PART 1 Glenn Gould plays Partita No.2 in C minor BWV 826

[GabrielPadecopeo]

La digitación es perfecta, insuperable interpretación. Glenn Gould ha sido único e insuperable en sus interpretaciones. Te extrañamos Glenn y admiraremos siempre.

[Machaut100]

A genius thanks Glenn you are the only one that understood Bach, and give us his passion. We will keep you in our heart forever, and your legacy will never be forgotten.

[renoraider2]

Glenn suffered to produce these beautiful renditions for us to enjoy. He was a lonely, isolated genius. If I believed in god, I'd thank him for Glenn.

[SirNikro]

Such a magnificent work! An entire cosmos exposed for the recreation of souls, played with the most delicated and kind of contained passion. Both geniuses!

Thanks for share it.

[Kobzar3374]

@SirNikro That is the point, my friend: "played with the most delicate passion." Some performances of works by Bach are too stern, so strict that they sound stern, harsh. I have always felt that these works should be played in a very soft, delicate way. Like Glenn Gould so often did.

[aerogrl87]

LOVE IT !!!

[yasamanmusic]

I could listen to this again and again and again... and my untrained easrs still have different notes to listen to... I love Bach for composing such great music music and i love musicians like gould who keeo the music alive... :)

[ynasss]

dont argue!

 just listen the beautiful music

[cyao22]

splendid left hand

[MrTIRILLY]

Il nous manque la vidéo

[Matteo7419]

@MrTIRILLY The video of this recording definitely doesn't exixt ;)

[Voime09]

Like the way he performs the stacatti

[kourosh89]

Where's the rest???

[scout6686]

so dope

[SeeGuitarRun]

I dunno, but at 3:59 I left this earth, :).

[gomezz]

actually you can hear him singing throughout the whole recording :)

[gomezz]

is it me or you can hear his voice singing at 00:50 ?

[SiavashPiano]

cant believe he forgets/refuses to play a half bar around 6:20.. 

[MrChristAlive]

Yup, this is great! I've come here after watching the fantastic Glenn Gould Moments film youtube.com/watch?v=5uS3Zr_egj­I

Just have to go learn it now! My uncle has tonnes of this funky "Klavarskribo" music (like tablature) which makes learning piano pieces a hell of a lot easier on the brain and quicker for dumbos like me who didn't get notation rammed down their throat since the age of two. Go check it out, they need some more support since their founder died too.

[paradoxicus]

El síndrome de Asperger,en sí no es malo.No entienden la metáfora pero si, la literalidad de una forma completa.Su C.I.puede ser muy alto,normal o bajo,en eso no difieren de la población normal.Autismo y Esquizofrenia,son enfermedades distintas.Sin haberse hecho estudios rigurosos,muchos genios han podido ser Asperger.

Lo cierto es que en el caso de G.Gould,éso no tiene la mas mínima importancia.Sus interpretaciones de Bach son divinas y colocaron al piano-forte en un plano superior acaso unico

[ScottHillman1]

one of my favorite videos on Youtube!

[ftcvilla]

@JMHEROE You´re forgetting he whose music this is, and that probably deserves a little more recognition than the interpreter. I am by no means disquialifying Gould, and for all that I consider the best, but this, as the rest of his pieces, is a child of Bach, and of his generating genius. Not smoke would be Gould without Bach, whilst Bach would just be in wait of an interpreter as Gould and with his brilliance would settle for less.

[Mosportaddict]

@ftcvilla So true and the idea applies to even the simplest scale . The piano teacher / piano student chemistry. The end result is somehting more than the sum of its parts if you have the right ingredients.

[MrBarnabite]

A virtuose compositor, who composed for a virtuose interpret ...

[fanvloggers]

I recently hear others interpretations but nobody compares to Gleen Gould

[polymath7]

@fanvloggers I think there's exactly one (Argerich).

[gonrolgonrol]

Bachs ideas are so clearly introduced in his works

[KABRIS1]

@gonrolgonrol And in Gould's interpretation of Bach's works.

[chiruya]

Was this recording done on a piano or a harpsichord? The tinny quality of the sound reminds me more of a harpsichord than a piano...

Glenn Gould's playing is just awesome...no other words about it.

[TheIzzoGuy]

@chiruya it is a piano.

