Gould has this annoying habbit of playing the piano so loudly that I can hardly hear his beautiful voice, otherwise I like this very much for the musical quality and clearness.
@BINGFRYSRDUN i just think that your comment on his appearance is irrelevant. don't you get the sound, man? and if you do, why do you feel it necessary to make derogatory comments about Glenn Gould's appearance? i just really dig Gould's music and ability, and i find your comments not in good spirit. but if it makes you feel better to say Glenn looks like quaisimodo, that is your privilege.
@Th0masWarner The comparison to Monk is very apposite. This sounds almost as "modern" as the Hindemith piece it obviously inspired (Or is it obvious? from the comments on both boards I appear to be the only one who has remarked upon the similarities).
@polymath7 I listened to this after your comment on the Hindemith fugue and yes, it's startlingly similar in melody and rhythm; it just diverges according to each composer's harmonic preferences.
I know the Hindemith sonata number 3 well, having tried to play it for 50 years, and I was really surprised at this Bach piece. I have to believe that Hindemith was familiar with this one and it may have been a subliminal inspiration.
@polymath7 I listened to this after your comment on the Hindemith fugue and yes, it's startlingly similar in melody and rhythm; it just diverges according to each composer's harmonic preferences.
I know the Hindemith sonata number 3 well, having tried to play it for 50 years, and I was really surprised at this Bach piece. I have to believe that Hindemith was familiar with this one and it may have been a subliminal inspiration.
this performance was so beautiful that, immediately after hearing it, i ran to my window and jumped to my death, desperate to escape the certain disappointment that even one more minute of living would bring.
@thegoddescomposer Bach did not use ANY number symbolism anymore than the Bible and any other sacred texts (or the phone book for that matter) carry any hidden "mathematical" meaning. With enough patience (obviously if you dont have a proper job to keep you occupied) any text, literal or musical, can be coded in such a manner so as to produce a decoding that can mean whatever we want it to mean. The fact you can find it in Google is as relevant as finding sites on astrology.
@HerlockSholmes123 and many other musical riddles presented in the Musical Offering, Even Glenn Gould thought the Goldberg Variations had numerical connections to each variation, which is why he recorded them again. Not to say that it's true, but it's plausible.
The one thing I love about glenn gould is how you can hear every single voice independently of each other. No other musician does this as successfully as Glenn Gould
@HyenaStudios Personally, I try to view each musician as individuals with different views they try to convey, good or bad. As far as Gould is concern, he is in my humble opinion, the most influencial pianist in the last 100 years, and most certainly in my lifetime. He has also influenced my playing and my passion for Bach's music. I also love to hear Hewitt, Richter and others. Gould is different in a way that is so unorthodox, and yet so orthodox at the same time. It is hard to explain.
I fully agree! Especially the (un)orthodox part of Glenn Gould's play. Not only his Bach but also his Mozart interpretations on piano. Surely, I also like other interpretations from other pianists. But, an interpretation of Bach I do not like is the one from Andras Schiff, sorry.
@Th0masWarner For some reason, that last sentence made me laugh a little. And I never thought about that, but it does sound a bit Monk-ish, good point : )
This is so amazing it's hard to even compute it. Seriously, how he exposes each voice and plays with such poise and precision... Jesus. Work of brilliance.
@Th0masWarner Indeed, like Beethoven's Grosse fugue, this sounds strikingly modern. Search Gould + Hindamith to hear Gould play a fugue by that composer that is obviously (or so it appears to me) inspired by this work. It's quite fascinating to hear the two back to back. Oh, and your comparison to Monk is an astute one.
@polymath7 I had the very same observation when, about a week ago, I stumbled upon the Hindemith fugue you mention. I had never heard it before, nevertheless it sounded familiar... Five minutes later I realized that the theme is strikingly similar to No22,WTC2! BTW, I consider the last fugue of WTC1 even "more modern".
@Th0masWarner Indeed, like Beethoven's Grosse fugue, this sounds strikingly modern. Search Gould + Hindamith to hear Gould play a fugue by that composer that is obviously(or so it appears to me) inspired by this work. It's quite fascinating to hear the two back to back. Oh, and your comparison to Monk is an astute one.
