Who was the better pianist? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v

Bill Evans

>>74182362
forgot the link... damn my foolish heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uco5FNbjqv0

Probably Gould since he was so autistically attached to the piano

Gould's kinda goofy, that's sort of why he became so famous. Not to say he wasn't a piano virtuoso - he was - but Rachmaninoff is powerful, classically, in a way Gould wasn't, and Gould had a "take" on the things he played that Rachmaninoff didn't.

Gould's autism is a perfect match for Bach's own brand of autism (particularly in regard to Die Kunst). Because of that, it's silly to accuse Gould's renditions of being overly "technical" or "sterile". No idea why anyone would waste time on Rachmaninoff when there are thousands of better pianists.

>>74182590
it's silly to accuse Gould's renditions of being overly "technical" or "sterile"

is this a common critique? I always sort of felt like Gould's big thing when playing Bach was his voicing of the different parts, as if it was soprano/alto/tenor/bass, but he did so in piano pieces.

Rach was a pretty baller Chopin interpreter and probably better at the stuff Gould hated.

>>74182362
Came here to post this

>>74182694
it's the only real answer t b h desu senpai, no offense to Gould and Rach

The one who doesn't hum over everything.