Le pianiste et l’oenologue

“The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity” (Glenn Gould)

“There is a lot of piano playing going on here, and I mean that as the most disparaging comment possible” (Glenn Gould, about his first recording of Bach’s Goldberg variations in 1955).

… let us try to avoid doing just “a lot of winemaking”.