Free Goldberg Variations in 24/96

[prufrock]

If I get a spare moment I may give it a listen. However I find Gould's Bach to be on such a higher level that it makes all other attempts unlistenabe for me.

[prufrock]

Its funny eh, years ago I actually preferred the first. Now I find the second vastly superior. Not exactly sure why this should be the case. However I suspect it might have something to do with the following:when I was younger life was something very much to be lived. However, looking back I seem to have so little in common now with that person that shares my name and identity. Often these days I find the actual living an intrusion on the time I have left to contemplate the whole incredible fact of existence. So its the joy of living versus the joy of contemplation of living.

[prufrock]

Brian

Gould pretty much destroyed it for all the others for me. I just get more and more amazed by his musicality/playing as time goes by. I dont think Bach would have come close either. Just a fantastic combo imo. One guy could conjure fantastic polyphonic songs and dance and the other knew how to sing and dance them so perfectly on a percussion instrument it is beyond belief. Both these guys are equal 1 and 2 on my best ever list and will almost certainly stay that way.