Re: GG Wagner's "Siegfrid Idyll "

[Lluís Manent (Teleline) <manent@TELELINE.ES>]

 I don't know. Gould sometimes plays too fast, dry,
> sometimes even bangs the keys but there's something in him that makes the
flaws
> not substantial.

Juozas,

I agree absolutely with you!! Take in example the most known prelude of
Bach. The first one from the Well-Tempered
Clavier which is no longer only on our Earth because is travelling with the
"Voyager" out there in the space... Such a performance is just out of human
boundaries!! And Gould plays it in a so simple way!! Incredible! I've
listened dozens of other permances and I found NEVER, NEVER someone which

There are so many examples, but I just took this one because for the "basic
listener" is an easy and well-known one...(The French Ouverture ios also a
good  example of this...)



----- Original Message -----
From: "Juozas Rimas" <JuozasRimas@TAKAS.LT>
To: <F_MINOR@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: GG Wagner's "Siegfrid Idyll "


> >Brendel, Arrau, Rostropovich, Casals, Pavarotti, etc.). ONly Gould causes
a
> deep impact and a
>
> Heck, I also sometimes wonder why I like Gould. He has so many bad
features but
> I still manage to find ridiculously few better renditions by other
performers of
> the works GG played. For example, I started searching for a different
version of
> the Fantasia from the 3rd Partita because I somehow thought it was a bit
too
> fast in GG's interpretation. "Well - I was thinking to myself - I'll find
a bit
> slower version and forget Gould here"
> I listened to Tureck's Fantasia because I heard her plat Goldbergs very
slowly.
> Boy, I had to go back to the damn Gould.
>
> It was indeed a bit slower but not so coherent or something like that. I
don't
> know how to explain it actually - Tureck is a skilled pianist but some
secret
> bolt is missing in her. I don't know. Gould sometimes plays too fast, dry,
> sometimes even bangs the keys but there's something in him that makes the
flaws
> not substantial.
>
> Juozas Rimas Jr (not the one playing)
> http://www.mp3.com/juozasrimas (oboe, piano, strings)