English Suite No.1 In A BWV 806

[bamboozel1234]

its orgasmic and he knows it

[BeBopDeluxe85]

Gould is the best musician of the 20th century.

[leoniddead]

"too boring, lets try again. too crazy, again...AGAIN.." hahahaa, he's hilarious..and the guy in the backround just agrees to everything that he says, :D it's too funny! I just love that guy!!!

[mmcrosbie]

@leoniddead The guy in the background agrees with Gould, because it is his job to do so. He worked for Glenn Gould. It was all about Glenn's recordings. The "guy in the background" is not a pianist. He is a recording technician.

[leoniddead]

@mmcrosbie so?

[YuleWang]

The director of the movie ask Gould to play the wrong note

[aleaquatarkus]

c'è un piccolissimo errore.............irrilevante­ però

[MalaTemporaCurrunt]

@aleaquatarkus

1:48 ?

[DesertAnnie]

"The Master at work"! I always marvel at his quintessential brilliance that comes through every time he ever 'opened fhis mouth'! It's no wonder that his recordings are so perfect, from beginning to end! I think that he probably "knew what he was doing" in every moment of his life -- & never more so than when he was in the studio (& in this case, in the set-up he had in that auditorium, which was thought to be 'acoustically perfect') actually 'building' his music, note by note until perfect!

[Gazd87]

The work of a genius! I love how he stops and calls his work 'too boring'!

[TreyRoque]

Crazy how this – and many other recordings – was recorded in a department store after hours.

Check out the book A Romance on Three Legs.

[MortiCarthago]

super autism deluxe

[OME10S]

miraculous!!!!

[lutubo07]

grande

[stephenykevin]

@lutubo07 Sorprendido?.

[ZingZee123456789]

is he conducting his right hand??

[KABRIS1]

Singing helped him to extract what he was hearing in his head, much like a jazz improvisor.

[KABRIS1]

Gould was the music.

[kdl0]

what do you guys think about what he was saying regarding the distinction between autocratic/democratic and where we're headed in recording?

[goldgrub]

what's the measure that defines if he's mad or genious?

I don't know if it exists and even if its important, he has probably both and the sublime about his work is the unique interpretation wich is trully marveous. Bach and Gould is a very unique blend.

[Malcolm64]

What ever his talent, Gould was one very strange individual indeed..

[EricTheRed03]

Genius at work.

[jacarandaxia]

He is a machine!

[trevjr]

this is too amazing, the way he can switch speeds and style. i have listened to a great japanese pressing of these, this is so different. thanks so much.

[trevjr]

Where did you get this? I was listening to this today, this is fascinating. I have been listening to this for 30 years, this is just amazing. It all sounded like genius to me. It doesn't matter how he played it, I liked it. the way he talks about the music is such a high level, I will have to listen to this a few times to comprehend what he means. I am so sad he is gone from us, we had so much to learn from him.

[usertyfoon]

I wish I could play in that freestyle!

[snakeweirdo]

Mad? I don't know. Genious? Definitely.

[Justme1635438]

wow, brilliant interpreter :)

[turquoise770]

he's talking about the possibility of changing tempo and being able to manipulate the pitch accordingly--auto-tune the news

[yuehchopin]

dieser Mann ist unglaublich. danke!

[Ravel87]

I liked the second tempo the most :D

[TheEarlOfDublin]

the "boring" take was godly

[stanchinsky]

take 2... "too crazy" "again" take 3... "again" ... haha Gould is wonderful to watch in action.

[StanEvalio]

lol he forgets left hand because of conducting xDDD

[powerpiano]

wow, well, it was his great job !

[pila406]

I like his comments on his own playing. Genius!

[dvaculiky]

I love him

[bailyrg]

"too boring" lol

[jacomijn2009]

lovely the hard work to get it done ! inspiration & transpiration. Each time different, each time wonderful !!!

[windhuntering]

lo mejor del mundo....

[physikphilosoph]

halts maul wennst spielts.

shut up while playing, nerd.

[FredrickII]

Ah! He's presaging the Internet. If Gould were still alive, I imagine he would make all 16 takes available on iTunes or whatnot and let the listener choose which ones they like the most. THAT's the democracy he's talking about. A genius.

