this song is so amazing and it takes me to an amazing place of thought that only music can take me to... please like this comment and watch my composition(s) and with your help i hope one day i can make people feel this way when they listen to my music :) thanks so much guys!!!
Absolutely out of this world..... Bravo Beethoven.. Bravo you guys... and as for the pianist... I'm speechless... who IS Glenn Gould.. sorry if I appear an ignoramus you musicians out there!
@DrownedAtLakeBodom I don't give a flying rat's ass about winning or getting even or ANY of that bullocks, those are YOUR words so they are what YOU are actually representing. The joke is really on you dude.
@DrownedAtLakeBodom I think you admit your own childish mind with the wetting your underwear statement. You really should quit whilst your ahead before eating entirely more of your shoe.
@DrownedAtLakeBodom Talk about a failure! Your return tells me your a glutton for punishment, let me point out a few of yours. You're simply trying a battle of wits at which you've already failed w/ your "soar looser" retort. face it dude you're on the ropes. I have never been upset as you might hope but more amused by your banal insistence that "no one cares about your opinion". Who? Where are these armies of make-believe that you are blathering about? Yeah right..keep me laughing dummy.
@DrownedAtLakeBodom You grab a new pair of panties? You truly simpleminded, classic troll. You have all these enormous ideas in your mind like you've won something?..Hahaha. You argue like a 1rst grader so you surely cannot be all that bright...your spelling tells all on your pathetic impetus. You're way out of your league and I basically slam dunk you every time.
@DrownedAtLakeBodom Bugging you? Hahahaha..now THAT is a laugh, I believe it was YOU who started this hapless melee. So again you have proved my point, it's amateur night w/ you. So you are bugged, nagged and at a loss, sounds like the smell of smoke is on you asshole. Also is "soar looser" the way you SPELL sore loser? You fucking idiot, go back to school.
@DrownedAtLakeBodom Hey moron, nobody gives a shit....talk about a failure! You're such a bloody crybaby. I've never seen carrying on the likes that you do. I'm so sorry that you've gotten so upset that you have to toss out every kind of insult imaginable, speaks VOLUMES on how pathetic you have become.
@DrownedAtLakeBodom Irony? Ha! What irony? You don't even know how to use literary terminology, my comment was how surprised I was at how 12 people could dislike this musical piece. Whether it was criticism or not it shouldn't get your panties in such a twist b/c there's a pretty strong chance nobody give's a rat's ass on your commentary either. 2 people vaulting epithets in empty cyberspace.....stfu already.
@DrownedAtLakeBodom You proved my point, you're a hapless baby. Obviously, it's past your bedtime as you stay up writing your nonsense, Hey stupid, it's a video of symphony music and people like us appreciate listening to it. People like you bang your head to mindless heavy metal as your site shows, we're more likely ignoring you!..........Keep trolling endlessly you idiot.
Love those octaves at 1:15 that rise to the ethereal heights at 1:55. The octaves are especially noteworthy as they take into account leading tones and appoggiaturas (an important musical element in this piece, particularly in the first movement) not just mechanical scales. The return of the theme at 2:63 is grand - just right on - a credit to the conductor.
If someone has it could they post Gould/American Symphony Orch/Stokowski recording the Emperor?? I taped it from radio years ago but can't find the actual record. Heady stuff, great acoustics
Actually gould does not rehearse before performance. He studies music without playing it. That's the level he is at. When he was asked to play Brahm's concerto he studied his music without even playing it once considered technical complexity of the piece. This guy is simply not human
It's almost odd. It's like Gould and the Orchestra are playing two different concerts. The conductor should have completely re-worked the feel of the orchestra to make it match Gould's performance. Gould plays analytical, like a careful, perfect music box, and the orchestra are playing it the old super emotional Beethoven way.
The date was probably 9 December 1970, as to the site, I wonder... Massey Hall? Toronto for sure, and the Roy Thomson Hall was years away from being... that's where I will be tonight to hear the Emperor played by Bliss
i like the hairy bassoon guy who almost falls asleep at 8:46 and then yawns. gould is legend and hairy bassoon dude is about to nap. good for you bassoon dude!
I love Gould's interpretation. He has replaced the keyboard histrionics (that so many pianists bring to this piece) with a measured perfection that actually seems to highlight some nuances that I have not appreciated ever before. With the instruments they had back in the early 1800s, this must have been how it was meant to be heard...
I am certain that all that technical ability comes from the height of the chair. I am now using mom's hassock instead of the upholstered stool that came with the piano. Look out! Here I come!
I don't know folks. I think Leon Fleisher, or Brendel, or Barenboim, are better Beethoven people. I haven't heard Kempff do this, but I'll just bet he's the champ on the field.
@jbarbri It was a live performance, and he hadn't had much time for preparation. With a piece demanding such exactitude and complexity, I think we may be prepared to forgive Gould for making one little mistake.
@jbarbri Well, here we could enter in the eternal discussion about everyone's personal tastes, but about Beethoven there are many reasons to say Claudio Arrau is the genuine "champion" (if exists) in relation to the work of the german genius.
After having heard most of the best interpreters of Beethoven, certainly no one comes close to the beauty, depth and expressiveness and refinement of the chilean master.
This is magnificent and, like another listener said, Gould makes Beethoven live again, here. When I first found this I was rapt - and continue to be astounded.
