Why do we have to compare and label someone as "the best" when we are dealing with one of the most beautiful pieces every composed? Let's just enjoy it all....
Wow, the top comment calls the man Gleen Gloud. Could at least get one of his names right. And sadly no, he was not conducting the orchestra of instruments behind him, he is however conducting the orchestra of instruments he hears in the piano.
mio Dio come si può creare tanta bellezza sonora? da 1:43 in poi... Poi Gould interpreta con mani, occhi, pensieri, bocca e corpo la melodia come meglio non poteva... Sì tanta dolcezza ma credo frutto di tanto sensibile dolore da parte del grande Ludovico Van...
simply magnificent, how can anyone criticise, I knew him since his Teen Years, absolutely magnificent, every note is played with his most inner feelings.
This might be my favorite piece in classical music, next to Mozarts Mass in C Minor (Kyrie).. Such emotion in this piece.. It feels like a heart is in deep sadness, but delivered out of it by a divine source of beauty.. Hard to explain..
I love this version. Done at the right speed and you can hear all the combined melodies. Plus, such fun watching a totally blissed-out Glenn Gould play.
Most geniuses proficient in nearly all forms of art did believe in God, as one could assimilate the mystical connection to art as that of faith. It would, therefore, appear that the connection consequently goes hand in hand.
@PianoSoulos Bartok, Rimsky-Korsakov, Strauss, Berlioz and Busoni were atheists, to name only those from among the most celebrated composers. Whether one has faith in deities of any variety is entirely irrelevant.
@HealedByHisStripes7: Ipso facto...really? Utterly absurd usage of the term and poor analogy. This statement by Jesus Christ does not imply any romantic love at all. By comparison, Shakespeare's sonnets indicate a love that is passionate and indeed romantic. In addition, it is well known that Shakespeare was indeed homosexual. That information is based upon more than just his sonnets.
@Chopin1974l Calling somebody a homosexual in shakespeare's day shows an entire lack of understanding of the time period in which he lived. Although you do state things so pretentiously, how could you possibly be wrong?
I read up some on Gould and it said that he shunned many if not all romantic piano literature, by which almost all created by famous composers such as Chopin, Schumann, and Liszt. Don't get me wrong, he is an amazing musician, but was definitely bizarre. Why is it that genius musicians are always bizarre? Is it because they are so smart?
@searcherboy: As to Bach. Although he did have a large family and was quite religious, he also suffered from what we know today as depression. His many letters and communiquès indicate this clearly. What dragmio points to is actually pretty apt. You ought to do a little research.
@searcherboy: Firstly, I hardly think calling dragmio a misanthrope is accurate. He was being quite honest in his account of normal and genius. As to Shakespeare. Well adjusted? I think not! It is well known that he was a closet case. Many of his sonnets being dedicated to a young man. He was not openly homosexual. It would have spelled disaster for his career.
@TheMagicBolt: rf: Heiligenstadt Testament. Beethoven spoke of his impending deafness and his reliance on God, and his own innate spirituality to help him with his compositions to which he owed the creation thereof to God.
@TheMagicBolt: You are utterly wrong. You know nothing of Beethoven. Maybe you ought to read his heilengstadt letters to his brother. Maybe then you will understand that he owed his creative genius to God! Period. It is irrelevant what we think. He sought inspiration from his belief in God. That's all that matters and not a pseudo-philosophical discussion on the existance of God!
the second movement of the 'Emperor' concerto truly may be the most beautiful and inspired piece of music ever created. It is but one of the many examples that show Beethoven is truly an immortal amongst composers.
Mr Gould; THE serious and professionnal !! The others are in beetween laughing or hurried ! At this time people were rushed, no time to loose; but what a beautiful work !
@TheRealDeal1515 LOL, of course he had Asperger's. That's exactly why he was a great pianist. As if Beethoven didn't have Asperger's (or some other form of mild autism), or Mozart, or Bach, or Van Gogh, or Leonardo da Vinci... There is no "normal great men". If you're normal, you cannot be great by definition. You're simply mediocre. Wasting oxygen and waiting to die...
@dragmio Well, that's an extreme point of view. Not to mention misanthropic. There is probably a higher incidence of depression and anxiety among gifted people, but there are too many exceptions to call any great artist abnormal (not that you defined 'normal'). Shakespeare was by all accounts psychologically normal, socially well-adjusted and a family man. So was Bach. Louis Armstrong was a very great jazz musician and a happy, friendly man. Bob Dylan? Eccentric, but otherwise very normal.
I believe that when the U.S. reclaimed Paris from the French, some of the Tanks played the emperor over their loud speakers as they went through the city. Redemption. Peace.
this has got to be the poshest comment section on youtube. fancy words, no bickering, not a single swear word or mention of a certain hated teenage pop star.
