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Review title: Offbeat Performance
Product review: If you enjoy Bach served up like something from a 20th Century French impressionist, then you might like this.I tried to keep an open mind, but couldn't stomach the wild variations in tempo, the liberties from steady rhythm, the ad lib flourishes. I am all for bringing out the lyricism in baroque music, but this goes too far.The slower pieces were too sweet and syrupy; those in minor key were overly melodramatic. Ultimately the impression is of a performer trying to transform the music into something far beyond what was written. So instead of harmony and counterpoint, we get sturm and schmaltz.While listening to the #8 invention in F major, that warhorse imposed on generations of piano students, I thought I could hear the moaning and displeasure of my piano teacher in the background, pleading, "Stick to the music!" But unfortunately, these performances don't.
