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Don Petter, do not be put off Glenn Gould because he is a bit cultish (he is). He is also unique and wonderful. Try his Bach recordings, you wont be disappointed.
I think I have an LP of Lupu playing Brahms somewhere, must dig it out.
Can't stand Bach on the piano, so that wouldn't work! Might dip a toe into his Brahms, though.
... it's surprising, but I seem to have very few CDs which I wd count as exceptionally bad, by which I mean that the listening to them causes real exasperation.
For the moment I can only think of the unforgiveably dull Lester Scarlatti -
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the - so surprisingly - leaden Giulini Franck Symphony
By current reckoning I'd be tempted to term Franck's Symphony 'exceptional', tout court....
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
Don Petter #95, I have a CD of Gould's 1959 recital at the Salzburg Festival, which he gave early in his career. Apart from the Goldbergs, which you clearly wont like, there are works by Sweelinck (Fantasia in D), Mozart (sonata K.330) and Schoenberg (Piano Suite op. 25). its a Sony Classical CD, SMK 53474. Well worth a try if you can find a copy. As someone else noted, Gould's Schoenberg is in its way as special as his Bach.
I also have a six CD set of Gould recordings, of which only one and a half are devoted to Bach. The rest include Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Brahms, Schoenberg, Webern and Krenek. Some of these are marked as previously unissued. The CDs are issued by West Hill Radio Archives, WHRA 6038. The recordings were mostly made live and the sound quality isnt marvellous, but I dont remember any serious problems with it.
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