[Push1atency]

This piece is at once the sound of the Will of the World, and... the Will of the World.

[stephenykevin]

me encanta la parte del minuto 1:00

[paradoxicus]

Glenn Gould,aqui,transciende al mismo Bach.

La interpretacion es simplemente perfecta.

[Lassannn]

You have heard the voice of God.  Believe it.

[The55555SSSSS]

Today is 25th of September 2010.

78 years ago this genius was born.

Glenn,I wish you had lived a longer life.

I love you and you are always in my heart.

Rest In Peace.

[simcha181818]

@The55555SSSSS I read your 8-month old comment. You must be a person with a big heart, drawn to beauty and able to identify it when you find it.

[The55555SSSSS]

thank you simcha181818 for your kind words!

[hannahippo]

learning to play this atm. thanks for the recording!

[MaestroTJS]

What's with the horrible sound quality?

[FutureAbe]

@MaestroTJS I think this is from the 50's xD

[iguarni]

None could play this masterpiece better than Glenn. He is a legendary pianist!

[sam0xin]

p.s. Very good ! rating ( by stars ) removed from YouTube...there is a some wonders... CAN NOT BE rated... there is not enough NUMBERS to rate  them ! as

as those miracles are so close to GOD ! SO CLOSE ! You Tube staff should add link for LOVED IT ...(friendly suggestion.)

[YNGVIRTUOSOVIOLIST]

I love this piece the more I hear it. He is by far my favourite pianist. hands down ! He reminds me of myself when I practise. he sings the different parts!

[WolfgangOrpheus]

love this partita, i can't find this anywhere!! help!! like the beatles said HELP!!! i need somebody!!!! lol

[witchcraftlord]

i love when it gets really fast,  2:50- 3:00

[Yuriy21]

What remarkable line of a bass in the Sinfonia... Bravo, mr. Gould!

[n00bies1]

@jimmyjamesWang Music is music is music.... it has no intrinsic nature as far as what it "means" or some kind of imposed purpose from your silly narrow-sighted mind. You need to step down from your little soapbox and come down to reality with the rest of us... the people able to listen to music simply because well... they enjoy it.. without having to justify it to the world that they're listening to something "better".. the air really isn't so bad down here.. come down and try it..

[Noahsark00]

Gould was a Bach master

[str3123]

this is just incredible! Lovin' it!

[AnnMarry19]

wonderfull partita, I love it :0 :)

[stefthe80]

if you can measure music, depth and inspiration is 2 of the reasons classical music is better.. heavy metal is much more simple and deals with the surface of the emotions. classical music can penetrate your soul and make you feel emotions that you never knew they exist. By the way i like alittle head-banging now and then...

[kolopaper123]

@stefthe80 i totally agree,i listen both! What's your opinion about pop or hiphop ''music'' ? :P

[Clg1688]

in the adagio part of the sinfonia, some of the notes are a bit too bangy, JUST SAYING!! srry!!! i'll surrender now.... =(

[adamcolbert]

@Clg1688

no, i agree. it's nothing against the performer, by any means. the sound is definitely very tinny. if this isn't because of the piano itself (which it might be), then it could be the recording equipment at the time. when was this recorded? late '50s, early '60s? his recording of the prelude and fugue in A minor is also very "clunky" like this, though i must admit i indulge in such "clunkiness" on that particular recording :)

[Clg1688]

do u think that broken chords are a bit too dramatic in the sinfonia?? should they be a little more together?? just saying.... nothing wrong with him playing this, its excellent

[AnnMarry19]

@Clg1688 I agree:)

I love GOULD.

Gould. GLENN GOULD!! - the best EVER!!!!!!!

[paradoxicus]

No creo que fuera un Asperger,pero la historia de su silla,que no me cabe aqui,es interesantisima.¡Cosas de genios!.

[op10no4]

@paradoxicus Exactamente, cosa de genios.

Los genios y sus locuras =)

[camilocuesta]

Pues Bach no era exéntrico, vivió una vida mas normal que la de cualquiera.

[paradoxicus]

Prefiero el clave,pero al piano Gould fue unico interpretando a JSB.

[op10no4]

@paradoxicus Realmente nos logra transmitir ese aire barroco típico de toda la obra de Bach.

