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Which Goldbergs?
(WARNING! Stupid newbie question follows)
I'm sure this Goldberg Variations issue has come up many time, but am I
listening to a GG CD no one else even mentions? I have his live
performance of the Goldberg Vs from the Salzburg Festival, 1959. I was
told (long ago, before I bought this) that the 50's Goldberg Vs were
better than the other(s). While I love this performance, the sound is a
bit rough .. some hiss and so on. Is there a studio 50's version that
is judged "best in class?"
Anyway, this is the CD that started me on a smallish collection of GG
doing non-Bach things (performances that are largely dunned by
newsgroups I read) such as the BEST beethoven piano sonata #8 I EVER
heard even though I suppose it was never intended to be played the way
he does. (I can't read a dot of music). I have it on Odyssey/Columbia
when it was being cleaned out of the stores. Which I could find some
more of them.... oh well, end of ramble.
Jim in Alexandria (not Egypt)