RE: Metronomes (was Re: No, Gould's so fast)

["Baldwin, Daniel" <baldwin@baermarks.com>]

According to info provided by by Bradley L., the timings on the Schnabel
recording are 17'30", 5'25", and 9'16." The timings on the GG recording ('61
with NY Phil), are approx. 2 minutes slower for the 1st mvt, and 1 min
slower for mvts 2 and 3. Beyond that, I am not in a position to compare the
two perfs, since I don't have the Schnabel.

-----Original Message-----
From: Anne M. Marble [mailto:amarble@abs.net]
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 8:12 PM
To: f_minor@email.rutgers.edu
Subject: Re: Metronomes (was Re: No, Gould's so fast)


> "Sort of like that case where he decided to play that Beethoven concerto
by
> following the timing of his favorite Schnabel recording. The teacher
tried
> to fight that by taking the Schnabel record away. But with Glenn Gould's
> memory, that was like closing the barn door after the horse had run
away..."
>
> Anne -- do you remember which concerto this is? I just purchased the GG
set,
> and would be curious to know.

The short bio at http://www.sonyclassical.com/artists/gould/bio.html says
that it was Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto.

He played this concerto in 1946 as his solo debut with a Royal Conservatory
concert.

I don't know if GG's later recorded version of this concerto is anything
like the Schnabel version he so loved... Any takers? :->