GG: Ostwald

[Steve Burkholder <dagburks@halcyon.com>]

Yes, the writings are a little light this week, so here goes.

I just finished the book "Glenn Gould: The Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius."
I thought that the book was generally very good.  I would have preferred to
read a little more about performances and recording sessions, but this was
not within the scope of the book anyway.  I thought that the account of
Glenn's death was extremely poignant, too, and as the title said, very
tragic.  Has anyone else read this book?  What did you think?

This week, I found a used copy of GG playing Chopin, Mendelssohn, Scriabin,
and Prokofiev.  I was especially curious to hear G play Scriabin.  I am
very happy with that.  I can also understand why some folks would rather
not hear G play Chopin.  I liked the playing on here, but it is definitely
unorthodox.  Comments???


S. Burkholder



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