[maddybluemusic]

it is the only recorder with this partita that i love especially the first part "sinfonia"!!!!!!!! well done Glenn!!!!!

[hijodepu]

it is tragic that he died so young

[op10no4]

@hijodepu Just like the great Chopin.

[Danyelfr3]

Glenn... wow... Glenn...

[dragmio]

In a way it does. It would be just another proof that the "normal" are good for nothing.

[camilocuesta]

I don't consider seriously that he had Asbergers. Would heavy metal musicians suffer from asbergers too in that case? Who says that classical music should be different? No matter what kind of music, the point in art is that it touches you and moves you.

[shadenfreude1984]

It's not true! Classical music is objectively better than heavy metal!

[derefis]

My friend, Objectively speaking...Well-composed music is better tan awful composed music. There are heavy metal bands or maybe Power metal bands with a lot of musical talent...and please how many Academical musicians were as mediocre as a heavy metal band? I mean, objectively speaking Chopin is not better than Bach, nor Bach is better than Bach...but they are completely different styles.

[VioletKIng69]

In this day and age no its not. Though i prefer classical i do notice that the presence of Death Metal bands draws in more numbers and changes more lives than classical. Do you know that cults are formed out of these bands? music is an art...art is always subjective. Gould was one of those who rose above the subjectivity and got everyone to love him.

[jimmyjamesWang]

@shadenfreude1984 dont compare the two how you would compare a honda accord to a BMW M5. Classical Music is something entire different in nature to heavy metal. Just like how a person wouldnt compare a space shuttle to a car and conclude that Space Shuttle is better. The Two are uncomparable, the very act of comparing is a insult upon Classical Music. Besides the purpose of heavy metal is not intellectual depth and structual complexity, peopel who wrote it didnt meant for it to surpass CM.

[kpirooz92]

@camilocuesta

yes, anyone who's seen an interview of him knows he couldn't possibly have had aspergers

[btjohnson96]

@kpirooz92 No, he had Aspergers. I have Aspergers myself, and trust me, you don't have to be retarded when you talk to people. It's not always as blatant as you would think. Most people tell me that would have never thought I had Aspergers. But....I do.

[btjohnson96]

@camilocuesta I wouldn't diagnose him... seeing that you can't even spell "Aspergers."

Aspergers isn't a bad thing. In fact, many brilliant people had it. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss, Bill Gates, Alfred Hitchcock, Issac Newton, Jane Austen, Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Michelangelo, George Orwell, Thomas Edison, Mark Twain, Henry Ford, Van Gogh, Andy Warhol, William Shakespeare, Leonardo Di Vinci, Alexander Graham Bell, Satie, Bartok, Bruckner, Mahler

[asdfq321]

@btjohnson96 lol no Aspergers is a bad thing

[btjohnson96]

@asdfq321 From someone who actually has it, I wouldn't presume anything if I were you. People with Aspergers prove to have average or above average (which is usually the case) intelligence. Please, before you start to postulate on whether or not Aspergers is bad, I recommend that you read a book on it. Or is that too much for your small, narrow brain to handle?

[asdfq321]

@btjohnson96 just face the facts that having aspergers isnt a good thing all it does is make you bad at social interaction

[nmbanana]

@asdfq321 yes and if you swallow gum it will stick up your heart and eventually stop it.

[polymath7]

@btjohnson96 You're simply talking out of your ass. A neurological condition like Aspergers cannot be diagnosed merely from public interview footage and biographical hearsay, let alone posthumously in people who have been dead for decades or centuries.

Your list is utterly preposterous.

You're an unmitigated fool.

[BasileusR]

@polymath7 agree with you.

[btjohnson96]

@polymath7 Did my comment offend you, sir?

[polymath7]

@btjohnson96 I.

No, I wouldn't say "offend" is the right word. It just irritates me when people spread misinformation of any kind.

I'm not a clinical neurologist, so I'm not up to speed on what exactly are the diagnostic criteria for Aspergers, but it damn sure requires that you meet and interview the patient -in person- several times. Otherwise such a diagnosis is speculation most foul -as in the best it is- but in the case of a patient one has never even met...

[polymath7]

II. ... any neurological diagnosis is just meaningless. I'll grant you I find the conjecture that Gould had Asperger's mildly plausible, but that is the very most one can say.

