Re: GG

["L. Lalonde" <llalonde@lightspeed.net>]

mwilliamson@alston.com wrote:
> 
>      I seem to remember some conversation with GG in which he
>      said that he would be "flattered" if his listeners taped his
>      recordings and rearranged the items to create new works
>      (something that could now be done with a CD player with
>      ease).
> 
>      Have you ever thought about doing this in your own
>      performances:  perhaps rearranging the movements of a Bach
>      suite to suit your taste, or splicing together different
>      movements from different suites (maybe in the same or
>      related keys, maybe not)?  Might be particularly fruitful
>      with the Handel suites, some of which are too short to
>      constitute major performance works on their own . . .
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I have rearranged Glenn's recordings in such a way.  Particularly, I 
mixed Glenn's two recordings of the "Emperor" concerto and once even 
inserted a Van Cliburn movement for comparison.

However, I'm not sure if Glenn meant for us to "shuffle" the passages.  
I believe (as I think he did) that a whole work has a theme which is 
developed from movement to movement.  I once by accident pressed the 
"shuffle" command on my CD player while listening to the 1981 Goldberg 
Variations.  I could almost sense GG squirm.  The theme in the 
original aria seemed lost, and the 32 movements became just random 
pieces.  

While I know Mr. Gould predicted this era when we could program the 
particular performers and performances, I do believe he would want us 
to keep the order as it was meant to be.

Lori Lalonde