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Re: GG Studio recordings by heart?
On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Anne Smith wrote:
|perfectly.
|Every thing that I have read indicates that he almost always played for
|memory.
One documented exception is his concert performance of the Brahms concerto
with the NYPO under Bernstein, recently released by Sony. The CD booklet
contains a reminiscence by an (ex-)NYPO member---I don't have the CD with
me (borrowed it from the library). The NYPO member recalled that GG used
a (possibly miniature) full orchestral score, photocopied(?) and taped 4
pages to a sheet for easier pageturning. Anyone could verify or comment
on that?
It struck me as rather unusual too, as I do believe GG would have no
problem memorizing the piano part on his way to the concert ;-)
Cliff