Re: Vs: GG's orthodox interpretations

[Lindsey Orcutt <lindseyo@aracnet.com>]

On Sun, 24 Jan 1999, Burkhardt Ingersoll Wilke wrote:

> I would simply like to address his slow tempo for the first movement of
> the Appassionata.  I have listened to many more "orthodox" 
> interpretations and feel that Gould's slow tempo ultimately unified 
> the first movement.  In my mind it struck me as frgamented abruptly
> moving from one idea to the next.  I don't feel that at Gould's
> tempo and have found more depth and subsequent value in this 
> "unorthodox" interpretation.
> 
Yes, this is true. I haven't listened to Glenn's Appasionata in a while,
but I recall that I *did* enjoy it,if only because I could hear things I
hadn't heard before with others' recordings. Thanks for the reminder, I'll
have to go give it another listen!

-Lindsey Orcutt
lindseyo@aracnet.com