Glenn Gould plays Bach Toccata in E minor BWV 914

[mullahsoutnow]

8 dislikes?!! are you kidding me?!?!? that's wayyyy too many....!

[kenshin1224]

yes my his singing makes it way better.. so awesome when he like German-scats Bach.. amazing piece, amazing playing

[docoftheworld]

A triumph to all of humanity ...

[paultrag]

how can someone dislike this masterpiece!!!!!

[matanhoffmann]

Glenn Gould will live on persistently. Forever humming with the B's.

This is an extraordinary example of a fugue and an extraordinary rendition thereof, thus it has become a touchstone for my own endeavors.

For the curious: A Fugue

By Yours truly

[fuscomblindo]

ciao

[Bataja706]

glenn gould probably played every keyboard composition by Bach...

This is awesome...

[Vanadis240]

my first impression was that he was playing too fast. But then he surprised me . There's something that draws you in. You can't even click Pause while listening to him playing.

[vivacecilia]

UN genio!!!!!!!!!! Graned suono ed espressione

[Stehnz]

beginning is like fuga 565

[marcellny]

my favourite fugue.

[youvebeensmoked]

I've really come around. I couldn't stomach Gould throughout my youth, but in the past few years have started craving exactly the sort of sensitivity to lines that he exudes.

[Kingfotog]

5:12-6:02- love those chord changes. is that Bach or what?

[marcellny]

@Kingfotog

I couldn't agree more kingfotog. That is an awesome progression! and right before that magnificent fugue.

[Miskomisio]

It's Bach's, but he inverts the emphasis of bass and upper chords

[Fredegunda7]

Моя любимая токката.

[straumeeee]

@Fredegunda7 -мой любимый исполнитель музыки Баха!:))

[meredith21846]

Whatever ones opinions are of Goulds Bach interpretations, there's no denying he was an extraordinary communicative force. A legend whose unique style will remain a vehicle for heated debate in years to come.

[musicsdarkangel]

anyway, I enjoy Hewitt's significantly more, her Toccata's actually sound improvised, which is so important. Beautiful phrasing etc,

Gould is something special though; there's no denying that.

[purifyz]

what grade is it?

[musicsdarkangel]

You may like his style more than Hewitt's,

but there's no denying that Hewitt's voicing phrasing is farrr more controlled/better. I hear accents in Gould's everywhere.

[morvensky]

Far superior to Hewitt's.

[bobadybooX]

my favourite toccata.

[a83692128]

love Glenn Gould

[ppaolo2000]

il pazzo e' un genio (george szell su glenn gould)

[MagicDonDino]

Superate le 7000 visualizzazioni!!!

Non avrei mai pensato che potesse riscuotere così successo!!!

Best regards from italy!!!

Grazie a tutti!!!

Tanks to all!!!

[gouldschonberg]

beh e' la bellezza dell'arte che vince su tutto il resto. artista non si associa con buon musicista glenn era un'artista con a maiuscola poi puoi trovare dei bravi musicisti ce ne son tanti :)

[MagicDonDino]

Indubbiamente!!

[iguarni]

@MagicDonDino Ma come fai a soprenderti? Lo so che oggi la musica classica è stata messa in un angolo ma innamorati di questi capolavori, per fortuna siamo ancora molti!!!

La ciliegina sarebbe l'upload del Volume 3 del WTC. Grazie davvero.

[MagicDonDino]

@iguarni

beh circa un anno fà quando postai il commento dopo aver passato i 7000 non me l'aspettavo davvero; ormai che ha superato i 28.000 non ci faccio più caso XD

Volume 3?? fammi capire perche i 2 volumi del Ben Temperato li ho caricati tempo addietro, ma il 3° non credo esista suonato da Gould e non è nemmeno un opera di J.S.Bach.

Saluti.

[iguarni]

@MagicDonDino Scusa non sapevo che tu avessi postato tutto!!! libri del WTC sono 2 ma li avevo divisi in 3 cd. Tutto chiarito e soprattutto complimenti.

[Doubertoski]

GREAT!

[abelanna]

Can anyone explain why Gould is often not appreciated for his Bach interpretations. Not puritan enough, perhaps, with his frequent staccato? I find him (I'm a lay) absolutely captivating, made to play this music. This toccata is so perfectly played in this ruling rhythm, which never stops, particularly in the overwhelming final. I haven't heard anyone better.

[bontempo01]

I think it's mostly a question of "unconventionality" pushed to the limit. Gould's interpretations are quite often very different from what would be conventional - and I'm not going to discuss whether conventional is really that good. I'll just say that, no matter what people say, his interpretations of Bach fit the music AMAZINGLY well around 95% of the time. Of course, if you listen to his Mozart, Beethoven or Chopin you might find it horrendous. But this guy was born to play Bach. Hands on.

[Gilsams]

Well, there IS the constant humming present in his music... :) Me personally doesn't care the least.

[hedones]

le fugato final est d'une beauté qui pousserait à se jeter au pied de la croix, même pour le plus impie d'entre nous.

[Laurentpiano9]

Ca n'a rien à voir avec la religion, même si Bach était croyant..

[argentor16]

je suis absolument d'accord ....je crois que vraiment là, on a la preuve tellement attendue, que Dieu existe, à travers le talent..que dis-je le génie unique de Glenn Gould et Bach réunis.

[dzeljpiano]

Im so happy ,that my teacher choosed this

great piece for me . -It ´ s Bach ...

[LovroS]

if you listen carfully you even hear him singing =)

[straumeeee]

@LovroS :))))si!:)))

[dzeljpiano]

An unknown masterpiece -Bach ....

[desertstryker1234]

It sounded really easy to me at first. Then I tried playing it. This was the song that's hardest to memorize out of every single piece I've played.Yeah, never judge a book by it's cover.

[magdluke]

Ah, all of Bach's works are hard to memorize - damn those fugues... :-s !!

[seul0278]

GOOD~!!!

I practice this.

So many difficult........

[chislehurstbat]

Sometimes, feel free to laugh, I wonder about the idea of reincarnation in connection with Glenn Gould and Johann Sebastian Bach. It just feels so right, when GG plays Bach.