[kdl0]

@FredrickII I think he's taking it further... but yeah it's amazing what we can do with cubase or logic or whatnot

[accordieon]

I think glenn gould was talking about the alien presence

[Kchikan]

Well, I love Gould... but this time he seems to be sort of bored with the score, just getting it over with. Too mechanical, not much of Gould's detail here.

[skydaisy12]

Glenn Gould is masterful

[noraui]

He kinda rambles on and on...

[BAKEDPIANIST]

its so said he died, i would give anything to be able to have a conversation with him

[jacomijn2009]

it IS sad he died, therefore he's become a legend, admired during lifetime and still..... this kind of spirit never dies at last

[LT8Ctox]

A true artist, working hard to put on keyboard what sings in his mind of genius .

LT8.

[blackfairy28]

love his face expression lol

[proksenia]

I love Goulds playing, interpreting. Not only playing Bach, but also Beethoven & others, even Mozart too.

[Kurtyoungblood]

"Too crazy..." 0:45

Haha, I choked on my coffee!

[bw2082]

they guy he's talking to has absolutely nothing of worth to say. He's just being a yes man when Gould asks him for any opinion.

[Prouddemocrate]

So what , what would you say if Bach or Mozart was talking to you about music ??

Gould was an absolutely Genius , and everybody who knows a little bit about music notice that . Who can talk with him on the same level ?

[withcellist]

no one could dare to question gould's opinions unless you're sviatoslav richter or something.

[SixthTreeAtNoon]

to be fair glenn gould was a bit odd, he is my personal hero but he sounds like the kinda guy who needs yes men when its comes to his art...

[mephyman]

Genius... in the playing and in concepts of recording.

[marrieter08]

it does not matter if he is singing or humming or making those unusual souds while he plays, first of all, can you play the piece withat same exciting pulse as he does? or can you even have the knock to play it?

[grandpoobah0913]

One of the great joys of listening to Gould is to turn it up loud enough to climb inside the piano, and then listen to him sing along. Assuming you believe Bach should be "interpreted" then you have to believe Gould was the guy!

[Ntalikeris666]

Agreed! But he must have been a real pain in the ass for the sound engineers!

[BrucknerMotet]

Agree to disagree. The sound engineers worth their salt, and i'm talking about those who take their profession as an avocation, most likely are more engaged and enthused by the challenges presented by any artist who is willing to discard perfectly recordable ligatures and go through multiple takes simply for the benefit of the creation of artistry, a birthing process that puts recording engineers almost into the position of midwives who must deal with the fuss and bother of creation.

[Kurtyoungblood]

4:20 did he say Casals-ish?!!

[joyleemorr]

I thought he said "gestalt-ish." If so, I guess he was saying it sounded too much like the rest of the piece, which he didn't want. Any enlightenment from anyone?

Ge·stalt n., pl.

A physical, biological, psychological, or symbolic configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that its properties cannot be derived from a simple summation of its parts.

[German, shape, from Middle High German.]

[Kurtyoungblood]

Yeah, I think you're right. I'm a cellist so my mind just jumped to Casals.

[Cancrizans]

Yes, he definitely said "Casals-ish", and indeed the minore section does seem to have the flavor of some of Casal's Bach.

[locogerman]

Glenn Doesn't talk, Bach is full of melodies and he sings them!. That was his problem in all the records, but a genius like Glenn you can forgive everything...

[TubeSpoker]

On purpose or not, it´s a clear lesson to every music in all instruments on really pushing the personal mood on interpretation...

Could he be a anonymous, but obviously, it´s a precious information about how in the end recording sessions and all aparatus - paraphernalia electronica - vs. man and moment tend to be not eternal, but a clear demonstration of self capacity.

[hoodloom22]

He has a huge vein on his head...maybe that's why he's so smart.

[wombatandlemur]

Why does Glenn talk while playing? I never talk when i play Bach or any composer for this matter.

[TubeSpoker]

I think the same, and that´s an opinion. Gould is a genius, but ... sorry folks, the singing sometimes annoys. That´s to be sincere to what you fell, and I see when someone say´s that Gould vociferates too much sometimes it´s because we like it clear, no vocal interference...hahah

[fravaglio]

it's funny to see gould talking as he's talking alone xD

every thing he asks gots the same answer: "ok", "very nice", "yes, perhaps.. good idea take two!"

but who can be against so much creativity ?