This man's music, I enjoyed his recreation of the Goldberg variations. Its hum is simply expressing what every musician does, one less quiet than others.
how people here on youtube can go and seriously criticize GG as 'no good' or 'not getting it' or 'misinterpreting' anything is beyond me. seriously??? YOU know better than Glenn Gould???? wow. you may prefer a different interpretation, but saying that glenn gould did anything 'wrong', like you know something that he didn't, just makes you look like a complete fool...
@theboris1000 I know what you mean. These fools are in the presence of an indisputable genius, and all they can do is find some pitiful little point to nitpick over (guess it makes them feel better after getting trampled by his ungodly talent). We're still waiting for these nimrods to post videos of their playing. Let's face it-NO ONE can play BACH like Gould could with regard to bringing out the lines and their rhythmic vitality.
@imwhy Gould almost always hummed when he played, even in recordings. he claimed it was involuntary, and that he had been doing it since childhood, because his mother always told him to sing along to everything he played.
Incredible... each voice with its own colour, regardless of which hand is playing what, and juggling several voices in one hand. It's almost as if the music were expressing itself independently, by means of Glenn Gould.
@legendofschmoe That's a bit of an exaggeration but I get what you mean.. Not that it's not amazing it is but jazz and counterpoint are 2 different meteors heading for the same planet :0)
Whether Bach preferred this or that instrument is irrelevant to this. Listen and decide for yourself if you'd prefer to be abused by the clavichord for an hour, or caressed by the piano.
Everyone has an opinion. Great. If a pianist tells me that God exists through Bach, I'm going to consider that as a turd in a toilet bowl that anyone, pianists and non-pianists alike, can produce.
Bach was very likely not perfect. He was undeniably a musical genius. At least that's what geniuses tell me, and his music seems to correspond to that. Not sure what the concept of "God" has to do with it. He may have been religious, and he got paid working in the church. So that part of it certainly worked out for him.
Gould is also said to be a genius, and he has his unique interpretation of Bach on an instrument the historical record has as being unfavored by Bach. Okay.
@AaViRo My husband a pianist himself, thinks JS Bach has a dirrect pipe line to God himself, and the purvayor of his work is absolutely Glenn Gould, and if Bach himself had grown up with a piano, instead of a harpsichord, or clavichord, which hed had at his disposal, he would certainly have appreciated the piano, had hed been born later. glenn Gould is a perfect example of this, as Bach would have probably played it more like Glenn did. Bach Didnt like the piano, because he wasnt used to it.
@dansing124 I don't know why people think that whenever someone does something truly magnificent, or in Bach's case, does many things that are magnificent, people suddenly relate their efforts to having some kind of connection to God. Bach was a genius, and his brilliance didn't come from God. He was just an incredible human being. Also, the piano was not invented during Bach's childhood.
@CauseOfRicoRodriguez Indeed bach had not seen a piano untill right before his death in 1756. He did not like the piano, but now that we have one, and a computer to talk on, isnt it beautiful? Your observations are quite astute. Thank you from Dan Ragan
@CauseOfRicoRodriguez Maybe it's because spirituality has a genetic component or in the case of Bach because he himself wrote his music to glorify God and believed in God. Maybe it's because God might actually exist - we don't know.
Splendid! I find this speed perfect! Everyone else needs to hurry up. Have a latte or something. Also, the first 4 notes in the left hand of bar 33 are PERFECT. They just sing. It's amazing. And the lyricism he puts into them (echoed by his humming) is filled with all the mellifluous sweetness anyone could ever want.
@AaViRo He has been dead for 260 years and no one has come anywhere close to this kind of counterpoint. Everytime, I listen to this, it never ceases to amaze me.
@97Francis Don't try to play like Gould. Play like yourself. That is why I love Bach so much. Rarely he has any tempo or any expression markings. The art of interpretation so so interesting. As a musician, you could and should look at the music and make some conscious decisions about what you want to do and not Gould or Hewitt or anyone else.
@CSPlayerDamon Tell me one who can play like Angela Hewitt. Tell me another who can play like Andreas Schiff. Then I will tell you one that can play like Gould.
@jayliew1 I listened to a few of their performances..Indeed insterestin, but..I sometimes couldn't distinguish all the voices, something that has never happened with Gould. Even so, I accidently watched a lesson they both gave, giving notes on how to PLAY Bach...Even so, excellent pianists..And even if you say I need to listen to more for a clearer opinion, there is a reason why Gould became way more famous in his starting years. He was innovative..way more than others.