THE BEST "EMPEROR" EVER !! & I'm THE MOST UNLUCKY PERSON on Planet Earth ...never heard him alive...I just could imagine... THAT MIRACLE . Thanks for the video !
@TheHanslick I know Gulda , he was very good in jazz , I heard his Mozart K475 c moll Fantasy , was big joke to me , as well as Kith Jarret's WTC of Bach messy historical FACT , I have in my music library 16 different versions of this concerto ( including this ), & NO ONE COULD DISTRACT ME of my opinion ! WE HAVE a TOTTALY DIFFERENT TASTES & views on this issue. Something always is missing to me when I'm listening jazz-man playing classical genre...could be experience or some unknown "accent".
at 2:17 his unique rolling of notes sounds out of place. does the music call for it or is it Gould's interpretation? I've watched this countless times out or respect and pure enjoyment.
When you are listening to any piece of music you resonate with you are automatically strengthening your immune system as well as improving the quality of your life. For me Beethoven fifth piano concerto redefines the word divinity. Watch Glenn's expressiveness as he plays and one can be elevated to any platform the Universe allows.
@robotapartments What is wrong with sharing your thougts and experience with this interpretation? I was moved, so was many others how has written here in the commentbox!
@JacobRudduck well you know...he is just letting the conductor that he is ready to go ahead with the third movement after the transitional passage from the slow to the finale...it is kind of funny the way Glenn did it, but what else would you expect from him? :)
This is pure magic but [only my opinion] Vladimir Ashkenazy to me does the best version ever. Now I am there to be shot at,oops wrong statement in this day & age.I remember reading that Glenn stopped recording live because of the audience coughing during the performance,I could just imagine the struggle to stop a cough.
People love or hate Glenn Gould. Personally I love listening to him. He played most of his life for CBC Radio where folks could only listen and not see him. For a period I was his page-turner (paid by the CBC), but there were never any pages to turn, of course. I watched him for hours. It's easy to see why some believe that his animations were faux affectations, meant to draw attention to himself. But I believe that this was his way of dealing with people. He was an extreme introvert.
@davewalker32 Hmm, let's see; about 6 weeks from now it will be the 28th anniversary of Glenn Gould's death (10/04/1982). You list your age as 41 years old, that means you were 13 at the time of his death. So, the CBC hired you on as his "page turner" (even tho one wasn't needed) at that pubescent time of your life (just as you were getting new body hair) & your voice was changing from a "little girl's squeak" to a newbie teen boy's "timbre," hmm? Somehow that just doesn't sound plausible! ;-)
posters may as well comment on the facial expresssion of rock lead guitarists and their perceived "pain" when they play. Farcical and commical at the same time...
Czerny on Beethoven's playing: "His bearing while playing," Carl Czerny wrote, "was masterfully quiet, noble, and beautiful, without the slightest grimace."
I say Gould plays like a man who can do anything he wants to at the keyboard (he can). OK, So what? Sorry Glen, I admire much about you but.....the histrionics say it's about Gould, Not Beethoven, thus it all falls short
I love all the comments that are critical of the way Glenn Gould plays this piece. I believe that once any of these posters are capable of playing at this calibur than and only than should they able to critisize his interpretation of this concerto. I would also note that any player who can play as well as Gould (and history has produced not too many who fall into that category) would have the common sense to awknoledge that the way he plays Beethoven is simply different from the way others play.
There is absolutely no basis to the idea that to criticize an artist one has to be as good or better than this artist. So don't feel so 'superior' with this lunacy. Even a child that has never touched a piano but who has musical ear can realize that there are much better versions of this concert than this one by Gould.
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A total lack of mystery and "suspense" in the introducing phrase of the 3rd movement. Not enough energy and "rage" in the first theme of this movement!
Dozens of pianists have played this concerto much better (Gillels, Arrau, Brendel, Curzon, Barenboïm, Perahia, Ashkenazy, Rubinstein, and so many other ones...)
This is the most profound love song ever! So wonderful that hurts! I've had the opportunity to have the most beautiful love moment of my life while listening to this for the first time, double firsts!
To all: It is utterly irrelevant as to whether we believe in God or not. The relevance is that Beethoven did believe in God and felt inspiration from "his" belief. He gave all credit for his creativity to the glory of God as he believed. That is all that matters. The philosophical arguments that have preceded this comment are merely intended to prove certian individauls IQ. Nothing more. Please disregard!
@Chopin1976l We live in a disgusting age, Chopin. Nothing is left untainted by the raw drive to argue with one another over issues that cannot be resolved by such ham-fisted efforts. I happen to be a devout and intellectual Christian. I still love and appreciate a great many composers who did not share my beliefs. Your comment is greatly appreciated.
@Chopin1976l Beethoven wrote his music because HE was an artist. GOD did not do that. His urge to write the masterpieces playing in his head is what inspired him.
