Re: GG plays Byrd & Gibbons

[Alun Severn <alun@ukiah.demon.co.uk>]

>On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Alan wrote:
>
>> How  does the GG/Gibbons SOUND***?
>
> but I've always felt that if Byrd and
>Gibbons could hear Gould's rendition on that recording, they would say,
>"That's how I heard it in my head."

Having listened to the Byrd/Gibbons for the first time last night, I can
now say that the disc is a revelation -- GG at his most ecstatic and
inward; almost shamanistic....

Best,  Alun

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