There are other updoads here with the complete Concert.
This is simple exceptional.This guy went beyond transcescion. If you want to hear the absurd version check this :
Helene GRIMAUD plays J.S.Bach Piano Concerto No.1-1st mov . Then you will have the best and worst perfomance (i wouldn't say Helena Grimaud's is a performance) . This is how to do and how not to do.
@marcphilos And the story goes that if is indeed the live Gould/Bernstein performance, Bernstein addressed the audience before playing saying that he prodoundly disagreed with Gould's intepretation of the piece, viz that it was so slow! I also prefer a more up-tempo performance - try to hear the Gould/Mitropolous performance which is the fastest version ever recorded.
@marcphilos Maybe you're referring to his performance in Leningrad? I wasn't aware that he played the concerto in Moscow. In any event, I have to disagree that this performance is sluggish and lethargic. The level of intensity and concentration is plainly evident as is the wonderful dynamic landscape that he paints to such great dramatic effect. Truly magnificent.
why does everybody like it? in my opinion it sounds awful. there is no force...if this compostiocion should make a sense of desperation he didnt even hit the sadness
@omoshiroidayo I often find myself not liking things that are generally considered to be good or even great. Naturally I must wonder whether I am correct in my views or if I am somehow missing something. The later is a bit worrying: to dislike something that you would otherwise like if only you 'got it'. In this case, I must assure you that you are missing something, and I cannot imagine that anybody wouldn't have the capacity to love it if only their perception changed in some small way.
Wikipedia: Ironically, Bernstein created a stir in April 1962 when, just before the New York Philharmonic was to perform the Brahms D minor piano concerto with Gould as soloist, he informed the audience that he was assuming no responsibility for what they were about to hear. Specifically, he was referring to Gould's insistence that the entire first movement be played at half the indicated tempo.
Contains some similar energetic essence to Goa Trance (Not Psy, but Goa 1994 - 1998). Bach would have Loved the complex single note melody lines of Goa today just like loving baroque then. (unless theres a such thing as reincarnation and he already does)
@pratto54321 If you are a musician, you should know that, the concept of "allegro" is relative, in all aspects. And if every interpretation were equal and with same style, there was no place for interpreters, and the joy of making music and reproducing it 250 years later would be pointless. Before judge, you should ear in quite, instead of even think and comment about it.
@Jhandell83 Well allegro means cheerful and snappy, or fast and lively, or some other combination of synonyms. Allegro doesn't really leave to much up to interpret and the guys playing is a little dull. I guess you can say that is up to interpretation but being played on a piano just doesn't seem right.
@Jhandell83 I didn't realize until looking up at the title again that this is Gould. I usually like this guy but honestly I dont think that the first movement of this concerto should be tampered with too much. And where is the rest of the first movement? This is only like the second half of it.
Seems that this Steinway fully satisfies this extraordinary, outstanding performer... as he hardly sings (or in 1960 there were better acoustic filtration systems that cut away Glenn's humming better than 10 years later?). The sly sound engineers must have placed the microphones under the grandpiano.
Gotta love the chair;) Gould goes to music oblivion every time he plays! I love 2:05- the end, but most of all, I think that the main theme,stated at 2:05 partially and completely at the end is a great musical statement! It's so incredibly logical, really almost argues itself, but as great composers like Bach Beethoven and Mahler, they, like great writers, choose meaty themes and developed them so well!!
I can't play the piano and don't know the note (nor does it matter), but I love it when he hits that one note with his right pinky right at 2:11!! I watch that little sequence over and over..
Il existe le livre de Bruno Monsaingeon, "Non, je ne suis pas du tout un excentrique" et le documentaire associé, consacrés à ce pianiste virtuose et aussi l'oeuvre de Thomas Bernhard " Le Naufragé", récit qui procède entièrement du soliloque, consacré à Glenn Gould.
I have SO friggin many favorite sections in this (actually in the entire 8 minute recording) I can barely get to the end. Wacthing him play this is so wild. Currently Im obsessing with 55 to about 100 and 110- 136 (unbelievable control) and 205-226 or even clear to the end. Should probably just say the entire thing. Actually bought the CD recently and I go jammin down the road twice a week with that thing going non stop. He actually works up to getting airborn those last 3 bounces
I haven't commented on a video in years, but this video is such a refreshing reminder of how Bach is nothing like the general public perception of Baroque music as being emotionally flat and boring. Gould was unparalleled in drawing out the dynamic movement and emotive character in Bach. Publicly he could be a truly pompous jackass, but I don't sense that many people really minded, probably because his genius in Baroque was unique and deservedly legendary.
@Broopster5 Well I've never heard it directly but now that I think about it, it sounds about right. I have been longing to watch a baroque orchestra concert for ages now, but sadly, in my city they never have such shows. It's always the big romantics, and they are smitten with Dvorak...