Saddens me to read the hateful posts considering the author of the 9th Symphony quoted Schiller's "all men are brothers." Let's abandon the religion and the racism and enjoy the music, please.
@jtimjordan This is the most profound love song ever! So wonderful that hurts! I've had the opportunity to have the most beautiful love moment of my life while listening to this for the first time, double firsts!
Beethoven's deafness might have insulated him from the banal interferences of this world.. saved from the dismal noises of reality he would rather not hear. This I think served to free him, enabling him to conceive through music such out-worldly visions no one could even imagine.
At the time interval 1:47 to 2:49, the mood is sad - with the emotion of redemption and challenge and perhaps capitulation in times of war... At, 2:50, the emotion changes to one of hope, optimism and peace and even jubilation, as if a war has been won or the tide is changing towards victory.
I wonder why this piece from Beethoven isn't more popular, better recognized in the annals of this great composer`s works.
This song is truly from heaven - particular the Second Movement. I'm learning it now. The notes aren't terribly difficult; it's the feeling that the pianist injects into the piece that is the real challenge. I can learn the bars perfectly, but the piece sounds different every time I play it according to the mood that I'm in.
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Playing musical instruments is a kind of meditation, of course if you can play and feel music, not only notes. Something not-understandable for many stupid and easy-going Americans.
Although you seem quite intelligent it seems like you have decided that it is not necessary for you to put any thought into your words, humans seem equally ignorant regardless of nationality. (I happen to be american) music should unite not divide.
I've never been a huge fan of Gould's interpretations of Beethoven, but his rendition of the "Emperor" remains unequaled. Through this interpretation, the very soul of Beethoven has been resurrected.
and flaws are not important when it is the art of Beethoven you are portaying. The art shines when sometimes the technical does not. It depends upon the depth of the human soul. That is Beethoven.
He is suffering by having to play with an orchestra. He knows what he wants to do with the Beethoven score but is held back. He is compromising! It is so hard to watch this because he knows!
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Jesus - the camera spends 5 minutes on the f----g flute player -- and then more time on the bassoonist watching. What a joke. They were obviously afraid to show Glenn Gould rocking around and singing while he played. What a bunch of chickens. Typical of Canada! (But boy can this sucker tickle the ivories -- a beautiful slow movement!) Wow -- and that flute player -- such lips!
This is so utterly beautiful. what an amazing player. for some reason i'm reminded of Vincent D'Onofrio seeing him play. lol he's very lost in his own world and expressive.
Heart-breakingly lovely- exquisite, haunting, perfection. I can see why it was used in the end of the film, "Picnic at Hanging Rock".
Quatorzel4 3 days ago
Divine - heavenly -
loveyjay320 1 week ago
Un très humble hommage à Gleen Gould. RIP
alexdelachapelle 2 weeks ago
Merci énormément pour ces enregistrements ! Merci!
alexdelachapelle 2 weeks ago
Glenn's rubato here is very convincing. Pure Romanticism!
MEpianist 2 weeks ago
this is perfect so perfect,,,,
ttamil3 3 weeks ago
D Sharp Major roolz
mconnaghan 1 month ago
Why do we have to compare and label someone as "the best" when we are dealing with one of the most beautiful pieces every composed? Let's just enjoy it all....
BrinaMarySeattle 1 month ago
Wow, the top comment calls the man Gleen Gloud. Could at least get one of his names right. And sadly no, he was not conducting the orchestra of instruments behind him, he is however conducting the orchestra of instruments he hears in the piano.
proszel 2 months ago
mio Dio come si può creare tanta bellezza sonora? da 1:43 in poi... Poi Gould interpreta con mani, occhi, pensieri, bocca e corpo la melodia come meglio non poteva... Sì tanta dolcezza ma credo frutto di tanto sensibile dolore da parte del grande Ludovico Van...
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simply magnificent, how can anyone criticise, I knew him since his Teen Years, absolutely magnificent, every note is played with his most inner feelings.
That was Maestro Glenn Gould
15chrystyne 3 months ago
Suddenly, I realize that I recognize the second movement from my early childhood. It brings back memories.
Dreadnoughtification 3 months ago
you must have the same arrogance and confidence as I, to make such a stately comment
robotapartments 3 months ago
This might be my favorite piece in classical music, next to Mozarts Mass in C Minor (Kyrie).. Such emotion in this piece.. It feels like a heart is in deep sadness, but delivered out of it by a divine source of beauty.. Hard to explain..
crazyman4985 3 months ago
Maestro!
Cray2thousand 4 months ago
i love marybeth
1hanamoon 4 months ago
La musique de Beethoven a trouvé un interprète inspiré
MrTIRILLY 4 months ago
The bassoon player and other musicians look familiar. What orchestra is this?
goodchessactor 4 months ago
@goodchessactor This is the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Wonderful performance eh? and Glenn Gould.... well words fail me.... out of this world :):)
lettykv 4 months ago
@lettykv Agreed.
marilyncrosbie 4 months ago
Gould es un genio!!!
