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Title: Gould should stick with Bach
Review: Glenn Gould's rendition of these great works are, to say the least, unconventional. He never liked Mozart and I don't think he was really interested in Beethoven either. His rediculously fast tempos in the "Pathetique" and the "Moonlight" sonatas, for example, makes me feel like he wanted to get this recording over with quick because he had a hot date or something and his humming in some of these pieces gives me the feeling that he was bored. If you want a good recording of the beethoven piano sonatas this one isn't it. Try Alfred Brendel, Wilhelm Kempff, Daniel Barenboim, or get Jeno Jando's recording with Naxos for a great deal. I must give Glenn Gould some credit, though. his recording of Beethoven's 5th Symphony, transcribed for piano by Franz Liszt, is actually really good.
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