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Glenn Gould and Leopold Stokowski's 1966 Columbia recording of Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto is so entertaining that trying not to laugh out loud while listening would make a good drinking game. The two can't seem to agree on the essential character of the piece, and hearing them argue back and forth is downright hilarious. First, Stokowski and the American Symphony land with both feet on a big fat orchestral tutti, then Gould enters and nonchalantly noodles his way up the piano to the slowest trill in creation. Stokowski jumps on a second tutti and Gould picks up the thread and wanders off into another lazy trill, humming all the way (as he always did while playing). Stokowski slams a third tutti and Gould rambles. If Groucho Marx was conducting and Chico Marx was playing the piano, it couldn't be any funnier. So it goes with Stokowski playing the music as if it's essentially heroic and Gould playing it as if it's meant for Looney Tunes. In the end, Stokowski proves the more stubborn, and he never allows the performance to give over to Gould's blandishments. While it's undeniably odd to hear two musicians argue so noticeably in performance -- Stokowski with his mainstream Romanticism, Gould with his straight-faced Dadaism -- one cannot help but enjoy the ride.
© TiVo
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Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Glenn Gould, Main Artist, Piano - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Léopold Stokowski, Conductor - American Symphony Orchestra, Associated Performer - Andrew Kazdin, Producer
(P) 1966 Sony Music Entertainment
Glenn Gould, Main Artist, Piano - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Léopold Stokowski, Conductor - American Symphony Orchestra, Associated Performer - Andrew Kazdin, Producer
(P) 1966 Sony Music Entertainment
Glenn Gould, Main Artist, Piano - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Léopold Stokowski, Conductor - American Symphony Orchestra, Associated Performer - Andrew Kazdin, Producer
(P) 1966 Sony Music Entertainment
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Glenn Gould and Leopold Stokowski's 1966 Columbia recording of Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto is so entertaining that trying not to laugh out loud while listening would make a good drinking game. The two can't seem to agree on the essential character of the piece, and hearing them argue back and forth is downright hilarious. First, Stokowski and the American Symphony land with both feet on a big fat orchestral tutti, then Gould enters and nonchalantly noodles his way up the piano to the slowest trill in creation. Stokowski jumps on a second tutti and Gould picks up the thread and wanders off into another lazy trill, humming all the way (as he always did while playing). Stokowski slams a third tutti and Gould rambles. If Groucho Marx was conducting and Chico Marx was playing the piano, it couldn't be any funnier. So it goes with Stokowski playing the music as if it's essentially heroic and Gould playing it as if it's meant for Looney Tunes. In the end, Stokowski proves the more stubborn, and he never allows the performance to give over to Gould's blandishments. While it's undeniably odd to hear two musicians argue so noticeably in performance -- Stokowski with his mainstream Romanticism, Gould with his straight-faced Dadaism -- one cannot help but enjoy the ride.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 3 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:40
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Glenn Gould
- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Klassiek
(P) 1966 Sony Music Entertainment // Digital Remastering (P) 2015 Sony Music Entertainment
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