[JorPove]

Gould graba su primer disco Variaciones Goldberg en 1955 con Colunbia Masterworks ,cuando era un desconocido,pero eso lo catapulta a la fama mundial.Vuelve a grabar la misma obra en 1981 en la CBS que luego es adquirida por la casa Sony (7464-37779-2) El ingeniero que le acompaña ( Samuel H. Carter) ha escrito una breve y fascinante reseña de su carrera en ese album ,para quienes esten interesados en la personalidad de este afamado pianista,que algunos tratan de "diagnosticar" post-morten.

[diftorhehsmusma]

I love how he attacks the low RH A's starting ca 2:15.

[diftorhehsmusma]

At first I was thinking that the recording studio people must get awfully annoyed with all the takes and retakes...then I considered what a privilege it must have been to work with Gould and simply be in his presence while he was making this lovely music, and my sympathy transformed to envy.

[spiderml]

actually, this was a made for video performance, some of the mistakes he made on purpose for the sake of the video. great video ^__^

[reinux]

i wonder if he would have still thought that the "democratic" part was such a good idea if he were alive right now to listen to MIDI, or even just really good pitch/tempo changers.

equalizers, sure, i think that should be up to the audience; everything else, nah, let the performers dictate that.

[ceruleanxxx]

such a joy to watch his recording process and the thought that goes into it.

i wish i could play as "boring"ly as his first take! lol!

[thebishopdinsmore]

exquisite!

[smithsherman]

An English suite recast as a mechanical toy made for Hitler youth in China

[xiangyik]

Its wonderful how people all around on youtube are learning to ignore you. I'm still learning. :(

[jeffzp]

Glenn plays the suites so well I think. Very nice interpretations.

Must have been annoying when Glenn asks "How did that sound" and they answer "very nice!" positive about it, with no criticism. They just admit him ;)

[Markohoppis]

I wanna hurt you.

[jamtnas]

It is noise to you, no doubt. Your critique is as predictable as a Swiss clock.

[ifitaintbaroque]

Dolt.

[BrucknerMotet]

Autocratic admixed with democratic: the aesthetic whim-amalgam birthed for the marketplace ("locked in") rather than for the shifting caprice of one G.G. whose penchant for aesthetic whim-amalgamation was frequently practiced without being recorded. His "flat dynamic posture" is not mine.

[yuzu1009]

I cannot help but to agree to BrucknerMotet.

With a postmortem diagnosis like that,

you'll never step out of the boundary of speculation. There isn't a way to prove that the diagnosis is bona fide.

[opeeum69]

ur broke aren't u lol

[smithsherman]

Glenn Gould is the "Best Pianist in the world"

for those who worship mechanized vapid revisions of modernity over the original rhetorical constructions of history.Soulless mechanics for dilettantes only.

[willfulillwill]

would you think it likely that the average "dilettante" is overly concerned with that kind of historico-aestheticological ponderings... that kind of which you go about drumming and strumming all over the place?

Blackening and SScorching would seem your core-business... what a Pathetic(!) calling indeed (apt to touch the very heart of our empty souls...)!

*Nihil Nisi Bene*

that should serve you as a lode-star for a change!

the Positive characterization of what a dilettante is would...

[willfulillwill]

rather look to the certain INNOCENT N A I V E T E (original French sense for the Franco-phile please) a dilettante brings to what (s)he LOVES

you should finally make up your mind as to who your true nemesis is (or... Should Be (?!)... according to your prevalent Self-Styling objective that is...)

i would think you should go for Academicism (as the foe of choice) - THERE IS NOTHING AS DOLEFUL IN ALL OF MUSIC-DOM as one Wonky Swot of a Striver who would first ask for the learned prompt of...

[willfulillwill]

ever obliging critic before DEIGNING to applaude!

Better the deeply religious Elvis woreshiper...

