Re: F_MINOR Digest - 8 Feb 2002 to 11 Feb 2002 (#2002-25)

["Antonio Sidoti tel. +39+0461 88 1525" <sidoti@science.unitn.it>]

On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Vincent Vo wrote:

> This is in regards to APP...
>
> I've listened to both.. for myself personally, I thought Gould's Chromatic
> Fantasy was one of the worst, as the left hand staccatto playing really
> distracted the whole recording.

Hi,
I remember Gould telling in an interview (probably to Bruno Montsaingeon
while video-recording the Chromatic Fantasy) that the Chromatic Fantasy
was one of the Bach's worst works!

It is hard to play at Gould's level something that is considered awful
also for Gould himself!

Ciao,
Antonio



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