Such beauty, Glenn Gould turns ever thing that is music into gold to the ears. In this case, a gold that turned into something unsurpassed. His like an chemist - no an alchemist that change and further beautified what Bach had set the magical law.
I saw this back in the 80s at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, think I paid like 7 bucks, lot of other Gould fans in there, everyone was entranced.
Following the urtext, I was surprised by Gould's interpretation of the tocata (the rhythms are quite different from that written) but he emphasizes the lines really well that way. As with every Gould recording of Bach on the planet, it was beyond masterful.
@brianbernsteintv Yes, Gould plays something completely different from how I read it, but I think it's how Bach might have played it if that's how he felt that day; Gould's interpretation is completely valid and quite brave.
Having just listened to all of the Gould partita recordings on youtube, it was my strong impression that Gould has a particular attachment to this work. It was an extremely personal interpretation... and I didn't know this piece could evoke such emotions. They really do tell vivid stories.
@soaringvulture So true. The one thing I love about Gould's playing is he seems to say " well this is how I want to play it right NOW...but everyone is free to do their own thing etc..." To me he is the most gracious and giving of musicians, art is really fun instead of artificial status mongering with him, one of the reasons I think Bach sounds like Bach when he plays it rather than X's version of Bach.
Each note perfectly placed, with force as needed, with respect for Bach, with all of the powers that Nature gave Gould his genius.
Thankfully, that genius will live forever in recordings like this. And with great joy, his critics continue to die away like the talentless vermin they are.
I want to say, as a reaction on comment of Heraclo12, that in barok on opposite nobody wrote tempo and the other thinks. Bach wrote the work, play it as you want to play it. Mainly Bach wrote it.
i don't understand people(heraclo12) that using faking in everything they say now anything about Bach or Jazz,.For frustrated and intelligent people like that i suggest go to knocking shop and relief you self.Thomsonmusic look you self in mirror and check you ears.
what all of you still dont get, that is, the composer set the mood, set the vibrance, the tempo, almost everything, the spectrum of individuality only lies in the colorit of the piano and the few notes where you can change the tempo....this said, i am shocked that Gould just does not match at all the vision of Bach......read the fucking notes, stop making your own work out of it, its BACH for Gods sake, Bach never alowed any alternation,its like it is, and thats good.
@Dan474834 Canada has nothing to apologize for, they actually have one of the most functional societies in the western world, one in which people actually matter. Unless you believe the US propaganda.
I don't know about that, from what I've heard Canada has its share of corruption. Although its clearly not as ingrained and profuse as the corruption we face in the U.S. A feature of life does not exist in this land that has escaped the debilitative wrath of capitalism. From the arts, to the very food we eat, to our representatives...everything has withered away into nothing more than an illusion of those principles which we supposedly hold at high esteem.
@alexinc00 Bach was a composer from the time before meaningful audio recordings. Nobody now can say just what he sounded like. We can hear Gould now, but judging from Bach's gargantuan list of compositions, he was most likely an awesome performer, but there's no way to really be sure.
@plunkza I wouldn't say it's "very different" from the score, all he did was arpeggiate a few chords, and add some mordents and trills in. All of these things were expected to be added by the performer as they saw fit in baroque music
"durchgeistigt" in German means that something is not only fully understood but that "der Heilige Geist" touches the interpretation. The synthesis of controll and freedome enables oneself to feel the Holy Spirit flowing through that music. Thank you!
@213pianolover LOL "der heilige geist" that's kinda funny. This expression is reserved for church in germany: der Vater und Sohn und der heilige Geist, Amen.
@jayliew1 I heard BWV 867. Found it beautiful but so sad. That's why I said that there's nothing like the aria. But you are right: Bach music touches brain and soul.
@jayliew1 In my opinion, there is not any composition more beautiful and perfect than Bach's Aria on the G string (from suite nº 3) . That songs puts my mind to fly.
@jayliew1 Yeah. When it came to writing romatic/emotional music, the Romantic Period really didn't offer anything revolutionary. Instead, it was a step back from the stricter classicism to the emotional Baroque era. (This sharp observation is borrowed from the "Bible" of classical music – "Classical Music for Dummies", so you should probably make up your own mind. Personally, I buy this thesis.)