I guess the perception exists because Baroque music requires so much more attention to and understanding of style and a whole lot of other things to actually bring it alive and this can easily be missed.
@PianoMan6302 That's my experience as well. Most people I know have little appreciation for any type of classical, let alone Baroque. I can strong-arm some people into listening to more agreeable pieces, like one of the English Suites, but dare to play a fugue...I've seen better reactions to nails on a chalkboard.
And the near irrelevance of Baroque is a problem even in as large a city as Philly. Their announcing a Handel and Vivaldi concert like it's a once-in-a-decade traveling exhibit.
@Grooves There is no cd of this. There is the COMPLETE VIDEO SOMEWHERE. Ford/Lincoln Programs "The Creative Performer " NYP; Eileen Farrell, Mezzo-soprano; Glenn Gould, piano; Igor Stravinsky, conductor. Major works: Examples from Stravinsky, Firebird Suite; Bach, Concerto in D Major for Harpsichord; Ponchielli, La Gioconda (Suicide Aria); Beethoven, Sym. No. 3. I would think Bernstein's Estate has the complete audio/video, and perhaps the NY Phil.
@OceanderTethyseus Good choices, O.T.- I like those parts too! This whole video is my all-time favorite! It was a flawless performance by both of them -- he was right with Bernstein all the way, too, wasn't he? They brought out the best in each other! I have watched this 100's of times & have it on a CD & never tire of it! Do me a favor, O.T. click on my name DesertAnnie & it takes you to my Y/T Channel, then watch the video that plays/it's an older GG in my 2nd favorite video it's great too!
@OceanderTethyseus I knew that was what you'd meant, dear! It was me that wasn't so 'clear' (by saying 'those parts" too) when I really meant "that part" too! ;-) Have you heard Glenn Gould playing the Harpsichord? (He loved Baroque too, you know)!
lol, i should have realized that your typing "parts" might simply have been a typo - espcially since i type about a speed of 60 tpm (typos per minute).
yes, i do really enjoy Glenn Gould's interpretations of Bach, though i find the harpsichord to be a bit too "clangy" for my taste. i do appreciate its place of great importance in the evolution of baroque music, though, particularly in connection with the even-tempered (exponentially expressed) chromatic scale. -C
@OceanderTethyseus ~"espcially since i type about a speed of 60 tpm (typos per minute). << Now that's funny! I have to remember that one - "tpm" - lol! ;-D I agree about the harpsichord, but you should check this video out of GG playing it, for some reason it sounds better than usual here; but probably just because it's him playing (I'm a lttle partial to him, as you may know by now, hmm)?! Here's the link on Y/T: Glenn Gould - Bach, Well-Tempered Klavier II - No. 14 F#-
@OceanderTethyseus Did you watch the entire video of GG on my Y/T channel? I like to say to watch his hands closely at 1:06 -- dun-ta-dun, then again dun-ta-dun, 4 more times through until 1:17! You can tell he is so into the music here, & that the "conductor" in him is wanting to 'come out' so badly, he can hardly contain himself! Then I love seeing him literally "jump" up out of his chair at 3:29! I've never seen him do this before! He was (as my son would say): "On top of his game here!"
CONT: To the dismay of the professionals around him (his agent, managers, sound engineers, etc.) he couldn't 'change his ways' even if it would've been a benefit to him in his performances. He was taught by his mother to "sing/hum along" to himself when he was learning a new piece & this became a 'part of him' that he could never 'shake,' even when the sound engineers insisted during recordings, he just couldn't do it. There's much more to say, but no space! Just read up before U say more! OK?
@DesertAnnie hi, Annie, i'll have to merely withdraw my conjecture, as my interest in the subject is insufficient to warrant my taking the time necessary to thoroughly research the question. i do appreciate, however, your kindness in directing me to those resources. thanks, Cean.
@DesertAnnie i, Oceander Tethyseus, hereby concede that my conjecture is baseless and unwarranted and that it wilts helplessly beneath the burning rays of contradictory historical evidence.
@OceanderTethyseus i hereby concede that my conjecture is baseless and unwarranted and that it wilts helplessly beneath the burning rays of contradictory historical evidence.
@OceanderTethyseus Sorry to contradict what must be such a "learned" person as yourself, but here's what Bach would have 'told' Glenn Gould; "GG, my boy, you are far above all others in playing my compositions & if bending down close to the keyboard, humming along, and/or 'making faces' helps you in this endeavor, then so be it! Your interpretations are the best there ever was, & I say, continue shaking & making those faces if that's what it takes! Far be it from me to ever tell you otherwise!"
