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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I really wanted to like this performance, because I admire and like Murray Perahia. But it didn't work out. The main reason is that this recording has an irregular but repeated "clicking" noise which, although quiet, sounds like the disc might be defective. But, if you read below, other people hear it too. Some people say that these noises are from the fingernails of Perahia. Whatever they are, the distraction was more that I could bear -- worse than Glenn Gould's humming, and much worse than any recording where I can hear musicians flipping their musical score, or creaking in their chair. Oddly, such a noise would probably get hidden on a vinyl LP record, but modern digital… Read more
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I love both of Glenn Gould's versions of Goldberg Variations, the first in 1955 (this one) made him famous, while the last one in 1981 was his swan song. The 1981 version definitely has the fuller modern sound and Gould goes deeper, yet 1955 is historic, the sound is still excellent, and Gould's technique is just amazing! However, this particular packaging includes more than Goldberg Variations. Two fugues from Well Tempered Clavier are added to the end. Good music definitely, but personally, I just want the Goldberg Variations with no additives. If you don't object to the extras, then by all means get this CD. But if you are like me, look for the older "Great Performances" version by… Read more
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Tao Te Ching is ancient, now a couple of millenia in print. Stephen Mitchell has not translated this classic, but rather has paraphrased it -- as he admits in the Foreward. But he is a Zen student of a couple of decades and has good insight into the Zen of the Tao (Zen Buddhism is Buddhism heavily dosed with Taoism). Mitchell's version of the Tao Te Ching is very, even extremely, modern. Perhaps to the point of being "politically correct." However, he does have a way with words and this is a very readable version of the Tao. To show how modern it is, let's take an example and compare his version of the beginning of chapter 46 with two other versions: - Mitchell
"When a country is… Read more
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