Glad you liked them.

I recently noticed that he changed the second line in the first verse of the earlier version – “I give my love to you” – to this one in the later version: “I give my soul to you.”

I think that’s significant of the change in him over time.

(Also of interest, perhaps, to those seeking a peek inside the Soviet Union of the early Khrushchev years…as well as to those who wish to observe just how much Russians, especially young Russians, thirsted for culture amidst—because of(?)—the Communist repression.)

Can see the flautist in a still from the film:

http://reelsf.com/reelsf/bullitt-coffee-cantata

Did you ever go anywhere near Coffee Cantata / Betelnut in your SF days?

Newer Stuff…

Bebop I can take or leave. Small doses.

If I owned an elevator, I’d pipe Jamiroquai into it.

I’m probably a Jazz Stalinist. Jazz Nazi would be a hard act to pull off. I like pianists like Peterson and Previn paired up with guys like Ray Brown and Joe Pass… those kinds of recordings. Dave Brubeck anything for sure.

Any kind of Jazz Flute I’ll give a try — been on its case ever since watching Bullitt — there’s a wordless restaurant/club scene always sticks in my head.

Anything Jobim / Ana Caram works for me too.

What do you think is worth checking that’s modern? Good thing about streaming is that can try out much more easily these days.

Wow. You got further into Zenph and jazz than I realized.

I like the idea of Zenph and appreciate a cleaned-up version of Gould, but my hearing has taken some hits and I don’t get into audiophile nuances.

I’ve been going back to cover my bases with older jazz. Are you listening to any of the newer stuff?

I stumped for the Zenph Gould recording as soon as I became aware of it back when. Also bought their Zenph re-edition of Oscar Peterson. Listened a few times and then promptly forgot about them. Trying to remember why… I think because not huge fan of the Speedy Gonzalez Goldberg. As for Peterson, I’ve got a bunch of live recordings and just kind of forgot about the Zenph re-edition of what is (necessarily) studio solo stuff.

So just fired up the Zenph Peterson for a quick listen… Not bad.. but just doesn’t excite me. Immediately flipped over to You Look Good to Me (all time favorite Peterson track) from the 1990 Telarc Label Saturday Night at the Blue Note and it’s a lot less Uncanny Valley.

Just googled and seems they also did a Zenph Art Tatum which could be interesting. Oh.. and a search of Apple Music found a Rachmaninov too.

https://usa.yamaha.com/news_events/2008/20080619_sony-bmg-masterworks-and-zenph-studios-releases-re-performance-of-legendary-art-tatum-concert_us.html

All a bit confusing, seems it’s not just a Yamaha thing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinway_D-274

Apparently the Rachmaninov recordings were replayed on a Steinway.

Not many relevant google results, so the Zenph thing seems to have been a flash in the pan.

But maybe these re-interpretations could make a comeback. Could imagine deep learning being used to build models of performers’ pianism from sound recordings and video and then going to town with sound and light on pieces they had never recorded. Who knows? Not sure how much of a market there would be for a Hentai Yuja Wang Piano Concerto Number 1.

Almost unnecessary. Here she is at Carnegie Hall doing what she likes to do:

https://youtu.be/fjQyoD3kGwA

Ends well. Ms Wang is always good for an Encore.

Back in 2007 there was an interesting Gould/Goldberg/Yamaha tech coup you may have missed.

A company called Zenph developed software which claimed to extract all the musical information — minus hiss, scratches, etc. — from old piano recordings and turn it into a script which Yamaha’s Disklavier Pro, effectively a player piano, could play. Then, they pointed the tech at Gould’s 1955 Goldberg mono recording.

–“Is It Live … or Yamaha? Channeling Glenn Gould”
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/12/arts/music/12conn.html

You can hear the result here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNOD1p4dGbs