@OceanderTethyseus Oh, you are so wrong here! You need to 'read up' on GG before you make such assumptions! I probably have every book ever written on or about him, & everyone that ever really "knew him" understood that these s0-called 'eccentricities' were just a part of him. He was never the kind to 'put on' or to add any "affectation or schtick" to his répertoire as a performing classical pianist, in fact it was the opposite; he didn't care what the audience thought...CONT. (see next post):
@OceanderTethyseus Here's a good book to start on: "Wondrous Strange: The Life and Art of Glenn Gould" by Kevin Bazzana & there are many others to choose from, each written by people that knew him personally or were close to him professionally. Actually, this would be a good idea if you're not into reading -- right here on YouTube is a wonderful series of videos that tell a lot about him & his life, go through each of them 1 thru 5. Go here 1st: The Life and Times of Glenn Gould (1 of 5) Enjoy!
(An excerpt from "An Ode to Glenn Gould"): His hands! I must speak of his hands... The long, slender well-manicured fingers... Each sparking a 'supply of energy' all it's own... They were capable of so much magic... More than any magician's have ever wrought! Ah yes, they were so important to him... And to the world of music, and now... Down through invisible halls of time, to me! When they play, the world seems to stop... And I am being visited by the angels... For that while.
Glenn Gould is at his very best in this video! He is at the "top of his game" here! He bestrides the Steinway like a Colossus & literally astonishes! This 1960 'version' of our genius, GG, is beyond amazing! I have watched this video probably 100's of times, and I see and hear something revelatory every time! What other pianist can I say that about?? ....No other!!!.... ♥ ♫♪♫♪ ♥
@PhidippusAudax ~ Here are Parts: 1 -- thru -- 3 (Under the User name of: muz1kf0rever) Just type in the search window: Glenn Gould - Bach Concerto in D minor (1 of 3) Glenn Gould - Bach Concerto in D minor (2 of 3) Glenn Gould - Bach Concerto in D minor (3 of 3) You will see & hear Glenn Gould at his very best in these videos! He is at the "top of his game" here! He bestrides the Steinway like a Colossus & literally astonishes! Just be ready to be amazed! ;-0
I know this is a clip from "Art of the Piano" but I wonder if the entire Concerto is available somewhere, rather than this one clip. Would love to see the whole thing.
say what you want about Gould's eccentricities, but close your eyes and the passion is there. The same cannot be said of many pianists these days. A brilliant performance.
I believe it was in this performance that Leonard Bernstein introduced Gould as a legend playing a legend, because of Bach's extreme ageand Gould's extreme youth. Bach had died over 200 years before this performance.
Any Gould fans know if this EXACT recording was ever released in full ??? I believe the BWV1052 recordings which Sony released are of a different later session?
there`s a LIVE recording of this piece with Mitropulos-this outstrips the lot. I`ve never understood why it hasn`t enjoyed better circulation. This studio job is good but a bit static in comparison.
I have never been able to find it and am quite certain this performance I attended when I was a young child. My mother took me and it was something like late winter or early spring of 1962.
@groooves I know almost all the Gould catalog but it looks like this has been released only on video (not sure at all!). You may find Bernstein+Gould playing BWV 1052 in some cd's but, as you said, the version is played differently. You can still find the DVD or the VHS of this video recording and rip the audio if interested.
Search for "The Glenn Gould Collection 6 - The Earliest Decade" on amazon, it should be the one of this video. Cheers!
I love the emphasism (if thats even a word). Every note is struck with alot of feeling and emphasis. Man alot of people in this world are lost, listening to trash that people call music nowadays. I wish I was born in the 1700 - 1800's.
You have the best of both worlds though. You can throw their trash away and listen to almost any classical piece ever written! Few have had that freedom in the history of humanity.
I'm not at all sure where you've come up with the notion that not playing Bach was the "in" thing to do at one time or that Arrau or Michelangeli never played Bach because they certainly did (and recorded it). Horowitz actually recorded the c minor tocccata (though most Bach in his rep were transcriptions). Bach's music wasn't written specifically for the harpsichord. Klavier, in Bach's day, could mean one of several keyboard instruments.
1:24 is exceptional, the way he increases the loudness and then makes it echo it away. Really, what a pianist. The prolonged, even pace of the bass notes on the left hand are made to look utterly trivial, though I'm sure it can't be that easy.
Nobody could argue with this, incredible performance.
KevinLz1234 1 week ago
Mm alguien ha encontrado el video de este concerto completo con Gould y Bernstein?... lo encuentro pero acompañado por otros directores
losmonjes 2 weeks ago
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This is simple exceptional.This guy went beyond transcescion. If you want to hear the absurd version check this :
Helene GRIMAUD plays J.S.Bach Piano Concerto No.1-1st mov . Then you will have the best and worst perfomance (i wouldn't say Helena Grimaud's is a performance) . This is how to do and how not to do.
Johannesssssssssssss 1 month ago
Oh, please! Could we have one more bite from this?