This is the best Emperor Concerto I've heard. It combines the best of the expansionism of the British and US empires with the French and German compensatory attempts, historical necessities, all, with all the pathos...stupendously irreverant reverance...
sometimes his uncompromising playing means that he leaves the orchestra behind or doesnt listen carefully enough to them: particularly noticeable when the horn has the solo passage at 4.09.
A really refreshing take on this concerto. He misses the point of some passages, possibly intentionally given his distaste for this piece. But sometimes his clarity (and surprisingly, that of the orchestra) in some passages is near revelatory.
@Broopster5 Gould had nothing against Beethoven... (he did not like the Appassionata, okay...) but this is a special recording as Gould was asked last minute (a day before recording this tv production) to step in for Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli who had fallen ill. Gould hadn't played no. 5 in several years. I find his performance even more astounding knowing the background of this performance. His actual recording is a real revelation...
You are not wrong! This concerto expresses the fullness of Beethoven's creativity; it is like his 5th Symphony, both major works, and then, obviously his wonderful sonatas, what a genius!!!,.
Glenn does an excellent interpretation, except for his mistake of double note at 5:55
You are not wrong! This concerto expresses the fullness of Beethoven's creativity; it is like his 5th Symphony, both major works, and then, obviously his wonderful sonatas, what a genius!!!,.
Glenn does an excellent interpretation, except for his mistake of double note at 5:55
You are not wrong! This concerto expresses the fullness of Beethoven's creativity; it is like his 5th Symphony, both major works, and then, obviously his wonderful sonatas, what a genius!!!,.
Glenn does an excellent interpretation, except for his mistake of double note at 5:55
This concerto expresses the fullness of Beethoven's creativity; it is like his 5th Symphony, both major works, and then, obviously his wonderful sonatas, what a genius!!!,.
Glenn does an excellent interpretation, except for his mistake of double notes at 5:55
@qingloongwong The ending flourish to this great part of "Emperor" just had 11 seconds to go & was added on at the beginning of the next [& final] 4th part to be played. It is listed in the right column on this same page under; "Glenn Gould - Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto 3/4". Wasn't this piece just magisterial? I really enjoyed it & GG's rendition is unequalled by any other pianist (living or dead)!! He was always so amazing, but in these videos, even more so than usual!
@DesertAnnie Thanks. But youtube should be flexible enough when it comes to classical music. Maestro like Glenn Gould deserves at least this level of respect. Perhaps, in the future, youtube would enable all 4 parts tobe consolidated into just 1 continuous and uninterrupted rendition. I await that day with anticipation.
@qingloongwong I agree with everything you said, but there must be some reason Y/T doesn't consolidate the parts (perhaps they're limited in the actual space the music videos take up, or some such thing)? That's a good question to ask of them though, isn't it? I run into that a lot, when it happens to be from a long concert (as this was). BTW, wasn't this just an *Heroic* rendition from GG? This is my all-time favorite selection on Y/T, I don't think I will ever tire of watching this one! ;-)
@qingloongwong it does, he still has at least 12 seconds to go, plus normally they allow you to go slightly over the 10 minutes if necessary (unless the file was too big in size rather than length)
GG is at his peak in this great piece; he's so wonderful & flawless! Watch his hands closely at 1:06 [on the 'clock'] 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 & enjoy this knowing he must have been enjoying himself so much here!
For a second I thought the 2/4 was referring to time signature and I thought "how could there be a different versions in 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4" and then I realized it was referring to the parts of the video. Silly me...
Beethoven, like most artists, unfortunately, is wedded too much to beauty. Life is not so beautiful, but needs its art, nonetheless, which is perhaps no art at all, neither beholden to pretty endings nor a politics of 'sound bites'. What will it be ?
That is why I love Beethoven. He took those ugly moments and included them in his work, because they are part of life too. Yes, the music is beautiful, but is anyone listening to the war and boisterousness of Napoleon in this concerto? The disgusted voice of Ludwig beckoning from the piano and the war answering in the voice of an orchestra?
'Everyone around him should have dropped dead from some celestial imbalance that must have occured.' What an insight ! Beautiful ! Well, that OUGHT to have occured. Unfortunately, the Germans, and the rest of the continental Europeans, were not quite up to it. As usual. Oh well, la Comedie Humaine...
dude i am sure everyone can play bach with practice but it's extremely difficult to play it WELL. The handling of the interaction between each melody line to create the sound effect is TOO DAMN HARD. And to play like Gould it's almost impossible. Beethoven is easy as you just have to keep practicing and press the keys correctly.
I love his enthusiasm, it makes me want to jump about! At 3:28, I thought he was going to jump out of his seat. So beautifully played and expressed, wonderful!
it's painful the way YouTube cuts Symphonic movements and Concertos. Read about a ten min. limit, yet also come across 17+ and even 30 min videos here.
He's not talking to himself, he's singing along. He couldn't play unless he did. It was one of his little things. If you turn up any old recording of him loud enough, you'll hear him singing/humming along.
A society can be technologically and scientifically highly developed but quite barbaric at the same time. Also it can be technologically and scientifically underdeveloped but very civilized. If you prefer technology to civilization that's your problem, but don't mix up the two.
