GG's orthodox interpretations

[mmasaaki@kiwi.ne.jp (Masaaki Muramatsu)]

Thanks Bradley, I am enjoying this thred. I agree most of the points that
you made.

Orthodox as Gould's standard goes, I think Beethoven's Latest Sonatas
(especially No. 30) are orthodox while other sonatas are unorhodox.  Did
you deliberately omit them from your list?
 
Masa-aki Muramatsu



Bradley wrote:

>Sounds like an interesting survey question.  In the opinion of f_minor
>members, which GG interpretations could be considered orthodox?
>
>For a starter, here's my list:
>
>Bach partitas 1, 5, 6 (mostly)
>Beethoven concertos 2, 3
>Schoenberg piano concerto (maybe)
>Berg sonata (maybe)
>Schoenberg solo works
>Haydn Eb sonata - early recording only
>Krenek sonata (maybe)
>Some of the Brahms intermezzi
>Some of the lieder recordings (maybe)
>Beethoven sonatas 8, 9, 10, 12 (maybe), 14, 15, 18, 22, 24
>Hindemith sonatas (maybe)
>Some of the Beethoven bagatelles
>Prokofiev sonata 7 (maybe)
>Bizet Chromatic Variations and Nocturne (hard to tell what's orthodox
>   here)
>Grieg sonata (maybe)
>Hindemith brass sonatas (maybe)
>Sibelius Sonatine and Kyllikki (maybe)
>Strauss sonata and Five Pieces (maybe)
>The live Salzburg Goldbergs, and maybe also the 1954 CBC version
>
>[anybody have more to add?]
>
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>
>And just because I'd consider a GG record unorthodox, that doesn't mean I
>don't like it!  GG is interesting precisely because he is often very
>challenging and brings out new insights.  Sometimes he probes and
>illuminates in normal directions, sometimes in highly abnormal directions.
>*All* of the GG recordings are worth listening to.
>
>For "particularly delightful but unorthodox" I'd list the Wagner disc, the
>Byrd/Gibbons disc, the Bach viola da gamba sonatas, most of the WTC, the
>1955 Goldbergs, Partitas 2-4, the Mozart concerto 24, the Mozart sonata 11
>in A (!) and KV533/494 in F, many of the Beethoven sonatas, the Bach
>D-major concerto, and the late set of Haydn sonatas.  For "especially
>interesting, unorthodox, but too danged gloomy or intellectually
>controlled," the 1981 Goldbergs and the Brahms Ballades/Rhapsodies disc.
>
>If the question is instead about "definitive" interpretations, the only GG
>records I'd consider in that category would be maybe the Schoenberg solo
>works and a few of the Brahms intermezzi, plus perhaps the Hindemith brass
>sonatas.  By "definitive" I suppose I mean here a very strict standard:
>the interpretation is orthodox *and* shows remarkably more clarity and
>insight than most competing versions.  That is, a recording where GG is
>out to play the music thoroughly from the inside, on its own terms,
>instead of imposing another intellectual or interpretive agenda on top of
>it.
>
>As always, everyone else's mileage may vary.
>
>Bradley Lehman ~ Harrisonburg VA, USA ~ 38.45716N+78.94565W
>bpl@umich.edu ~ http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bpl/ 
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