Re: Opinions about GGE vol. 5?

[mwilliamson@alston.com]

     Well, you have got the most important Bach records; although 
     there is a little more (Italian concerto, overture in French 
     style, etc., some of which you may already have on the 
     records you mentioned).  IMHO, the Mozart recordings are 
     fantastic, but you are not the first person I have heard say 
     that.  I do not own the Haydn recordings but I have heard 
     some of them and, not surprisingly, I think if you like his 
     Mozart recordings you will like the Haydn recordings as 
     well.  Bear in mind that GG brings his unique style of 
     playing to everything that he does; this is what bothers 
     some people about the Mozart etc.  Nonetheless, IMHO, there 
     is nothing about his style that is inconsistent with the 
     classical style and I think his Mozart shows a thorough 
     familiarity with that genre.
     
     The Beethovens, particularly the very late sonatas that he 
     recorded immediately after the GVs, were at the time the 
     most controversial work he ever did as far as I know.  They 
     received some horrible reviews.  I'm not sure they're as 
     controversial now.  Beethoven may be better suited to some 
     of the features of his playing that bother you in the 
     Mozarts.
     
     One thing you have to say:  he did all the Mozarts and darn 
     near all of the Beethovens.  That alone makes the sets worth 
     having; they're an invaluable reference resource.


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Subject: Opinions about GGE vol. 5?
Author:  reinout@pobox.com at Internet
Date:    11/5/96 8:47 AM


Hello everybody,
     
I consider buying Volume 5 of the GGE (contents: see below), but I would 
like to have some advise about it first. At the moment most of my GG recordings 
is Bach
(Partita's, WTC I & II, Goldberg V., French & English Suites) and the 
Mozart Sonates. I think the Bach work is very special, but I'm not as 
enthousiastic about his Mozart.
     
My question is: 
-How is his Beethoven and Haydn?
     
regards,
Reinout Dekhuijzen
     
ps: I just want some varying opinions, please don't start to discuss 
opinions from others.
     
Glenn Gould Edition, Vol. 5
     
-    Haydn: Piano Sonatas Hob.XVI, Nos. 42, 48-50 
-    Bach: Toccatas
-    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol. I, Nos. 1-3, 5-10, 12-14 
-    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol. II, Nos. 15-18, 23, 30-32 
-    Wagner: Piano Transcriptions, Siegfried Idyll
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Reinout Dekhuijzen
     
email: reinout@pobox.com
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