[f_minor] Ich ruf zu dir mein Herr..../Voyager
Karl Brown
kbrown at physics.carleton.ca
Mon Feb 27 11:02:09 PST 2012
Michael,
You've pinged my curiosity sensor, I'll have to look into your suggestion.
Kind regards,
Karl
On 27-Feb-2012 13:36, michael macelletti wrote:
> if you want the ultimate recording of this, try " alfred brendel the
> farewell concerts " decca 478 2116. he does it as his last encore, at
> his last concert. ( can you imagine a more moving moment, after a
> career like his ? )
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> *From:* Anita Monroe <rubatoatm at gmail.com>
> *To:* Discussion of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.
> <f_minor at glenngould.org>
> *Sent:* Mon, February 27, 2012 1:13:50 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [f_minor] Ich ruf zu dir mein Herr..../Voyager
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> Pat,
>
> This is awesome, and I don't use that term lightly. Do you know if
> this recording by Murray Perahia is available on the market? I've
> played this about twenty times and can't get enough of it.
>
> Many, many thanks,
> Anita
>
> PS Forget what I wrote about not buy anything. (-:
>
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:28 AM, Karl Brown
> <kbrown at physics.carleton.ca <mailto:kbrown at physics.carleton.ca>> wrote:
>
> Great find!
>
> Although not played by GG, Murray Perahia is certainly no slouch
> and has been a Bach fan of mine for some years. I was lucky enough
> to meet him after a concert given here in Ottawa two years ago.
>
> Makes you wonder what GG would have done with this piece of music,
> could he have possibly played it at an even slower tempo or
> perhaps twice as fast?
>
> Although we'll never know, one thing you can be certain of, his
> recording would have been, as with so many of his other recordings
> ... Gouldian.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Karl
>
>
>
> On 23-Feb-2012 16:47, Pat wrote:
>> Dear all
>> Some weeks ago someone here wanted to know if a recording of the
>> cantata Ich ruf zu dir mein Herr Jesus Christ by Johannn
>> Sebastian Bach was ever recorded by Glenn Gould.
>> Well, it wasn't but by sheer coincidence I found another
>> recording and with this one I can kill two birds with one stone.
>> First you get a piano recording of said cantata plus you get info
>> on the NASA Voyager mission plus absolutely stunning images :
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb_KuB4AA7Q&feature=fvst
>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb_KuB4AA7Q&feature=fvst>
>> If you are new to the GG universe, there is a connection to GG
>> and the Voyager mission. Apart from being one of the most
>> spectacular missions NASA ever did, this spacecraft also
>> contains a recording of parts of the WTC1 as recorded by GG
>> (amongst other stuff), just in case this spacecraft might one day
>> be found by Little Green Men far, far, very far away...
>> Pat
>>
>>
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