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Re: GG: William Kapell
Re/ your comments on William Kapell:
I heard some selections from this 9 volume set on the radio some time ago. I
didn't hear the Bach, but I did hear a Scarlotti sonata (K380) and it was
extraordinary. I wish I could get just this one piece at least, but the
purchase of the 9 volume set is a bit too high a price to pay. I wonder if
they will release individual CD's eventually? I'd buy one CD for this piece
alone. Dorian
<< I recently acquired the William Kapell set in the Great Painists of
Twentieth Century series. I had never heard him before; the playing is
spectacular. Of particular interest to F miners is the performance of the
4th Bach Partita, which is absolutely extraordinary. It includes all
sections other than the Gigue [the recording was incomplete at the time of
Kapell's death]. His playing has clarity of polyphonic articulation similar
to GG's. It is also rhythmically supple, and brings out the dance qualities
in these pieces that caused me to notice melodic lines and "characterful"
phrases that I did not hear in GG's perf. There is also an intensity of
emotion that matches the intensity of the execution. Have any of you heard
Kapell's perf, and if so, what do you think? >>