Glenn Gould

Just watched Glenn Gould and the Toronto Symphony orchestra play Beethoven`s Fifth Piano Concerto. I`ve practically never even seen a picture of the man, so to behold him in front of a piano was very enjoyable. He`s very ..... sweeping ..... Fair enough.
On another note, is the fifth incredibly slippery or is there just something i fail to grasp in it which demands the attentiveness of a better listener? The tempo and playfulness of the piano is at times enough to demand my attention, but i`m ashamed to have to say that without the focus of a visual of the recording it would take my mind a very short time to wander away from attentive relations to the music. I`ve been listening to some Rimsky Korsakov lately, and he seems more intent on grabbing me by my collar, successfully so.
Maybe i`m just jaded and superficial for having spent too much time in the ever bellowing media environment of the TV and post-TV era.

Going to snatch myself a new composer from the library tomorrow. I fancy it might be Bartok, Berlioz,Prokofiev (again) or Borodin. We shall see.

(Some people say one composer is `nuff, but i can`t stop having that good stuff, for real!)