The Art of Fugue - Contrapunctus l - Glenn Gould

[sharqi666]

i only heard of the doc on the man, watching and listening i get the sense he isn't just playing but acting out the music(playing bach has something to do with it to). gotta listen to him play more!

[joyyau2]

You could hear him hum along with the music...

its amazing..

[alexakaluigi214]

If I was chief of a communist world I would put this as the only music to listen :) !

[MonicaKn17]

I still get shivers when i hear this, so amazingly beautiful.

[MrChumFm]

Glenn Gould has an interesting interpretations, but I always get the feeling that some of the articulations he put in were a bit unpredictable, like Beethoven. Nonetheless, an influential figure in music history.

[macrubit]

@MrChumFm unpredictable as in random is a value by itself. Predictable as in thoughtful is also to be valued but I think Gould persued precisely that, as he himself says when talking about justifying what one does in music. One is confident with one's excentricities when those are coherent with the rest of one's self and, thus, can be somehow predicted or explained.

[circa1907czec]

What a intense climax towards the end. The silence stops my heart, then I can breathe finally at the end.

[paulomtts]

Lol, I love Glenn Gould and music, but seems to be a lot of people are overreacting huh?

[keesvangulik127]

It's strange. Bach was a religious man, but his abstract compositions often have an existential feel. I mean, an individual, alone in the universe.

[macrubit]

@keesvangulik127 That's exclusively a product of your imagination.

[keesvangulik127]

@macrubit No, gods are a product of the imagination.

[macrubit]

@keesvangulik127 they too.

[ivanplc58]

Bellísima, Bravo¡¡¡¡¡¡



[helpermethod]

I believe that Glenn Gould was Johann Sebastian Bach reincarnated.

[TenThousandCranes]

‎"Music is.... a higher relevation than all wisdom and philosophy."

— Ludwig van Beethoven

[joaomello95]

This makes me wanna cry... So god damn beautiful

[patrickot]

@twentyflights when is intent not deliberate?

[MrChumFm]

@patrickot when you intended to kill someone, but accidentally threw a ball at the back of the guy's head when playing catch with a friend, and knocking the guy you want to kill off a cliff. That is when intent is not deliberate :P

DON'T CONTRADICT ME, CONTRAPUNCTUS ME RAWR :P

[sptimmy1]

who the hell gave this a "dislike?"

[mattnicoYTm]

Johan Sebastian Gould, Glen Bach. One and the same, for sure.

[mattnicoYTm]

Johan Sebastian Gould, Glen Bach. One and the same, for sure.

[hispaniconumen]

genial bach, genial gould

[marcelkonings60]

at 2:54 there a nice transition

[marcelkonings60]

Is there anything better then this?

[vivascargill]

@marcelkonings60 not that I know of

[matwil74]

He's plays too slow. Makes me sick. Zoltan Kocsis' performance of this is far superior.

[lsbrother]

He's a good player but don't you feel just a bit of an exhibitionist - with all those silly gestures and so liking the sound of his own voice, perhaps he should have been an opera singer.

[KABRIS1]

When Gould plays Bach, he becomes Bach.

[thepweencess]

he smells like flowers

[gigatabatadze]

divine...

[damodrummer1]

This is a very very moving piece of music the interpretation makes you feel he wrote it himself. Does anyone know why he chooses to sit on this low seat? It looks so uncomfortable.

[faraz1729]

@damodrummer1

It's a technique that was passed down from his childhood instructor, Alberto Guerrero. Guerrero had him sit low so he could "pull down" on the keys with his fingers instead of the hitting them in the more conventional way. Also, his father designed that chair he's sitting on to be low so he can play that way.

[westoner1]

@faraz1729

Well done Wikipedia.

[faraz1729]

@westoner1

Nope. I've read several books on Gould. It's a pretty basic fact about him if you've read about him.

Nice try though.

[westoner1]

@faraz1729

I quote:

"This incident is almost certainly related to his father's subsequent construction for him of an adjustable-height chair, which he used for the rest of his life. This famous chair was designed so that Gould could sit very low at the keyboard, with the object of pulling down on the keys rather than striking them from above — a central technical idea of his teacher, Alberto Guerrero."

[Maxbay89]

This guy is amazing but i must admit, he creeps me out a little.

[duhhh86]

the most emotive performance of the contrapunctus that i've ever heard.

[contengaletras]

...gracias!

[cessna221]

Gould was the best of the best

[vivascargill]

no Bach was the best of the best--Gould brought his genius to us like no one else

[str3123]

agreed!

[TheDidier68]

@vivascargill . La grande za de Glenn Gould no te la voy a discutir, pero que sepas que primero està Bach, que fue quien fue quien abrió la puerta, y tras él vienen todos los grandes

[TheDidier68]

@vivascargill . La grandeza de Glenn Gould no te la voy a discutir, pero que sepas que primero està Bach, que fue quien fue quien abrió la puerta, y tras él vienen todos los grandes

[vivascargill]

@TheDidier68 alas only english!!

[Samanthalastrega90]

*_* I love him

[twentyflights]

he's almost frightening with his deliberate intent, his complete commitment to the piece...but the result is beautiful. unmatched.

[puchalaka]

Its funny how Lang is getting it all for his acting but no one blames Gould for his humming or behavior...

I dislike Lang very much but on the contrary I enjoy Gould's interpretetions.

[Toweley22992]

@puchalaka

Yep, you said it yourself: Lang is "acting." Gould isn't. That makes all the difference.

[puchalaka]

I never said he acted,,, i said "humming or behavior" but i get what you're saying anyways.

[CucciolodiBach]

inchinatevi al maestro !!!!!!! :)

[whatthecello42]

is that CD 318?

[proksenia]

I think not. Goulds favourite Steinway CD 318 was damaged at 1971 by carelels movers. "Technicians labored for months over the carcass of 318, but it could never be restored to Gould's satisfaction. His last recording of 'The Goldberg variations' was made on a Yamaha" - says Otto Friedrich in his book "Glenn Gould. A life and variations".

[anisometropie]

the even purity

[leonocusto2008]

Superb!

[thiri1902]

Glenn Gould: inspiração para uma vida!

[eek4rus]

bliss