Mais uma vez, um dos mestres do piano. Uma escola de interpretação. Um estilo próprio e criativo, mantendo a mais perfeita fidelidade ao texto musical. Escuta-se Glenn Gould, uma vez, outra, mais outra vez. Dá gosto de ouvir esse moço. Ele traz emoção à musica; sentenças musicais cadenciadas, contidas e amplas. Um sentimento intenso e sem nome. Glenn, sempre presente.
Think hes struggling to get the emotion into his fingers here, seems to be stuck in his body. But eventually does towards the end. There is a sacred timing in people and when they apply this to their instrument then it truly comes alive. Does not matter what techinal skills you have its all about the sacred timing which has no set tempo but is truly unique and is able to affect clocks and time itself. Martha shows it here. youtube.com/watch?v=x5VcfGkH4g4
@jasonfranko LOL do you even know what polyphony means?? If they're playing the same piece how in the world can one be more polyphonic than the other?
@adamworth1979 I meant: the polyphonic weave is clearer in her interpretation; for this reason, her interpretation is more sophisticated. Just check bars 40-41 and 46-48....
@littlegiant1972 if your gonna be a smart ass then do it in English,
besides river creek stream who the fuck cares man its about the moral, and seen as your name is littlegiant I don't fucking think you are German man, don't lecture me man. always some guy who thinks he has to be cleaver, O, did you learn a new word in german class, I learnt 14 for you: für Ihre Mutter kannst du vielleicht ein sehr große hero sein, aber für mich bist du ein kleinen wiseacre. look that one up spotty.
@laiholapso The distinction between river and brook seems irrelevant here, so I'm not really sure what littlegiant is trying to point out.
But why such a rude comment from you? If littlegiant tried to prove that she's somewhat of a smartass, she probably succeeded. And if you tried to prove yourself an asshole, you clearly succeeded as well. Congrats.
@nyo267n well if you say I'm an asshole then you have the right to think that, and i agree my comment was a bit hard, but I'm getting sick of all these people saying: you made a mistake , or your spelling is wrong, and all those kind of things, the nein......... in his comment didn't do it for me, like a little hitler, nein!!
it just gets on my wick all those people thrying to outsmart you.
@laiholapso To me this really illustrates why user comments often escalate. This is a video of Glenn Gould playing Bach, not a goddamn Justin Bieber clip. A 40-yeard old, intellectual man beautifully quotes Beethoven. A 40-year old bible reading woman simply tries to point out the distinction between different watercourses. Due to the nature of internet communication, she unintentionally comes off as a know-it-all. FIGHT! It's quite hilarious when you think about it, no?
@laiholapso PS. I do get what you're saying. "Like a little Hitler, Nein!" Haha. Her comment IS a bit funny, especially since the language isn't correct (which I really shouldn't pick on). And no, I don't really think that you're an asshole or that she's a know-it-all. And I truly think that she learnt some new words in German class and wanted to spread her knowledge :D
@laiholapso It means more "brook" than river (Fluss).... But the pun is funny .... And Bach had a student named Krebs, which means crab, whom Bach used to call "The only Krebs (crab) in the Bach (brook)". Because the rest were his sons, all Bachs...
to be honost I do not like him for the way he deal with piano, for me it soundes like a harpsihord....surely, he was a great pianist for he made , no he created his own sound.
For me, it's not just hearing him play, but seeing him play. I mean, the way he moves and the way he moves his hands and sways while he plays. The fact that he is so completely overcome and possessed by the music is one of the reasons why I love to watch him play as well as listen to him play.
@simcha181818 not everybody suddenly falls in love with classical. It takes time... atleast for me. At first I found it a bit boring, but now im in love. so, yeah ....
Could and Bach have fused to become a wanderful piece of art that has reached my soul and spirit. There is nothing like music to communicate our feelings. Franwiz
Fantastic. I do not normally enjoy Bach, but Gould breathes a special life into it that truly makes the music come alive from beneath his fingertips! Truly, he is an artist who does not just play the piano-he lives the music...
There are lots of amazing talented pianists, who are super entertaining to listen to, but Glenn's playing is soooo different - I don't know how he did it, but he just has this incredible intensity that inspires the deepest emotions and feeling of awe. I've never encountered intensity like that from another pianist ever.
@romulo560 One of the few instances where I have also experienced this kind of emotion in music has been listening to Jascha Heifetz play the 2nd movement of the 5th Mozart concerto. I literally have to wait a year in between listens so as not to tarnish the experience. Go to my channel and search for heifetz+mozart and you will find it. Not the same kind of performance but just as powerful emotionally in my view.
