Tuesday, 21 September 2010
The 'Sunlight' Sonata
Glenn Gould was an iconoclast. A truly original, powerful and independent thinker. Today many a classical music fan spits blood at the mention of his name. He started out on a fairly normal career as a concert pianist albeit with phenomenal hand speed and accuracy. Eventually though he turned his back on the concert hall and devoted himself entirely to recording. One of his famous collaborations was with Yehudi Menuhin. They played J.S. Bach, Beethoven and Schoenberg. He died of a stroke aged only 50 and a single man.
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