Cada día toca mejor!!!
Mi mas cariñoso saludo a un pianista como pocos hubo.
pabloavarela57 5 months ago
I like this so much. But i dont know why. I just like it so much at the moment. Currently i am addicted to it. It is so nice.
78thesheep 5 months ago
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musica meravigliosa suonata in modo soggiogante sentita in una notte fresca d'estate.......Fantastico momento
42aviva 6 months ago
musica meravigliosa suonata in modo soggiocante sentita in una notte fresca d'estate.......Fantasticomomento
42aviva 6 months ago
I love this version. Done at the right speed and you can hear all the combined melodies. Plus, such fun watching a totally blissed-out Glenn Gould play.
celticceltic99 6 months ago 2
This man's a genius, like Beethoven, and they can be quite troublesome.
Sillach 6 months ago
Glenn Gould is getting very close to Beethoven in my sense.
Sillach 6 months ago
20 people deserve to have their ears cut off
trashkwekwe 6 months ago 2
@trashkwekwe I accidentally hit the down button! Oops! I loved this clip!
bartonim 6 months ago
Thanks for posting
No word can describe the immense beauty and great richness of this music.
One of very few pianists who played this piece with such perfection, Gleen Gloud
Feels every singe notes of this great music and in fact he is conducting the orchestra..
manouchehr7 6 months ago 18
@manouchehr7 Try & write his name correctly then.
danuneken 1 month ago
greatest Canadian
dinkarrao1 6 months ago
Why does he momentarily conduct the orchestra at 3:33???
Haunt0n 6 months ago
Most geniuses proficient in nearly all forms of art did believe in God, as one could assimilate the mystical connection to art as that of faith. It would, therefore, appear that the connection consequently goes hand in hand.
PianoSoulos 7 months ago
@PianoSoulos Bartok, Rimsky-Korsakov, Strauss, Berlioz and Busoni were atheists, to name only those from among the most celebrated composers. Whether one has faith in deities of any variety is entirely irrelevant.
712Stephen 7 months ago 2
@PianoSoulos Absurdly gross.
maulcs 5 months ago
UNE PURE MERVEILLE !!!!! MERCI MONSIEUR GOULD .......
SLAIEH 7 months ago
If ever there is a God; it exists in Glenn's fingers.
mahtab1969 7 months ago 4
@HealedByHisStripes7: Ipso facto...really? Utterly absurd usage of the term and poor analogy. This statement by Jesus Christ does not imply any romantic love at all. By comparison, Shakespeare's sonnets indicate a love that is passionate and indeed romantic. In addition, it is well known that Shakespeare was indeed homosexual. That information is based upon more than just his sonnets.
Chopin1974l 7 months ago
@Chopin1974l Calling somebody a homosexual in shakespeare's day shows an entire lack of understanding of the time period in which he lived. Although you do state things so pretentiously, how could you possibly be wrong?
jcpd4321 5 months ago
I read up some on Gould and it said that he shunned many if not all romantic piano literature, by which almost all created by famous composers such as Chopin, Schumann, and Liszt. Don't get me wrong, he is an amazing musician, but was definitely bizarre. Why is it that genius musicians are always bizarre? Is it because they are so smart?
Forevaitalia 7 months ago
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Beethoven in my heart forever and one favorite is the 5th piano concerto, second movement. Beyond words!
ivlene 7 months ago
Beethoven in my heart forever and one favorite is the 5th piano concerto, second movement. Beyond words!
ivlene 7 months ago
The perfect tempo; too many others drag out this second movement beyond recognition. Also Gould's tone is nothing short of magical
Toweley22992 8 months ago 13
@searcherboy: As to Bach. Although he did have a large family and was quite religious, he also suffered from what we know today as depression. His many letters and communiquès indicate this clearly. What dragmio points to is actually pretty apt. You ought to do a little research.
Chopin1974l 8 months ago
@searcherboy: Firstly, I hardly think calling dragmio a misanthrope is accurate. He was being quite honest in his account of normal and genius. As to Shakespeare. Well adjusted? I think not! It is well known that he was a closet case. Many of his sonnets being dedicated to a young man. He was not openly homosexual. It would have spelled disaster for his career.
Chopin1974l 8 months ago
@Chopin1974l Well, Jesus commanded his apostles to "love one another as I have loved you"- did this mean he was ipso facto a gay?
HealedByHisStripes7 7 months ago
@TheMagicBolt: rf: Heiligenstadt Testament. Beethoven spoke of his impending deafness and his reliance on God, and his own innate spirituality to help him with his compositions to which he owed the creation thereof to God.