Erm, what? You speak as if the two, a social concept and a scientific advancement are mutually exclusive. Civilisation is the growth of mankind. technology is a tool we use to achieve that growth.
by all means don't buy into a particular science but don't come up with a bullshit soundbyte to suggest that Beethoven and electricity don't belong together ( because that's all I see here )
When I was a 10 year old child, I used to hear this one often. There was always someone giving recitals in Bonn. The clarity and preciseness that maesolo Gould puts into this piece brings it closer to the heart and captivates the listener and I think the great maestro would have been favourable of this interpretation. As Einstein once said, everything is relative...and to me, owning the original Glenn Gould album with Leopold Stakowsky conductor, meant wearing out the vinyl. Pure ecstacy.
Well played by master Gould... but just few minutes ago I had hearing the same piece performed by maestro Arrau and it's impossible to me avoiding to make a comparison, the difference is enormous and this performance one is notoriously inferior.
Good strong opinion- explain a bit though: do you think science and technology are more important to more people? Or is it a question of the more verifiable truth of science over the more ambiguous effects of art? Regards, EEG
What's important to people (or the majority) doesn't matter when it comes to the summit of its civilization. The great advancements in our civilization are marked by revolutions in technology. What is great about art is up for interpretation while the greatness of the space station, computers, electron tunneling microscopes, Spitzer space telescopes, DNA mapping technology, Einstein's theory of relativity, and advent of the Internet cannot be questioned.
@gordonsta2 You are not wrong! This concerto expresses the fullness of Beethoven's creativity; it is like his 5th Symphony, both major works, and then, obviously his wonderful sonatas, what a genius!!!,.
Glenn does an excellent interpretation except for the double note mistake in 5:55.
@gordonsta2 You are not wrong! This concerto expresses the fullness of Beethoven's creativity; it is like his 5th Symphony, both major works, and then, obviously his wonderful sonatas, what a genius!!!,.
Glenn does an excellent interpretation except for the double note mistake in 5:55.
@gordonsta2 You are not wrong! This concerto expresses the fullness of Beethoven's creativity; it is like his 5th Symphony, both major works, and then, obviously his wonderful sonatas, what a genius!!!,.
Glenn does an excellent interpretation except for the double note mistake in 5:55.
@gordonsta2 You are not wrong! This concerto expresses the fullness of Beethoven's creativity; it is like his 5th Symphony, both major works, and then, obviously his wonderful sonatas, what a genius!!!,.
Glenn does an excellent interpretation, except for his mistake of double notes at 5:55
i can totally agree with that i could always pick that up. Beethoven was one of the composers stuck between two eras of music so he had alot of influence
Gould has, first of all, something original to add to this music. That was his credo, and he stuck to it although the results have to draw a variety of responses from audiences.
But here I must find myself marveling at Mr. Beethoven. That music has the integrity and the beauty of the stars and the sea. It calls the soul to awaken. His music is one of the absolute treasures of mankind.
I agree, Glenn adds an original, powerful musical impulse. His technique is flawless, people don't want to say that.
I too am amazed at Beethoven, although I have played this in orchestras for over 30 years, still amazing. And to think that Mozart had just died when this was written.
So sad in Immortal Beloved where the orchestra cannot play this....
Je suis transporté par les flux d'energie de cet Océan enivrant, passionné ...G. Gould existe toujours!
lechat8100 1 day ago
Exeptional Pianist Mr. Glenn Gould.Thank you for sharing.
MsSandtime 2 weeks ago
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this song is so amazing and it takes me to an amazing place of thought that only music can take me to... please like this comment and watch my composition(s) and with your help i hope one day i can make people feel this way when they listen to my music :) thanks so much guys!!!
MisterQuidditch 2 weeks ago
8:43 - headbanging stuff!!!!!!
beastinblack 2 months ago
Thanks for that background info about Gould coming in at the last minute. Wow! Amazing performance given that story...................
ljh2007pandy 3 months ago
Absolutely out of this world..... Bravo Beethoven.. Bravo you guys... and as for the pianist... I'm speechless... who IS Glenn Gould.. sorry if I appear an ignoramus you musicians out there!
lettykv 4 months ago
I Love it when He stands full of energy and exhilaration!!! <3 <3 <3
VONHIMMELBACH 5 months ago
DrownedAtLakeBodom has been trolling all of the Beethoven channels. Let's not give him fuel for his fire and maybe he'll just go away..... maybe.
alteezza420 6 months ago
@DrownedAtLakeBodom I don't give a flying rat's ass about winning or getting even or ANY of that bullocks, those are YOUR words so they are what YOU are actually representing. The joke is really on you dude.
Thejbirdy 6 months ago
@DrownedAtLakeBodom I suppose you wet your bed as well? LOL. I rest my case.
Thejbirdy 6 months ago
@DrownedAtLakeBodom How about a plunger for your vapid spew "sore looser" ...yep, still a moron, nice try covering up your spelling errors flunkie.
Thejbirdy 6 months ago
@DrownedAtLakeBodom What are you on about again? Excuse me whilst I yawn at your pontificating nonsense.
You're simply a loser from the word go pal...come on back, I'll keep slam-dunking you over and over and over......
Thejbirdy 6 months ago
@DrownedAtLakeBodom Delusional? BWAAhaha...yeah right you bozo, spare me your half-assed pop psychology lesson you utter bore.