75metteholm 1 month ago
I prefer Gould's legendary Moscow performance. Much faster and engaging. This is very sluggish and lethargic.
marcphilos 3 months ago
@marcphilos And the story goes that if is indeed the live Gould/Bernstein performance, Bernstein addressed the audience before playing saying that he prodoundly disagreed with Gould's intepretation of the piece, viz that it was so slow! I also prefer a more up-tempo performance - try to hear the Gould/Mitropolous performance which is the fastest version ever recorded.
davidc5191 3 months ago
@davidc5191 Actually, the story you're referring to was of Gould's interpretation of Brahms' First PC and not the Bach.
Aarok33 2 months ago
@marcphilos Maybe you're referring to his performance in Leningrad? I wasn't aware that he played the concerto in Moscow. In any event, I have to disagree that this performance is sluggish and lethargic. The level of intensity and concentration is plainly evident as is the wonderful dynamic landscape that he paints to such great dramatic effect. Truly magnificent.
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Peace!!
Janela123 4 months ago
why does everybody like it? in my opinion it sounds awful. there is no force...if this compostiocion should make a sense of desperation he didnt even hit the sadness
omoshiroidayo 4 months ago
@omoshiroidayo Not everybody can understand Beauty.
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@omoshiroidayo I often find myself not liking things that are generally considered to be good or even great. Naturally I must wonder whether I am correct in my views or if I am somehow missing something. The later is a bit worrying: to dislike something that you would otherwise like if only you 'got it'. In this case, I must assure you that you are missing something, and I cannot imagine that anybody wouldn't have the capacity to love it if only their perception changed in some small way.
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@omoshiroidayo And don't go thinking that we like it in some poncey way or something. It's beautiful, it's funky and it's 'true'.
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GOULD PLAYS LIKE A BOSS
krautinator 4 months ago
Wikipedia: Ironically, Bernstein created a stir in April 1962 when, just before the New York Philharmonic was to perform the Brahms D minor piano concerto with Gould as soloist, he informed the audience that he was assuming no responsibility for what they were about to hear. Specifically, he was referring to Gould's insistence that the entire first movement be played at half the indicated tempo.
datahaki 4 months ago
Beautifuly moving.
vortex481 4 months ago
Whenever I'm feeling fed up with everything, I watch this clip. It restores my faith in humanity.
hallieboy 4 months ago
Where is the full video
wilm987 5 months ago
the very last seconds of this video gives me the impression that i'm watching two maestros.
minasgekos 5 months ago 3
it's bach reincarnated..
koreanjeenyus 6 months ago
The section at 1'10... beautiful, makes the pain of life bearable
antoniodcz 6 months ago in playlist classical music
Great Glenn Gould! He explained every thing with his performances!!
dmitrit81 6 months ago
Contains some similar energetic essence to Goa Trance (Not Psy, but Goa 1994 - 1998). Bach would have Loved the complex single note melody lines of Goa today just like loving baroque then. (unless theres a such thing as reincarnation and he already does)
Safron42 6 months ago
@Safron42 what the f are you talking about?
minasgekos 5 months ago
Bach would be proud of Gould and honoured to hear him play.
knightLynderic 7 months ago
That decrescendo was immaculate.
VamLoveAndKisses 7 months ago 4
@VamLoveAndKisses It's inhuman
Broopster5 6 months ago
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this is supposed to be allegro and he should be playing a harpsichord versus a piano
pratto54321 7 months ago
@pratto54321 If you are a musician, you should know that, the concept of "allegro" is relative, in all aspects. And if every interpretation were equal and with same style, there was no place for interpreters, and the joy of making music and reproducing it 250 years later would be pointless. Before judge, you should ear in quite, instead of even think and comment about it.
Jhandell83 4 months ago
@Jhandell83 Well allegro means cheerful and snappy, or fast and lively, or some other combination of synonyms. Allegro doesn't really leave to much up to interpret and the guys playing is a little dull. I guess you can say that is up to interpretation but being played on a piano just doesn't seem right.
pratto54321 4 months ago
@Jhandell83 I didn't realize until looking up at the title again that this is Gould. I usually like this guy but honestly I dont think that the first movement of this concerto should be tampered with too much. And where is the rest of the first movement? This is only like the second half of it.
pratto54321 4 months ago
I must have listened to this hundreds of times....but still not tired of it.
umbdude 8 months ago 2
His clarity of articulation and feeling of forward drive, of inexorability, is simply wonderful...absolutely essential with Bach
musictheoryguru 8 months ago
Love Glenn's long fingers :x
lechichbong 8 months ago 4
Briliant and historical!!
Jhandell83 8 months ago
Seems that this Steinway fully satisfies this extraordinary, outstanding performer... as he hardly sings (or in 1960 there were better acoustic filtration systems that cut away Glenn's humming better than 10 years later?). The sly sound engineers must have placed the microphones under the grandpiano.
f1f1s 8 months ago
Gotta love the chair;) Gould goes to music oblivion every time he plays! I love 2:05- the end, but most of all, I think that the main theme,stated at 2:05 partially and completely at the end is a great musical statement! It's so incredibly logical, really almost argues itself, but as great composers like Bach Beethoven and Mahler, they, like great writers, choose meaty themes and developed them so well!!
lewisdrummerboy36 10 months ago
$hit is orgasmic
scout6686 10 months ago
starting @1:40 soooo amazing
scout6686 10 months ago
Гениальный пианист играет концерт гениального композитора.