To venture such a a diagnosis of Leonardo Da Vinci, who has been dead for 481 years -and about whom there is no biographical information outside his notebooks and a few anecdotes from Vasari- is the merest nonsense.

[btjohnson96]

@polymath7 Yes, and it irritates me when arrogant people such as yourself comment when they themselves have no true knowledge. This is youtube, sir. Get over it.

[polymath7]

@btjohnson96 It ain't arrogance if you can back it up.

I have no "true knowledge"? And the evidence of this is to be found in my comments here? Very well, point to the evidence and make your case. If you've no interest in the matter, still better, then stop replying.

You made a ridiculous claim; I called you on it. Please don't bother to write anything further unless it contains something directly germane to my central point

Put up or shut up.

[btjohnson96]

@polymath7 Haha, but you see here, I don't have to put up with anything. This is the internet. What are you going to do, e-punch me?

Lol give me a break. I gave information that I found on plenty of legitimate websites. I don't know where ever the hell you are from, but I live in America; and here, we have a right to free speech. So lay off, you arrogant prick.

[polymath7]

@btjohnson96 Goodbye.

[oldgoat5]

@polymath7 aspergers was disproved more than a year ago

[btjohnson96]

@polymath7 Or if it is a vocabulary war that you are seeking, I'm sure I'd win. I just hope you are not that pathetic.

[btjohnson96]

@camilocuesta Emily Dickinson, Bobby Fischer, George Washington, Charles Dickinson, and Robin Williams.

Glenn Gould definitely did have it. I read many biographies on him and watched many documentaries on him.

It has NOTHING to do with the type of music you play...

[camilocuesta]

@btjohnson96 It is only a speculation that he had Aspergers. I've read many biographies and watched many documentaries also, like you claim to have. I agree it has nothing to do with the type of music. My point was that if you say that GG had Aspergers just because he moves oddly when playing, you could say the same thing for a metal musician, and would be ridiculous.

[forrestisnotmoody]

I love this.

[pariconejo]

me encanta como interpreta a bach ! lastima q te fuiste tan joven :(

[JosquenD]

Completamente fuori stile , ma sublime!!! L'arte musicale con certi interpreti veramente si pone al di fuori della storia e si lascia accarezzare semplicemente dall'idea di Verità. Meravigliosa ingenuità. Un cuore puro di bambino. Grande Glenn!

[davidator321]

does this piece need any words

[SCHneiDen777]

No words necessary, just jubilation of one's soul.

[witchcraftlord]

@davidator321 no , instrumental music does not need words,  just fast fingers and a decent harpsichord or piano to play on, if its a song, baroque, classical, jazz, etc, then words are necessary,

[Gusakov]

Like J.S. Bach !!

[Parisamoosavi]

This Partita and this performance is a bliss for my ears...

[Chopin1986]

I can't thank you enough!!

I've been searching for this recording so long!!

Thank you very much!!

[dizygotegemini]

Oh man..........his technical ability borders on the fabulous; such a combination of fluency in both hands, of dynamic versatility. Outstanding.

[dizygotegemini]

Thank´s a million for this GG video, Awesome! I´ve just begun reading another Glenn Gould biography by some psychiatrist who is convinced that Glenn Gould, Bela Bartok and Ludwig Wittgenstein suffered from Asberges Syndrom. Psychiatry is a pest, it´s a lot of b.s. Glenn Gould ( Gold ) a decendent of the Norwegen Composer, Grieg ( Greig ) his mother was Florence Greig, Edward Grieg was his mothers great grandfathers cousin, was maybe excentric and peculiar in some ways but Asberges Syndrom ?

[supermaties]

well i have been diagnosed asperger syndrome myself

in i think it could well be true, but i don't really know enough about gould to really be convinced tho this tought came to my mind earlieer

[delta9tetrahydroca]

then learn to increase your mind's potentials using Dianetics

[cursestar]

what?

[matindavoudi]

What is asperger syndrome???

[1upMusician]

It's a much milder version on Autism, also I don't believe that Glenn had it, but I could be wrong.

[dragmio]

So how does it feel? I bet you wish you had Asperger's. LOL

(awaiting "your momma" insult)