Remind me, if you would, why I should admire Gould? I'm listening to
Book One of the Well-tempered Clavier on Sony, and the playing is luminous
-- awe-inspiring, in fact.  But the accompanying humming is driving me
nuts.  Is this a temperamental genius who doesn't care about other people
listening and is interested only in perfection of performance? Or is it
simply a lack of discipline -- surprising (to me) in an artist whose
reputation is so vaunted.

Tim Mahon
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