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Hello!
This is the infamous Gould / Karajan 3rd P.C. Lovely piece of work. (P.S. If
anyone wants more detailed info, wants to see a copy, etc., contact me
offline).
GG was
on his way back from his ultra-successful Russia tour (musician lands on Mars!)
and you can tell the exuberance in his playing, he is so excited from having
loved Russia that he really puts his heart into this piece. Also, he was a huge
fan of Karajan and rejoiced in this chance to play with him. It's a great
recording.
A
little note: my understanding is this version was not released publicly since
the Karajan folks didn't approve, etc. etc. Therefore we only have "bootleg"
copies.
Music
and Arts (I believe) came up with the original disc, CD-678. It is the May 26th
recording date. When they were threatened by the Sony Marketing Machine, they
had to destroy all their copies. It was coupled with a Strauss Burleske dated 15
November, 1967).
HOWEVER - before they did, they a shipped a bunch of
copies to Europe (oops, cat's out of the bag now). This means the recording
shows up on different labels in my catalogue as follows:
Young
GG Palladio (Cedar) PD4219 (1994)
GG
Virtuoso 2697062 (1988)
GG
Memories HR 4415/16 (1992)
Nuova
Era (oops, forgot the CD number and date)
Anyway, beautiful piece, love it love it love
it.
You
know, I think I'm going to listen to it right now. Be right
back...
Cheers,
Matthew
-----Original Message-----
From:
Cline, Eric [mailto:Eric.Cline@REICHHOLD.COM]
Sent: August 28, 2002
12:53 PM
To: F_MINOR@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU
Subject: Re: Lawrence
and Gould
I have a copy of the Gould / Karajan
Beethoven 3. It is a bootleg mono recording, the audio is okay, but the
performance is IMHO magnificent. I got my copy a few years back at Tower
Records in Newark, NJ. I also like the performance of the Bach
d-minor concerto on this disc much better than his studio recording made
later.
The recording is apparently still
available: Here is one source. There may be a
US source
also.
http://www.hmv.co.jp/Product/Detail.asp?sku=730179
Regards,
Eric
Cline
Sr.
R & D Chemist
Graphic
Arts Synthesis
Group
REICHHOLD,
Inc.
Global
Coating and Performance Resins
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Toll Free: 1-800-448-3482 ext.8116
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-----Original
Message-----
From: Fred
Stubbings [mailto:velfred@EARTHLINK.NET]
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 12:14
PM
To:
F_MINOR@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU
Subject: Re: Lawrence and
Gould
Your reference to a recent interview
about Herbert Von Karajan is interesting to me because I am also a fan of Von
Karajan. In 1957, May 24 and 25 GG did a performance in Berlin of
Beethoven #3 with Von Karajan. As a collector of Von Karajan recordings I am
wondering where I can find more information about him. I also see that
GG and Von Karajan made a recording. Does anyone have this
recording? Is is still available. What a treat it would be to have them
both on the same CD.--- Fred Stubbings
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