Ray Bayles wrote:
>Gould is one of the few that could come up with something new upon
>reexamination of Bach. Not everybody agrees that the "new" version was
>the better one. There are 7 different recordings of Gould's Goldberg's,
>most of them badly recorded, but the performances leave me with the belief
>that only the famous two were special creative performances. I personally
>do not believe the later version has a better or "wiser" perspective.
I prefer this later version because the roller-coaster speed of the first
recording makes me angry every time I hear it. Some of the Variations
sound like mindless virtuoso stunts, something I deeply detest. (And he
skips all the repeats in both versions. I want the Goldbergs complete.)
Robert