Gouldov Mozart

Tekst: Aljaž Zupančič

Redko katera interpretacija velikega klavirskega dela je požela toliko občudovanja, toliko zgražanja, v vsakem primeru pozornosti. Mozartova Sonata v A-duru K 331 pod prsti Glenna Goulda zaživi v prej neslišani zvočni podobi. Zavestno neupoštevanje partiturne predloge, še posebej izrazito počasno zastavljen tempo prvega stavka spravlja v zadrego predvsem pristaše historično-izvajalske prakse, ki se pehajo za avtentičnostjo izvedbe ter izučene pianiste, ki so se naučili »kako se igra Mozarta«. Seveda tudi poslušalce, ki vedo »kako mora Mozart zveneti«. Gould sicer dejansko prestavlja težišče iz skladateljeve avtoritete na interpretovo, a nam hkrati postavlja tehtno vprašanje »kje je meja med določenostjo in nedoločenostjo partiture?«. Gould je genialen že zaradi obujanja tega vprašanja, če je genialen tudi njegov Mozart pa presodite sami.

Nekaj komentarjev Gouldove interpretacije:

• "It is one thing to take liberties, it is entirely another to completely ignore mozarts phrasing, dynamics, tempi, slurring, etc to pander to an ego as enormous as Gould had. He actually is presenting this piece as oh he knows better than Mozart. How utterly pretentious. Dreadful, utterly incorrect interpretation. Not liberties, but total destruction!"

• "I hear it! Can't decide if it's annoying or harmonic :P"

• "Isn't is great when someone comes and turns the table upside down, challenging every expectation and norm ? I love this performance regardless of whether he adhered to the "Mozartian playing Etiquette" or not. I think if Mozart heard this he would have been extremely happy that someone did this to this piece, maybe Gould would have inspired him to write something specially for him. Stop complaining and listen to a genius.. or else go buy a lang lang record and be happy!" 

• "don't demand something you want to hear, but try to understand what gould is saying, and you will see how genius is this"

• "Many years ago I was offended listening Gould's Mozart, especially after reading his liner notes, in which he basically said he doesn't like the composer. He said - famously, I think - that Mozart's life was not too short, it was too long. Yikes! I sort of like this recording, though."

• "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....................."

• "if only mozart came to us and showed us how this piece is supposed to be played..."

Link do partiture: http://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_K.331_%28Mozart,_Wolfgang_Amadeus%29

Priporočeno branje o nakazanem problemu: Carl Dahlhaus: esej Kaj je glasba? (v Carl Dahlhaus in Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht: Kaj je glasba?, Cankarjeva založba, 1991)