I have to admit that I gravitate to Gould's playing too and mostly because of the arguments that you have expressed. But I also have to admit that listening to other artists also gives me some other insights that Gould does not convey. That is just so much information, and to incorporate all these ideas to my own playing is just invaluble.
@jayliew1 Although, you could easily say that no pianist can play like another, as everyone has their different style..I am more to Gould's side, but obviously you can say I am affected by his name..Nevertheless, that is my opinion.
I would think we are all are affected by him is because he is unlike the others before him. He was so unorthodox and yet his playing is so orthodox, it is really hard to explain. When every other musician had to play the Italian Concerto for their minimal Bach repertoire, he was analyzing the Art of Fugue. Because of him, we have artists like Angela Hewitt. Because of him, we have the art of interpreting Bach. Have you ever noticed, everyone plays Rachmaninov the same.
@jayliew1 What are you doing? Are you applying some statistics to this video and making wild conclusions about how good a video is. Of course, 8 people on planet earth could easily have enough bad taste in music to click the dislike button. Or easily, 8 misclicks could have happened. Anegal hewitt is rubbish because she makes a mess out of this wonderful piece. It just sounds worse when she plays, about 100 times worse
@PlancksTime This video is excellent to me. But to the other 8 (maybe less than 8), Gould probably plays 100 times worse (making a mess) than the one they like. That is appaling, isn't it.
@PlancksTime But that is the beauty of Glen Gould. Have you ever heard the aria his Goldberg variations? Is is so darn slow, so unconventional and yet so brilliant. Bernstein had to warn his audience once because Gould was going to play the Brahms concerto half the speed. What audacity! That is why he is brilliant. He is Glen Gould. And Angela Hewitt should be Angela Hewitt. Gould would not like Angela to be Glen.
@jayliew1 Those 8 are rubbish for not appreciating true genius and virtuosity. I agree with the most of what you are saying in your postings, but absolute truths do exist, as well as personal preferences, and Glenn Gould is one of them.
@AaViRo He was. It's essential, if we wish to have more great art such as this, to remember that the capacity for inspiration such as this lies within us all.
Most of us strive for some independence of voices in fugues and bring out the theme, Gould seems to have 4 or more separate streams of focus that can each give one voice its unique character....
No one played Bach like him. I saw him perform live when I was a kid, about 1955, when he was still giving recitals....a very strange man, but a wonderful musician.
i love the playing but I just can't handle the humming. He flat out ruins it. I wish they could just let him hum into a mask or something so that we wouldn't hear that.
@storminmormondd Concentrate in the music and you won't hear the humming. Bach is the source of all western music, and Glenn has Bach in his genes...and believe me it's extremely difficult to play as he does.
One would tend to imagine hat answer at 8 seconds in was played with another hand, but no.... the right hand is playing it !
My 12 desert Island discs would be A work of Bach, A work of Bach, A work of Bach, A work of Bach, A work of Bach, A work of Bach, A work of Bach, A work of Bach, A work of Bach, A work of Bach, A work of Bach and finally A work of Bach
As I listen more and more to Gould, I must write that I am becoming more and more intrigued. I have read and heard quite a bit of his humming durring recitals, which in this video is clearly him singing amongst the voicings.
While this is certainly not customary, it is certainly no easy task.
While I probably like many strugle with just playing the piano it becomes quite a bit more difficult if you play music for both voice and piano and acompany your self.
@Calamaistr I'm sure Glenn Gould would have much preferred your purchasing of his records. He largely considered himself a recording artist rather than a live performer.
@sailing19100 That is very good. The spirit of the poet. Meticulous choice of words.
I'm sure you are a skillful and thoughtful writer or poet! How much of music theory and the physical and cerebral mechanics of the study do you know? Ever thought about being a music critic?EH?
@weetabixharry No, he doesn't speaks about the humming. This type of musical pieces are called Fugues and these fugues are separated in 3 or 4 melodies that each one repeat the same structure as the other melodies.
These melodies are called ''voices'' and it's very difficult to execute each voice perfectly. Sailing19100 was right saying that Glenn Gould gave unique life to each voice, because he perfectly give the sound to each voice when this appears in the right or in the left hand.