It is also my favorite performance. I haven't heard anyone else play the piece in this way, but it's so expressive. Bach might not play it this way, but Gould has definitely explored the full potential of the arpeggio and the fugue. The music is simply telling a very moving story.
idk, this could have been really great, (actually still it is! ahha..) but what's with the hand gestures? like he's conducting himself. haha. i just find, "ew?" haha.. but nonetheless, this is really nice, except for the "improvisation parts". :)
J'ai eu au téléphone Bruno MONSAINGEON, pour lui dire toute la passion que j'éprouvais pour Glenn GOULD qui est le plus grand pianiste de tous les temps !
Why would you give Monsaingeon compliments on Gould? Isn´t that like complimenting Gould on Bach ability with composition? We can´t give Bach our compliments, not even through his great-great-great grandson, if such a person lives. I´m glad you´re friends with Monsaigneon, perhaps congratulate him for the filmwork (and if you can, do it on my part also).
I just can't help feeling that Gould must see music in colors, shapes, sizes, and etc. He just feels music in such innate way! Bravo! He always shows me music from his transparent Gould ways!
as usual with Gould in Bach,it really works wonderfully on its own terms. This seems much more embellished than the studio recording. Along with Pletnev,this is my favourite.
@0the00piano00hugger0 Keep looking for it. Try typing in each part # in the way that matches this one. Sometimes it gets hidden and I could never figure out what does it, but even the old movies I thought were removed except for one portion will turn up this way if I keep looking.
its written 250 years ago, but sounds very modern,
dostojews 1 day ago
Such beauty, Glenn Gould turns ever thing that is music into gold to the ears. In this case, a gold that turned into something unsurpassed. His like an chemist - no an alchemist that change and further beautified what Bach had set the magical law.
EmperorCQX 1 day ago 2
Sadly, the quality is very poor.
Gumm1pupp3 2 days ago
This Gould towards the end - pure genius, pure magic!
Argentino246 3 days ago
That execution certainly extracted a pleasing sigh from God himself.
dimrous1960 5 days ago in playlist Favorite videos
Who the cuckoo is Jean-Sébastien Bach? Some brother of Johann Sebastian who stole the sheet music?
Ratzfourtyfour 1 week ago in playlist Favorite videos
As usual, impeccable technique and phrasing. But, the interpretation is, for my taste, too nervous and romanticized.
maslina10 1 week ago
Glenn Gould at his best!!
nicklatinXXX 2 weeks ago
It's a bit different from his recorded version, I like them both, lots of beauty wherever you look.
Cancrizans 2 weeks ago
I saw this back in the 80s at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, think I paid like 7 bucks, lot of other Gould fans in there, everyone was entranced.
Cancrizans 2 weeks ago
I wonder why they blacked out the "steinway & sons" label on the piano?
EpigeneticAlteration 3 weeks ago
Bach is crying from happiness looking at this from the Eternity.
They must be together there.
aomf58 3 weeks ago 2
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@aomf58 ""Bach is crying from happiness looking at this from the Eternity. They must be together there.""
nah - they're just decomposing
lsbrother 3 weeks ago
Já comentei alguns meses atrás: espetacular!
Volto sempre a essa belíssima e fidedigna interpretaçao de Glenn.
Sempre conosco.
Glenn, um abraço saudoso.
Do Alex
alexvivacqua 1 month ago
Following the urtext, I was surprised by Gould's interpretation of the tocata (the rhythms are quite different from that written) but he emphasizes the lines really well that way. As with every Gould recording of Bach on the planet, it was beyond masterful.
brianbernsteintv 1 month ago in playlist partita 6 gould
@brianbernsteintv Yes, Gould plays something completely different from how I read it, but I think it's how Bach might have played it if that's how he felt that day; Gould's interpretation is completely valid and quite brave.
soaringvulture 1 month ago
@soaringvulture
Having just listened to all of the Gould partita recordings on youtube, it was my strong impression that Gould has a particular attachment to this work. It was an extremely personal interpretation... and I didn't know this piece could evoke such emotions. They really do tell vivid stories.
brianbernsteintv 1 month ago
@soaringvulture So true. The one thing I love about Gould's playing is he seems to say " well this is how I want to play it right NOW...but everyone is free to do their own thing etc..." To me he is the most gracious and giving of musicians, art is really fun instead of artificial status mongering with him, one of the reasons I think Bach sounds like Bach when he plays it rather than X's version of Bach.
