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<DIV>Hi Pat and all - </DIV>
<DIV>I have an article on GG (sorry, right now I can't find it amidst my
chaos) that states (and I roughly quote): "Glenn Gould plays the piano as
he damn well pleases!" And because he took advantage of recording technology to
create his concept of a musical piece through his performance - and to reach
perfection, we still see "criticism." He did it his way and I am glad
he did, every time I listen to his playing,whether it the music was recorded in
a studio, or whether the music was created in one of Gould's "live recordings".
I think this is what attracts all of us to Glenn Gould. </DIV>
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<DIV>Katherine </DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 2/24/2011 1:39:36 P.M. Central Standard Time,
pzumst@bluewin.ch writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>G’day
f_minor<BR><BR>GG-bashing is still en vogue I see...<BR><BR>While I do agree
that benzies and Queen Valium had an effect on his playing <BR>and choice of
repertoire this article is too objective. I accuse the writer <BR>of being
biased and not having properly studied the subject.<BR><BR>The claim that the
low chair and all that deprived him of playing romantic <BR>music is nonsense
since GG was not interested in romantic repertoire at all. <BR>It is therefore
unfair to compare him to Pogorelich, mainly because GG was <BR>not in need of
winning over listeners. He did his thing and basically didn’t <BR>care. Of
course he would have bigger audiences had he recorded that romantic
<BR>schmus. But he didn’t because he had his own agenda. I prefer this kind of
<BR>artistic approach. GG wasn't doing this gig for the money, whereas I got
me <BR>doubts on other classical artists.<BR><BR>Once you realize that you
don't have to please everybody all the time <BR>working as a musician gives
you more freedom to do what you want and not <BR>please crowds and critics
with an unth recording of, say, Chopin Nocturnes. <BR>That is what made GG
different from his contemporaries and if the writer has <BR>failed to
recognize that, well, sorry, mate. Blame that unqualified article <BR>on the
Valium.<BR><BR>So GG was worried or desperate, eh ? And thought that he could
satisfy his <BR>audiences with spliced tape trickery ? Well, then show me a
recording studio <BR>where they don’t use Ableton or LogicPro and I show you
an honest <BR>politician. GG did what he wanted to do without the pressure of
an audience <BR>or exactly this sort of critics who still write nonsense about
a man who has <BR>been dead since 1982. And not that I want to encourage him
he didn’t say one <BR>word about that movie he claims to have
seen...<BR><BR>Am I rambling or has this journalist reached his goal by
winding me up ?<BR><BR>Pat<BR><BR>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- <BR>From:
Timothy Conway<BR>Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 7:57 AM<BR>To: Discussion of
the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.<BR>Subject: [f_minor] Can this be
right?<BR><BR>Hello All,<BR><BR>Go to
<BR>http://www.spectator.co.uk/arts-and-culture/featured/6649333/pillpopping-pianist-.thtml
<BR>for something that may make your hair curl.<BR><BR><BR>--
Tim<BR>Geraldton, WA,
Oz<BR><BR><BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>