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She is nowhere near Glen Gould
by puhlease

Judging from the snippet imbedded in the article, she is nowhere near Glen Gould. There are many interesting interpretations of Bach, and everyone is entitled to an opinion, but any valid interpretation must at least play the left hand audibly. In Bach, most of the tension is found in the interplay between the inner and outer voices. Gould was a master at using those voices to heighten the melodic drama. Gould also had an innate feel for Bach's melodic lines that charged them with an almost electric energy. Simone is competent at best. Despite his hyperbolic hommage to Gould's Goldberg's I don't think the author really gets what made Gould great. I think he merely has a crush on a musician who would talk to him.

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