Incidentally, Gould was a great artist, pianist and all of that, but he knew squat - rather, he didn't care much, had strong opinions, etc. etc. - about baroque-style interpretations. He was, at heart, a late romantic who played piano. Anything of what Koopman, Leonhardt or Ross did and/or are still doing was either unknown to or ignored by Gould ;-)
Whatever Gould's interpretations might be, they are on the piano, not the harpsichord... And Ton Koopman is no lesser performer than Gould! I play the harpsichord and once the piano and I now realise what a pitfall it is to interpret baroque keyboard music on the piano. Let alone the (very important in my opinion) difference in sound.
Incidentally, Gould was a great artist, pianist and all of that, but he knew squat - rather, he didn't care much, had strong opinions, etc. etc. - about baroque-style interpretations. He was, at heart, a late romantic who played piano. Anything of what Koopman, Leonhardt or Ross did and/or are still doing was either unknown to or ignored by Gould ;-)
bersa888 1 month ago
Whatever Gould's interpretations might be, they are on the piano, not the harpsichord... And Ton Koopman is no lesser performer than Gould! I play the harpsichord and once the piano and I now realise what a pitfall it is to interpret baroque keyboard music on the piano. Let alone the (very important in my opinion) difference in sound.
jnamadeus 2 years ago 4
so it is. Ciao
pautalux 3 years ago
You can tell great performers expecially in these "easy" pieces...
pautalux 3 years ago
I take it "especially" is intended without irony.
polymath7 3 years ago
Thanks for uploading this. :) I love Gould's interpretations, but it's nice to hear different versions. :)
viroge 3 years ago