Glenn Gould Radio Documentaries | Pablo Casals & Leopold Stokowski

Glenn Gould Radio Documentaries | Pablo Casals & Leopold Stokowski | Another Gould Triumph

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Genre: Classical Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
Rating: NR
Release Date: 18-SEP-2001

Philosophical Revelations

As a Glenn Gould fan from way back, I've known of the existence of these documentaries but never been able to hear them until this CD release. Producing radio documentaries was an extremely important phase of Gould's career; he considered them (particularly those in the "Solitude Trilogy") to be music, and himself to be the composer. Gould turned down many extremely lucrative offers to give concerts during the last 18 years of his life; one of the activities he pursued - though for little financial remuneration - was the production of these documentaries for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

The Casals disc, though enjoyable, did little to change my view of Casals as a very fussy man whose playing and conducting were just plain sloppy. The primary voice one hears is not that of Casals (or
Gould for that matter), but of author Albert Kahn - whose narration I found pretentious and irritating. More interesting and far more enjoyable were the reminiscinces of young music students who had played for Casals or attended his classes.

The Stokowski disc was an absolute revelation. The only previous time I had heard Stokowski speak was on the odd side of a 78rpm set where he gave a short lecture about Beethoven's Seventh. Here, following a longish introduction by Gould himself, Stokowski speaks at length and reveals himself to be not only a recording pioneer, humanitarian, and great conductor who premiered a staggering number of works that are now standard repertoire, but also a very deep thinker with profound insights on many subjects. The Stokowski program is one for the ages, and will bear many repeat listenings. There are even clips of Stokowski and Gould rehearsing for their recording of Beethoven's "Emperor" concerto! No serious Glenn Gould fan should be without these!

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Another Gould Triumph

There is so much on these two CD's......about 160 minutes. Gould weaves documentary, interview, and music together with artistic precision as only he can. I know the CBC has much more in their vaults that has not yet been released that Glenn has produced......Please get it out there!!! This CD has some extroidinary moments of Casals and Stokowski......brilliant. He has Stokowski discussing not just music, but the planets, the solar system........and the Casals material is inspiring.....Pablo's infectious yearning for Music and expressed to his students is provided here......Excellent material, and I hope to listen to it all very soon.

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Tracks
Peridically and Strangely Enough, Not Infrequently-I Meet Someone ... | Not So Very Long Ago-When I Was in Puerto Rico Last-We Were ... | It's a Very Strange Feeling-When You're Sitting, Talking to Don ... | You Have to Understand That I Am Speaking Not as a ... | In the United States Today, I Suppose His Name Is Most Closely ... | Now I Say That the Marlboro School Is the Best Possible-The Best ... - Pablo Casals | One Question That Was Recently Asked Me Regarding Casals, I Found ... | May I Inject Myself, My Own Personality into This Discussion for a ... | Last Year in the Festival We Had Played a Bruckner Symphony | And There's One Rather Interesting Contradiction That Is Perhaps Worth | Now Casals Is a Very Strong Personality | It Was Sir Francis Bacon Who Said That There Is No Beary Which ... | I Also Think That Basically Casals Is a Very Simple Person | If I Were Asked to Sum Up Don Pablo's Credo, I Think I Would Quote ... | Casals: A Portrait for Radio | This Is Glenn Gould and This Programme Is About Leopold Stokowski - Glenn Gould | Think of Our Solar System. It's Colossal Size - Leopold Stokowski | Although I Am Interested in Everything in the Universe, What I ... - Leopold Stokowski | First of All, It's Our Privilage and Our Necessity to Try to ... - Leopold Stokowski | If I Had to Perform the Music of, Say , Mozart or Shostakovish or ... - Leopold Stokowski | I Think That Ives Had That Freedom - Leopold Stokowski | We Must Give Our Education of Music and of Philosphy and of Everything - Leopold Stokowski | It Can Asll Be Expressed in on Word, and That One Word Is Freedom'. - Leopold Stokowski | But Had the Russian Artist Been Divorced from the West? - Leopold Stokowski | It Is Remarkable That One Can Stay in the Home and Hear Music from All - Leopold Stokowski | In Holland, About 20 Years Agoa, I Was Conducting the ... - Leopold Stokowski | I Find That Everyday Come New Possibilities and New Isead and They ... - Leopold Stokowski | It Is Quite Possible That the So-Called 'Cave Man Had Such Ideas Too. - Leopold Stokowski | Stokowski: A Portrait for Radio

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