Wes wrote:

>I've never heard the performances of the Brahms intermezzi by Gould.
>All I can say is that I have heard more people agree with you than not
>regarding their quality.  I'm not sure exactly what I dislike about the
>Gould performance of the Rhapsodies.  They sound very mechanical like they
>were being churned on a conveyor belt.

I guess the trouble is that (as we all know) Gould's style of playing,
even within the same repertoire, can be completely different.  So it
wouldn't surprise me if his Rhapsodies were odd, but his Intermezzi were
more or less in the tradition.  His Brahms 2 pc is another (better known)
example:  an interpretation that has baffled many.

John Grant
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/42/john_lewis_grant.html