MrJerzyFomenko 10 months ago
The most beautiful hands to ever touch a piano
SalQrazy 10 months ago 15
I can't play the piano and don't know the note (nor does it matter), but I love it when he hits that one note with his right pinky right at 2:11!! I watch that little sequence over and over..
druid2131 11 months ago
Despite being an atheist this man almost wants me to believe in God again because no one can play like this unless he is truly blessed!
jackbliss 1 year ago
One man ochestra!
chigozie123 1 year ago 2
Thank you Glenn Gould.
askylitdrivex 1 year ago 3
Where can I watche whole concerto?
PiotrekChrobot 1 year ago 2
Phenomenal performance. I like it!
taidungman 1 year ago
Glenn is a legend. The Pianist and period.
dosergiobr 1 year ago 2
Glenn Gould For Ever !
Il existe le livre de Bruno Monsaingeon, "Non, je ne suis pas du tout un excentrique" et le documentaire associé, consacrés à ce pianiste virtuose et aussi l'oeuvre de Thomas Bernhard " Le Naufragé", récit qui procède entièrement du soliloque, consacré à Glenn Gould.
GeneMars13 1 year ago
I have SO friggin many favorite sections in this (actually in the entire 8 minute recording) I can barely get to the end. Wacthing him play this is so wild. Currently Im obsessing with 55 to about 100 and 110- 136 (unbelievable control) and 205-226 or even clear to the end. Should probably just say the entire thing. Actually bought the CD recently and I go jammin down the road twice a week with that thing going non stop. He actually works up to getting airborn those last 3 bounces
1Janny1 1 year ago 4
you are magnificent... thanks so much glenn...
charissamarluk 1 year ago
He creates tunes which other pianist didn't know existed
EricTheRed03 1 year ago 2
amazing
Salse7rito 1 year ago
bravo!
pengbertuuu 1 year ago
The best.
maestroadam 1 year ago 3
amazing and so beautiful... no other words.
charissamarluk 1 year ago
i love the way at the end he throws his head in the air, thats just so original...
LLAMASAREFRIENDS 1 year ago 2
the part i enjoy the most is from 0:55 - 1:30 and from 2:14 - 3:00 and i love that he puts so much stress/emotion on every key
CSDisease 1 year ago
I haven't commented on a video in years, but this video is such a refreshing reminder of how Bach is nothing like the general public perception of Baroque music as being emotionally flat and boring. Gould was unparalleled in drawing out the dynamic movement and emotive character in Bach. Publicly he could be a truly pompous jackass, but I don't sense that many people really minded, probably because his genius in Baroque was unique and deservedly legendary.
Broopster5 1 year ago 35
@Broopster5 I've never heard of that perception before.
PianoMan6302 4 months ago
@PianoMan6302 Then you're lucky enough to be surrounded with people who actually appreciate it. Most of us aren't so lucky...
Broopster5 3 months ago
@Broopster5 Well I've never heard it directly but now that I think about it, it sounds about right. I have been longing to watch a baroque orchestra concert for ages now, but sadly, in my city they never have such shows. It's always the big romantics, and they are smitten with Dvorak...
I guess the perception exists because Baroque music requires so much more attention to and understanding of style and a whole lot of other things to actually bring it alive and this can easily be missed.
PianoMan6302 3 months ago
@PianoMan6302 That's my experience as well. Most people I know have little appreciation for any type of classical, let alone Baroque. I can strong-arm some people into listening to more agreeable pieces, like one of the English Suites, but dare to play a fugue...I've seen better reactions to nails on a chalkboard.
And the near irrelevance of Baroque is a problem even in as large a city as Philly. Their announcing a Handel and Vivaldi concert like it's a once-in-a-decade traveling exhibit.
Broopster5 3 months ago
@Grooves There is no cd of this. There is the COMPLETE VIDEO SOMEWHERE. Ford/Lincoln Programs "The Creative Performer " NYP; Eileen Farrell, Mezzo-soprano; Glenn Gould, piano; Igor Stravinsky, conductor. Major works: Examples from Stravinsky, Firebird Suite; Bach, Concerto in D Major for Harpsichord; Ponchielli, La Gioconda (Suicide Aria); Beethoven, Sym. No. 3. I would think Bernstein's Estate has the complete audio/video, and perhaps the NY Phil.
twolegsnotail 1 year ago
I love the sound on the piano.
ryab55 1 year ago
my favorite part is 0:45 to 1:37.
