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Re: GG Re: Speaking of Gould and Richter
>-Of course, the slow tempo would not, in principle, be a problem for Gould.
>Witness the Brahms concerti (to cite the most notorious example). And now
>to digress completely (I can't resist), I don't mean to disparage Gould's
>Brahms. I can't think of a more satisfying performance of the Intermezzi
>than Gould's for Columbia. A benchmark.
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>John Grant
>From the same article:
Given Gould's praise for Richter's interpretation, one wonders if it
directly influenced his own playing, for Gould too would become notorious as
one of music's great slow-tempo men (and fast-temp men, for that matter).
The intense analytical calculation that he observed in Richter's performance
can certainly be perceived in some of his own super-slow playing.
I don't agree with this statement. Glenn Gould was 25 when he first met
Richter. I think we can assume that his own style was set by then. It is
possible to admire someone's playing without having it influence your own.
Anne Smith