Gould has this annoying habbit of playing the piano so loudly that I can hardly hear his beautiful voice, otherwise I like this very much for the musical quality and clearness.
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Enlightenment82 2 weeks ago
The 12 disciples were here...they disliked the video; it was too sinful.
thejesusfreak919 1 month ago
Bach was God, and Gould was the prophet, delivering Bach's message of music. I still can't believe it's possible to play the piano like that :-)
laqttu 1 month ago
glenn gould is god
jojimbo44 1 month ago
I love the way he plays it, though I hate how he has the habit of humming through the music. :P
jaspertjie 1 month ago
Glenn Gould; scat singer. I don't think anyone got Bach's keyboard phrasing any better.
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neighborhaber 3 months ago
Bach, amazing. His music still sounds so fresh 300+ years later. That's genius.
robertchallen 3 months ago 3
Watching videos of Gould play enhances the audio somehow...
NoocracyNow 4 months ago
@polymath7 maybe it's just not many people like both Bach and Hindemith. Now that you pointed it out, the similarity is obvious to me too.
iroganai 4 months ago
Fugue is a genius form musical creation.
absolutely incredible.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 months ago
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quinnguitar 4 months ago
not to hate on his skill, but he looks like quasimodo.
BINGFRYSRDUN 4 months ago 2
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quinnguitar 4 months ago
@quinnguitar nuh uh bro.
BINGFRYSRDUN 4 months ago
@BINGFRYSRDUN i just think that your comment on his appearance is irrelevant. don't you get the sound, man? and if you do, why do you feel it necessary to make derogatory comments about Glenn Gould's appearance? i just really dig Gould's music and ability, and i find your comments not in good spirit. but if it makes you feel better to say Glenn looks like quaisimodo, that is your privilege.
quinnguitar 4 months ago
@Th0masWarner The comparison to Monk is very apposite. This sounds almost as "modern" as the Hindemith piece it obviously inspired (Or is it obvious? from the comments on both boards I appear to be the only one who has remarked upon the similarities).
polymath7 4 months ago
@polymath7 I listened to this after your comment on the Hindemith fugue and yes, it's startlingly similar in melody and rhythm; it just diverges according to each composer's harmonic preferences.
I know the Hindemith sonata number 3 well, having tried to play it for 50 years, and I was really surprised at this Bach piece. I have to believe that Hindemith was familiar with this one and it may have been a subliminal inspiration.
soaringvulture 4 months ago
@polymath7 I listened to this after your comment on the Hindemith fugue and yes, it's startlingly similar in melody and rhythm; it just diverges according to each composer's harmonic preferences.
I know the Hindemith sonata number 3 well, having tried to play it for 50 years, and I was really surprised at this Bach piece. I have to believe that Hindemith was familiar with this one and it may have been a subliminal inspiration.
soaringvulture 4 months ago
this performance was so beautiful that, immediately after hearing it, i ran to my window and jumped to my death, desperate to escape the certain disappointment that even one more minute of living would bring.
1212kpm 5 months ago
@1212kpm Sorry, but are you sarcastic or Symbolist?
musoderelict 4 months ago
Plus on l'écoute, et plus on en redemande, cette version est incontournable.
MrTIRILLY 5 months ago
His playing is perfection, I react with tears of joy.
benchkey 5 months ago 8
@Th0masWarner haha I must say I couldn't agree more with that last statement!
Sarah20461 6 months ago
"The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul." -Johann Sebastian Bach
deusfilius7 6 months ago
Bach's music is so complex...sometimes I wish I could understand it more.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 6 months ago 10
@SqueezeMyLemonBabe Bach used number symbolism in his work search it in google
he did it in his major greatest works and in his fugues too
in some of his work hides his death date
thegoddescomposer 6 months ago
@thegoddescomposer Bach did not use ANY number symbolism anymore than the Bible and any other sacred texts (or the phone book for that matter) carry any hidden "mathematical" meaning. With enough patience (obviously if you dont have a proper job to keep you occupied) any text, literal or musical, can be coded in such a manner so as to produce a decoding that can mean whatever we want it to mean. The fact you can find it in Google is as relevant as finding sites on astrology.
sorim1967 6 months ago
@sorim1967 Well, there is the whole BACH motif thing.
HerlockSholmes123 5 months ago 2
@HerlockSholmes123 and many other musical riddles presented in the Musical Offering, