Word: tureck
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...Laredos' Bach was in the best Rosalyn Tureck tradition. Eschewing the harpsichord for the piano, Mrs. Laredo played lid up and with plenty of pedal. As a pianist myself I have nothing against treating the instrument as a full partner in chamber music rather than a subservient accompanist--in fact I welcome it. But the Laredos' Bach did have severe balance problems. Mr. Laredo very quickly demonstrated a full, rich tone and an easy command of dynamics on the violin. But he was more and more obliged to "force" in an attempt to hold his own against the superior string...
...ROSALYN TURECK...
...Rosalyn Tureck, concert pianist and harpsichordist-D.Mus. Recognized as "the greatest scholar and interpreter of Bach in the world today...
...severity, Tureck's playing is Victorian in its embellishments when compared with Gould's quiet intimacy with Bach. Because Gould, 31, is convinced that the bigness of modern concert halls is a harmful anachronism for music designed for parlors, he gives his deepest efforts to his recordings. With a piano on which the stroke of each key has been shortened a fraction of an inch to make its action more like that of a harpsichord, Gould works tirelessly at recording sessions, positioning the microphone so close to the piano that his constant contrapuntal humming sometimes comes through...
...Although Tureck's music is dynamically richer than Gould's, Gould seems the more passionate player-and that is his great virtue. There is a grace and good humor to all his recordings that make them seem like captured improvisations-personal, inspired, free. Such creative excitement is something few pianists can achieve, but in Gould it is so strong that even his humming seems interesting instead of intrusive...