Re: Glenn Gould in Space

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jerry and judy wrote:

> In article <6d1ma5$31b6@alumni.rpi.edu>, testad@alumni.rpi.edu (Daniel
>
> Testa) wrote:
>
> > I'm a Bach fan as well.  I only own one Glenn Gould recording.  It
> is the
> > CBS version of Piano Concertos 1,4, and 5 (BWV 1052, 1055, 1056).
> I've
> > listened to it several times and it does not seem to deviate much at
> all
> > from other interpretations of these works.
> >
> > Could you suggest some Glenn Gould recordings that are more bizarre
> interpre-
> > tations?  Thanks.
> >
> > --
> >
> ____________________________________________________________________________
>
> > Daniel Testa
> email:testad@rpi.edu
>
> Gould's first movement of the Appassionata is the worst runthrough of
> this
> piece ever recorded!  The worst recording ever recorded! <spit> <spit>
>
> Whewww!
>
> Rent it, don't buy it!
> I'm not a big fan of the movement but if ever there was a cd to buy to
>
> throw darts at!!!
>
> On the other hand, Gould's recording of the last Haydn sonata is truly
>
> worth the price of the whole double cd set. And most of the
> performances
> of the other sonatas are among the best available, but they're a
> little
> "different".
>
> His Mozart and Brahms are wacky.
> His Beethoven is uneven.  He gives the best performance I've heard of
> the
> Op106 fugue.
> His Schoenberg is right on!  Better than the more romanticized
> versions,
> but not without "heart".
> Some of his Bach is scandalous, but not boring!
>
> His Bryd and Gibbons are a revelation!!  Just set this one on to
> repeat
> and leave it on all day!  You'll start hallucinating!  Where does this
>
> *music* come from?

 Hi.  In terms of "bizarre", GG's recording of the last Beethoven sonata
is thought by many to be his worst recording; i like it myself but...
The first movement is very different.  This was his second recording ,
commercial, and i think the only Beethoven recording of GG to go out of
print in his lifetime.

J&J are correct; his Mozart are really whacky; the tempi are so slow and
so fast I find it hard to believe that GG was not thinking just how
slow/fast can i play this thing.
I still like them though.

Cordially,

Sean