Re: GG...and that harpsichord (richter set)

[Jim Morrison <jim_morrison@sprynet.com>]

Damn, I did it again,

sent another message only to mike that I meant to go to the whole list.

Sorry,

Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Morrison" <jim_morrison@sprynet.com>
To: "Mike Flemmer" <mikejf@FREEWWWEB.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: Re: GG...and that harpsichord (richter set)


> Hi F minor,
>
> I'm listening to Gavrilov and Richter's set of the Handel Suites
> right now (two double disc sets at the modest prices
> of 15 dollars per set) and boy can you tell when Gavrilov
> steps off the stage and lets Richter have a turn at the piano.
> Richter's performance of the first movement to the Second Suite,
> an adagio, is captivating (akin to the slow movements of Gould/Bach).
>
> Gavrilov's first few notes of the first Suite sounds like he wishes
> he could have his piano clogged with a buffstop.
>
>
> on to comments by other members:
>
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> Daniel wrote: In case anyone was wondering, the buffstop's here.
>
> okay everyone, he earned it, let's give it to him: group groan.
>
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> and John Hill wrote: Of course, "Mighty Organs at the Buffstop" has a
whole
> >'nuther level of meaning, doesn't it?
>
> >JM, you may have a future in the Promotions dept
>
> Maybe with everyone's help we can come up with a title for the next best
> selling classical music CD.
> Is it just me, or is anyone else frightened by the best selling racks when
> we walk in the doors
> of classical music stores?
>
> And to Sean Malone, thanks for the information and speculation on the Art
of
> Fugue.
>
> And to J.  Scheuvens: welcome to the list.  Looks like an interesting
> experiment you did with the Goldbergs.  I'm sure Gould wouldn't mind.
>
> I'm curious, does anyone else out there listen to the preludes and fugues
to
> the Well-Tempered Clavier
> separately.  I'm was just watching that marvelous video he did on An Art
of
> the Fugue with Bruno M (can't spell his last name) and GG himself says
that
> even though there are some wonderful preludes in the works, he doesn't
feel
> like most of them fit their fugues and vice versa.
>
> Oh one other thing about Canadians in LA.  Everyone out there know that an
> LA theater was the last place GG gave a concert?  I've been meaning to
take
> a look at it, but haven't yet.  I'm scared it has bad karma.  Could it be
> that LA is a bad place for Canadians and classical music in general?  I've
> only lived here for a year and a half, by the way.
>
> Jim
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