Glenn Gould :WaScarlatti Arturo Benedetti Michelangeligner Maitres Chanteurs

[jonjon1957jonjon]

I'm afraid this is as bad as having to play this wretched piece of Wagner under the baton of late British Premier Edward Heath!

[PianoCussoSFHA]

I love this man

[verdejar22]

Gênios entre gênios.

[oneginee]

if we could only hear what he says as he plays what a tremendous masterclass of the mastersingers.

[Sorcerer88]

haha, Interviewer: "Oh - Meistersinger?" - Gould: "What else?"

[DontCloudMe]

Ironically, he felt that feathering his hair out in the back would make his ears look smaller.

[oneginee]

How at every occurence of the theme tries to reach that E (is it ?) like a unrequited love that is not answered (obviously). Melodic lines going up only to fall back at the starting point and without discouragement obsessively tries again more softly and romantically (notice how the beginning it is pompous then gets more expressive and personnal an affirmation of love. Then there are a few moments where love feeds of itself bliss seems close. Alas there comes the long awaited E (cont..)

[oneginee]

My god, what is happening to me ? but I know all along what. The first time i listened through it, I was passably unmoved and the thick layers sounded interesting at the most. The second time I heard the themes. Then from there on it quickly became more beautiful with every listen. Ok so i admit i have listen probably 15 times by now and can not stop. This is amazing ! what a beautiful romantic piece and a treat to have Glenn play this. I must play this.. (cont..)

[asdfqwerp1]

The interviewer farted @ 2:15. You can see the fumes

[classicalpianist9999]

@asdfqwerp1 I don't know how to feel about your comment. Is it funny because of how absurd it is to comment on a fart in the context of a masterful Gould recording? I suppose you spelled everything correctly so I think I'm ok with it.

[asdfqwerp1]

@classicalpianist9999 Absurd? Not at all, I was merely observing fact. Look at the video sir, the evidence is there.

[maxtanz]

che personaggio! :)

[WorldCupSeoul]

Why does your title of this video say Scarlatti and then we get Gould spewing over Wagner?

[WorldCupSeoul]

gross.

[miker2001]

Sorry, he had to sit low on the keyboard so he could muddy it all up.

[KABRIS1]

@miker2001 This is clearer than any orchestral version.

[mikejr41387]

wasn't this hitlers favorite piece?

[th3wing3dpaint3r]

@alienalienss I wasn't only referring to this performance. My exposure to Gould is limited to a few youtube vids and a compilation called "Glenn Gould at The Cinema".

You can clearly hear his out of tune humming on many of his Bach studio recordings.

[OriginalBasaliskos]

@th3wing3dpaint3r It's true. His humming is one of the reasons I don't care for his recordings; hearing them makes me irate. That, and I much prefer Tureck's Bach over Gould's any day.

[CHIMALES71]

Glenn Gould: o se le ama o se le detesta, pero no deja indiferente...Glenn, sólo llegaste a los 50, pero gracias por todo!.

[NatteGuilty]

omfg isn't it WAGNER?!?!?!? ROFL.

[aydin84000]

Glenn Gould, L'irremplaçable!

[willweeverknow]

I love GG. But I don't understand the 'title' of this video "Scarlatti Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli' - my dear ABM... :-) what???

[zhuqiushi168]

Is the man standing there Alfred Brendel?

[Maralegar2009]

@zhuqiushi168 No , its Bruno Monsaingeon , french journalist who plays violin , specialy the Gould 's quatuor ....

[Ravel87]

"i like the sound of it, wanna hear some?" FTW

[KABRIS1]

I love this.

[composerdoh]

I wish I could hear the orchestra in his head- this is so magnificent...

[felix0911176727]

"OK!"

[1973navino]

what the fuck are you saying ??? . This man , like every genius, is total in his espression.

let you play like him , and only after that , judge !!!

[waltoncats]

Jesus, what a mess! Gould is usually great, but this is total cr*p.

[JoFrSc]

No matter how brilliant the playing, Gould always trashed his own playing with that irritating burbling.

[th3wing3dpaint3r]

@JoFrSc "...Gould always trashed his own playing with that irritating burbling" can't agree more with you. Very irritating indeed. And it's not one of those things that goes away if you close your eyes and try to focus.

[luigiciotoli]

GLENN GOULD.

[jaberwocky6669]

Why did he have to hum, or sing or whatever that was that he always did when he played?

[jakeyjazz]

Sorry if you've already heard this, but I read somewhere that when his mother (herself a competent pianist) taught him to play the piano (as his first teacher), she apparently told him to sing everything he played, so he did. Well, that's what I read anyway, I'm not sure as to its veracity. Best wishes =)

[japanesesweet]

incredible ornamentation in the passage starting at 0:38

when the clip began i thought this was going to be awful but i was quickly mesmerized-

[afterbabel]

i'm amazed at how he emphasizes stylistic continuity with the baroque overture - through ornamentation, a strongly marked rhythm, and in particular rapid scale passages...

[FernandRaynaud]

Heavens! Who wrote this contraption?

[FernandRaynaud]

No ... don't tell me HE did this ....

[Matteo7419]

@FernandRaynaud Yes he did ;-)

[Tixeon]

It's Wagner's Die Meistersinger, you fool!

[Pricher1991]

@FernandRaynaud he.

[eLiMU6]

trippy Gould video