[f_minor] That Beethoven 7th - let's call it a day

[José Soares]

Brilliant text, Mary! Makes me proud to belong to FMINOR list!

José

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 2:05 AM, maryellen jensen <
maryellenjensen28 at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> Dear Comrades, brothers and sisters, lurkers, Sony Reps etc etc
>
> The ridiculous firestorm begun by some annoying entity (oh dear, I'm being
> HONEST/UNACCEPTABLE/DREADFUL again) calling him/herself "*ksenia*" who
> attaches more merchandise links to their moniker than any travelling
> caravan ever recorded throughout the history of commerce (far exceeding
> even the blatant indecency of any/every existing American tv channel)
> should come to it's end now.
>
>  The 'fire extinguisher' is someone who you all used to know, who I still
> know, and love and respect, and who is to be trusted when others cannot be
> because this person is not intellectually lazy - this person is inherently
> astute and a musician. So here we go:
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> 1) "That Beethoven 7th Allegretto is taken from this complete one:
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=w63DNd7ZCuY,VmW8zkEpFws,vKePu4Je7l4,HimgSm_X5vg,cIPhvR2EhEE
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> I've tried to find who is the performer some months ago but just found
> nothing.  Also youtube doesn't recognize it. The only way is to ask to the
> uploader but with this google+ shit is just impossible! wtf!"
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> 2) "Ciao Mary,
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> found it! It's played by Jean-Claude Pennetier:
> http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Symphony-Transcription-Jean-Claude-Pennetier/dp/B001ASULQY/ref=sr_1_25?ie=UTF8&qid=1455487384&sr=8-25&keywords=liszt+beethoven+7
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> There is no sample online since the CD is no longer printed but I found an
> expired ebay auction showing an image of the jacket with the exact
> durations and  they 100% correspond:
> http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTE2M1gxNjAw/z/OdkAAOSwgNRV8t3y/$_57.JPG
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> In any case it's a wonderful performance.
> Cheers."
>
> That should put it all to rest for "ksenia": my advice to you darling -
> sell your wares elsewhere, late night Los Angeles tv is a good start. There
> are plenty of "Gould" recordings on youtube which have nothing at all to do
> with Gould and just to give you a head's up, we here at FMinor have seen
> just about all of that shite so go peddle your pots and and on sone other
> Gould site.
>
> What we true Gouldians would appreciate is a chance to hear the true, the
> real GG recordings we haven't yet heard. But that all depends on an
> enormous load of nonsense due to "anal collectors" and just how long
> Sony can keep exploiting its remaining cataloque; and your access to
> Japanese vendors who have amazing catalogues for sale.
>
>  I really want to thank all of you who came to my defense and expressed
> your own personal frustrations.(7 of your e-mails went into my 'junk box'
> because none of you respond to FMinor any longer!!). GG was a complicated
> man, as most of the best women and men in science and arts always have
> been. That doesn't mean they were 'saints' - rather the opposite really and
> it must have always been extraordinarily difficult for such gifted artists
> to support the buffers/pillars of Court and Church neither of which were
> all that respected by the hard labouring populous and just a simple reason
> to wash your hair on a Saturday night. I was raised a Lutheran in the USA.
> Jensen. The only thing I could abide in church on Sunday were Bach's hymns.
> Later on I had a Catholic friend and realized how much worse was the dearth
> she was going through - but she was obliged and ended up having had a
> certain need and blind acceptance of the mindless masochism of the Roman
> Catholic system. She accepted it as her duty, practically like a point of
> honour to be so degraded. She became a divorced alcoholic (with children),
> now in AA. She can't recite a single prayer in Latin, there were no songs
> for her to sing from her heart during any church festival.She had to wear a
> cover over her head in Cathedral. My My.
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> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJLkjjtUb10>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJLkjjtUb10
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> Glenn Gould gave me the finesse, the creativity and the genius of JS Bach
> which the Lutheran church denied me.
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>  Perhaps Matthew Harding won't thank me for this because it is on FMinor
> (not off line) - but I admire him enormously for all of his commitments
> (time and financial) to help alleviate the suffering of dreadfully ill and
> suffering fellow citzens in spite of all of his own familial and
> professional commitments. Matthew *you are a mensch* and people here on
> this Glenn Gould meeting site should be aware of it. I apologize if I have
> embarrassed you by pointing it out but it just might provide inspiration
> for others here to become involved in even the most modest way.
>
> I hope this e-mail has provided some satisfaction and information...
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> Mary Jensen
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