I haven't been here in forever

Anyways, I decided to work on Sonata V in F Major...although I am working on other movements of others.

I've pretty much, in three weeks-ish, mastered the Larghetto, Siciliana, and Giga...but Allegro annoys me. They're not 100% perfect, but considering I'm doing it on my own (which can be hard for me especially when I'm in between teachers which I don't like)...I think i'm doing pretty well.

I may post recordings of me playing soon.

I agree that the "urtext editions" are less cluttered up and closer to the original but not always exact spot on. I noticed that the new Peters editon of the Bach sonatas has a mistake in the key signature of a movement now that was not there before.

From C.F. Peters:
"Urtext Publications
There is a widespread misconception that a definitive manuscript or source exists for most works, and that an Urtext edition is essentially nothing more than a printed reproduction of this. In reality there are usually several sources, often with serious discrepancies, and all authenticated or authorised to some extent by the composer. The role of an Urtext editor is therefore to present us with these alternatives, and give us expert guidance in evaluating their respective merits."

The advantage of having more than one score though is that a young player can see and compare what one editor has done comparing that to one of the Urtext Edition s such as Barenreiter or C.F. Peters. This can give the player some insights sometimes into the phrasing, breathing and possibly how to apply the essential graces as example. In the case of Baroque music we can use these edited editions (and recordings for that matter) as a guide of sorts just as if the editor/performer were a teacher but we shoud understand that a goal is to have a certain amount of leeway into variables of interpretation. For the most part the addition of dynamics, articulations, breathing marks, embellishments and flourishes, and if necessary a realization of the figured bass is what we compare. But even in the case of the "Urtext Editions" that realization of the figured bass is often added by an editor.

Another source (if a decent university is local) is to visit the music section of their library and explore their collected editions. Composers such as Bach, J.S. and Handel, G.F "should be" available.

As a musician, I can't say that I like or dislike a certain period of music such as the Baroque. I just try to give the pieces that I perform a good rendition but from that period there are a few pieces that are simply outstanding examples of music and they will be enjoyed by people forever.