OceanderTethyseus 1 year ago
@OceanderTethyseus Good choices, O.T.- I like those parts too! This whole video is my all-time favorite! It was a flawless performance by both of them -- he was right with Bernstein all the way, too, wasn't he? They brought out the best in each other! I have watched this 100's of times & have it on a CD & never tire of it! Do me a favor, O.T. click on my name DesertAnnie & it takes you to my Y/T Channel, then watch the video that plays/it's an older GG in my 2nd favorite video it's great too!
DesertAnnie 1 year ago
@DesertAnnie
hi Annie -
oh, i meant to say that i particularly like the entire passage starting at 0:45 and extending until 1:37. sorry, my comment was not clear.
thanks for the link. it is a nice tune and a stunning performance, though, i must say that my tastes tend towards baroque, Bach, especially.
toodaloo, Cean
OceanderTethyseus 1 year ago
@OceanderTethyseus I knew that was what you'd meant, dear! It was me that wasn't so 'clear' (by saying 'those parts" too) when I really meant "that part" too! ;-) Have you heard Glenn Gould playing the Harpsichord? (He loved Baroque too, you know)!
DesertAnnie 1 year ago
@DesertAnnie
hi Annie,
lol, i should have realized that your typing "parts" might simply have been a typo - espcially since i type about a speed of 60 tpm (typos per minute).
yes, i do really enjoy Glenn Gould's interpretations of Bach, though i find the harpsichord to be a bit too "clangy" for my taste. i do appreciate its place of great importance in the evolution of baroque music, though, particularly in connection with the even-tempered (exponentially expressed) chromatic scale. -C
OceanderTethyseus 1 year ago
@OceanderTethyseus ~"espcially since i type about a speed of 60 tpm (typos per minute). << Now that's funny! I have to remember that one - "tpm" - lol! ;-D I agree about the harpsichord, but you should check this video out of GG playing it, for some reason it sounds better than usual here; but probably just because it's him playing (I'm a lttle partial to him, as you may know by now, hmm)?! Here's the link on Y/T: Glenn Gould - Bach, Well-Tempered Klavier II - No. 14 F#-
DesertAnnie 1 year ago
@OceanderTethyseus Did you watch the entire video of GG on my Y/T channel? I like to say to watch his hands closely at 1:06 -- dun-ta-dun, then again dun-ta-dun, 4 more times through until 1:17! You can tell he is so into the music here, & that the "conductor" in him is wanting to 'come out' so badly, he can hardly contain himself! Then I love seeing him literally "jump" up out of his chair at 3:29! I've never seen him do this before! He was (as my son would say): "On top of his game here!"
DesertAnnie 1 year ago
CONT: To the dismay of the professionals around him (his agent, managers, sound engineers, etc.) he couldn't 'change his ways' even if it would've been a benefit to him in his performances. He was taught by his mother to "sing/hum along" to himself when he was learning a new piece & this became a 'part of him' that he could never 'shake,' even when the sound engineers insisted during recordings, he just couldn't do it. There's much more to say, but no space! Just read up before U say more! OK?
DesertAnnie 1 year ago
@DesertAnnie hi, Annie, i'll have to merely withdraw my conjecture, as my interest in the subject is insufficient to warrant my taking the time necessary to thoroughly research the question. i do appreciate, however, your kindness in directing me to those resources. thanks, Cean.
OceanderTethyseus 1 year ago
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@DesertAnnie i, Oceander Tethyseus, hereby concede that my conjecture is baseless and unwarranted and that it wilts helplessly beneath the burning rays of contradictory historical evidence.
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i conjecture that much of Glen Gould's odd behavior is not authentic eccentricity, but is rather affectation and schtick.
OceanderTethyseus 1 year ago
@OceanderTethyseus ^^Glenn
OceanderTethyseus 1 year ago
@OceanderTethyseus i hereby concede that my conjecture is baseless and unwarranted and that it wilts helplessly beneath the burning rays of contradictory historical evidence.
OceanderTethyseus 1 year ago
I hope his soul is resting in peace now.
I hope he will rest in the perfection he always sought, forever.
ele323 1 year ago
Still looking for this whole, exact video. "The Art Of Conducting" must have excerpted it from somewhere. Where is that full concert?
bt10ant 1 year ago
this dude is hunted
nasimonma 1 year ago
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OceanderTethyseus 1 year ago
@OceanderTethyseus Sorry to contradict what must be such a "learned" person as yourself, but here's what Bach would have 'told' Glenn Gould; "GG, my boy, you are far above all others in playing my compositions & if bending down close to the keyboard, humming along, and/or 'making faces' helps you in this endeavor, then so be it! Your interpretations are the best there ever was, & I say, continue shaking & making those faces if that's what it takes! Far be it from me to ever tell you otherwise!"
DesertAnnie 1 year ago
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OceanderTethyseus 1 year ago
@DesertAnnie i conjecture that much of Glen Gould's odd behavior is not authentic eccentricity, but is rather affectation and schtick.
OceanderTethyseus 1 year ago
@OceanderTethyseus Oh, you are so wrong here! You need to 'read up' on GG before you make such assumptions! I probably have every book ever written on or about him, & everyone that ever really "knew him" understood that these s0-called 'eccentricities' were just a part of him. He was never the kind to 'put on' or to add any "affectation or schtick" to his répertoire as a performing classical pianist, in fact it was the opposite; he didn't care what the audience thought...CONT. (see next post):
DesertAnnie 1 year ago
@DesertAnnie ^^Glenn
OceanderTethyseus 1 year ago
@OceanderTethyseus Here's a good book to start on: "Wondrous Strange: The Life and Art of Glenn Gould" by Kevin Bazzana & there are many others to choose from, each written by people that knew him personally or were close to him professionally. Actually, this would be a good idea if you're not into reading -- right here on YouTube is a wonderful series of videos that tell a lot about him & his life, go through each of them 1 thru 5. Go here 1st: The Life and Times of Glenn Gould (1 of 5) Enjoy!
DesertAnnie 1 year ago
Bach + D minor + Gould = GOD
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Glenn Gould is at his very best in this video! He is at the "top of his game" here! He bestrides the Steinway like a Colossus & literally astonishes! This 1960 'version' of our genius, GG, is beyond amazing! I have watched this video probably 100's of times, and I see and hear something revelatory every time! What other pianist can I say that about?? ....No other!!!.... ♥ ♫♪♫♪ ♥
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DesertAnnie 1 year ago
lol! why is there in the tags of this video "trance, tiesto, armin"... do you want to take trance fans to some serious music? xD
str3123 1 year ago
great moments of the human race..
ele323 1 year ago 3
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eewawa2010 1 year ago
could it really ever... be better than this?
I don't think so.
gtrzbroken 1 year ago 5
yes, where IS the video recording of the entire 9-minute performance?
PhidippusAudax 1 year ago
DesertAnnie 1 year ago 2
@DesertAnnie Thanks so much! i thought the first vid was just a slideshow because of the freeze at the beginning
PhidippusAudax 1 year ago
sublime beauty on its own and the beauty of precision..
ele323 1 year ago
I know this is a clip from "Art of the Piano" but I wonder if the entire Concerto is available somewhere, rather than this one clip. Would love to see the whole thing.
bt10ant 1 year ago
say what you want about Gould's eccentricities, but close your eyes and the passion is there. The same cannot be said of many pianists these days. A brilliant performance.
khurynn 1 year ago 5
I believe it was in this performance that Leonard Bernstein introduced Gould as a legend playing a legend, because of Bach's extreme ageand Gould's extreme youth. Bach had died over 200 years before this performance.
drptackett 2 years ago 3
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~ No one has ever played Bach so well (and I don't believe they ever will)!
Below here is an excerpt from a poem that I wrote, and I still think of this verse every time I see GG play:
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play it on the harpsichord mr. gould
Medsas 2 years ago
Remarkable. Oh dear, I have to learn this in approx. 3 weeks - should be fun!
owatson322utube 2 years ago
A true master pianist, sadly missed. Thankfully this perfomance is recorded for the delight of us us all!
Raymondo30837 2 years ago 41
well..astonishing...another composition of Bach that gave meaning to classical...the tempo, the melody..very colorful!!!I love the texture...
TheCantabileviolin 2 years ago 2
a genious
Aileenk8 2 years ago 4
BRAVO !!!! Glenn...
CHOPIN20101 2 years ago 5
Still can't find the whole thing anywhere other than this compilation documentary
bt10ant 2 years ago
Where can the whole video be found?
bt10ant 2 years ago 3
google
Xatazacxataamac 2 years ago
Hi is in deep , deep meditation ...amazing...
poshik67 2 years ago
hi is in deep meditation ...
poshik67 2 years ago 2
Amazing Texture to his playing! WOw
alex92130 2 years ago
The ending gave me chills.
avalanche183 2 years ago
wow hes really good
waterswim98 2 years ago
Sublime!!!!
notasospesa 2 years ago
Gould is a genius without parallel in the interpretation of JS Bach.
These contrapunctal passages bring tears to my eyes
DoverFerry 2 years ago 4
Here is an excerpt from a poem that I wrote, and I still think of this verse every time I see GG play:
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DesertAnnie 2 years ago 2
God that's intense
cirosuperiore 2 years ago 5
ciro... perfect description!
jpstenino 2 years ago
Any Gould fans know if this EXACT recording was ever released in full ??? I believe the BWV1052 recordings which Sony released are of a different later session?
groooves 2 years ago 16
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PianoBoy308765 2 years ago
there`s a LIVE recording of this piece with Mitropulos-this outstrips the lot. I`ve never understood why it hasn`t enjoyed better circulation. This studio job is good but a bit static in comparison.
japanesesweet 2 years ago
@groooves I could have sworn I had this exact recording - that is until my friend stole the CD! I still need to get that back. Keep looking!
synesthetically 1 year ago
I have never been able to find it and am quite certain this performance I attended when I was a young child. My mother took me and it was something like late winter or early spring of 1962.