Cancrizans 2 weeks ago
Where everything is written and will be witten about anything, there begins BACH (and Gould)
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@dimrous1960 I meant to say: Where everything is written and will be witten about anything ends, there begins BACH (and Gould)
dimrous1960 1 month ago
@dimrous1960 Here YES, you have the absolute right.
GBADCD 1 month ago
Each note perfectly placed, with force as needed, with respect for Bach, with all of the powers that Nature gave Gould his genius.
Thankfully, that genius will live forever in recordings like this. And with great joy, his critics continue to die away like the talentless vermin they are.
bosomgirdle 1 month ago 2
Was wäre heutzutage vom Bach und Gott
ohne dieser Genie namens Gould gewesen?
orejaebria 1 month ago
glenn sings bad and so i dont like his play, everytime you are awaiting singing and mostly get it, bah
Maliginobserver 1 month ago
I want to say, as a reaction on comment of Heraclo12, that in barok on opposite nobody wrote tempo and the other thinks. Bach wrote the work, play it as you want to play it. Mainly Bach wrote it.
Beethoven403 2 months ago
Listen and stop criticizing!
KABRIS1 2 months ago
i don't understand people(heraclo12) that using faking in everything they say now anything about Bach or Jazz,.For frustrated and intelligent people like that i suggest go to knocking shop and relief you self.Thomsonmusic look you self in mirror and check you ears.
zaks247 2 months ago
This unreal
seckin12 2 months ago
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1Thompsonmusic 2 months ago
@1Thompsonmusic You are insulting Gould, Bach, Jazz, and yourself.
KABRIS1 2 months ago
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1Thompsonmusic 2 months ago
Подобається надзвичайно! І Бах, і Ґлен Ґульд. А пальчики, пальчики які - задивишся! І заслухаєшся! Спасибі, Ґульде!
Edit815 2 months ago
Er war genial! Ein Revolutionär! Bach hätte gestaunt!
Superjakopine 2 months ago
what all of you still dont get, that is, the composer set the mood, set the vibrance, the tempo, almost everything, the spectrum of individuality only lies in the colorit of the piano and the few notes where you can change the tempo....this said, i am shocked that Gould just does not match at all the vision of Bach......read the fucking notes, stop making your own work out of it, its BACH for Gods sake, Bach never alowed any alternation,its like it is, and thats good.
heraclo12 2 months ago
Gould si prende delle libertà interpretative che solo lui ammette; con questo ho detto tutto
vjelis123 2 months ago
wonderful! for my taste to modernised, but nevertheless, impressive performance
EPJM1750 2 months ago
grauenhaft
medmai 2 months ago
@medmai Will you share with us what is it you find "grauenhaft (terrible, atrocious) in Glenn Gould's playing?
simcha181818 2 months ago
Je fais une addiction à Glenn GOULD
MrTIRILLY 2 months ago
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Frederikamusic 2 months ago
Das ist der helle Wahnsinn!
Tuffi50 3 months ago
One of the best interpretation of this Toccata ... the polyphony is outstandingly contrasted... , as usual ! GREAT !
Such a moving piece of music...
1GGaddict 3 months ago
Canada's apology for Justin Bieber.
Dan474834 3 months ago 64
@Dan474834 fuck off!
BassicStorm 2 months ago
@Dan474834 You're funny!
karennorwegian 1 month ago
@Dan474834
They have also Oscar Peterson...
guweck 3 weeks ago
@Dan474834 Canada has nothing to apologize for, they actually have one of the most functional societies in the western world, one in which people actually matter. Unless you believe the US propaganda.
Cancrizans 2 weeks ago 2
@Cancrizans
I don't know about that, from what I've heard Canada has its share of corruption. Although its clearly not as ingrained and profuse as the corruption we face in the U.S. A feature of life does not exist in this land that has escaped the debilitative wrath of capitalism. From the arts, to the very food we eat, to our representatives...everything has withered away into nothing more than an illusion of those principles which we supposedly hold at high esteem.
stp52x 1 week ago
Gould's rendition of bach is perfection.
