I guess I’m the only one on here hu lyk da Gould. Ztill, can’t vote him ovah Gilelz, zo a tie then
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I don’t dislike everything with Gould - I think his 1955 Goldbergs is still one of the best alternatives out there for instance, and I also like him in several of the Bach concerti. Probably something more I’ve forgotten. But overall he’s really not a pianist for me. Flat, linear, zero ability with sound, mechanical phrasing etc etc, and a huge chunk of recordings which are musically ludicrous. Overall I think he’s in the de Pachmann category of pianists - but when it comes to Bach no doubt an important and hugely influential one. There’s “before & after” Gould with Bach in the same way there is before and after Chopin with Rubinstein, or Beethoven with Schnabel (although I think AS more summed up the consensus of the time as it were rather than did something entirely new on his own, but he did set the benchmark).
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Wut about hiz Brahmz? I adore it
** hides in a freezer **
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Gonna take that as a no. I wuz thinking about intermezzi and not concerti btw
The live Brahms 1 is great actually
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hahaha wit no GAV i haff no choic but to zpoil tha ballot 
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