Chopin1974l 8 months ago 3
@TheMagicBolt: You are utterly wrong. You know nothing of Beethoven. Maybe you ought to read his heilengstadt letters to his brother. Maybe then you will understand that he owed his creative genius to God! Period. It is irrelevant what we think. He sought inspiration from his belief in God. That's all that matters and not a pseudo-philosophical discussion on the existance of God!
Chopin1974l 8 months ago
Most of people are ashamed commenting their own view !
Sylvain894 9 months ago
the second movement of the 'Emperor' concerto truly may be the most beautiful and inspired piece of music ever created. It is but one of the many examples that show Beethoven is truly an immortal amongst composers.
manny75586 9 months ago 2
Mr Gould; THE serious and professionnal !! The others are in beetween laughing or hurried ! At this time people were rushed, no time to loose; but what a beautiful work !
Sylvain894 9 months ago
i love marybeth
1hanamoon 9 months ago
Je suis venu; j'ai vu et j'ai vaincu pourrait-on dire de Glenn Gould !
Sylvain894 9 months ago
..................................".Emperor".
3intelligents 9 months ago
This is a magical performance. Glenn Gould was a great pianist.
6347285 10 months ago
LE TROISIEME MOUVEMENT QUI EMPORTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
SLAIEH 10 months ago
Fantastic. Great Glenn Gould and great Karel Ancerl.
mark6230 10 months ago
mom:where are u going?
me:to the store to buy a gun
mom: what for?
me:oh i am going to kill 19 ppl
mom:oh...well be back before dinner :D
TheMelshmeltnic 10 months ago
I swear this guy must have Asperger's or something. He's still a great pianist though.
TheRealDeal1515 10 months ago
@TheRealDeal1515 LOL, of course he had Asperger's. That's exactly why he was a great pianist. As if Beethoven didn't have Asperger's (or some other form of mild autism), or Mozart, or Bach, or Van Gogh, or Leonardo da Vinci... There is no "normal great men". If you're normal, you cannot be great by definition. You're simply mediocre. Wasting oxygen and waiting to die...
dragmio 10 months ago
@dragmio Well, that's an extreme point of view. Not to mention misanthropic. There is probably a higher incidence of depression and anxiety among gifted people, but there are too many exceptions to call any great artist abnormal (not that you defined 'normal'). Shakespeare was by all accounts psychologically normal, socially well-adjusted and a family man. So was Bach. Louis Armstrong was a very great jazz musician and a happy, friendly man. Bob Dylan? Eccentric, but otherwise very normal.
searcherboy 10 months ago 4
@dragmio I agree absolutely
HOMOBALEARICUS1 7 months ago
i love this performance. good tempo and so soft...
and i always crack up when i see gould playing soft things =) always those circular head motions and crazy hand movements hahaha
he was certainly a peculiar and very talented person.
chrism216 11 months ago
I believe that when the U.S. reclaimed Paris from the French, some of the Tanks played the emperor over their loud speakers as they went through the city. Redemption. Peace.
calico992 11 months ago
MY BROTHER IS KILLING ME WITH THIS "MUSIC"
puppymusic123 11 months ago
@puppymusic123 I cannot think of a sweeter way to die.
mtheadedwally 10 months ago
1 day I will create something as great as this work.
MADDKNOCKER 11 months ago
@MADDKNOCKER good luck
reinehcreinehc 10 months ago
this has got to be the poshest comment section on youtube. fancy words, no bickering, not a single swear word or mention of a certain hated teenage pop star.
jimmyshitbags 11 months ago
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geoarab1719 11 months ago
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geoarab1719 11 months ago
THE BEST "EMPEROR" EVER !! & I'm THE MOST UNLUCKY PERSON on Planet Earth ...never heard him alive...I just could imagine... THAT MIRACLE . Thanks for the video !
sam0xin 11 months ago
@sam0xin Looks like you haven´t done much listening
If anyone wants to hear how this concerto should sound like
listen to Friedrich Gulda with Vienna Philharmonic (either with George Szell/video or Horst Stein on London CD)
TheHanslick 2 months ago
@TheHanslick I know Gulda , he was very good in jazz , I heard his Mozart K475 c moll Fantasy , was big joke to me , as well as Kith Jarret's WTC of Bach messy historical FACT , I have in my music library 16 different versions of this concerto ( including this ), & NO ONE COULD DISTRACT ME of my opinion ! WE HAVE a TOTTALY DIFFERENT TASTES & views on this issue. Something always is missing to me when I'm listening jazz-man playing classical genre...could be experience or some unknown "accent".
sam0xin 2 months ago
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sam0xin 11 months ago
un glenn gould magistral
SLAIEH 11 months ago
at 2:17 his unique rolling of notes sounds out of place. does the music call for it or is it Gould's interpretation? I've watched this countless times out or respect and pure enjoyment.