SixSickSixOfficial 3 months ago
i just love his music!
klausknulp 3 months ago
è meraviglioso
dedeasdfg 3 months ago
Perfect! No mistake! Wow! I'm impressed!
dedeasdfg 3 months ago
after Bach only the last acoustic quintet of Miles Davis, then end of time.
rikibitta 3 months ago
somebody pliz reply with a reason u didn't like this.
tshirkina 3 months ago
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MultiDekker 3 months ago
"bach" means "creek" by the way
1stMilleniumDecade 3 months ago 2
can't remember...who was the best, Bach or Gould?
alexinc00 4 months ago
@alexinc00 Bach was a composer from the time before meaningful audio recordings. Nobody now can say just what he sounded like. We can hear Gould now, but judging from Bach's gargantuan list of compositions, he was most likely an awesome performer, but there's no way to really be sure.
xerotolerant 4 months ago
@alexinc00 a? bach was the composer gould was only the technician bach will be remembered for all eternity wheras gould won't
afertyus1000 3 months ago
@jayliew1 I agree, and join Bach to Gould, what we have?? PARADISE!
oaoJ69Joao 4 months ago
Sorry if this is a silly question, but this is very different to the Urtext I have - are all the embellishments and things Gould's?
plunkza 4 months ago
@plunkza I'm not sure, but Gould liked to add embellishments to stuff. So he probably added them.
EtoGmajor 4 months ago
@plunkza I wouldn't say it's "very different" from the score, all he did was arpeggiate a few chords, and add some mordents and trills in. All of these things were expected to be added by the performer as they saw fit in baroque music
yumpin 4 months ago
At 7:13 its as close as soundwaves can be to love.
hacelocononda 4 months ago
"durchgeistigt" in German means that something is not only fully understood but that "der Heilige Geist" touches the interpretation. The synthesis of controll and freedome enables oneself to feel the Holy Spirit flowing through that music. Thank you!
213pianolover 4 months ago
@213pianolover LOL "der heilige geist" that's kinda funny. This expression is reserved for church in germany: der Vater und Sohn und der heilige Geist, Amen.
durchsichtig might be translated as transparent.
lifesdeceit 4 months ago
Wow!!!! Impressive!!!! Great!!!! Amazing!!!!
dedeasdfg 4 months ago
@jayliew1 I heard BWV 867. Found it beautiful but so sad. That's why I said that there's nothing like the aria. But you are right: Bach music touches brain and soul.
dosergiobr 4 months ago
@jayliew1 In my opinion, there is not any composition more beautiful and perfect than Bach's Aria on the G string (from suite nº 3) . That songs puts my mind to fly.
dosergiobr 4 months ago
Glenn Gould could only hear the notes of all the pieces of Bach, he was a genius!!!!
ruffybarretdepalla 4 months ago
like a chess player
chessfunk 4 months ago
@jayliew1 Yeah. When it came to writing romatic/emotional music, the Romantic Period really didn't offer anything revolutionary. Instead, it was a step back from the stricter classicism to the emotional Baroque era. (This sharp observation is borrowed from the "Bible" of classical music – "Classical Music for Dummies", so you should probably make up your own mind. Personally, I buy this thesis.)
nyo267n 4 months ago
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nyo267n 4 months ago
2:38 - 2:53 very expressive
AmadeuSitoW 4 months ago
When in hands of Glenn Gould this remarkable partita is making Bach Live again.
After this interpretation all the other are just dissmised, just shallow, just incomplete.
Just in hands of Gould Bach is much more romantic than Chopin that I really adore too.
1980jka 4 months ago
Mais uma vez, um dos mestres do piano. Uma escola de interpretação. Um estilo próprio e criativo, mantendo a mais perfeita fidelidade ao texto musical. Escuta-se Glenn Gould, uma vez, outra, mais outra vez. Dá gosto de ouvir esse moço. Ele traz emoção à musica; sentenças musicais cadenciadas, contidas e amplas. Um sentimento intenso e sem nome. Glenn, sempre presente.
alexvivacqua 5 months ago
@alexvivacqua Não podia concordar mais :)^
é simplesmente espantoso.
KatDiamonde 4 months ago
this is one of my favorite pieces of music. one of my favorite Bach compositions. this music through Gould's playing,gets so deep...