I got your cred right here you pathetic anklebiter.
Do yourself a favor and get a fucking life.
Thejbirdy 6 months ago
@DrownedAtLakeBodom I think you admit your own childish mind with the wetting your underwear statement. You really should quit whilst your ahead before eating entirely more of your shoe.
Thejbirdy 6 months ago
@DrownedAtLakeBodom Talk about a failure! Your return tells me your a glutton for punishment, let me point out a few of yours. You're simply trying a battle of wits at which you've already failed w/ your "soar looser" retort. face it dude you're on the ropes. I have never been upset as you might hope but more amused by your banal insistence that "no one cares about your opinion". Who? Where are these armies of make-believe that you are blathering about? Yeah right..keep me laughing dummy.
Thejbirdy 6 months ago
@DrownedAtLakeBodom You grab a new pair of panties? You truly simpleminded, classic troll. You have all these enormous ideas in your mind like you've won something?..Hahaha. You argue like a 1rst grader so you surely cannot be all that bright...your spelling tells all on your pathetic impetus. You're way out of your league and I basically slam dunk you every time.
Thejbirdy 6 months ago
Once again...jaybirdy 10 drownedratboy 0
LOL!!
Thejbirdy 6 months ago
@DrownedAtLakeBodom Bugging you? Hahahaha..now THAT is a laugh, I believe it was YOU who started this hapless melee. So again you have proved my point, it's amateur night w/ you. So you are bugged, nagged and at a loss, sounds like the smell of smoke is on you asshole. Also is "soar looser" the way you SPELL sore loser? You fucking idiot, go back to school.
Thejbirdy 6 months ago
@DrownedAtLakeBodom Hey moron, nobody gives a shit....talk about a failure! You're such a bloody crybaby. I've never seen carrying on the likes that you do. I'm so sorry that you've gotten so upset that you have to toss out every kind of insult imaginable, speaks VOLUMES on how pathetic you have become.
Thejbirdy 6 months ago
@DrownedAtLakeBodom Irony? Ha! What irony? You don't even know how to use literary terminology, my comment was how surprised I was at how 12 people could dislike this musical piece. Whether it was criticism or not it shouldn't get your panties in such a twist b/c there's a pretty strong chance nobody give's a rat's ass on your commentary either. 2 people vaulting epithets in empty cyberspace.....stfu already.
Thejbirdy 7 months ago
@DrownedAtLakeBodom You proved my point, you're a hapless baby. Obviously, it's past your bedtime as you stay up writing your nonsense, Hey stupid, it's a video of symphony music and people like us appreciate listening to it. People like you bang your head to mindless heavy metal as your site shows, we're more likely ignoring you!..........Keep trolling endlessly you idiot.
Thejbirdy 7 months ago
@DrownedAtLakeBodom Ah, you and what army?? Your hilarious pop psychology has little merit here you ridiculous douchebag.
How have I been burned again? You're simply just a little child.
Thejbirdy 7 months ago
@DrownedAtLakeBodom BOY! ARE YOU EVER A FLAMING ASSHOLE TROLL! So people can't have opinions NOW? GO FUCK YOURSELF YOU WALKING DILDO...
Thejbirdy 7 months ago
And Leon Fleisher is playing the violin/viola at 4:00!
SepiaLatimanus 7 months ago
Is that the lovechild of Brendel and Richter playing the flute at 0:27?
SepiaLatimanus 7 months ago
Slight mistake at 9.23 and the repeat?
mikebarlow100 7 months ago
12 dislikes? ARE THESE PEOPLE DELUSIONAL?
Thejbirdy 8 months ago
Love those octaves at 1:15 that rise to the ethereal heights at 1:55. The octaves are especially noteworthy as they take into account leading tones and appoggiaturas (an important musical element in this piece, particularly in the first movement) not just mechanical scales. The return of the theme at 2:63 is grand - just right on - a credit to the conductor.
zamyrabyrd 8 months ago
oh my god at @4:30
trickzabelle 8 months ago
Ludwig Van Beethoven was an E.T !!
Sylvain894 9 months ago
Incredibly quick hands!
snorkyller 9 months ago
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Sylvain894 9 months ago
Gould the Great!
rc956 9 months ago
i love marybeth my sweety
1hanamoon 9 months ago
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Sylvain894 9 months ago
4:07 it really is Eric Idol I swear!!!
Proteus6684 10 months ago
I think 7:40 is my favorite musical theme of all time
IonBeamXXIV 11 months ago
Yes indeed, one "l" got in the way, that is the one. I hope that this young man's heart will go past fifty, unlike Gould!
amigodaonca 11 months ago
If someone has it could they post Gould/American Symphony Orch/Stokowski recording the Emperor?? I taped it from radio years ago but can't find the actual record. Heady stuff, great acoustics
grizzlyganymede 11 months ago
and suddenly there were two conductors at 1:10
fuckshitass911 11 months ago
Actually gould does not rehearse before performance. He studies music without playing it. That's the level he is at. When he was asked to play Brahm's concerto he studied his music without even playing it once considered technical complexity of the piece. This guy is simply not human
johannsebastienbach 11 months ago
p.s. 3:26 conductor was enjoying virtuosity of Genius Glenn...so he was late , or lack of intuition...:))
sam0xin 11 months ago
THE BEST "EMPEROR" EVER !!
sam0xin 11 months ago
my favorite part is from 0:00 to 9:49
binodaelephant 11 months ago
How so exact -- the video feels lousy enough for that era, but how do you figure that particular date?
