At 12:37 30-01-17, Thomas Dent wrote:

 >these transcriptions should be heard as harpsichord music. rather than as
 >cello music played on the harpsichord - see e.g. Minuet 2 which was the
 >first one I completed.  They should not *sound* like the cello pieces.
 >though the harmonic and (mostly) the melodic structure remains the same.
 >Writing it as harpsichord music required a considerable amount of extra
 >content in many cases ...

Given my contention that Minuets 1/2 sound fine on harpsichord 
without adding any notes beyond prolonging some, we shall have to 
agree to disagree.  In my view, the big difference between the 
original (both on cello and harpsichord) and what you have done is 
that the original dances, as do the minuets from the French Suites 
with their almost exclusively two-part texture.

David

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