I like Classical Music because it has structure and contains emotion in reasonable boundaries. I especially like the music of Johann Sebastian Bach whose oratoria and cantatas transformed my understanding of religious experience.

But I am also deeply moved by the sonatas and concert of Ludwig van Beethoven.

I especially like how the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould interprets Johann Sebastian Bach and the piano sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven. His (Gould’s) performances have clarity, structure and force combined with a certain gentleness inspired by Gould’s love of nature and animals.

This music and the performances of Glenn Gould remind me strongly of the forceful observation of Minoan art.