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Post Subject: Remastering (and re-locating) Gould's hummmPosted by Paul S on: 1/13/2008
Sound was decent today but the electricity was just bad enough to bugger the music.

I tried to listen to a number of LPs and at one point Alicia De Larrocha was sounding pretty good; then it went away and I thought I'd just compare Gould's French Suites to ADL's, for something to do.

The copy of Gould I played was digitally remastered in 1984.  This LP features the usual stretched (stereo) keyboard, and the perspective is opposite the piano, ie, Gould's right on my left as I face the speakers, with the "piano" about 15' away, in my room.

Then there is Gould's humming, nicely pitched and complete with vibrato, hard by the left speaker, about 7' away.  Of course the original monos are not like this ('though I can't actually remember just how they are...).

Maybe other folks like that humming, however I admit I would like try him without it for a change.  I wound up wondering why, if they bothered to isolate it, why didn't they just get rid of it?

Does anyone know if Gould insisted that the humming was part of his act, to be included in all his recordings?

I will re-listen to these suites (by Gould) when I find my originals (and when the electricity is better).

Best regards,
Paul S

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