Re: Gould hasn't recorded the BWV903 Chromatic Fugue

[Bradley Lehman <bpl@umich.edu>]

At 07:16 PM 4/15/01 +0200, Juozas Rimas wrote:
> > He didn't really record the fantasia, either, only whacked through it for a
> > television program.  In the program he plays half of the fantasy, then
> > turns to Bruno Monsaingeon and explains why he doesn't like it.  He claims
> > that this is his "first and last" performance of it.
>
> Didn't record? It's in the same CD you mentioned in your reply. At least
> should
> be according
> http://glenn.fdnet.com.au/releasedetail.cfm?id=18
> (I've heard it - he's even humming a bit in the recording and I always thought
> humming
> was the indication he was moved by the piece).


That rendition on the CD is the two halves of that same TV performance
spliced together.  By "didn't record" I meant he didn't make a regular
studio recording of it (audio-only) but merely played it on that one TV
program.


Bradley Lehman, Dayton VA
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