Marco, <div><br></div><div>I have a few of Helene Grimaud's CD's and enjoy them very much. I will listening to more of her work.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Anita</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Marco Poli <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marco.poli@unimi.it">marco.poli@unimi.it</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Anita,</div>
<div><u></u> <u></u>I do -
quite - agree with you: Hafner's book (which was translated in Italian
back in 2009: a good indicator of the interest for Glenn Gould's art
in this Country) is surely among the best ever published.
Of course, the best one is the one yet to be written, combining
Bazzana's erudition, Hafner's passion etc.</div>
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<div>I would also like to ask f_minor members their opinion on a
brilliant present-day piano player: Hélène Grimaud. Although
her repertoire preferences (including, apart from the "Three
Bs", Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Mozart, Chopin, Schumann) are in some
instances very far from Gould's, she somehow seems to me to be a sort
of a kin of spirit with him in her independence of choices, in not
accepting to be conditioned by charismatic conductors (see the recent
quérelle with Abbado), in being very clear on what she likes or
dislikes, in belonging to the category of what I call "thinking
pianists" - I hopefully will explain what I mean in a further
occasion -, and finally in her love for nature and especially
animals. Of course, the main common point with Gould is
that, in my opinion, she is a very good musician!</div>
<div>I would like to read your comments.</div>
<div>Thanks</div>
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<div>Marco</div>
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<blockquote type="cite">By all means add this one. It's
probably my favorite of all the books about GG because it is so easy
to understand his passion for the right piano kept in perfect
condition. During the chapter describing the accident with 318,
I admit that I wept and wept. It was as bad as a death in the
family.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite">Anita<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Karl
Brown <<a href="mailto:kbrown@physics.carleton.ca" target="_blank">kbrown@physics.carleton.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote>Any comments, is this a good read?<br>
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<b>A Romance on Three Legs: Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the
Perfect Piano</b>, 2008, By Katie Hafner<br>
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I found it at Chapters the other day ...<a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Romance-Three-Legs-Obsessive-Perfect/dp/1596915242" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.ca/Romance-Three-Legs-Obsessive-Perfect/dp/1596915<span></span>242</a><br>
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The ONLY book in the Music/Arts/Classical section ...what a shame!<br>
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I already have a collection of about 10 books on Glenn Gould, just
wanted to add this one to it, or not.<br>
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