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Glenn Gould Edition - Hindemith: Sonatas For Brass & Piano
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Details
- Composer
- HINDEMITH, PAUL
- Artist
- Glenn, Gould
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Sony Masterworks
- Released
- Feb 09, 2010
- Catalog #
- SONY52671
- UPC
- 074645267128
About
This is the Hindemith so many listeners and commentators love to hate—earnest, workaday neo-classicism based on cardboard harmonic progressions and squared-off rhythms, conveyorbelted via an apparently inexhaustible supply of wrong-note marches, sicilianos and pastorales. And yet these sonatas can be great fun to play, and when the players are masters of their instruments they are fun to listen to as well. Moreover, when the accompaniments are in the hands of a recreative personality as strong as Glenn Gould's they assume an entirely new and unexpected range of character.
Gould's fundamental insight into Hindemith's world was his identification of its "true amalgam of ecstasy and reason". These were the very qualities which fused in Gould's own artistic make-up, and it should not be surprising that his empathy with Hindemith is strong. Only in a rare eccentricity of tempo (such as the dead slow opening to •the finale of the Trumpet Sonata) or in a tendency to peck at lines marked with slurs (in the finale of the Tuba Sonata at a point actually marked molto legato) does the perverse side of his nature assert itself; and even here the sensation of intense commitment overrides all. The added vocals are of course something that every Gould-listener has to learn to take in their stride.
The soloists were members of the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble and all thoroughly distinguished musicians. Hornists could no doubt fault Mason Jones's steadiness of tone and intonation, particularly in the Alto Horn Sonata. Otherwise the playing is consistently well-focused and alert (Hindemith gives the tubist an especially severe examination in rhythmical awareness).
As with other issues in this series, the recordings (from 1976) are clear and forward, though instrumental perspectives do appear to vary slightly from sonata to sonata. It does seem a pity, though, that Sony Classical did not include Gould's accounts of the three piano sonatas in this set, rather than issuing them separately (they would still have fitted onto the two discs).
-- Gramophone [3/1993]
Gould's fundamental insight into Hindemith's world was his identification of its "true amalgam of ecstasy and reason". These were the very qualities which fused in Gould's own artistic make-up, and it should not be surprising that his empathy with Hindemith is strong. Only in a rare eccentricity of tempo (such as the dead slow opening to •the finale of the Trumpet Sonata) or in a tendency to peck at lines marked with slurs (in the finale of the Tuba Sonata at a point actually marked molto legato) does the perverse side of his nature assert itself; and even here the sensation of intense commitment overrides all. The added vocals are of course something that every Gould-listener has to learn to take in their stride.
The soloists were members of the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble and all thoroughly distinguished musicians. Hornists could no doubt fault Mason Jones's steadiness of tone and intonation, particularly in the Alto Horn Sonata. Otherwise the playing is consistently well-focused and alert (Hindemith gives the tubist an especially severe examination in rhythmical awareness).
As with other issues in this series, the recordings (from 1976) are clear and forward, though instrumental perspectives do appear to vary slightly from sonata to sonata. It does seem a pity, though, that Sony Classical did not include Gould's accounts of the three piano sonatas in this set, rather than issuing them separately (they would still have fitted onto the two discs).
-- Gramophone [3/1993]
Tracklist 22 tracks
- Disc 1
-
1 I. Mit kraft 05:31
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Mit kraft
- Duration
- 05:31
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Performer
- Gilbert Johnson, Glenn Gould
-
2 II. Massig bewegt 02:58
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Massig bewegt
- Duration
- 02:58
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Performer
- Gilbert Johnson, Glenn Gould
-
3 III. Trauermusik. Sehr langsam 06:40
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Trauermusik. Sehr langsam
- Duration
- 06:40
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Performer
- Gilbert Johnson, Glenn Gould
-
4 III. Alle Menschen mussen sterben. Sehr ruhig 02:25
- Track
- 4
- Title
- III. Alle Menschen mussen sterben. Sehr ruhig
- Duration
- 02:25
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Performer
- Gilbert Johnson, Glenn Gould
-
5 I. Massig bewegt 06:42
- Track
- 5
- Title
- I. Massig bewegt
- Duration
- 06:42
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Performer
- Mason Jones, Glenn Gould
-
6 II. Ruhig bewegt 06:32
- Track
- 6
- Title
- II. Ruhig bewegt
- Duration
- 06:32
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Performer
- Mason Jones, Glenn Gould
-
7 III. Lebhaft 08:30
- Track
- 7
- Title
- III. Lebhaft
- Duration
- 08:30
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Performer
- Mason Jones, Glenn Gould
- Disc 2
-
1 I. Allegro pesante 04:23
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Allegro pesante
- Duration
- 04:23
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Performer
- Abe Torchinsky, Glenn Gould
-
2 II. Allegro assai 01:40
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Allegro assai
- Duration
- 01:40
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Performer
- Abe Torchinsky, Glenn Gould
-
3 III. Variationen - Moderato, comodo 02:20
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Variationen - Moderato, comodo
- Duration
- 02:20
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Performer
- Abe Torchinsky, Glenn Gould
-
4 III. Scherzando, l'istesso tempo 01:41
- Track
- 4
- Title
- III. Scherzando, l'istesso tempo
- Duration
- 01:41
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Performer
- Abe Torchinsky, Glenn Gould
-
5 III. Lento 01:54
- Track
- 5
- Title
- III. Lento
- Duration
- 01:54
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Performer
- Abe Torchinsky, Glenn Gould
-
6 III. Wie am anfang des satzes 02:28
- Track
- 6
- Title
- III. Wie am anfang des satzes
- Duration
- 02:28
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Performer
- Abe Torchinsky, Glenn Gould
-
7 I. Ruhig bewegt 02:49
- Track
- 7
- Title
- I. Ruhig bewegt
- Duration
- 02:49
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Performer
- Mason Jones, Glenn Gould
-
8 II. Lebhaft 05:14
- Track
- 8
- Title
- II. Lebhaft
- Duration
- 05:14
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Performer
- Mason Jones, Glenn Gould
-
9 III. Sehr langsam 03:17
- Track
- 9
- Title
- III. Sehr langsam
- Duration
- 03:17
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Performer
- Mason Jones, Glenn Gould
-
10 The Posthorn (Dialogue) 01:07
- Track
- 10
- Title
- The Posthorn (Dialogue)
- Duration
- 01:07
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Performer
- Mason Jones
-
11 IV. Lebhaft 02:54
- Track
- 11
- Title
- IV. Lebhaft
- Duration
- 02:54
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Performer
- Mason Jones, Glenn Gould
-
12 I. Allegro moderato maestoso 03:47
- Track
- 12
- Title
- I. Allegro moderato maestoso
- Duration
- 03:47
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Performer
- Henry Charles Smith, Glenn Gould
-
13 II. Allegretto grazioso 04:00
- Track
- 13
- Title
- II. Allegretto grazioso
- Duration
- 04:00
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Performer
- Henry Charles Smith, Glenn Gould
-
14 III. Lied des Raufbolds (Swashbuckler's Song) - Allegro pesante 02:36
- Track
- 14
- Title
- III. Lied des Raufbolds (Swashbuckler's Song) - Allegro pesante
- Duration
- 02:36
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Performer
- Henry Charles Smith, Glenn Gould
-
15 IV. Allegro moderato maestoso 03:41
- Track
- 15
- Title
- IV. Allegro moderato maestoso
- Duration
- 03:41
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Performer
- Henry Charles Smith, Glenn Gould