DSMDealer 11 months ago
at 2:17 his unique rolling of notes sounds out of place. Is just style or choice. does the music call for it or is it Gould's interpretation?
DSMDealer 11 months ago
Maravilloso...es verdad, el alma de Beethoven resucitada.
inmaculadachaves 1 year ago
When you are listening to any piece of music you resonate with you are automatically strengthening your immune system as well as improving the quality of your life. For me Beethoven fifth piano concerto redefines the word divinity. Watch Glenn's expressiveness as he plays and one can be elevated to any platform the Universe allows.
Lifebeyondlabels 1 year ago
wonderful music ~~ but he looks funny ^^"
lelouticx3 1 year ago
la mejor musica.
tucuyricus100 1 year ago
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robotapartments 1 year ago
@robotapartments What is wrong with sharing your thougts and experience with this interpretation? I was moved, so was many others how has written here in the commentbox!
HerrWarja 1 year ago
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robotapartments 1 year ago
@robotapartments Why are you a perfectionist to spelling? We are not all etnical to englishspeaking countries.
HerrWarja 1 year ago
@robotapartments
For many commenters on YouTube, English is not their native language. Your comment is unnecessary and unwelcome.
4Topwood 11 months ago
@4Topwood Sorry did you say something?
robotapartments 11 months ago
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@4Topwood and who do you think you are to make such a determinate statement?
robotapartments 3 months ago
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robotapartments 1 year ago
c'est divin !!!!!!!! merci monsieur Gould !!
SLAIEH 1 year ago
I'd take Van Clysdale over this dude. I know he was weird but does his interpretation have to be as well?
paullubliner 1 year ago
Dunno why, but his sideways glance at the orchestra at 7:33 just cracks me up XD
JacobRudduck 1 year ago 30
@JacobRudduck well you know...he is just letting the conductor that he is ready to go ahead with the third movement after the transitional passage from the slow to the finale...it is kind of funny the way Glenn did it, but what else would you expect from him? :)
cubanbach 10 months ago
@JacobRudduck he says" you screwed it again, is that the best you got!"
Deliquent2006 9 months ago
@JacobRudduck Not that's it's not funny, but I'm pretty sure he was looking at the conductor right then
beerstudd76 7 months ago
@beerstudd76 Ah yes, quite right you are. Bless him.
JacobRudduck 7 months ago
@beerstudd76
loveyjay320 3 weeks ago
@JacobRudduck haha yes, he seams lik a funny bloke.
gmcorvette 6 months ago
@JacobRudduck It would have been more funny if he had performed the same sideways glance at the audience.
steamednotfried 3 months ago
Aside from judgment of interpretation, this is one of, if not the most beautiful piece of music ever written
afaccenda1 1 year ago
This is pure magic but [only my opinion] Vladimir Ashkenazy to me does the best version ever. Now I am there to be shot at,oops wrong statement in this day & age.I remember reading that Glenn stopped recording live because of the audience coughing during the performance,I could just imagine the struggle to stop a cough.
Teddyb1939 1 year ago
The chef seems a little bit disturbed by Gould's interpretation. He had to "adjust" his conducting.
Very good.
rouelibre1 1 year ago 2
Just when I thought I was getting good at piano...I have a long ways to go, it seems.
DieF1228 1 year ago 2
it just cut off... that's jarring....
chuzhee 1 year ago
@aagjmb: thank you:-)
Chopin1974l 1 year ago
The passover between the movements is outstanding!
ivlene 1 year ago
When everything goes black,and they start playing again,is that a change to the next movement?
PaulThePuppetier 1 year ago
@PaulThePuppetier
Yes, when the screen goes black, that's the interval between movements.
4Topwood 1 year ago
The BEST Emperor EVER ! JUST GENIUS !
sam0xin 1 year ago 3
He's definitely one of the kind...
polarcoffee 1 year ago
God
JustynaPhilipp 1 year ago 2
Beethoven è la persona piu' grande che abbia calcato questo Pianeta.
pierobarale 1 year ago
Glenn Gould was, I believe, a genius. Simply and wonderfully gifted and discovered outside of the normal circle of musical nabobery. Wonderful.
davewalker32 1 year ago 2
People love or hate Glenn Gould. Personally I love listening to him. He played most of his life for CBC Radio where folks could only listen and not see him. For a period I was his page-turner (paid by the CBC), but there were never any pages to turn, of course. I watched him for hours. It's easy to see why some believe that his animations were faux affectations, meant to draw attention to himself. But I believe that this was his way of dealing with people. He was an extreme introvert.