TheOtherMusicMan 1 year ago
@groooves do you know where to find the full recording?
ryab55 1 year ago
@groooves No, I don't think it was ever released in full.
mlleprufrock 1 year ago
@groooves Correct. Those Sony sessions are from 1981.
Broopster5 1 year ago
@groooves I know almost all the Gould catalog but it looks like this has been released only on video (not sure at all!). You may find Bernstein+Gould playing BWV 1052 in some cd's but, as you said, the version is played differently. You can still find the DVD or the VHS of this video recording and rip the audio if interested.
Search for "The Glenn Gould Collection 6 - The Earliest Decade" on amazon, it should be the one of this video. Cheers!
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charissamarluk 1 year ago
@groooves
i just love this passionate recording...
it is so very excellent... thanks so much glenn...
it delights me extremely...!!
...c
charissamarluk 1 year ago
Karl Phillip Emmanuel Bach claimed that a performer must "assume the mood" of the piece.
Gould certainly follows this advice. He "gets into it".
gene15644a 2 years ago 3
The sound is amazing quality for such an old recording.
pookiehohn 2 years ago 4
I dont know if he did better because he was with Bernstien rather than Vladmir. Cause this justs make me sit there and gasp.
NOW, THIS IS BAROQUE AND THIS IS THE REAL BACH.
PianoBoy308765 2 years ago 3
Thats the real Glen.
Privileged director
puchalaka 2 years ago 4
I love the emphasism (if thats even a word). Every note is struck with alot of feeling and emphasis. Man alot of people in this world are lost, listening to trash that people call music nowadays. I wish I was born in the 1700 - 1800's.
aikae20 2 years ago 3
You have the best of both worlds though. You can throw their trash away and listen to almost any classical piece ever written! Few have had that freedom in the history of humanity.
D0g63rt 2 years ago 2
Yeah ....thats TRUE! But man it would be cool just to see the real performances.
aikae20 2 years ago 2
I'm not at all sure where you've come up with the notion that not playing Bach was the "in" thing to do at one time or that Arrau or Michelangeli never played Bach because they certainly did (and recorded it). Horowitz actually recorded the c minor tocccata (though most Bach in his rep were transcriptions). Bach's music wasn't written specifically for the harpsichord. Klavier, in Bach's day, could mean one of several keyboard instruments.
KennYWooD2 2 years ago
Utterly astounding, magnificent! The greatest triumph of any performance on the piano. I wish it was released on DVD.
mamadeus081 2 years ago 7
"Taken from "The Art of Piano" DVD. "
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xRisingForcex 2 years ago
Heard many versions, but this one blows my mind. Magic!
SirWWW 2 years ago 2
i can't understand how someone can call goulds piano play soulless. it's so beautiful
teldrah 2 years ago 15
It's called ignorance. Ignore the unwise ones, he truly was one of the best.
TheTrueMaverick 2 years ago 8
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he was one of the best in the words of who?
degenericni 2 years ago
Me! And ya better belive it.
jpstenino 2 years ago
you're a nobody
degenericni 2 years ago
The decrescendo from 1:10 is outstanding.
UtterObliteration 2 years ago 2
that's crazy... i am speechless
iloveuk450 2 years ago 3
1:24 is exceptional, the way he increases the loudness and then makes it echo it away. Really, what a pianist. The prolonged, even pace of the bass notes on the left hand are made to look utterly trivial, though I'm sure it can't be that easy.
UtterObliteration 2 years ago 7
this is true magic. it's incredible how gould manages too change your feelings in a heartbeat
teldrah 2 years ago 3
That was astonishing, but why do people who are good at music have such awsome hair? EG: Mozart, Bach and Beethoven they all have crazy hair!!!
KaitanX 2 years ago
Mozart wore a wig.
mrgabest 2 years ago 2
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DAVID FRAY IS BETTER !!!!!
Silvio823 2 years ago
Don't be silly.
UtterObliteration 2 years ago
Too much tension for Gould. Fray would be less precise, but so much pleasant to heard.
Silvio823 2 years ago
he's not... human
PhidippusAudax 2 years ago 4
LOVE IT!!
wildflower615 2 years ago 5
When I watch Glenn Gould play JS Bach it brings tears to my eyes
DoverFerry 2 years ago 7
What a beautiful soul.
mpmcd81 2 years ago 7
l'assoluto nella musica,questo passaggio........
laucara2009 2 years ago
aww so cute.
:)
MusicMajorClarinet 2 years ago
Quel interprète merveilleux !
jackylen57 2 years ago 2
wow right at the end there it gets all grand and triumphant. don't hear that so often from bach.
colorconnection 2 years ago