Tim Mahon wrote: >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. I have long held the same opinion. His humming, and - at times - outright singing - create a distraction which even the mastery and beauty of his performance cannot cover. Surely, there must be a way to digitally process the recordings and scrub his vocal "contributions" out of the sound track. I believe that unless this is done, Gould's legacy will become only a footnote in recorded music - because people will find themselves unable to properly appreciate Gould's genius because of the background noise. Dave Harman El Paso, TX