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Re: Beethoven's Opus 22

Peter Lyon wrote:

From: "Cline, Eric" <Eric.Cline@REICHHOLD.COM>
Reply-To: "Cline, Eric" <Eric.Cline@REICHHOLD.COM>
To: F_MINOR@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU
Subject: Re: Beethoven's Opus 22
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:51:30 -0400

I remember reading somewhere in GG's own words, where he referred to
this
work as, and I am paraphrasing here, a bad work. It is probably in the
Glenn
Gould reader.

Eric Cline


Dear Eric and all,
This gets worse. I was a little upset to think that GG 'didn't like' Opus
22, co-incidently one of my personal favourites of the 32, but to
think of
him referring to it as 'a bad work' is surely going too far. Now the
'Waldstein' well that's another story.

Regards

Peter Lyon 

Anton Kuerti also doesn't like Op. 22 either. (He certainly rates the
Diabelli Variations highly though).  I rather do, but I can see how
someone can go either way.  In a way it has the charm of Mozart's
Musical Joke, but with more subtle slapstick.  I can see a listener
wondering if it is playing at being bad well or playing at being good
poorly.

David




-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Lyon [mailto:petermlyon@HOTMAIL.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 3:36 PM
To: F_MINOR@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU
Subject: Re: Beethoven's Opus 22

Hello
When one hears the expression: "Glen Gould didn't like such and such a
piece." Should this be taken as gospel, i.e. that the piece is no
good, or
with a very large pinch of salt?
Also is it known whether Gould 'didn't like' Beethoven's Diabelli
Variations
or is there another reason why he never recorded them?
Regards
Peter Lyon



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