Glenn Gould - Beethoven, Sonata No. 30 Op. 109 - I
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In Beethoven , Gould has no balls . But he tries what he can ; and that is pretty much ....
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@3du76 YESSSS the key is the modern approach gould and beethoven are the only two classical musicians i listen to and this is why!!
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non dire stronzate
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His CD's version is better...but this version isn't bad.
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@3du76 For someone who boasted a small fraction of Bach's musical genius, it's good to know Zappa "didn't hate it".
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@3du76 i full heartedly agree, this for me is what separates gould from any other pianist. I think that posterity will look upon the 20th century and find Gould to be its most significant pianist.
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Zappa quote: "I haven't studied Bach, and I'm really not that crazy about his music. I don't hate it, but it's not something I would go out of my way to listen to" and then "only with the exception of Gould, because he twists the stuff so that at least there's a question mark inserted into the composition".
Sorry for my English
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@12345anonymousperson I belive that Gould has a truly modern mind. The "rushing" chors that you mentioned is, for me, a little piece of jazz... in fact, i think Beethoven had shared the modern aproach of Gould. And happens the same thing with Bach interpretation...
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Love this version, Gould has a great approach to many works always very interesting
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This performance is a joke, try Serkin for the real stuff.
I am surprised to see all these negative reviews, I think this is the greatest possible interpretation of this work (tied with Barenboim). But the negative opinions are just as valid as mine I suppose.
morvensky 2 years ago 22
I am not sure that Gould "reaches" Beethoven here. What is curious is that after the performance is finished, one feels that Gould has acted the Maverick as has Beethoven on writing this piece in the fist place.
davidgee100 2 years ago 8