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Titolo: Brahms-Gould e Bernstein [non breve]

E'uscito il cd con la "First authorized release" della registrazione
del concerto n.1 per piano e orchestra di Brahms.
Le tre tracce musicali sono precedute dallo storico (e divertente)
discorso fatto da Bernstein prima del concerto.
Questa e'una trascrizione (non mia) di quel discorso:
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(Clapping) Don't be frightened Mr.Gould is here. (audience laughter)
He will appear in a moment. I'm not- um- as you know in the habit of
speaking on any concert except the Thursday night previews, but a
curious situation has arisen, which merits, I think, a word or two.
You are
about to hear a rather, shall we say, unorthodox performance of the
Brahms D Minor Concerto, a performance distinctly different from any
I've
ever heard, or even dreamt of for that matter, in its remarkably broad
tempi and its frequent departures from Brahms' dynamic indications. I
cannot say I am in total agreement with Mr. Gould's conception and
this raises the interesting question: "What am I doing conducting it?"
(mild
laughter from the audience) I'm conducting it because Mr. Gould is so
valid and serious an artist that I must take seriously anything he
conceives in good faith and his conception is interesting enough so
that I feel you should hear it, too. 
But the age old question still remains: "In a concerto, who is the
boss (audience laughter) the soloist or the conductor?" (Audience
laughter
grows louder) The answer is, of course, sometimes the one and
sometimes the other depending on the people involved. But almost
always, the
two manage to get together by persuasion or charm or even threats
(audience laughs) to achieve a unified performance. I have only once
before
in my life, had to submit to a soloist's wholly new and incompatible
concept and that was the last time I accompanied Mr. Gould. (audience
laughs loudly) But, but THIS time, the descrepencies between our views
are so great that I feel I must make this small disclaimer. Then why,
to
repeat the question, am I conducting it? Why I do I not make a minor
scandal -- get a substitute soloist, or let an assistant conduct?
Because I
am FASCINATED, glad to have the chance for a new look at this much
played work; Because, what's more, there are moments in Mr. Gould's
performance that emerge with astonishing freshness and conviction.
Thirdly, because we can ALL learn something from this extraordinary
artist
who is a THINKING performer, and finally because there IS in music
what Dimitri Mitropoulos used to call "the SPORTIVE element" (mild
audience laughter) that FACTOR of curiousity, adventure, experiment,
and I can assure you that it HAS been an adventure this week (audience
laughter) collaborating with Mr. Gould on this Brahms concerto and
it's in this spirit of adventure that we now present it to you. (Loud
clapping)
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Francesco

Questa e'una trascrizione (non mia) di quel discorso:
Grazie veramente. Avevo letto qualcosa del genere su Musica (inserto
di Repubblica) ma non avevo capito bene cosa era successo.
Quale casa discografica ha inciso questa esecuzione? La DG?
C'e' solo il 1° conc. per pf di Brahms? Nient'altro?
Ciao
Giulio Peruginelli
lone...@sysnet.it
"Al cospetto di questa meravigliosa opera d'arte
dimentico ogni altra cosa e mi elevo al di sopra di
me stesso per contemplarla come le si conviene."
J.J.Winckelmann
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Scusate, ma allora da dove ho copiato lo STESSO concerto con la stessa
precisazione di Bernstein??
Spero che la registrazione sia meno frusciante di quella da cui ho ricavato la
copia.
Si trattava di un cd azzurro con foto al centro.
Forse qualcuno possiede l'originale.
Ciao
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La mia versione e':
Sony Sk 60675     
copertina:        foto di Gould che se la ride guardando Bernstein che
prova a convincerlo a suonare "rispettosamente"!
La qualita' del suono non e'eccelsa ma credo sia il meglio che si
potesse cavare dalla registrazione originale!
Ciao!
Francesco


Oops...dimenticavo di dire che nel cd sony c'e' anche uno stralcio di
un'intervista a Glenn Gould alla radio...
Francesco

 Ciao
Sě, l'ho io, si tratta di un cd della casa americana Music & Arts, serie Historic
Mono, (n. di catalogo cd 682), ormai fuori catalogo.
Saluti,
Mario