialvolume: \"70\", buffer: \"5\", encode: \"no\", checkpolicy: \"no\", rtl: \"no\", width: \"100%\", transparentpagebg: \"no\", bg: \"E5E5E5\", leftbg: \"CCCCCC\", lefticon: \"333333\", voltrack: \"F2F2F2\", volslider: \"666666\", rightbg: \"B4B4B4\", rightbghover: \"999999\", righticon: \"333333\", righticonhover: \"FFFFFF\", loader: \"009900\", track: \"FFFFFF\", tracker: \"DDDDDD\", border: \"CCCCCC\", skip: \"666666\", text: \"333333\"});<\/script><\/p><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.setup(\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-audio-player\/player\/player.swf\", { width: 290 });<\/script><p id=\"audioplayer_5346\"><audio controls><source src=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/audio\/Fugue C minor-hamilton.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p><p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.embed(\"audioplayer_5346\", {soundFile: \"http:\/\/tancos.net\/audio\/Fugue C minor-hamilton.mp3\",  titles: \"Zoopraxiscope\", autostart: \"no\", loop: \"no\", animation: \"yes\", remaining: \"yes\", noinfo: \"no\", initialvolume: \"70\", buffer: \"5\", encode: \"no\", checkpolicy: \"no\", rtl: \"no\", width: \"100%\", transparentpagebg: \"no\", bg: \"E5E5E5\", leftbg: \"CCCCCC\", lefticon: \"333333\", voltrack: \"F2F2F2\", volslider: \"666666\", rightbg: \"B4B4B4\", rightbghover: \"999999\", righticon: \"333333\", righticonhover: \"FFFFFF\", loader: \"009900\", track: \"FFFFFF\", tracker: \"DDDDDD\", border: \"CCCCCC\", skip: \"666666\", text: \"333333\"});<\/script><\/p><\/p>\n<p>and Takahiro Sonoda&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.setup(\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-audio-player\/player\/player.swf\", { width: 290 });<\/script><p id=\"audioplayer_9948\"><audio controls><source src=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/audio\/Prelude in C minor-sonoda.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p><p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.embed(\"audioplayer_9948\", {soundFile: \"http:\/\/tancos.net\/audio\/Prelude in C minor-sonoda.mp3\",  titles: \"Zoopraxiscope\", autostart: \"no\", loop: \"no\", animation: \"yes\", remaining: \"yes\", noinfo: \"no\", initialvolume: \"70\", buffer: \"5\", encode: \"no\", checkpolicy: \"no\", rtl: \"no\", width: \"100%\", transparentpagebg: \"no\", bg: \"E5E5E5\", leftbg: \"CCCCCC\", lefticon: \"333333\", voltrack: \"F2F2F2\", volslider: \"666666\", rightbg: \"B4B4B4\", rightbghover: \"999999\", righticon: \"333333\", righticonhover: \"FFFFFF\", loader: \"009900\", track: \"FFFFFF\", tracker: \"DDDDDD\", border: \"CCCCCC\", skip: \"666666\", text: \"333333\"});<\/script><\/p><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.setup(\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-audio-player\/player\/player.swf\", { width: 290 });<\/script><p id=\"audioplayer_5687\"><audio controls><source src=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/audio\/Fugue in C minor-sonoda.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p><p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.embed(\"audioplayer_5687\", {soundFile: \"http:\/\/tancos.net\/audio\/Fugue in C minor-sonoda.mp3\",  titles: \"Zoopraxiscope\", autostart: \"no\", loop: \"no\", animation: \"yes\", remaining: \"yes\", noinfo: \"no\", initialvolume: \"70\", buffer: \"5\", encode: \"no\", checkpolicy: \"no\", rtl: \"no\", width: \"100%\", transparentpagebg: \"no\", bg: \"E5E5E5\", leftbg: \"CCCCCC\", lefticon: \"333333\", voltrack: \"F2F2F2\", volslider: \"666666\", rightbg: \"B4B4B4\", rightbghover: \"999999\", righticon: \"333333\", righticonhover: \"FFFFFF\", loader: \"009900\", track: \"FFFFFF\", tracker: \"DDDDDD\", border: \"CCCCCC\", skip: \"666666\", text: \"333333\"});<\/script><\/p><\/p>\n<p>Galling is a plodder. I&#8217;m being unfair \u2014 he usually picks better tempos than he does in that prelude \u2014 but there is a reason why he is seldom mentioned in the same breath as Glenn Gould and Wanda Landowska. Still, Galling generally does play Bach well enough to give pleasure, and the set <em>is<\/em> a good deal. You can indeed find better recordings of Bach, but they&#8217;ll cost you much more than one dollar.<\/p>\n<p>For the heck of it, I found MIDI files of the prelude and fugue and ran them through a synthesized harpsichord on my computer:<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.setup(\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-audio-player\/player\/player.swf\", { width: 290 });<\/script><p id=\"audioplayer_3564\"><audio controls><source src=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/audio\/PreludeFugueCminor.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p><p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.embed(\"audioplayer_3564\", {soundFile: \"http:\/\/tancos.net\/audio\/PreludeFugueCminor.mp3\",  titles: \"Zoopraxiscope\", autostart: \"no\", loop: \"no\", animation: \"yes\", remaining: \"yes\", noinfo: \"no\", initialvolume: \"70\", buffer: \"5\", encode: \"no\", checkpolicy: \"no\", rtl: \"no\", width: \"100%\", transparentpagebg: \"no\", bg: \"E5E5E5\", leftbg: \"CCCCCC\", lefticon: \"333333\", voltrack: \"F2F2F2\", volslider: \"666666\", rightbg: \"B4B4B4\", rightbghover: \"999999\", righticon: \"333333\", righticonhover: \"FFFFFF\", loader: \"009900\", track: \"FFFFFF\", tracker: \"DDDDDD\", border: \"CCCCCC\", skip: \"666666\", text: \"333333\"});<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon.com is currently offering the complete harpsichord works of Bach, performed by Martin Galling, for 99 cents. This includes both books of the Well-Tempered Clavier, the partitas and French and English suites, and much else. Even if the recordings are not to your taste, you&#8217;re only risking a dollar for fifteen hours of music. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/bach-times-377\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bach times 377&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[78,669],"class_list":["post-10203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-bach","tag-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-2Ez","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10203"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13635,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10203\/revisions\/13635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}