Re: GG Studio recordings by heart?

[Anne Smith <smithqa@nexicom.net>]

Juozas Rimas asked:

> Hello, I just wanted to make sure: did Gould record all of his studio
recordings
> by heart, ie not looking at the score? Thanks.

Glenn Gould was reported as having a photographic memory.  He could study
the score away from the piano and later go the piano and play the music
perfectly.
Every thing that I have read indicates that he almost always played for
memory.

Anne