Gould seems to have recovered from his date with Stokowski, BTW.
doninvictoria 11 months ago
It's almost odd. It's like Gould and the Orchestra are playing two different concerts. The conductor should have completely re-worked the feel of the orchestra to make it match Gould's performance. Gould plays analytical, like a careful, perfect music box, and the orchestra are playing it the old super emotional Beethoven way.
akivapotok 1 year ago
@akivapotok
yes, it is!
do you remember Bernstein-Gould?
unagondolaunremo 1 year ago
this is gay
rian547 1 year ago
Gould is not well known for Beethoven's piano sonatas, but Beethoven wrote this particular concerto for him.
wonderpass1 1 year ago
@wonderpass1 Haha, say what?
Pladask 1 year ago
@Pladask Well he doesn't mean that literally, but it's ALMOST like it was written for Gould, seeing as how he plays it so spectacularly ^_^
JacobRudduck 1 year ago
@JacobRudduck Well, I wanted to assume that, too, but I'm just not sure ... :-P
Pladask 1 year ago
does anyone know where is it?
Maggienette 1 year ago
@Maggienette
The date was probably 9 December 1970, as to the site, I wonder... Massey Hall? Toronto for sure, and the Roy Thomson Hall was years away from being... that's where I will be tonight to hear the Emperor played by Bliss
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@amigodaonca
How so exact ? -- the video feels lousy enough for that era, but what makes you figure that particular day?
Gould seems to have recovered from his date with Stokowski, BTW....
doninvictoria 11 months ago
@amigodaonca Did you mean Biss?
ajwiebe 11 months ago
Wow!!!
Chaliamusiclover 1 year ago
Is there a bum note at 5:54?
liloadventure 1 year ago
i like the hairy bassoon guy who almost falls asleep at 8:46 and then yawns. gould is legend and hairy bassoon dude is about to nap. good for you bassoon dude!
jrblockquote 1 year ago 25
Let us not forget that it was Beethoven who was the genius.
dyad2r1 1 year ago
Non ci posso credere. Hai tagliato il crescendo finale. Non ci posso credere. Assassino!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vendimi3 1 year ago
I love his playing very much, he is much much better then the Zemerman in youtube
homhomhomdanny 1 year ago
Gould was a very good interpreter. In that sense that he interpreted. All the others are just plagists or copyers.
Thank God for Glenn Gould!
rouelibre1 1 year ago
3:21 to 3:29 is hilarious!
Gorboduc 1 year ago 3
I love Gould's interpretation. He has replaced the keyboard histrionics (that so many pianists bring to this piece) with a measured perfection that actually seems to highlight some nuances that I have not appreciated ever before. With the instruments they had back in the early 1800s, this must have been how it was meant to be heard...
davewalker32 1 year ago
"We"?.......You got a mouse in yer pocket?
outoftunefiddler 1 year ago
This, sir, in Gould's case, was not a "clam" as you suggest, but a grace note!
outoftunefiddler 1 year ago
@outoftunefiddler XDXDXD That gave me a much needed laugh. I love sarcastic humour.
712Stephen 1 year ago
"The chair, Ollie! The chair!............."
I am certain that all that technical ability comes from the height of the chair. I am now using mom's hassock instead of the upholstered stool that came with the piano. Look out! Here I come!
outoftunefiddler 1 year ago 4
@outoftunefiddler Do let us know the results! :)
thequantumcollapse 1 year ago
He clams one at around 5:54 . . .
I don't know folks. I think Leon Fleisher, or Brendel, or Barenboim, are better Beethoven people. I haven't heard Kempff do this, but I'll just bet he's the champ on the field.
jbarbri 1 year ago
@jbarbri It was a live performance, and he hadn't had much time for preparation. With a piece demanding such exactitude and complexity, I think we may be prepared to forgive Gould for making one little mistake.
TheR3volutionary 1 year ago
@jbarbri Oh, boo hoo. I've noticed this mistake as well, but it is no so huge as to detract from the overall performance.
712Stephen 1 year ago
@jbarbri Well, here we could enter in the eternal discussion about everyone's personal tastes, but about Beethoven there are many reasons to say Claudio Arrau is the genuine "champion" (if exists) in relation to the work of the german genius.
After having heard most of the best interpreters of Beethoven, certainly no one comes close to the beauty, depth and expressiveness and refinement of the chilean master.
