yes, it's a matter of taste; i am firmly of the opinion

that early and baroque music pieces ought to be played by and large as they were envisioned by the composers; not only because they were designed befittingly in that music language, but they are expressions of a uqinue spiritual and esthetical universe. To dissolve Gabrieli, Scarlatti, and Couperin into Lizst, Pagnini, and Schumann is as so much a fallacy of anachronism as a pitiable loss of rich and artistically rewarding treasure.

i can't find a satisfactory interpretation of la folia; but you can get the cd versions of the performances i mentioned eaily at stores; i will be more than happy to post every now and then, early and baroque pieces which i think are pleasing.

here is ton koopman's understandiong of bach's toccata:



btw, the violins and violas used in 17th century are quite different from those in the 19th and 20th centuries and they do not sound as lush and rich; that affects, subtly but decisively, the techniques in playing the instruments, and finally the composition of music itself;

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