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In Reply to: RE: Agreed, good reviews. Thanks. posted by ecl876 on November 21, 2015 at 14:22:39
Plus there are some mean snobs and pseudo intellectual keyboard warriors loiter there. Makes me think this is part of he reasons ppl. don't want to get into classical music. :/
Edits: 11/21/15Follow Ups:
I tried to respond to some people there who take themselves (and their opinions) a bit too seriously with some (I thought!) truly goofy stuff, but I was only met with puzzlement.
If the game is who can produce the most inane stream of pompous nonsense, as it often seems to be in more than one AA forum, I am a force to be reckoned with. Do you think anyone in Music Lane will again demand that I "answer the question" any time soon? I think not. You're welcome.
. . . I can freely reckon with the full extent of your force! ;-)
(Actually, my favorite of your posts on that thread was the textless "Well said"!)
The "re-performance" by Zenph/Sony of Gould's 1955 recording.The used the original tapes to create software instructions for a Yamaha Disklavier, then played it on a Yamaha that was voiced to sound like Gould's Steinway, and recorded that. A really interesting project that I think was hugely successful. HDTracks has it, and you get it in both stereo and (better) binaural. The only problem with the binaural is that they put the "head" at the pianist's location, and it exaggerates the bass-on-the-left/treble-on-the-right a bit.
WW
"A man need merely light the filaments of his receiving set and the world's greatest artists will perform for him." Alfred N. Goldsmith, RCA, 1922
Edits: 11/22/15
One of the main ones is that Gould was hearing a Steinway sound and, one would think, molding his playing to that instrument, while Zenph gives us a Yamaha sound. Still, I really like the Zenph version myself - not least because the process manages to eliminate GG's wretched singing, one of his many egotistic conceits. Don't get me wrong, I like a lot of Gould's playing, but his reputation has always extended far beyond what it deserves IMHO, partly because his eccentric habits ("This nut's a genius") somehow appealed to a wider public beyond the usual classical audience.
I know - everyone argues about the voicing.
Still, I'd love to see this process done for some other recordings. I have a badly beat-up 10" Decca of Brahms' Variations on a Theme of Paganini in A-minor with Andor Foldes that I'd love to hear without all the noise. Some day maybe I'll spring for one of the expensive de-noise Pro Tools plugins (the cheapies don't cut it) and try to make it a little more listenable.
And yes, his fame had little to do with his playing, but I have to admit I'm still a fan.
WW
"A man need merely light the filaments of his receiving set and the world's greatest artists will perform for him." Alfred N. Goldsmith, RCA, 1922
I'd heard of the G. Variations for years and, over time, bought 4 versions by the most famous pianists(I dont even remember who they were but it included Gould). Then I heard Simone Dinnerstein and sold the rest. Amazing . They played the notes - she played the music.
Edits: 11/24/15
Funny - not to rain on your parade or anything, but I had the Dinnerstain recording myself for a short time. I then sold it and kept my others! (A couple of the variations on her recording had seemed a bit cautious to me.) De gustibus non est disputandum and all that, ;-)
I like the Gould performances (both old and new) myself, but my own fave is the cult favorite by Ekaterina Dershavina:
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. . . but I don't know if this performance was ever on vinyl.
sounds pretty good via YouTube sample.
It seems to be a Gold berg Rush this year.
I will keep my eyes on Dershavina who's totally unknown to me.
No vinyl, I think.
I wonder how her French Suites and complete Haydn are.
Heard 'em?
"If people don't want to come, nothing will stop them" - Sol Hurok
What I heard sounded good. She's also got a Medtner release that came out that came out a couple of years ago. Excellent performances, but the tonal balance of the piano sounded just a bit strange on my system.
There are some of her in-concert performances floating around on the internet too, including the Diabelli Variations.
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