Ray0X0 1 year ago
@Ray0X0 I agree very strongly with you, and also think Arrau is right up there. Love this performance by Gould.
ccdg1066 1 year ago
@jbarbri Can anyone, honestly, achieve something better than this?
watch? v = akc0v_KTZBM & feature = related
Ray0X0 1 year ago
Is he playing a "Player" piano? I see no music!!!
outoftunefiddler 1 year ago
@outoftunefiddler haha you mean i see no 'mistake'? ;)
yes I agree, he must be playing a 'Player' piano. No man should be this good.
billybee 1 year ago
This is magnificent and, like another listener said, Gould makes Beethoven live again, here. When I first found this I was rapt - and continue to be astounded.
outoftunefiddler 1 year ago
This is the best Emperor Concerto I've heard. It combines the best of the expansionism of the British and US empires with the French and German compensatory attempts, historical necessities, all, with all the pathos...stupendously irreverant reverance...
johnhofi 1 year ago 2
sometimes his uncompromising playing means that he leaves the orchestra behind or doesnt listen carefully enough to them: particularly noticeable when the horn has the solo passage at 4.09.
newgeorge 1 year ago
A really refreshing take on this concerto. He misses the point of some passages, possibly intentionally given his distaste for this piece. But sometimes his clarity (and surprisingly, that of the orchestra) in some passages is near revelatory.
Broopster5 1 year ago
@Broopster5 Gould had nothing against Beethoven... (he did not like the Appassionata, okay...) but this is a special recording as Gould was asked last minute (a day before recording this tv production) to step in for Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli who had fallen ill. Gould hadn't played no. 5 in several years. I find his performance even more astounding knowing the background of this performance. His actual recording is a real revelation...
chislehurstbat 1 year ago 19
The BEST Emperor EVER ! JUST GENIUS !
sam0xin 1 year ago
@sam0xin mmhhh... please don't offend the memory of master Claudio Arrau... his Beethoven is unbeatable ... just like Gould's Bach is...
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You are not wrong! This concerto expresses the fullness of Beethoven's creativity; it is like his 5th Symphony, both major works, and then, obviously his wonderful sonatas, what a genius!!!,.
Glenn does an excellent interpretation, except for his mistake of double note at 5:55
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Glenn does an excellent interpretation, except for his mistake of double note at 5:55
Jaimejimmyjim 1 year ago
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You are not wrong! This concerto expresses the fullness of Beethoven's creativity; it is like his 5th Symphony, both major works, and then, obviously his wonderful sonatas, what a genius!!!,.
Glenn does an excellent interpretation, except for his mistake of double note at 5:55
Jaimejimmyjim 1 year ago
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This concerto expresses the fullness of Beethoven's creativity; it is like his 5th Symphony, both major works, and then, obviously his wonderful sonatas, what a genius!!!,.
Glenn does an excellent interpretation, except for his mistake of double notes at 5:55
Jaimejimmyjim 1 year ago
the way he plays the cadenza made me laff, Beethoven really wants to make a fool of the player
chrish12345 1 year ago
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Jaimejimmyjim 1 year ago
A master craftsman at his tool! Most unfortunate that youtube's uploading policy didn't allow completion of this great piece.
qingloongwong 1 year ago
@qingloongwong The ending flourish to this great part of "Emperor" just had 11 seconds to go & was added on at the beginning of the next [& final] 4th part to be played. It is listed in the right column on this same page under; "Glenn Gould - Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto 3/4". Wasn't this piece just magisterial? I really enjoyed it & GG's rendition is unequalled by any other pianist (living or dead)!! He was always so amazing, but in these videos, even more so than usual!
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DesertAnnie 1 year ago
@DesertAnnie Thanks. But youtube should be flexible enough when it comes to classical music. Maestro like Glenn Gould deserves at least this level of respect. Perhaps, in the future, youtube would enable all 4 parts tobe consolidated into just 1 continuous and uninterrupted rendition. I await that day with anticipation.
qingloongwong 1 year ago 3
@qingloongwong I agree with everything you said, but there must be some reason Y/T doesn't consolidate the parts (perhaps they're limited in the actual space the music videos take up, or some such thing)? That's a good question to ask of them though, isn't it? I run into that a lot, when it happens to be from a long concert (as this was). BTW, wasn't this just an *Heroic* rendition from GG? This is my all-time favorite selection on Y/T, I don't think I will ever tire of watching this one! ;-)
DesertAnnie 1 year ago
@qingloongwong it does, he still has at least 12 seconds to go, plus normally they allow you to go slightly over the 10 minutes if necessary (unless the file was too big in size rather than length)
chrish12345 1 year ago
GG is at his peak in this great piece; he's so wonderful & flawless! Watch his hands closely at 1:06 [on the 'clock'] 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 & enjoy this knowing he must have been enjoying himself so much here!
DesertAnnie 1 year ago
ma come cazzo dirige sto qui aargh!!!
dagarut 1 year ago
An awesome talent.
Cleareye10 1 year ago
For a second I thought the 2/4 was referring to time signature and I thought "how could there be a different versions in 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4" and then I realized it was referring to the parts of the video. Silly me...
musicalmiller 1 year ago
often with piano/harpsichord concertos, the first movement is the best, this one, .. bachs' d major concerto, and the g minor concerto to name a few
witchcraftlord 1 year ago
@witchcraftlord In sontas is the same, there are few "balanced" in this sense (Rachmaninoff's sonatas are perfect in this aspect).
