Bach's Art of the Fugue
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- vvvvvvv
- Topic Starter
- 2595 posts since 24 Oct, 2000 from skelmersdale, west lancs, uk
Glenn Gould has a lot to answer for. He totally ruined me for listening to Bach any other way, and opened my eyes to much more.
The Goldbergs were always a big favourite, but once I heard GG playing them (prefer the later version) it became ecstatic musical bliss in a strange unimaginable world.
Back to case in point: Art of Fugue is a collection I'd always found too difficult to follow, until I recently heard GG, who makes it all sound easy and better still, easier to listen to.
Hence this post - sharing the joy.
Art of the fart
(and thanks all the odd sounding transcripts
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The Goldbergs were always a big favourite, but once I heard GG playing them (prefer the later version) it became ecstatic musical bliss in a strange unimaginable world.
Back to case in point: Art of Fugue is a collection I'd always found too difficult to follow, until I recently heard GG, who makes it all sound easy and better still, easier to listen to.
Hence this post - sharing the joy.
Art of the fart
(and thanks all the odd sounding transcripts
)Member 12, Studio One Pro 7, VPS Avenger, Kontakt 8, Spitfire, Sonible, Baby Audio, CableGuys. Recent best buy - EZ Drummer 3 with Bandmate
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- KVRist
- 402 posts since 28 Apr, 2004 from six feet under
Kevvvvv, check out the harpsichord variations by Helmut Walcha and you'll totally forget about GG, the hype and his piano 
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- KVRAF
- 5440 posts since 4 Aug, 2006 from Helsinki
I don't agree at all (although I'm not Kevvvvv).cuppa wrote: Thu Nov 01, 2018 11:21 pm Kevvvvv, check out the harpsichord variations by Helmut Walcha and you'll totally forget about GG, the hype and his piano
Of course Walcha is a great artist, but totally different approach, than Gould's.
In addition, for me the frequencies typical for the harpsichord, as a solo instrument, create soon listening fatique. I keep listening Gould, with or without the hype (or his "singing").
As pointed out earlier, GG's later recordings, e. g. his 1981 recording of the Goldberg Variations vs. the 1955 recording suits to my Bach conception and personal taste better.
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- vvvvvvv
- Topic Starter
- 2595 posts since 24 Oct, 2000 from skelmersdale, west lancs, uk
When I first fell for the Goldbergs it was on harpsichord - can't remember who.
But then when I heard a piano playing the cadenzas in Bach's 5th Brandenburg, the keyboard one, I was enraptured how piano sounded so much better than harpsi.
All my Landowska harpsi purism went out of the window overnight.
It was only a matter of time before Glenn Gould turned up.
Now he helps me hear so much better that I'm even getting deeper into fugues, which were always "forbidden / boring" territory.
I think anyone who wants to stretch their musicality to the limit should listen to his performances.
It's kind of exalting to listen to these strange old musical languages, and feel the most incandescent profound feelings.
But then when I heard a piano playing the cadenzas in Bach's 5th Brandenburg, the keyboard one, I was enraptured how piano sounded so much better than harpsi.
All my Landowska harpsi purism went out of the window overnight.
It was only a matter of time before Glenn Gould turned up.
Now he helps me hear so much better that I'm even getting deeper into fugues, which were always "forbidden / boring" territory.
I think anyone who wants to stretch their musicality to the limit should listen to his performances.
It's kind of exalting to listen to these strange old musical languages, and feel the most incandescent profound feelings.
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