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Question for all of you Glenn Gould fans ...

I have several Gould Cds in their original CBS masterwork releases. On a recent trip to Tower Records I noticed that alot if not all of his stuff has been re-released and presumably remastered by Sony. I was wondering how these sound. Is it a significant improvement? I'd rather spend the money elsewhere but I have to say I find the CBS cds to be all over the place quality wise.

Thanks.
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tooter OP
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Thanks Aida. I will definitely check that one out.
tooter OP
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Hi Pragmatist - we ARE fortunate to have his recordings warts and all. The humming doesn't bother me in the least. I guess the thing that bothers me the most is that often within a CD, certain pieces or movements of pieces are clearly either played on different pianos or the piano was tuned to different "A"s between takes. OR, the "speed" of the recording tape machines was different. There is one moment in the Bb partita where he finishes one movt. and then the next movt. is almost a 1/4 tone higher. On the Well-Tempered Clavier recordings he is clearing playing 2 different pianos on both books of WTC. Granted there isn't much you can do about this when re-mastering.

I agree with you on the 55 Goldberg. I find the latter recording "too" mannered even for Gould's playing.
Anyway, I love my Gould CDs. I just thought maybe the SONY remasters might have addressed some of these issues.
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