Re: GG: Glenn Gould Edition VIII

["L. Lalonde" <llalonde@lightspeed.net>]

Scott Henderson wrote:
> 
> While "surfin' the net" over lunch, I stopped by the Sony Classical site
> (http://www.music.sony.com/Music/Classical/) and found the following
> information under new releases:

I looked at the repetoire on these.  It looks like Sony has once again 
lifted the music from the videos so that they can make "first release" 
recordings.

The "Art of Fugue" is listed as (Excerpts) along with the same prelude 
and fugue GG plays in the video "Art of Fugue" he made with Bruno.

I purchased 3 of these CDs, "The Emperor" concerto with Strauss' 
"Burleske", the CD of the recordings with Yehudi Menuin, and the other 
escapes me right now.

I am very dissastisfied with these.  For one thing, it's just another 
way Sony gets my money.  The quality of the recordings are only as 
good as what can be obtained from the video recording.  For another, 
it is far more interesting to watch Gould play these pieces, and 
finally, some of these performances were not among Gould's own 
personal favorites, and he would most likely object to their release 
were he alive today.

I truly wish Sony has found something different we don't have, but 
frankly, I don't think so.

Lori Lalonde