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Hello all,<br>
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I think that Gould appreciated Richter's serious attitude towards
music, i.e. his disinclination to make a purely virtuoso
performance. Differently put, Gould appreciated and found a kindred
spirit in Richter's more classical "clean" approach than the
distinctly romatic playing of Horowitz. Also Rubinstein, whom Gould
had the highest regard for (see the interview Gould did with AR,
published in the GG Reader; his satire of Rubinstein's writing in
the same volume has I think more to do with the lifestyle of the
pianist than his actual performance), played -- despite his
preference for Chopin -- in a less subjective virtuoso manner.<br>
<br>
The fact the Horowitz is by far the most contrapuntally inclined
player of all three doesn't seem to interest Gould. That Gould felt
inclined to comment Horowitz' return to the stage in "The Hysteric
Return" have, I would suggest, more complex reasons than just a
distaste for concert performance. [The charaterizations are of
course simplified; there are many examples of Horowitz being
classically refined and even more Richter performances with an
intensely virirtoso-romantic approach.] <br>
<br>
Gould's own performances are rather often closer to the romantic
approach, at least as far as "straying" from the notation is
concerned. One mustn't forget that he is quite often less consistent
than his written and spoken comments might suggest.<br>
<br>
"The Enigma" is a true documentary masterpiece -- anyone not having
seen it should do so! The success of this film is largely due to the
interviews with Richter himself. And these were difficult to
orchestrate since Richter was a very difficult person to deal with.
Monsaingeons best films about GG are those were Gould took part
himself. It seems Monsaingeon needs the input of and the problems
dealing with the subject-matter in the flesh to make a truly
inspired documentary.<br>
<br>
All the best for 2012!<br>
<br>
/Jorgen<br>
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Ps. Let's hope these artists have put all the differences aside and
together "joined the choir invisible".<br>
<br>
<br>
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<div>Mary, yep, we do indeed. Alas, that parrot is dead. Gone
to meet its maker, bereft of life and off to join the choir
invisible and I doubt we will see something that brilliant
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<div>Now for summet completely different: </div>
<div>How come Richter The Enigma is rather enjoyable while
Hereafter is such a horrible piece of drivel ? Mind you,
both were made by the very same director (Bruno Monstagenon)
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<div>Maybe I am a bit thick but I find it strange for someone
like GG to praise Richter. Apart from his technique Richter
represented everything GG despised about “beingg a pianist”.
Tours, audiences, concerts, doing routine pieces, the works.</div>
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<div>And while pianists who were playing in the same league as
Richter in terms of being “classic” concert pianists (i.e.
Horowitz, Rubinstein) , GG praised Richter for his playing
and poured mild sarcasm over the likes of the previously
mentioned. Call me thick, but I fail to see any logic here.
Is this a Pianist Thing we non-pianists don’t get ?</div>
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<div>Pat</div>
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<div style=""><b>From:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="maryellenjensen28@hotmail.com"
href="mailto:maryellenjensen28@hotmail.com">maryellen
jensen</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 02, 2012 1:51 AM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="f_minor@glenngould.org"
href="mailto:f_minor@glenngould.org">f_minor@glenngould.org</a>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> [f_minor] Richter and Rita</div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4">Oooo
we do miss The Python desperately.<br>
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Strange thing Pat, our GG imagined himself the pianist
in the contortionist's sack <br>
(metaphorically) while on the other hand Richter wanted
to be driven <br>
all over the USSR in the back of a truck with any old
piano to perform <br>
in any and every little hamlet...<br>
<br>
Mary<br>
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