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GG: In Performance
I'm forwarding this posting, from one of the classical music
newsgroups, because I thought it might be of interest to the list
members.--Phil
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kehila@libra.math.tau.ac.il (Miki) wrote:
>Is it true that Glenn Gould said that he play and record only
>music by German composers because they are superior ?
>--
>kehila@math.tau.ac.il
He may have said it, but he didn't practice it. The discography
in
Otto Friedrich book: Glenn Gould: A Life and Variations shows the
following exceptions on recordings:
Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Taneyev,
Morawetz,Sweetlinck,Byrd,Pentland,
Hetu (a Canadian, like Gould),Scriabin, Scarlatti,
Gibbons,Grieg,Bizet,Sibelius,and himself.
On Radio/TV in addition to the above he did
Chopin!!!!,Valen,Debussy,Ravel (his own transcription of La
Valse),Poulenc,Walton,Casella
And In concert plus the above: Dupuis (Organ Cto), a surprising
amount
of Chopin in his early years. After his US debut in 1955 to the
end of
his performance career on Apr 10,1964, your statement is
generally
true with very few exceptions. I myself saw him in Madison WI in
1961
(The date in the book is in error -Oct 12,14 ,1961, he cancelled
and
played about a month later) he opened the program with "My ladye
Neville's Booke" (Byrd?). My program from that concert is buried
amongst my memorabilia. His third last concert at Statford ONT
July28, 1963 he did a Glinka trio and the Prokofiev Violin Sonata
#2
with Shumsky. From the mid 50s he seemed to deviate from German
composers only for some of the very early English music he
played.
BTW the Friedrich book is probably the most highly regarded among
the
many written about the man. And no, I did not get his autograph
the
night I saw him. He made a couple of curtain call to thunderous
applause and then waved as to dismiss the audience as to say I
will
not do any encores (or any more encores - I don't remember if he
did
any).
Jon Teske
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