Dardagan11 5 months ago
Think hes struggling to get the emotion into his fingers here, seems to be stuck in his body. But eventually does towards the end. There is a sacred timing in people and when they apply this to their instrument then it truly comes alive. Does not matter what techinal skills you have its all about the sacred timing which has no set tempo but is truly unique and is able to affect clocks and time itself. Martha shows it here. youtube.com/watch?v=x5VcfGkH4g4
Afewdollarsmore1 5 months ago 2
Wow!
7654321195 5 months ago
Gould at his peak. How wonderful that we have these recordings of him at the keyboard. These are a world treasure.
davewalker32 5 months ago
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Nikolayeva's play, here on Youtube, is far more sophisticated in polyphony.
jasonfranko 5 months ago
Nikolayeva's play, here on Youtube, is far more sophisticated in polyphony.
jasonfranko 5 months ago
@jasonfranko LOL do you even know what polyphony means?? If they're playing the same piece how in the world can one be more polyphonic than the other?
adamworth1979 5 months ago
@adamworth1979 I meant: the polyphonic weave is clearer in her interpretation; for this reason, her interpretation is more sophisticated. Just check bars 40-41 and 46-48....
jasonfranko 4 months ago
A talented pianist doesn't need extra thinking of how to play one piece well. He just sit there playing. Fantastic music then came out naturally.
AlbertXWang 5 months ago
bach in german means river
"when I heard Bach I thought this isn't a river this is the sea"
Beethoven
laiholapso 5 months ago 27
@laiholapso nein...das ist bedeutet ....stream oder brook...
creek
rivulet
burn
littlegiant1972 5 months ago
@littlegiant1972 if your gonna be a smartass then do it in english,
besides i didn't say this beethoven did, and seen as your name is littlgiant i don't fucking thingk you are german man, don't lecture me man.
laiholapso 5 months ago
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laiholapso 5 months ago
@littlegiant1972 if your gonna be a smart ass then do it in English,
besides river creek stream who the fuck cares man its about the moral, and seen as your name is littlegiant I don't fucking think you are German man, don't lecture me man. always some guy who thinks he has to be cleaver, O, did you learn a new word in german class, I learnt 14 for you: für Ihre Mutter kannst du vielleicht ein sehr große hero sein, aber für mich bist du ein kleinen wiseacre. look that one up spotty.
laiholapso 5 months ago
@laiholapso your reaction is absolutely out of place, I never mean to upset you. Please accept my apologizes if I offended you.
littlegiant1972 5 months ago
@laiholapso The distinction between river and brook seems irrelevant here, so I'm not really sure what littlegiant is trying to point out.
But why such a rude comment from you? If littlegiant tried to prove that she's somewhat of a smartass, she probably succeeded. And if you tried to prove yourself an asshole, you clearly succeeded as well. Congrats.
nyo267n 4 months ago
@nyo267n well if you say I'm an asshole then you have the right to think that, and i agree my comment was a bit hard, but I'm getting sick of all these people saying: you made a mistake , or your spelling is wrong, and all those kind of things, the nein......... in his comment didn't do it for me, like a little hitler, nein!!
it just gets on my wick all those people thrying to outsmart you.
laiholapso 4 months ago
@laiholapso To me this really illustrates why user comments often escalate. This is a video of Glenn Gould playing Bach, not a goddamn Justin Bieber clip. A 40-yeard old, intellectual man beautifully quotes Beethoven. A 40-year old bible reading woman simply tries to point out the distinction between different watercourses. Due to the nature of internet communication, she unintentionally comes off as a know-it-all. FIGHT! It's quite hilarious when you think about it, no?
nyo267n 4 months ago
@laiholapso PS. I do get what you're saying. "Like a little Hitler, Nein!" Haha. Her comment IS a bit funny, especially since the language isn't correct (which I really shouldn't pick on). And no, I don't really think that you're an asshole or that she's a know-it-all. And I truly think that she learnt some new words in German class and wanted to spread her knowledge :D
nyo267n 4 months ago
@laiholapso It means more "brook" than river (Fluss).... But the pun is funny .... And Bach had a student named Krebs, which means crab, whom Bach used to call "The only Krebs (crab) in the Bach (brook)". Because the rest were his sons, all Bachs...
Malaka57 3 months ago 5
@Malaka57 I read that somewhere too, but I don't remember where.
tallswede80 2 months ago
@Malaka57 of course Krebs translates to the Latin Cancrizans which in counterpoint refers to a fugal subject played backwards.
