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GG : About Authenticity
Hi minors,
Just a word about Mark's post (5/28 14.48), saying that Gould
was a pioneer in authenticity.
I have read in the Encyclopeadia Universalis that GG sometimes
corrected Bach's own faults in constructions of conter-point.
Always about authenticity : the Prelude n°2 C minor (W.T.K. vol I;
recordset 63/64/65) is particularly amazing. Gould takes there a lot of
liberties in tempo : slowing, accelerating,... but the most disturbing
(from an academical point of view) is that way of picking all the notes,
and playing the whole piece much slower than most pianists. But, as far
as I'm concerned, the genius of Gould appeares clearly when he puts a
light on the melody of the bassest notes, often away from other
performances.
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Michel Crucifix , etudiant en physique, Courriere, Belgique
Eudora 1.5.2 (attached files ; quoted printable)
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