Re: French Suites/CD 318

[Jim Morrison <jim_morrison@sprynet.com>]

See page 166-69 for a great letter from Gould to Steinway and Sons
describing the damage to CD 318.

In that letter he says the piano, according to the records, was crated on
September 17, 1971.  It was installed on the Eatons Auditorium on October
16, 1971.

More on this interesting letter later.



There's mention of Gould recording on a substitute Steinway that Kazdin did
some equalization
work on to get to sound like CD 318, but Kazdin doesn't say which recordings
they were.

Anyone out there with great ears want to tell us?

Sounds like the type of question that separates the somethings from
something elses
( fill in your favorite somethings)

Bye,

Jim

PS:  Thanks to Bradley for the ordering information on the Stern Bach
recordings, avaliable at amazon for 11 bucks.  It contains

  Casals Edition - Bach: Concertos


1. Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Prades Festival Orchestra with Eugene Istomin, Joseph Szigeti,
John Wummer
Conducted by Pablo Casals

2. Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, BWV 1041
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Prades Festival Orchestra with Isaac Stern
Conducted by Pablo Casals

3. Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor, BWV 1060
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Prades Festival Orchestra with Isaac Stern, Marcel Tabuteau
Conducted by Pablo Casals

4. Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Prades Festival Orchestra with Clara Haskil
Conducted by Pablo Casals