2005-08-16

一個顧爾德 兩個傳奇?

剛讀了焦元溥的「一個顧爾德 兩個傳奇」(聯合新聞網 閱讀藝文,16/8/05)。顧爾德是我喜愛的鋼琴家,而巴赫是我最最喜愛的作曲家,焦元溥談到的「傳奇」又是我以前從未讀過的,所以讀得很有趣味。不過,看後又好像覺得有些甚麼不對勁的。

由於聯合新聞網的文章保留期很短,以下是該文的節錄:

一九五五年六月,二十三歲的加拿大鋼琴鬼才顧爾德(Glenn Gould,1932-1982)在紐約錄下巴赫《郭德堡變奏曲》﹝Goldberg Variations﹞。這份演奏一問世即震驚新大陸,至今仍是不滅的傳奇。...他的演奏不僅為自己留下不朽名聲,更造就一個以他為名的傳奇。

這一切,得回到七○年代的巴黎。顧爾德雖然名滿北美,在歐陸卻默默無聞,特別是法國。... 然而,一位就讀於外交學院的青年﹝蒙賽詠 Bruno Monsaingeon﹞,卻在花都瘋狂地搜集有關顧爾德的一切。... 他放棄到手的鐵飯碗,自行摸索製片之道。第一份作品,自是心儀已久的顧爾德。

他耗盡心神財力的作品,電視台卻棄之如敝屣。...最後還是公立電視台大發慈悲,施捨給他一個晚上十點的冷門時段。...誰知道,...預定播放當天,竟爆發法國十餘年來規模最大的罷工。民營電台全部關閉,公家單位也只剩些許殘兵。迫不得已,只得數台合一,將這部唯一可用的紀錄片反覆播送。...隔天,數以萬計的觀眾衝向唱片行,眾口所談皆是昨晚醍醐灌頂般的音樂奇蹟。僅僅一夜,顧爾德成為家喻戶曉的明星;僅僅一夜,顧爾德征服了法國。

五十年過去,顧爾德棺木已拱,他的《郭德堡變奏曲》仍是不朽絕作。蒙賽詠一戰成名後穩紮穩打,完成許多膾炙人口的經典。一個顧爾德竟成就兩個傳奇,從鍵盤到膠捲,他們證明只要心中充滿對音樂的愛,傳奇仍將繼續流傳。

讀這篇文章,得到的印象,是「蒙賽詠於70年代完成的關於顧爾德1955年錄音的《郭德堡變奏曲》的影片,一夜之間征服法國」。

問題就在於,以我所知,蒙賽詠關於顧爾德《郭德堡變奏曲》的影片,是在1981年4-5月攝錄(我有這個DVD)。而顧爾德的《郭德堡變奏曲》演譯,有55年版及81年版,同樣出色,但風格大異。何者更優,歷來眾說紛紜。

翻查網上資料,蒙賽詠在70年代的確曾拍過幾部關於顧爾德的影片,但都與演奏《郭德堡變奏曲》無關。

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陳舊網頁: -- Garden Inspired by the Music of Bach --

閒話紅學

晨湘「閒話紅學」 | | (歷史月刊電子報,2005年6-7月)

如同一般閒話一樣,讀之過癮,但晨湘用筆稍嫌刻薄。

關於紅學今天的景況,他認為「現在是一片死水,毫無波瀾,不過這樣也好,應了曹雪芹的那句話:天下沒有不散的宴席。」

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2005-08-14

John Gray, globalisation and Hayek

Those who are interested in what globalisation brings to this world and like John Gray's "False Dawn" may want to read his review of Thomas Friedman's "The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century" (The New York Review of Books, 11/8/05).

Nowadays, Gray wants to be known as "Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics. Among his books are False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism, Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals, and Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern. (August 2005)". But he once was a classical liberal and had written many books on classical liberalism and Hayek in the 80s and 90s (you may want to read his "F. A. Hayek and the Rebirth of Classical Liberalism" from the Liberty Fund).

But he has changed. Or, in Daniel Klein's words, he has migrated ("The Ways of John Gray: A Libertalian Commentary").

友來訪,太座露兩手

冷盤:滷水牛腱
熱輂:毛豆豆乾
主食:餃子二式
甜點:蒸紅豆糕



蒸紅豆糕屬新登場(紅豆+椰漿+粘米粉,攪攪蒸蒸)。

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Do you want to know the real Mozart?

Should we care who he really is?

Beyond the Myths and the Commerce, How Much Is Left of Mozart? (Nicholas Kenyon, IHT/New York Times, 26/7/05)

The first classical music CD I owned was Ashkenazy's Mozart piano concertos nos. 20 and 24. A couple of dozens of Mozart CDs later, I got tired of him, since I thought his music lacked depth. Eventually, I realised that it was me who lacked depth.

To me, only Mozart's music matters. Who he was and what he was like are irrelevant unless such research into the "real" Mozart helps musicians re-interpret his music. Frankly, I doubt it.