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Re: Beethoven Piano Concert in C dur - Glenn Gould's Cadenzas



I've been roundly chastized for this view, but I absolutely adore those cadenzas.  I photocopied them about 20 years ago so that I could learn them.  Gould's recording of the Beethoven's P.C. 1 is, for my taste, the best I've ever heard.   I love the speed and precision.   And the way he plays those cadenzas is just stunning.   They're contrapuntal, obviously, but they still work beautifully. 
 
Another wild contention: Gould also does a beautiful 2nd and 4th, although there are other versions of the 4th I prefer: Gilels/Sanderling, for example.  But, then, Gould and Gilels have nothing in common except the first letter of their last name.   One really can't compare, the approaches to the piano are so utterly different.
 
John
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John L. Grant
WTC 1 part 1: http://stations.mp3s.com/stations/244/bach_welltempered_clavier_bk_1.html
WTC 1 part 2: http://stations.mp3s.com/stations/190/the_welltempered_clavier_bk_1_.html
Highspeed Well-tempered Clavier: http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/42/john_lewis_grant.html
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Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 7:27 AM
Subject: Beethoven Piano Concert in C dur - Glenn Gould's Cadenzas

In the book "Non, je ne suis pas du tout un exentrique" Glenn Gould in a Radio interview with Vincent Tovell  in 1959   (At Home with Glenn Gould) said:  "I wrote Cadenzas for the First Beethoven's Concerto , I have recorded them.
  I hope and I wait that someone will  played them one day."
Now, Glenn, that's  happened !
The Pianist Lars Vogt recorded the GG's Cadenzas  with the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Director Simon Rattle.
I have the CD EMI 56266 and it's a pleasure to listen this passage.
Do you listened this piece? Any comments?
 
Best
 
Valeria Massari