"Glenn Gould, 'the greatest interpreter of Bach'. Glenn Gould has found his own approach to Bach and, from this point of view, he deserves his reputation. It seems to me that his principal merit lies on the level of sonority, a sonority that is exactly what suits Bach best. But, in my own view, Bach's music demands more depth and austerity, whereas with Gould everything is just a little too brilliant and superficial. Above all, however, he doesn't play all the repeat, and that's something for which I really can't forgive him. It suggests that he doesn't actually love Bach sufficiently."
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Sviatoslav Richter, On Bach's Partitas Recordings played by Glenn Gould, in Sviatoslav Richter: Notebooks and Conversations
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Glenn Gould
1932 – 1982
kanadischer Pianist
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