The Well-Tempered Clavier Complete by Glenn Gould 1/13

[glauberchaos]

Red John footsteps

[r3t0dd]

"'The Well-Tempered Clavier' was truly heavenly music for mathematicians. It was composed of prelude and fugue pairs in major and minor keys using all twelve notes of the scale, twenty-four pieces per book, forty-eight pieces in all, comprising a perfect cycle."

-Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

[brofenix]

FINALLY FOUND IT WOOOOH!

[comocracy]

One of the world's great gifts. Bravo Gould!

[dramdanielle]

Glenn Gould and Bach.. two icons from such distant generations... All it takes to know the sublime beauty of that combination is... you here now. Perfection!

[SwampKing04]

I love this guy. Such a unique player with such a great ability to bring out all the melodies. I especially love his renditions of the minor pieces. They give me chills like no other piano recording.

[danbolser]

Thank you for goo.gl / ctXNM

[Pretendkid]

What I love is the simplicity and purity of Bach's (and Gould's) emotions; none of them are shallow, but they last forever :')

[lobitoldkx1]

Seescuchan voces, que es en vivo?

[rolldito]

@lobitoldkx1 No, Glenn Gould tenía la costumbre de cantar mientras tocaba. Estas grabaciones son excepcionales pero tienen ese handicap.

[stevosalwaysrite]

but no one will remember justin bieber..gould however

[ZebrasRuleTheWorld01]

I don't know why or how, but I had never heard this whole recording untill just now. Ahh. It's like fresh air. This is beautiful.

[JacobThePianist]

Bravo Bravo! Absolutely brilliant Praeludium No. 2! Wonderful!

[cancontrl]

what a strange rendition...i feel his style has made emotion synthetic, which, whether you like it or not, is a tremendous feat by master gould

[rolldito]

@TheRomo76 De que vas? Me parece muy fuerte que me acuses de algo tan grave sin pruebas. Búscate una vida!!

[Aepotheosis]

@TheRomo76 What...?

[sbdude101]

I have all this on vinyl somewhere. Time to dig it out and convert into digital with the turntable I just got. Although Gould was a character, he had amazing technique. I will never be able to pull/grab notes like that so quickly and accurately. It is funny to see people who really knock him for his interpretations.

[jpastuch]

Could you fucking assholes stop mentioning irrelevant teen pop stars on every youtube video, including a video for a fucking Bach composition? Why is everyone obsessed with hating or refuting these people? Why do honestly care enough to even mention them? Stop giving them free advertising. Stop obsessing over how many views they got over this. Let it go already. Let's just forget about that while we're listening to Bach, OK?

[rolldito]

@jpastuch you're right

[saintchrit]

@jpastuch amen brotha, i am glad there are respectable people on the internet

[SuperSushibar]

@jpastuch Wish I could favorite this 1000x, but YouTube comments are like the comments on my local newspapers web site. A bunch of monkeys fucking a football.

[Sarahjane926]

@jpastuch Fuck yeah!!

[quinto34]

@jpastuch

Dude, you have tourette?

[evbij]

@jpastuch

well said. though i think most of the people who do that don't mean to be offensive in any way. the scary thing is that people who actually listen to or follow some music cluster that they perceive as the whole there is in the world tend to be aggressive and try to transfer their own limitations to everyone else. like i am perceived as being rude and indecent and holding a pose if i don't know who singer x is.maybe i would love to learn but i will not feel guilty for not knowing.

[rbarreira2]

@jpastuch How about we all start voting down those comments...

[Bassoonater]

hmm, try listening Sviatoslav Richter play this.

[paradoxicus]

La luz,amante suave,se esparció.

con el secreto fulgor del vacio.

Extensión que desarbola,

el milagro consumado y consumido,

de la forma resuelta,acostumbrada,

en las palabras,deseos y olvidos.

"Todo adquiere su luminosa tiniebla".

J. de B.

[rolldito]

@paradoxicus Gracias por tus palabras...

[paradoxicus]

Te diré cómo salió el Sol,

una cinta a la vez.

