Re: GG - more harpsichord

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On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Bradley Lehman wrote:

> At 07:47 AM 7/19/2000 -0700, Jim Morrison wrote:
> >And by the way, let me take another oppurtuinty to say I hope you collect
> >all your thoughts and research on the Gould/Handel recording in a single
> >document.  That would be great Gould essay.
>
> Or maybe just link to that series in the f_minor archives, keeping it in
> the discussion context with other people's comments....
>
> > > Parmentier,
> >
> >I have the Partitas (Great, my favorite of the few harpsichord recording I
> >have)
>
> Don't miss the Toccatas (stunning!) or the non-Bach....
> http://www.musicaloffering.com/wlbrhome.html
>
> His "English Virginal Music" disc (9102) is also especially wonderful.
> http://www.musicaloffering.com/revues3.htm#quene1
> It complements the GG Byrd/Gibbons album well without duplication.
>
> > >Baiano,
> >
> >Don't know him.
>
> Enrico Baiano.  He plays in a loose improvisatory style that is pretty much
> the opposite of Gould's intellectual approach (to anything)...very sensuous.
>
> There are so many ways to play music convincingly!  It's instructive to
> compare them, to develop a range of appreciation.  If one listens
> repeatedly to someone with such a strong musical personality as GG, it's
> easy to get into a perspective that his approaches are *the* way to play
> things....  He brings out some aspects that other people don't, but the
> converse is also true.
>
> > >Robert Hill,
> >
> >Don't know him either, but thanks.
>
> Art of Fugue (Hanssler Bach series #134) and much more, plus his brother
> Keith builds some of the best harpsichords in the world.
>
> That Art of Fugue set is a good demonstration of an excellent
> harpsichordist being able to present an entire program on a single
> registration (one 8' set of strings) with a full range of expression.
>
>
> Bradley Lehman
> Dayton VA
> http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bpl
>