Donald Satz wrote in reply to Bob Dubois, speaking about Glenn Gould's
Goldberg Variations:

>Because he hums? He's hardly the only artist who makes noises while
>performing.  Are all of them disrespectful? I don't understand this view.

I wonder how others feel about this.  Most notable in my experience, I have
a few recordings of Pablo Casals with a lot of various articulations on
them.  When all of a sudden out of the music I hear a hum or an "ahhhh", I
am touched, transported in time and feel connected to this great musician.
I'd never want those utterances edited out of a recording.

"Linda Rogers" <[log in to unmask]>