davewalker32 1 year ago
@davewalker32 Hmm, let's see; about 6 weeks from now it will be the 28th anniversary of Glenn Gould's death (10/04/1982). You list your age as 41 years old, that means you were 13 at the time of his death. So, the CBC hired you on as his "page turner" (even tho one wasn't needed) at that pubescent time of your life (just as you were getting new body hair) & your voice was changing from a "little girl's squeak" to a newbie teen boy's "timbre," hmm? Somehow that just doesn't sound plausible! ;-)
DesertAnnie 1 year ago
@davewalker32
In light of what DesertAnnie pointed out, I hope you didn't list your correct age on your profile. Because that's really embarrassing.
faraz1729 1 year ago
posters may as well comment on the facial expresssion of rock lead guitarists and their perceived "pain" when they play. Farcical and commical at the same time...
lukeman62 1 year ago
Czerny on Beethoven's playing: "His bearing while playing," Carl Czerny wrote, "was masterfully quiet, noble, and beautiful, without the slightest grimace."
I say Gould plays like a man who can do anything he wants to at the keyboard (he can). OK, So what? Sorry Glen, I admire much about you but.....the histrionics say it's about Gould, Not Beethoven, thus it all falls short
southwestpiano 1 year ago
The Great Glenn Gould
jaqmart 1 year ago 3
I love all the comments that are critical of the way Glenn Gould plays this piece. I believe that once any of these posters are capable of playing at this calibur than and only than should they able to critisize his interpretation of this concerto. I would also note that any player who can play as well as Gould (and history has produced not too many who fall into that category) would have the common sense to awknoledge that the way he plays Beethoven is simply different from the way others play.
jabevdk 1 year ago 7
@jabevdk
There is absolutely no basis to the idea that to criticize an artist one has to be as good or better than this artist. So don't feel so 'superior' with this lunacy. Even a child that has never touched a piano but who has musical ear can realize that there are much better versions of this concert than this one by Gould.
Ernesto7608 1 year ago
@jabevdk Anyone who can get near Gould's take is probably superhuman. This is a thing of beauty, unmatched.
bartonim 6 months ago 5
Oh, my God!!!
Unbelievable!!!!
SindicatoClandestino 1 year ago 3
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A total lack of mystery and "suspense" in the introducing phrase of the 3rd movement. Not enough energy and "rage" in the first theme of this movement!
Dozens of pianists have played this concerto much better (Gillels, Arrau, Brendel, Curzon, Barenboïm, Perahia, Ashkenazy, Rubinstein, and so many other ones...)
BrunoLien 1 year ago
This is the most profound love song ever! So wonderful that hurts! I've had the opportunity to have the most beautiful love moment of my life while listening to this for the first time, double firsts!
dinacost 1 year ago
and now over 200000 viewers ! Amazing Beethoven !
rrrulian 1 year ago
Gould is unique! How expressive!
misskellysmithutube 1 year ago 3
To all: It is utterly irrelevant as to whether we believe in God or not. The relevance is that Beethoven did believe in God and felt inspiration from "his" belief. He gave all credit for his creativity to the glory of God as he believed. That is all that matters. The philosophical arguments that have preceded this comment are merely intended to prove certian individauls IQ. Nothing more. Please disregard!
Chopin1976l 1 year ago 24
@Chopin1976l We live in a disgusting age, Chopin. Nothing is left untainted by the raw drive to argue with one another over issues that cannot be resolved by such ham-fisted efforts. I happen to be a devout and intellectual Christian. I still love and appreciate a great many composers who did not share my beliefs. Your comment is greatly appreciated.
aagjmb 1 year ago
@Chopin1976l Beethoven wrote his music because HE was an artist. GOD did not do that. His urge to write the masterpieces playing in his head is what inspired him.
TheMagicBolt 8 months ago
Saddens me to read the hateful posts considering the author of the 9th Symphony quoted Schiller's "all men are brothers." Let's abandon the religion and the racism and enjoy the music, please.
jtimjordan 1 year ago 4
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@jtimjordan This is the most profound love song ever! So wonderful that hurts! I've had the opportunity to have the most beautiful love moment of my life while listening to this for the first time, double firsts!
dinacost 1 year ago
i don't know how this man can play any thing in very different way of others
one of my best Guess he is never Hear the music that he Intended to play but he just read it and play it
i know that sound weird
ahmadti 1 year ago
My favourite part of this concerto. So majestic and dignified.
yellowmoped 1 year ago
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don't listen to Beethoven. Don't you know ? Niggers USA troops are now walking
all over Berlin with mixed babies.
harry91108 1 year ago
one of the greatest slow movmnts of any smphny. what stroke of genius .
gould is grt but way too mch mvmnt.
cirosuperiore 1 year ago
@cirosuperiore It's a concerto and movement doesn't matter.
