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Re: Gould hasn't recorded the BWV903 Chromatic Fugue



At 07:16 PM 4/15/01 +0200, Juozas Rimas wrote:
> He didn't really record the fantasia, either, only whacked through it for a
> television program.  In the program he plays half of the fantasy, then
> turns to Bruno Monsaingeon and explains why he doesn't like it.  He claims
> that this is his "first and last" performance of it.

Didn't record? It's in the same CD you mentioned in your reply. At least
should
be according
http://glenn.fdnet.com.au/releasedetail.cfm?id=18
(I've heard it - he's even humming a bit in the recording and I always thought
humming
was the indication he was moved by the piece).


That rendition on the CD is the two halves of that same TV performance
spliced together.  By "didn't record" I meant he didn't make a regular
studio recording of it (audio-only) but merely played it on that one TV
program.


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