Re: GG- Goode Is?

[mwilliamson@alston.com]

     It is definitely OK to say "gig" about sonatas.
     
     I can dig what you're saying w/ respect to Serkin, GG, 
     Brendel, & Ashkenazy:  the first two play brightly and 
     clearly whereas the other two play with a darker warmer 
     sound (IMHO).  But I have to say I like all 4 of these 
     players.  And wow, when Ashkenazy is gone he is really going 
     to have left a lot of records.  Same with Brendel:  he has 
     done some very comprehensive recordings of huge bodies of 
     works; I think he has done a complete Schubert or something 
     like that . . .
     
     I am not yet familiar with Goode but it sounds like that gig 
     was a total blast.


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Subject: GG- Goode Is?
Author:  Josh Randall <joshr@glyff.com> at internet
Date:    2/20/97 12:23 PM


>> Arin Murphy says: "...I organise my CDs by composer... except for a 
>>shelf of Sony Gould recordings at the top..."
     
I had to laugh at that, that's exactly what I do. I have two little 
bookcases, perfect size for CDs, that fit side by ide in an alcove. Jazz, 
Rock & Whatever are arranged (at least in a perfectly neat world) by 
artist, but "Classical" CDs are arranged by composer, except for the Gould 
shelf at the top. Bach on the left, Other on the right, glass squirrel in 
between.
     
I've recently been greatly enjoying the set on Elektra/Nonesuch of 
Beethoven's sonatas by Richard Goode. We had the pleasure last summer of 
attending a recital he gave at a small college near my home a couple of 
days before a more-heralded gig in Boston. Is it OK to say "gig" about 
sonatas? It was a fabulous evening of great playing in lovely surroundings 
that we just happened to hear about on the radio the day of the event. 
Goode seems to me to clarify the underlying structure of the music in way 
similar to Gould.
     
I don't "hear the tunes" as clearly in players like Brendel, Ashkenazy. 
etc., no doubt due in large part to my not paying proper attention, but I'm 
curious about what it is in Goode, Gould & others like Rudolf Serkin that I 
do appreciate more clearly. I don't follow music criticism closely nor am I 
very conversant technically with music theory & piano playing. I wonder if 
anyone out there who is could comment on Goode, in the sense of what kind 
of player he is & what nuances (shades of Teddy Slotz!) typify his playing, 
especially in comparison to our pal Glenn.
     
regards, Josh Randall
     
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