Bach: Keyboard Partita No.

1 BWV 825, Menuets 1 & 2

interpretation comparison score:

Glenn Gould: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh9U81Ptorg

Menuet I BPM: 182

Consistant pulse.
Staccato in the right hand.
Selective long notes in the bass.
Bleeding between the notes is disallowed by the shortened notes
giving aural space and air between them.

Menuet II BPM: 148

Legato and long notes contrast the first minuet

Maria João Pires: https://youtu.be/Ry44Kvr39eE?t=746

Minuet I BPM: 167
Breathing, fluctuating tempo.

Menuet II BPM: 143

András Schiff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq_GCM-8gDc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6nwWqNxk3s

Menuet I BPM: 173

Menuet II BPM: 145