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The whole classical-music world has some peculiarities. Why fetishize young players but old compositions?
by johan_larson 11y ago
The whole classical-music world has some peculiarities. Why fetishize young players but old compositions?
- chopin 11y agoIs that the case for violinists? I listen to much classical piano music and there are only very few young ones which achieve levels of old ones. I never heard a pianist under 40 live which was able to play the late Beethoven sonatas in a true fascinating way. I always have the impression that their artistic (as in virtuosity) abilities get in their way.
- duaneb 11y agoGlenn Gould's take on the goldberg variations were recorded when he was 23, i think.
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- chopin 11y agoGood catch! However, Glenn Gould was considered very controversial especially at his time with the mainstream media. I like his Bach interpretations very much, but I know Bach enthusiasts who loathe them. With his Beethoven interpretations, I am very torn. Take for instance the 2nd movement of the op. 111, where I like the one by Barenboim (the second recording) much better. And Gould's recording of it I know of has been taken at a much later age I think anyways.
- duaneb 11y agoCorrect, and just because he was young does not mean his popularity was due to his youth. :)
- colomon 11y agoHe recorded them again at ~49.
- duaneb 11y agoYes, and I highly recommend back-to-back listens! It's simply gorgeous and a relatively poorly tapped part of Bach's (admittedly massive) catalogue.