Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/07

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Subject: [Leica] Never judge .. / Bruckner/Gould
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sun Oct 7 10:44:54 2007
References: <C32E5E9D.10BEA%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> <4708A389.900@numericable.fr> <000001c808c7$9d588f40$4001a8c0@MATTHEW><f515245b7887324b9e9eec769126746a@comcast.net><4708CBC8.9030901@numericable.fr> <172c6f6fabf1f2a34ff138be026ead14@comcast.net><004101c808e5$48c1c2d0$2101a8c0@luispersonal> <4708F591.4060707@gmx.de><007d01c808f9$af7bbc60$2101a8c0@luispersonal> <47090122.2050103@numericable.fr><008001c808fa$a5472ad0$2101a8c0@luispersonal><470903D9.1050107@numericable.fr> <69E77C50-460F-42CC-AE52-4810595DB35A@pandora.be> <000101c80903$e907bf10$4001a8c0@MATTHEW>

Even if he disliked it, he gave a wonderful interpretation of it.
After a while, that gets to be the thrill: comparing interpretations.  
It gives the pieces so much more depth.
Philippe


Op 7-okt-07, om 19:02 heeft Matthew Hunt het volgende geschreven:

> I like GG: Bach, Gibbons, and his piano playing of Beethoven's 5th  
> and 6th
> Symphonies was striking.  He said he disliked Mozart, according to
> biographers.  I also found his The Idea of North etc (a fugue for  
> speech,
> with the continuo of a train) interesting, but it took many  
> listenings to
> pick it up.
> Matthew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of  
> Philippe
> Orlent
> Sent: 07 October 2007 17:15
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Never judge .. / Bruckner
>
> I love Gould, too. Esp. when he plays Mozart.
> Philippe
>
>
>
> Op 7-okt-07, om 18:05 heeft Philippe Amard het volgende geschreven:
>
>> Since I discovered the last version of the Goldberg variations by
>> G. Gould, after JS. Bach ;-) , I've kept buying the CD for myself,
>> and offering  it to people I love.
>> I'm without at the moment LoL.
>> There was a period in my life when, working on some research work,
>> I played it non stop 18hours a day for nearly a month.
>> Still humming at the keyboard
>> Phil...x
>>
>>
>>
>> Luis Ripoll wrote:
>>
>>> Philippe,
>>> I've read somewhere that Gould was called "L'enfant terrible de
>>> Bach",
>>>
>>> Saludos cordiales
>>> Luis
>>> -----Mensaje original-----
>>> De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org
>>> [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En
>>> nombre de
>>> Philippe Amard
>>> Enviado el: domingo, 07 de octubre de 2007 17:54
>>> Para: Leica Users Group
>>> Asunto: Re: [Leica] Never judge .. / Bruckner
>>>
>>> Douglas and Luis,
>>>
>>> Gould played Gould,
>>> others play Bach
>>> I love both ;-)
>>>
>>> Saith the Phil...x, humming
>>>
>>>
>>> Luis Ripoll wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Douglas,
>>>>
>>>> I can't have an opinion without comparing, as you say the
>>>> interpretations are something very personal, many people loves
>>>> Bach's interpretations of Glenn Gould rather than Rosalyn Tureck
>>>> or Wanda Landowska..., I prefer these ones.
>>>>
>>>> Saludos cordiales
>>>> Luis
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Mensaje original-----
>>>> De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org
>>>> [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En
>>>> nombre de Douglas Sharp Enviado el: domingo, 07 de octubre de
>>>> 2007 17:05
>>>> Para: Leica Users Group
>>>> Asunto: Re: [Leica] Never judge .. / Bruckner
>>>>
>>>> Talking of interpretations - has anyone else ever compared Jean
>>>> Sibelius 2nd Symphony (and the Karelia Suite for that matter)?
>>>> 1 interpreted by Ashkenazy
>>>> 2 interpreted by Leonard Bernstein
>>>>
>>>> I have never heard such a difference in interpretation in my life
>>>> - Lenny took all the emotion out of it, Ashkenazy brought out
>>>> everything that Sibelius stood for in Finland and Karelia. An
>>>> amazingly moving interpretation!
>>>> It has a similar "ooomph" that a decent interpretation of Elgar's
>>>> Nimrod or Barber's Adagio has - pure distilled emotion.
>>>>
>>>> Douglas
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Luis Ripoll wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Agree again,
>>>>> Luis
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Mensaje original-----
>>>>> De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org
>>>>> [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org]
>>>>> En nombre de Bob Shaw Enviado el: domingo, 07 de octubre de 2007
>>>>> 14:14
>>>>> Para: Leica Users Group
>>>>> Asunto: Re: [Leica] Never judge .. / Bruckner
>>>>>
>>>>> Exactly.  Depends on the performers and what shape the
>>>>> conductor's head is in.
>>>>>
>>>>> For the german Requiem, some prefer Von Karajan's interpretation.
>>>>>
>>>>> For me, Solti conducting the the Chicago Symphony and Chorus
>>>>> with Kiri and Bernd Weikl (London 414-627-2) is my All Time
>>>>> Favorite.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob
>>>>> On Oct 7, 2007, at 5:06, Philippe Amard wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob Shaw wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> As to Brahms, give a listen to his German (Deutsches) Requiem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Haunting!
>>>>> if somewhat bombastic though , depending on the performers .
>>>>> Phil...x
>>>>>
>>>>>
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In reply to: Message from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] Never judge a book by its cover)
Message from phamard at numericable.fr (Philippe Amard) ([Leica] Never judge a book by its cover)
Message from matthew at hunt.tc (Matthew Hunt) ([Leica] Never judge .. / Bruckner)
Message from rsphotoimages at comcast.net (Bob Shaw) ([Leica] Never judge .. / Bruckner)
Message from phamard at numericable.fr (Philippe Amard) ([Leica] Never judge .. / Bruckner)
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