Voyager and public opinon (was: GG Wagner's "Siegfrid Idyll ")

[Juozas Rimas <JuozasRimas@takas.lt>]

> 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

Of course he was worth representing the Earth :) By the way, there were 3 works
by Bach, 2 works by Beethoven and 1 work by Mozart put in the spaceship. All
other music was folk.

Many classical music listeners hate that C major prelude by Gould and the whole
WTC, eg in the classical newsgroups of Usenet. Generally, judging by the
opinions online and offline I come across, Gould now seems to be regarded as
someone known to everyone but liked only by very few - the usual advice is to
choose main-stream piano or harpsichord.
Having in mind that GG was probably the most naturally gifted one from all the
keyboard performers of Bach, the order should be reversed: listening to all
Gould, then rejecting the renditions you don't like and filling in the gaps with
other performances.


Juozas Rimas Jr (not the one playing)
http://www.mp3.com/juozasrimas (oboe, piano, strings)