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color=#0000ff>GOOD Heavens, I seem to have set the GG forest
afire!!!! Well, my reaction to the Scriabin was a first impression
and what I was paying attention to were the melodic elements, not the
structures. I've heard lots of Scriabin and find him attractive, but
this particular Sonata, on first encounter, I found, now that I think of my
initial metaphor, like a forest devoid of all its leaves. Stark, blank and
empty are the first things that come to mind. To honor the strong
responses that my small post has elicited I will revisit the sonata and give it
another listen......</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff>I still lament GG's lack of Debussy and Faure for that
matter. I can only imagine how he would have launched a frontal
attack on some of Rach's more treacherously ponderous technical
moments.....</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff>Kind regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff>Fred Houpt</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> f_minor-bounces@glenngould.org
[mailto:f_minor-bounces@glenngould.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>f h<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Saturday, January 28, 2012 5:17 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Discussion of the Canadian
pianist Glenn Gould.<BR><B>Subject:</B> [f_minor] Scriabin<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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vAlign=top>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAAmdfoeYVs&feature=related<BR><BR>I
hope that I've copied the URL correctly. Am listening to GG play
Scriabin's sonata #5. Not heard this before and am not overly
impressed. I think GG would have been better off playing more Ravel
and certainly Debussy than this mediocre work.
<BR><BR>regards,<BR><BR>Fred Houpt<BR></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 9px">_______________________________________________________________________</font></P>
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