TheSwordsweeper 1 year ago
OHHHHHHHH
NCE =p
MrPaulita4064 1 year ago
Nobody can play this like Richard Dreyfuss. LOL. Just kidding. ;P
sign543 1 year ago
Listen to the violas mess up at 3:28
thedefectivedetectiv 1 year ago
Everything Gould touches turns into Gold.
dialecticon 1 year ago 2
Beethoven, like most artists, unfortunately, is wedded too much to beauty. Life is not so beautiful, but needs its art, nonetheless, which is perhaps no art at all, neither beholden to pretty endings nor a politics of 'sound bites'. What will it be ?
johnhofi 1 year ago
@johnhofi
That is why I love Beethoven. He took those ugly moments and included them in his work, because they are part of life too. Yes, the music is beautiful, but is anyone listening to the war and boisterousness of Napoleon in this concerto? The disgusted voice of Ludwig beckoning from the piano and the war answering in the voice of an orchestra?
luccashtear 1 year ago 3
they 'dropped dead' in other, apparently more preferable ways.
johnhofi 1 year ago
'Everyone around him should have dropped dead from some celestial imbalance that must have occured.' What an insight ! Beautiful ! Well, that OUGHT to have occured. Unfortunately, the Germans, and the rest of the continental Europeans, were not quite up to it. As usual. Oh well, la Comedie Humaine...
johnhofi 1 year ago
3:27 cool :)
ettml 1 year ago
What year was this video made, anybody? About what year?
leonbrokenhand 1 year ago
@leonbrokenhand
it was recorded in the Manhattan Centre in New York, 1966.
8Jaimie8 1 year ago
I've heard Gould wasn't exactly a fan of the romantic era but are there any Gould playing rachmaninov recordings?
sondelachez 1 year ago
@sondelachez
Gould never playes Rachmaninov....
AREK100001 1 year ago
dude that was an easy piece for Gould to play beethoven. Some of JSBach's troublesome
counterpoint are much technically harder to play well. Gould played this piece effortlessly
johannsebastienbach 2 years ago
bach is only hard when you got no brain, and so you get mixed-up by the different voices.
fortune32 1 year ago
dude i am sure everyone can play bach with practice but it's extremely difficult to play it WELL. The handling of the interaction between each melody line to create the sound effect is TOO DAMN HARD. And to play like Gould it's almost impossible. Beethoven is easy as you just have to keep practicing and press the keys correctly.
johannsebastienbach 1 year ago
@johannsebastienbach ... that´s why everyone who practises long enough plays Beethoven well, right?
TheHanslick 2 months ago
@fortune32 voicing isn't everything
deandusk 1 year ago
@deandusk, my point precisely in the debate.
fortune32 1 year ago
veramente molto bello
Napoliscuola 2 years ago
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gabrieleamore3081969 2 years ago
I love his enthusiasm, it makes me want to jump about! At 3:28, I thought he was going to jump out of his seat. So beautifully played and expressed, wonderful!
Troublespianist 2 years ago
OUCH!
it's painful the way YouTube cuts Symphonic movements and Concertos. Read about a ten min. limit, yet also come across 17+ and even 30 min videos here.
JohnnyRip1 2 years ago 3
so nice
5:54 mistake
sinancans 2 years ago
@sinancans One extra note out of a few thousand...in my opinion it enhances the sound.
musicwind95 2 years ago
@sinancans Bravo!!!
Matteo7419 1 year ago
i wonder what he's saying to himself. lol i loved it when he played that passage one-handed. i didn't think he'd get to the end w/o hyperventilating.
wendlw 2 years ago 2
He's not talking to himself, he's singing along. He couldn't play unless he did. It was one of his little things. If you turn up any old recording of him loud enough, you'll hear him singing/humming along.
Jragir 2 years ago
a genius...no more comments...please...is a genius...!!!!
ChrissAnderssenSzec 2 years ago 12
i agree, a modern genius, there are very few of those.
pentium449 2 years ago 4
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too bad the satanists destroyed this europe and bombed it to hell in ww 2
iorixs 2 years ago
Yes, iorixs. There must be some reason though that we cannot understand, Let's just cherish the performance, and don't think ourselves to death.
gzaenker 2 years ago
No one is supposed to be this good. Everyone around him should have dropped dead from some celestial imbalance that must have occured.
uccip 2 years ago 38
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he's dead, kissing his ass is of no benefit to you....
mattandtrissy 2 years ago
Elegant !
DDBconducts 2 years ago 3
i like the conductor--- flowy and mesmerizing moves. who is he?
tianobrothers 2 years ago
Karel Ančerl
ragadolls 2 years ago
Thank you for this.
tianobrothers 2 years ago
They are not exclusive, but the one doesn't imply the other either.
dragmio 2 years ago
A society can be technologically and scientifically highly developed but quite barbaric at the same time. Also it can be technologically and scientifically underdeveloped but very civilized. If you prefer technology to civilization that's your problem, but don't mix up the two.
dragmio 2 years ago 5
Well said dragmio.
geeleegoat 2 years ago
Erm, what? You speak as if the two, a social concept and a scientific advancement are mutually exclusive. Civilisation is the growth of mankind. technology is a tool we use to achieve that growth.
by all means don't buy into a particular science but don't come up with a bullshit soundbyte to suggest that Beethoven and electricity don't belong together ( because that's all I see here )
Pasanonic 2 years ago
7:36 - Gorgeous!!
