Yes ... that could be
very near the truth, Gould not liking the hedonistic aspects of Mozart.
Certainly no one ever accused J.S. Bach of being hedonistic.
I would not exactly describe myself as a hedonist ... but I
am very drawn to and very much enjoy the lushness, the richnesses -- the
chocolates and the fine wines, the Vienna pastries and the lobsters -- in
Mozart's life, personality and music. Sometimes just listening to some
particularly lush, lurid passages of Mozart gives me the same feelings of
pleasant wickedness and guilt as if I had sneaked out to some wild, forbidden
party.
And although I enjoy Bach's music enormously, his austerity,
his responsibility, his strict ideas of religion and behavior tend to put me
off. It's easy to find Mozart music that is pure "fun" -- it's very hard to
find any Bach that anyone could say, "Isn't this a lot of fun!"
Bob
madiva wrote:
Glenn Gould was not a
liar!
He don't like the hedonistic aspect of Mozart.
Nevertheless his Mozart is wonderful
Regards
Valeria Massari
madiva@working.it