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Actually, I suppose there is not much question here, that the answer is YES...but after Other Tink posted the Alison Balsom, I went to Glenn Gould and have been listening more or less ever since then...Balsom's love of music, her artistry, seems to make me think of Gould...

Also, both play mostly baroque, of course...anyway, here is Glenn Gould with a Bach composition he clearly loves very much...your thoughts, comments observations much appreciated. 


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Yes, Gould is among my favorites.

And he even adds a voice to his performance that Bach probably never dreamed of. :D

But I like him anyway; it adds to his eccentric charm, which I'm not sure Bach would have approved of, but I think Mozart would.  :)


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O'Tink...I was laughing...in one of the Gould interviews on YouTube, he called the theme of one movement of Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto as parochial, or absurd, something on that order, and Beethoven could only get away with such a travesty because of his strong personality...(or something)...

Well that particular Beethoven piece is one of my all-time favourites! But I really appreciate Gould's contemplations anyway...

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@ Virginia,

Lol, the Emperor Concerto is SUPERB, I don't know what Gould could have meant, unless he was being deliberately outrageous. :D

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O'Tink...even as I watched Gould play the "despicable" theme with contempt...just hearing it, my heart thrilled again...I love listening to Gould's contemplations on the nature of music and composers, but occasionally I just, well, don't get it...

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I'll have to listen to this later and make sure I'm not just a heathen! :D

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Well Rooster I have my own definition of heathen, and you are NOT it!

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Hear, hear!

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@Rooster, Virginia, T(h)ink

I couldn't help smiling and chuckling while reading your comments.

It is sunny today!

Good morning to all of you!

:):):D:D

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Good morning/afternoon/evening to all:)

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I was just checking the world clock for Geneva...prolly Marianne's time? Anyway, currently 7 PM there...sh/be 1 PM for O'Tink...Rooster and I are same time @ 10 AM...

The wonders of this digital age, no phone needed, nor cumbersome horse travel nor airplane travel/jet lag...we can carry on conversations at our convenience, our leisure...no matter the time zone...

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Lol - yes, it is funny with the time zones, and on-line messages make it easy. Formerly, with long distance phone calls, we had to be there either very early in the morning, or later in the evening - and often both.

Right now, it is 2 min. to nine p.m. - lol.

:)

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A delight for the ears!

But I don't know if Glenn Gould is the greatest of all the amazing artists loving and interpreting Bach, as many are "competing" worldwide, and each of them has his or her special way, touch, preferences and emotional expression.


Examples (all from Bach, but not the same "parts"):

Argerich:

Barenboim:

Vitkauskaite:

Protich:


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Dear Marianne,

Your comment is very well taken, and an excellent observation...in a deep way, it is not really meaningful to try to designate one artist as 'greatest'...in that each of them brings something unique. A good reminder, thank you, as I am myself attempting to buy out of such socially conditioned value judgments...

I appreciated all of these, especially found Svetla Protich rendering of the Bach fugue very moving.

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Yes, dear Virginia, each one of us is unique, and our tastes and emotions vary too. I think that, like you, T(h)ink shows one of the best examples about how to talk with the smiling "wait a minute" about our differences, our ideas or inspirations, exchange impressions, learn from each other and "update" and/or check things, and how to widen our "horizon".



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:)  :P  <3

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:):D:)<3

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