Los campanarios inundados de amatista,

Las noticias cómo ardillas corrieron,

Las colinas destaparon sus sombreros,

los corre ve y diles comenzaron,

Cuando suavemente me dije.

"Que debe haber sido el Sol".

[spinoza1111]

I'll tell you how the sun rose,

A ribbon at a time.

The steeples swam in amethyst,

The news like squirrels ran.

The hills untied their bonnets,

The bobolinks begun.

Then I said softly to myself,

"That must have been the sun!"

Emily Dickinson

[paradoxicus]

El piano se justifica en Bach,solamente por esto.Uno de los mas grandes discos que me han sido dados para escuchar...con un fervor casi religioso.

[gilazio]

I wanna die hearing this

[v4liumfrance]

loure ?? beeee

[KABRIS1]

@stezzano72 Good point!

[Craptron2000]

I don't like how he cuts off every fifth note. I prefer all the notes to hang in the air like some kind of supreme smoke of calmity.

[rrrulian]

Yea, Great Share ! Thank You very much ;)

[thegoddescomposer]

I can hear the death date of Bach :(

[LeySun]

There is such a fundamental difference between polyphonic counterpoint and monophonic narrative. Bach and Glenn are edifiers of natural architecture, exposing the awe inspiring vastness and pattern of emotional and mental space with their musical light. I must agree with his assessment of limited dramatic music as being less interesting.

[Marianofrv]

Thank you fior sharing. Gould is always refreshing

[TilkiSaloOstalos]

Or lets play Goldberg variations and cry over the Worlds insanity.

[TilkiSaloOstalos]

Are we going to cure the world from insanity now,you and me,or you gonna do it alone,without any other peoples help ?Just curious...

[Gogermann]

What a crazy world, a guy named justtin bieber got 20 million views and glenn gould's recording of the wtc got 5000.

[ProkofievRules]

@Gogermann

That's because, unfortunately, a vast supermajority of people in the world are stupid, and therefore eschew anything remotely challenging, be it culturally, intellectually, or emotionally so.

[suksodsai]

@Gogermann

Nothing wrong sir, just Like the pyramid , all great few people are on the top and the poor are on the bottom so then they never understand something above them

[KABRIS1]

@Gogermann That's a sad commentary on humanity, isn't it?

[PsychotikPandora]

because most people on the world don't REALLY understand music and because they don't pratik him or interesting when they were young. Like an painting artist if you don't practice this art you can like other artist who pratik your work, but for others guys no. Don't worry about that listen for YOU it's always good

[iguarni]

@Gogermann Nothing really matters to us. The very important thing is that people who listens to a legendary pianist like Glenn will love him and Bach for ever menawhile justtin bieber will last six months!

[more4fats]

@Gogermann Yes that is so true, unfortunately a lot of people today prefer shit. But fortunately in 300 years from now Bach will still be played and not Justin Bieber. The strong will survive, and the shit will dry up and blow away.

[wwwaldo333]

@more4fats Today? People have always liked popular music more than powerful music, but the powerful music is what survives, as you said.

[gilazio]

@Gogermann LOL ...

[BassicStorm]

@Gogermann yes -.- no comment

[4hm3dimr4n]

@Gogermann

Proof that the best music isn't necessarily the most recognized music.

[maratom34]

thanks

[lilyofthewoods]

Thank you so much. My vinyl albums are almost 40 years old. These pieces are my all time favourite music.

Every once in a while you can hear Glenn Gould unconsciously humming in the background. He drove recording engineers nuts, trying to determine the source of the drone they could here.

[iLEE]

@lilyofthewoods I thought I was going crazy hearing that until I read your comment. hah thanks!

[Domuu]

Thank you so much. I've never had the chance to listen to Gould play all the pieces from the WTC until now. Thank you again.

[rolldito]

Thank you

[p0rel]

Thanks alot for the upload!!!

[suzanneramdane]

un des plus beaux disques de musique.

the must beautiful music.

[proksenia]

...and waiting for more :-)

[proksenia]

Thanks, thanks, thanks!!!