Gould's Rec of Bach Prelude and Fugue No.15 in G major, Book 2

[phil13]

Bernhard's list of pedagogic difficulty for the entire WTC ranks this particular prelude and fugue as the easiest. However, when Glenn Gould recorded the WTC, he played this prelude at an INSANE speed, way faster than any other rec I've heard and certainly way faster than the suggested tempo marking.

My questions: First, if played at this speed is this still the easiest prelude and fugue?, and second: What do you think of Gould's different interpretation?

Phil

[pianistimo]

my schirmer edition has a dotted quarter = 96 bpm 
that's not slow by any means.  i think gould might go to extremes.  you don't have to prove yourself by being so different.  but, it's a rather boring prelude - so doing SOMETHING to jazz it up isn't entirely out of the question.

i hate hearing someone interpret a piece of music EXACTLY like someone before them.  be different. do something unique that you have come up with yourself.  what if...each 1/2 measure you gave a sort of echo?  i can hear the organ giving a sort of sound like that.  and, don't play it extra fast.  just enough that you are perfectly smooth and relaxed.  much better to play slower and precise than fast and sloppy.