Cancrizans 2 weeks ago
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laiholapso 5 months ago
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laiholapso 5 months ago
Tanqueu els ulls i pugeu al cel de Bach. Quina meravella!
pedradelencant2 5 months ago
Tanqueu ulls i pugeu al cel de Bach. Quina meravella!
pedradelencant2 5 months ago
Thanks for Johann & Glenn!
MsDhamma 5 months ago
listened to this 100+ times and it still gives me goosebumbs!
xmetaessencex 5 months ago in playlist xmetaessencex's Favorited Videos
Genially!!!
Ariel5177 6 months ago
Can I buy this version somewhere?
hpudgp 6 months ago
to be honost I do not like him for the way he deal with piano, for me it soundes like a harpsihord....surely, he was a great pianist for he made , no he created his own sound.
uhfqacdfkml 6 months ago
If someone's heart doesn't soften and melt at hearing Glenn playing Bach, he is either tone deaf or his heart is made of stone.
simcha181818 6 months ago 27
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For me, it's not just hearing him play, but seeing him play. I mean, the way he moves and the way he moves his hands and sways while he plays. The fact that he is so completely overcome and possessed by the music is one of the reasons why I love to watch him play as well as listen to him play.
NeilFraudstrong 5 months ago
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tarquin161234 3 months ago
@simcha181818 not everybody suddenly falls in love with classical. It takes time... atleast for me. At first I found it a bit boring, but now im in love. so, yeah ....
yasamanmusic 3 months ago
@simcha181818 a melted heart does not pump blood how is one to live.
pipinandivy 3 months ago
je suis sans voix
MrTIRILLY 6 months ago
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simcha181818 6 months ago
C'est magique, ensorcelant, aucun compositeur ne peut dépasser Bach. Bach est immortel.
Zofzoeif 6 months ago
Could and Bach have fused to become a wanderful piece of art that has reached my soul and spirit. There is nothing like music to communicate our feelings. Franwiz
Frankwiz 6 months ago
Can somebody tell me if this record is contained on one of Gould's CDs?
Staubecke 6 months ago
Heart, Mind and Soul
lt6jam 7 months ago
Watching him, you can easily imagine him doing this for a few hours each and every day. Quite beautiful really.
zebraboy777 7 months ago
@romulo560 sokolov inherited it :)
bratzko79 7 months ago
magical!
clashtitans2 7 months ago
perfect!!
guxi91 7 months ago
what i find very unusual is that it's like he's playing and hearing this piece for the very first time.. he is Really haunted by his piano thoughts
BrunoCt86 8 months ago
2: 39 - 4:29 is amazing
jorfable 8 months ago 2
A musical gem! Thank you laineokit for the posting!
CanadaPisces 9 months ago
Fantastic. I do not normally enjoy Bach, but Gould breathes a special life into it that truly makes the music come alive from beneath his fingertips! Truly, he is an artist who does not just play the piano-he lives the music...
chobeethaninov 10 months ago
There are lots of amazing talented pianists, who are super entertaining to listen to, but Glenn's playing is soooo different - I don't know how he did it, but he just has this incredible intensity that inspires the deepest emotions and feeling of awe. I've never encountered intensity like that from another pianist ever.
romulo560 10 months ago
@romulo560 One of the few instances where I have also experienced this kind of emotion in music has been listening to Jascha Heifetz play the 2nd movement of the 5th Mozart concerto. I literally have to wait a year in between listens so as not to tarnish the experience. Go to my channel and search for heifetz+mozart and you will find it. Not the same kind of performance but just as powerful emotionally in my view.
aimson 10 months ago
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peterpan795 10 months ago
Gould never played music, but became each and every one of them.
yuzu1009 11 months ago
è meraviglioso
aleaquatarkus 11 months ago
Gold as Gould
Lerviop 11 months ago
It is also my favorite performance. I haven't heard anyone else play the piece in this way, but it's so expressive. Bach might not play it this way, but Gould has definitely explored the full potential of the arpeggio and the fugue. The music is simply telling a very moving story.
carloschant 1 year ago 3
This is the frist movement?
J4nk 1 year ago
It sounds like it was composed in 1900s. He never ceases to amaze me.
