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 [log in to unmask]