(I am TRULY open to the possibility that she might hear something i can't!!)

beneath any dilettante could hide the raw dimond of a musician hindered to sparkle herself

in the brain of each humpbacked-whale could slumber another Bach (tuning on an alien frequency!)

there are so many routes to go

if you think to know that some go blind,

don't follow!

one can laugh s i l e n t l y also!

[catocano]

Fantastic, like always. Surely he is the best pianist in the world. If, for example, you smithsherman, or you thepacers, read a bit more about music, Bach and about the way in which Glenn Gould see Bach's music, you'll understand perfectly everything. But first you have to refuse to accept the opinion of the experts, otherwise...

[dmbguitar111]

How is this souless

[znanto]

it is soulless in the sense that it was too deliberately balanced perhaps, it's very rhythmic nonetheless

[ragsiruh]

It's such a pity this guy is not around anymore. What intensity!!

[Lvbeet20]

yes it is!

[Ostendere]

hahaha- "That is too boring- let's try it again." (...doubles tempo)

[baroque2]

A treasure.

[YorBWV1052]

Lol that other guy can only say: "yes good idea, yes perhaps you are right, it might be good" etc etc :D

[voolare]

I love his idea he mentions of making a record with all the takes!

[wmi10]

bach's music sings it self.. i love it

[mahlonmahlon]

the smartest pianist who ever lived!

[itsanthonyhere]

He had Asperger's you retard. That's one of the effects..talking like that or being self-centered like you say. That is an intellectual disorder. He was a musical genius. Anyone that has Asperger's has the ability to put 1000s of hours into whatever they can focus on...and the focus never leaves. With Gould, it was the piano.

[thepacers]

thanks for calling me retard.

do i doubt in his pianoplaying? i just answered someone who wrote that gould was the "smartest pianist". i didnt know he had the Aspergers Syndrom. It explains many things. He plays close to perfect. I personally like more when people make more mistakes but their soul touches me more and i feel they share their feelings with me. everyone has his own taste! cheers

[klopfweisser]

Asperger did'nt exist as a diagnosis at his time, so when people say he had it, they are just speculating. It is hard as hell to get an Asperger diagnosis when you are adult, and even harder to diagnosticise someone who is dead. And so, if you have Asperger, you are a machine who can't express feelings, or what? That is a ridicuolous, but very common misunderstanding.

[yuzu1009]

I cannot help but to agree.

With a postmortem diagnosis like that,

you'll never step out of the boundary of speculation. There isn't a way to prove that the diagnosis is bona fide.

[p0lyph0ny]

All this post-mortem psychobiography strikes me as very pointless, and indeed harmful. Diagnoses exist primarily as a tool by which to artificially simplify a person's problems in order to render them analyzable and treatable. Practically speaking, this is very important for treatment concerns, but it isn't a useful means by which to understand a person's life. (The post-mortem aspect of it is troubling also.)

[godswiph]

amen

[patrickcommiskey]

you don't really need the "by which" in there... it's sort of... ms. south carolina, don't you think?

[raccoonlord]

@p0lyph0ny Couldn't agree more. That analysis is not useful unless you are attempting to change a person.

With music, I attempt to be CHANGED. Analyzing the mind behind it does me little good unless I want to produce something similar.

Gould makes beautiful music, and for that I thank him.

[cobolsaurus]

I read he probably didn't have asperger's.

[PiScinetics]

well... what ever it was ;)

[gunmenow]

why too boring? Unspeakable GG

[lovegould]

Always interesting to hear Gould talking :)

[RustyRagnarok]

All takes were perfect to me.

Only Gould knows which are really, truly better.

[salmonroll]

Awesome. Heartbreaking he's not alive today to enjoy what he predicted. He died so young.

[gautam3]

Perhaps one of the greatest pianists to ever live. The idiosyncrasy...the genius.

[soundfigures]

da bestezt skillz onez donga haz

[ppooqqww0011]

always best!

[pickymoon]

Glenn Gould would be glad to know we now have mp3 softwares with plugins that change tempo and pitch independently. I almost never listen to my music in its original pitch or tempo.

[bee5722]

sorry, I didn't mean to click thumbs down on your comment...just an accident..I thought you were right actually...

[pickymoon]

Too boring? LOL

Nice to see Gould doing his "mistakes".