ReaIly 1 year ago
Those 3 kids that pressed dislike need to be kidnapped, tortured for 3 months then put down for the good of all mankind.
dileizhan 1 year ago
idk, this could have been really great, (actually still it is! ahha..) but what's with the hand gestures? like he's conducting himself. haha. i just find, "ew?" haha.. but nonetheless, this is really nice, except for the "improvisation parts". :)
RicAbapo 1 year ago
I don't know why but I'm almost crying (?)
sfour 1 year ago 2
J'ai eu au téléphone Bruno MONSAINGEON, pour lui dire toute la passion que j'éprouvais pour Glenn GOULD qui est le plus grand pianiste de tous les temps !
MrTIRILLY 1 year ago
@MrTIRILLY
- I just got on the phone not too long ago with Mr. Bruno Monsaingeon, and gave him my fondest compliments on Glenn's performances.
For some reason, I'm having trouble buying that. You talked to THE Bruno Monsaingeon?
- Pour une raison quelconque, je suis un peu sceptique à ce sujet. Vous avez parlé à LA Bruno Monsaingeon?
JupiterIV 11 months ago
@MrTIRILLY
Why would you give Monsaingeon compliments on Gould? Isn´t that like complimenting Gould on Bach ability with composition? We can´t give Bach our compliments, not even through his great-great-great grandson, if such a person lives. I´m glad you´re friends with Monsaigneon, perhaps congratulate him for the filmwork (and if you can, do it on my part also).
ftcvilla 10 months ago
Listening to that polyphonic shit, one gets multiple orgasms even though one is male.
jonnyfug 1 year ago
I just can't help feeling that Gould must see music in colors, shapes, sizes, and etc. He just feels music in such innate way! Bravo! He always shows me music from his transparent Gould ways!
joannenyc 1 year ago
@joannenyc That is would be called "synaesthesia" (but it is not strictly related to sound or vision). Just in case you wanted to know.
eqdmuf 1 year ago
c'est quand même chiant qu'il ne peut pas s'empêcher de chanter lorsqu'il joue !
très bon interprète malgré cela ...
skyhacker6 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
i prefer pletnev & vedernikov
redatoo 1 year ago
@redatoo BLASPHEMY!
ShredST 1 year ago
@ShredST Why? It's a matter of taste. I prefer Gould, but we definitely can't decide whay's better...
Matteo7419 1 year ago
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redatoo 1 year ago
At some times he looks like Murdock from the "A-team" lol
veryblackcat 1 year ago 3
when he played the last chord, I was hoping it would be a mayor chord, and then when he played it, I was like "aaaah.."
FutureAbe 1 year ago
fantastico!! chi ha qualche critica su Glenn parli ora o taccia per sempre!
Lorenzo93srm 1 year ago
Gould is . Ur not
gilazio 1 year ago
ahh - here we go.
AlexBeston 1 year ago
Ooops! It looks like two people missed the "Like" button..
Omnichronicles 1 year ago
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Omnichronicles 1 year ago
as usual with Gould in Bach,it really works wonderfully on its own terms. This seems much more embellished than the studio recording. Along with Pletnev,this is my favourite.
japanesesweet 1 year ago
Thanks for share this amazing performance!!
llaven 1 year ago
Какое счастье слушать гениальную музыку в гениальном исполнении!
jerzyfomenko 1 year ago
wow! this interpretation is completelly different from the one from the original Gould CD... Both are incredible...
str3123 1 year ago
It's impossible to play this marvel better than Glenn.
iguarni 1 year ago 2
So nice... So much passion in the music
aaronchoo7 1 year ago 2
3:28 the ascending bass line ... so simple, yet so profound
eek4rus 1 year ago 5
thank you!
0the00piano00hugger0 1 year ago
i have have been searching for this piece!!!
May the stars watch over you!
0the00piano00hugger0 1 year ago
@0the00piano00hugger0 Keep looking for it. Try typing in each part # in the way that matches this one. Sometimes it gets hidden and I could never figure out what does it, but even the old movies I thought were removed except for one portion will turn up this way if I keep looking.
TheOtherMusicMan 1 year ago
There is just something about this performance that touches me, unlike other performances.
FrickeGuitar 1 year ago
The other, faster, versions on Youtube sounds like played fast forward, after listening this version. A lot of music disappears by playing it faster.
Njirkovitsj 1 year ago
its supposed to be played much faster than this as its a toccata... check out trevor pinnocks partita 6 on harpsichord... just as wonderful.
studentio 1 year ago