Chopin Music Forum

[Jeliness2]

I was listening to gould's WTC bk. 2 P+F no.17 while doing my homework, and it sounds like he's humming in the background. is this one of the ones he sings to? just wanted to know

[citrine_peridot]

i gonna check it out~~~~~~~~~~~
as much as what i have noticed , he hummed in the turkish march too, that was kinda annoying.

[PianistSk8er]

Hehe, I know!! I quite frequently hear him humming along.. and in videos you can see his lips moving as if he were telling a story.. how strange.

[Philip Daniel]

[Max]

Some other artists do it - its most probably just something they do without realising.

[Brewtality]

i actually like to hear him hum as long as it isn't too loud (which is hardly ever), what i hate is when you can hear pianists heavy breathing. Now thats annoying!

[Scriabinist]

I have no problem with Gould's humming. I kind of like it, too. But when Pollini or Pletnev is humming, it sounds stupid. >_>

[aout4]

that's interesting....I never notice the humming , maybe I didn't blast my speakers loud enough...

[beethoven]

Gould's humming is actually interesting to me rather than annoying. That shows he really captured the spirit of music. But I hate heavybreathers like Serkin. In his last years, because of some problems, he breathed so heavily, that is almost impossible for you to hear the music . Brendel does that also( sometimes)

[JBJ]

Someone post that humorous Gould impression site, it's hiliarious.

[Scriabinist]

This one?

[aout4]

you sure? The paragraph said "The second 15 seconds is the same section without the filter" but it contained burping and some annoying singing...is that the REAL Gould's humming?
hmmmmmmm.....

but the name of that de-vocalizer is funny though...

[Scriabinist]

[aout4]

but the singing and burping were too disgusting to believe that they belonged to Gould!

[citrine_peridot]

i read a book yesterday it says that once in a recording section, Gould asked the technitian to turn off the AC simply because he coundnt hear his humming.