On Aug 31, 2004, at 11:19 PM, Carl Schwartz wrote:
> I know the Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor are "married" though few
> organists
> seem to care. I play the fugue alone often paired with BWV 578.
>
I can't defend this with anything except personal feeling, but I have
NEVER liked to play the Fantasy and the Fugue together. I find that the
fugue, with all its individual personality (in my opinion almost
without peer even among Bach's works), is not complemented by the
Fantasy.
R.E.
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