712Stephen 1 year ago
Beethoven's deafness might have insulated him from the banal interferences of this world.. saved from the dismal noises of reality he would rather not hear. This I think served to free him, enabling him to conceive through music such out-worldly visions no one could even imagine.
dtnetube 1 year ago
oh I LOVE LOVE LOVE this one! :)
MjStacey84 1 year ago 2
At the time interval 1:47 to 2:49, the mood is sad - with the emotion of redemption and challenge and perhaps capitulation in times of war... At, 2:50, the emotion changes to one of hope, optimism and peace and even jubilation, as if a war has been won or the tide is changing towards victory.
I wonder why this piece from Beethoven isn't more popular, better recognized in the annals of this great composer`s works.
klysell 1 year ago
This song is truly from heaven - particular the Second Movement. I'm learning it now. The notes aren't terribly difficult; it's the feeling that the pianist injects into the piece that is the real challenge. I can learn the bars perfectly, but the piece sounds different every time I play it according to the mood that I'm in.
klysell 1 year ago
maravilloso!!! increible!!! fascinante!!! es mi favorita!!!
leoths 1 year ago
Do you know what orchestra this is?
wotwolf 1 year ago
my gosh, 5:01 sends shivers down my spine.
mishaco 1 year ago 2
It's great how he keeps the rhytm with his mout while playing
Ultrazone91 1 year ago
fantastic- thanks Beethoven-
dinasaur2 1 year ago
Thanks Beethoven & Gould for saving my life
af796 1 year ago 12
How did they help you?
Alexandrovm 1 year ago
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Playing musical instruments is a kind of meditation, of course if you can play and feel music, not only notes. Something not-understandable for many stupid and easy-going Americans.
Daaaalibor 1 year ago
easy-going people my friend. Your place of birth does not help someone from being a yerk or not, generally speaking of course
Alexandrovm 1 year ago
Although you seem quite intelligent it seems like you have decided that it is not necessary for you to put any thought into your words, humans seem equally ignorant regardless of nationality. (I happen to be american) music should unite not divide.
justicewithasword 1 year ago
With tears in my eyes...I wish GG lived forever...I agree with the previous comment wholeheartedly. Thank you all.
lotusbuds2000 1 year ago
I've never been a huge fan of Gould's interpretations of Beethoven, but his rendition of the "Emperor" remains unequaled. Through this interpretation, the very soul of Beethoven has been resurrected.
davidjb100 1 year ago 26
@davidjb100 try his versions of liszt's transcriptions of the 5th and 6th symphonies. they're gold.
eastgermanautos 1 year ago
@davidjb100 I also love this rendition. But how can you know 'the very soul of Beethoven has been resurrected'?
Were you alive at the same time as him? I doubt it.
widebody123 1 year ago
OMG his face @ 7:33 is like, u ready?
harp1028 2 years ago 4
and flaws are not important when it is the art of Beethoven you are portaying. The art shines when sometimes the technical does not. It depends upon the depth of the human soul. That is Beethoven.
Magisterludy 2 years ago 6
He is suffering by having to play with an orchestra. He knows what he wants to do with the Beethoven score but is held back. He is compromising! It is so hard to watch this because he knows!
Magisterludy 2 years ago 2
i like at 1:45 he starts going ba, ba, ba, ba, ba along with his playing.
badATchaos 2 years ago
yeah! is he high? :P
bloodyz16x24 1 year ago
WOOOOOOOOOOOOW!
Igotyouhoney 2 years ago 5
fortunately it's about the music!!!
spaceodyssey01 2 years ago 6
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Jesus - the camera spends 5 minutes on the f----g flute player -- and then more time on the bassoonist watching. What a joke. They were obviously afraid to show Glenn Gould rocking around and singing while he played. What a bunch of chickens. Typical of Canada! (But boy can this sucker tickle the ivories -- a beautiful slow movement!) Wow -- and that flute player -- such lips!
newyorkslim2001 2 years ago
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OMG ... how disgusting. lol.
I think you're watching for the wrong things.
EMPERORMIKI 2 years ago
absolutely genious!!!
AREK100001 2 years ago
just awesome and beautiful!!!!!
777katsuma 2 years ago 3
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nice
mistake at 4:28
sinancans 2 years ago
please post your performance of this piece since you can point out what you "believe" to be flaws in this one.
if you can do better, i would love to hear it, seriously.
chickenjojo 2 years ago
the recording quality makes it sound much more monotone than it is. thats why i (unfourtunately) couldn't enjoy it. especially the 1st movement :(
ccen1 2 years ago
I know thats the youtube flaw if you know the original it all sounds a crappy
crackapolo 2 years ago
anybody knows who's the conductor ?
stephanzweig 2 years ago
Karel Ančerl
Nyandora222 2 years ago
the "Emperor" plays you, you can't play it.
abottwhite 2 years ago 2
This is so utterly beautiful. what an amazing player. for some reason i'm reminded of Vincent D'Onofrio seeing him play. lol he's very lost in his own world and expressive.
wendlw 2 years ago 4