> > > I don't know...transcription is transcription. > > > > > Not all transcriptions are created equal. CG is sufficiently > > removed from JSB's era to be in the same trnscription category as, say, > > marimba. > > > Actually, I kind of like Evelyn Glennie's approach to Bach on her marimba. Yes, the 6-string guitar is slightly removed from Bach's era (guitars after Torres a little more so), but transcription is still transcription, whether for lute, guitar, tromba marina, nose flute, whatever... You are absolutely correct that all transcriptions are not created equal, but I think the quality of transcription is more dependent upon the transcriber's ability to fit the music in an idiomatic, organic, expressive way to the instrument in question than the chronology of some instrumental configuration/set up or another; e.g., I also kind of like the way Glenn Gould handled J.S. Bach...or Byrd. > I certainly greatly enjoy LagoyaPresti or Benitez transcriptions. The universality of JSB is such that he would sound profound on ANYTHING. But in the rest: the entire CG sound is so painfully inappropriate for earlier music. RT
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