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Re: musicans who challenge our percpetions/pre-conceptions (was Re: Vote for Glenn !!!)
Dear Russell:
I enjoyed your comments. For me it seems that Glenn played and lived the
fugue. Constant theme, variation and enrichment. Why choose? This is a
music supermarket and Glenn showed the way in his recordings. His own
perception was that recorded music could be altered to fit a consistent
perception and technical perfection.
Tom Conklin
----- Original Message -----
From: Russell Lichter <lichter@earthlink.net>
To: <neil@thump.org>
Cc: <f_minor@email.rutgers.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: musicans who challenge our percpetions/pre-conceptions (was Re:
Vote for Glenn !!!)
> I'm going to take up your question when I get home and have access to my
CDs and vinyl.
> Considering my vast ignorance of 20th Century music, I will probably limit
myself to
> performing musicians...
>
> Neil wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 06 Jul 1999 10:15:41 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> > >The notion of challenging one's perceptions of a piece of music is
precisely what drew
> > >me to Glenn Gould's playing in the first place.
> >
> > Me too - many of us on this list I think.
> >
> > Out of curiousity who else could you add to the "musicians who
challenged my
> > perceptions" list. ? I'd have to add....
> >
> > - Jascha Horenstein (for Mahler, Nielson, Tchaikovsky, Bruckner ...JH I
rate as
> > one of the greatest of all conductors)
> > - Klemperer for Mozart (his Mozart is IMHO beyond compare and totally
opened up
> > the composer to me. I'm seriously wondering if I love Mozart more than
Bach now
> > !!! this is a crisis...)
> > - Sofronitsky for Schumann (in particular)
> >
> > Can't think of many more off hand who have had such a potent effect.
> >
> > Neil
> > ----------------------------------
> > Neil
> > ICQ 11875525 - AOL IM "imheifetz"
>
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