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Re: GG: fingering



----- Original Message -----
From: "Bradley P Lehman" <bpl@UMICH.EDU>
To: <F_MINOR@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 2:50 PM
Subject: GG: fingering

> Must have been somebody else, not me.  I can hardly bear to watch some of
> the GG videos because his fingering is so inefficient and strange.  That
> plus all the stiff motions with his left hand, "conducting" himself.  The
> performances sound better if I look away from the screen.

Maybe GG even made changes in the scores to make them more suitable for his
fingerings?
However, GG usually plays so swiftly that a layman cannot even imagine that he's
experiencing any difficulties. I haven't heard anyone else play Bach so surely
(at least it seems so).

Juozas Rimas Jr (not the one playing)
http://www.mp3.com/juozasrimas (oboe, piano, strings)