EuchridEucrow1 2 years ago 2
De acuerdo con evelyneverttgreen,sus palabras las hago mías.
paradoxicus 2 years ago
gracias
evelyneverettgreen 2 years ago
his touch sounds marvellously, there are no doubts!
fabiobog 2 years ago
When I was a 10 year old child, I used to hear this one often. There was always someone giving recitals in Bonn. The clarity and preciseness that maesolo Gould puts into this piece brings it closer to the heart and captivates the listener and I think the great maestro would have been favourable of this interpretation. As Einstein once said, everything is relative...and to me, owning the original Glenn Gould album with Leopold Stakowsky conductor, meant wearing out the vinyl. Pure ecstacy.
onekindL 2 years ago 2
Well played by master Gould... but just few minutes ago I had hearing the same piece performed by maestro Arrau and it's impossible to me avoiding to make a comparison, the difference is enormous and this performance one is notoriously inferior.
Ray0X0 2 years ago
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BOOOOOOORING!
zirianos 2 years ago
"The summit of civilisation is its art, the greatest artist is Beethoven, this is his greatest work." Discuss.
evelyneverettgreen 2 years ago
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The summit of a civilization is its technology and scientific achievements, not art.
jvandle 2 years ago
Good strong opinion- explain a bit though: do you think science and technology are more important to more people? Or is it a question of the more verifiable truth of science over the more ambiguous effects of art? Regards, EEG
evelyneverettgreen 2 years ago
What's important to people (or the majority) doesn't matter when it comes to the summit of its civilization. The great advancements in our civilization are marked by revolutions in technology. What is great about art is up for interpretation while the greatness of the space station, computers, electron tunneling microscopes, Spitzer space telescopes, DNA mapping technology, Einstein's theory of relativity, and advent of the Internet cannot be questioned.
jvandle 2 years ago
well put----i accord with all my being
tianobrothers 2 years ago
beethoven played so hard he broke piano strings consistently
DIEZAUBERFLOTEMENSCH 2 years ago
yeah because it was the only way he could hear himself play. strings were almost certainly weaker back then anyway
munkybrain 2 years ago
his fingers move like jellyfish, so amazingly beautiful. and he has no sheet music. absolutely genius.
expatkerri 2 years ago
Nothing will ever explain the greatness of Beethoven better than this performance
gordonsta2 3 years ago 18
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@gordonsta2 You are not wrong! This concerto expresses the fullness of Beethoven's creativity; it is like his 5th Symphony, both major works, and then, obviously his wonderful sonatas, what a genius!!!,.
Glenn does an excellent interpretation except for the double note mistake in 5:55.
Jaimejimmyjim 1 year ago
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@gordonsta2 You are not wrong! This concerto expresses the fullness of Beethoven's creativity; it is like his 5th Symphony, both major works, and then, obviously his wonderful sonatas, what a genius!!!,.
Glenn does an excellent interpretation except for the double note mistake in 5:55.
Jaimejimmyjim 1 year ago
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@gordonsta2 You are not wrong! This concerto expresses the fullness of Beethoven's creativity; it is like his 5th Symphony, both major works, and then, obviously his wonderful sonatas, what a genius!!!,.
Glenn does an excellent interpretation except for the double note mistake in 5:55.
Jaimejimmyjim 1 year ago
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@gordonsta2 You are not wrong! This concerto expresses the fullness of Beethoven's creativity; it is like his 5th Symphony, both major works, and then, obviously his wonderful sonatas, what a genius!!!,.
Glenn does an excellent interpretation, except for his mistake of double notes at 5:55
Jaimejimmyjim 1 year ago
The Bach influence can be heard in his playing of Beethoven.
cellestialX 3 years ago 6
i can totally agree with that i could always pick that up. Beethoven was one of the composers stuck between two eras of music so he had alot of influence
Moconnor834 2 years ago 2
No, the finger tapping technique can be heard in his approach to the piano.
Kurtyoungblood 2 years ago
自然に手がするする鍵盤を滑るように動き、難なく弾きこなしてしまうスケールのすばらしさを感じました。何度も出てくるテーマをそのつど変えてだんだん激しくなっていくところ、細かいところまで行きとどいていて、指揮者との阿吽の呼吸もすごいです。静寂の箇所はホルンとの上手なバランスをもっていて、素晴らしいですし、天才的と思います。
farfalletta111 3 years ago
Good 5*,LOLA
N9DTVEXEC20 3 years ago
Gould has, first of all, something original to add to this music. That was his credo, and he stuck to it although the results have to draw a variety of responses from audiences.
But here I must find myself marveling at Mr. Beethoven. That music has the integrity and the beauty of the stars and the sea. It calls the soul to awaken. His music is one of the absolute treasures of mankind.
scotjamiesonpiano 3 years ago 9
Can we not agree with the Beethoven statement?
diditrich 3 years ago
I agree, Glenn adds an original, powerful musical impulse. His technique is flawless, people don't want to say that.
I too am amazed at Beethoven, although I have played this in orchestras for over 30 years, still amazing. And to think that Mozart had just died when this was written.
So sad in Immortal Beloved where the orchestra cannot play this....
Gould makes it look effortless.
trevjr 3 years ago
so well put. Beethoven is also very sexy. he delivers audio orgasm with all the music he writes.
tianobrothers 2 years ago
???
javierleonenriquez 2 years ago
YOU GO GIRL ON THE FRENCH HORN!!! kICK A! and glenn gould is of course a great bach and beethoven interpretor!
fortissimo25 3 years ago 3
...that girl could be your grandmother for instance...
67guitarrero 3 years ago