Gould's Liszt trans. of Beethoven's 5th

[fiasco]

I began learning the Liszt transcription of Beethoven's 5th, not that difficult, except on the second page where there's a rapid succession of three finger chords, both in the bass and treble, descending through the main theme of the piece... now, there's an ossia here where the alternative is to merely play octaves in the treble and only one chord in the bass at the beginning of each measure (music available at sheetmusicarchive.net if my description is confusing) I figured I'd give the harder version a fair try first because the ossia just looked so spare, but am having trouble hitting the chords clearly at such high speed.  So, I listened to Glenn Gould's version and it seems like he's playing the easier alternative.  I figure he must've been technically able to play it either way, right?  And just decided the ossia sounded better?  I figure if it's good enough for him, it's good enough for me.  I know there's other versions out there, has anyone recorded this piece differently?  Does anyone here play it, and which way?

[mephisto]

I have two recordings of this piece: Gould and katsaris.

Overall I may say that Katsaris is better and he doesn`t play the ossia, but I honestly think that the ossia sounds MUCH better the way Gould plays it, insted of Katsaris.

So if I were you I would definetly go for the ossia.