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Re: Gould, Sentiment and Chopin
From: Allan MacLeod :
>When you think about it, Gould's
> failure to record Chopin is a great loss for us.
I agree.
> He did seem to claim
> that he just didn't find Chopin musically/structurally challenging
> enough
I read somewhere that he said he didn't record Chopin because the way he sat
at the piano meant he couldn't produce a big enough dynamic range. This of
course doesn't explain his Beethoven.
> and sometimes he rejected Chopin as being too emotional, in which
> case I think he confused the composer with some of his contemporary
> piansists.
Yes and this can also be said of many pianists today.
> How he could be so fond of Richard Strauss and not like
> Chopin is also something of a mystery.
Most of us have composers who we just do not care for. I certainly do. I
don't think there is any logic to it, merely personal taste.
This is an interesting thread. I'd like to hear from more people.
Anne