I've noticed no one, including myself until now, has mentioned Gould. I
personally find *some* of his Beethoven sonatas right on, like his Opus 31
#2 and his Opus 27 #1. (even Goode doesn't touch Gould on these two, and
I like both pianists very well!)
The problem with Gould is that he tends to take his own tempos and other
liberties with the score. I think there was some discussion in another
thread about taking liberties with a score, and most of his Beethoven
doesn't fail. But some does... (I think you have to be a Gould fan to
appreciate *ever*thing he did.) And for gosh sakes, skip his late sonatas
at first!!:-)
-Lindsey Orcutt
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