David Whitbeck ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Now for my question: On these two recordings that I have (Beethoven
>Piano Concertos Nos 3,5 Royal Edition Sony Classical Bernstein New York
>Philharmonic, Mozart Piano Concertos Nos 21,27 DG Abbado London Symphony
>Orchestra) with Serkin on the piano on both recordings; I occasionally
>here this odd sound.  Have you ever heard the weird moaning sound of
>wind when you're inside close to a window?  Well I hear something like
>it on these recordings: a moaning wind sound. Can anybody tell me what
>that sound is?

Serkin? I don't have those recordings, and I'm not aware that Serkin
was a vocaliser, but it's quiote possible.

Glenn Gould was the most famous/notorious case, but many performers are
incapable of humming/singing/groaning (Barbirolli) along with the music.
Even Curzon, I discovered a few years ago while listening to his recording
of the Schubert B flat on headphones, was a hummer.

Possibility?

Deryk Barker
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