Bach by Bach
I know I've raised this point before: Why must we be bombarded with
arrangements, mutilations, etc. of Bach's music? I am on this
again because I heard the Stokowski orchestration of the D-minor
Toccata being used to represent Bach and his music.
There are so many capably done period performances of Bach's
works. Why are we subjected to such a circus approach?
Moreover, do we really hear
his music this way? Of course not. We hear
Stokowski and his late-romantic notions. The late romantic was
an extremely self-centred and self-absorbed time. Nothing could
sound good unless it was done their way.

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