R: Re: The "Italian Concerto" '59 '81

[madiva <madiva@WORKING.IT>]

My _expression_ "X-Ray" is absolutely not a criticism about the piece.On the contrary is a praise!

I like much the later Gould, I like the whole Gould and this _expression_ is,for me, synonym of piece played  analytically, with clarity and extreme precision as only Gould done.

 

Best

 

Valeria Massari

----- Original Message -----

From: Dominic Lesnar

To: F_MINOR@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU

Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 5:10 AM

Subject: Re: The "Italian Concerto" '59 '81

On Tuesday, November 13, 2001 at 12:52 PM Madiva wrote:

 

>We talk about the '55 and '81 "Goldberg" performances.

>But ' What You think about the ''59  and ' 81  "Italian Concerto"?'

>My personal feeling is that Gould in the '81 performance has a different approach about the "Andante".

>He's contemplative, extremely slowly, and the score seemed at "x ray".

 

 

The term “X-Ray” seems spot on with regards to the ’81 version

Dominic