GG- beethoven concerti

[cosima@kerowyns-haven.com (Cosima)]

-> The 1st, 2nd and 3rd are relatively straightforward and uncontraversial 
-> interpretations. I think the 1st is one of the best ever made, its got a 
-> wonderful energy and brio about it, and GG's playing is both phenominally 
-> polished and devine. 
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i *absolutely disgree* that gg's performance of the beethoven first is 
even *remotely* non-controversial! he takes a tempo in the first 
movement that nobody else even attempts- and my god-- his amazing 
cadenzas to the 1st and 3rd movements- part scriabine, part liszt, part 
ragtime...what else? they must have blown people right out of their 
chairs. 
best, 
nan 
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                      ~nan thompson~ 
                 ~cosima@kerowyns-haven.com~ 
"...they said, "Be yourself!" "Sure," I replied. "Which Self 
                     would you like?" 
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