"Bach works in any well temperament, period"

Johnny wrote (1/15):
> represented. Haven't heard the Goldberg in squiggle. If I come
> across it, I'll certainly give it a listen. Presumably you're referring to Richard Egarr's recording, linked along with some others here:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bpl/larips/recordings.html

> But Bach works in any well temperament, period.

Perhaps for some very loose interpretation of the word "works", yes.

Meanwhile, to me, there's quite a large list of Bach keyboard compositions that make effects sounding like various types of mammalian excrement when played in some of the "well temperaments" (if we can imagine some synaesthesia between auditory and olfactory senses!)...and I've listed them here:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bpl/larips/recordings.html

My opinions there are of course from playing through all of those on harpsichord, in various "well temperaments", and noting which spots and intervals are most susceptible to sound excrementy.

Brad Lehman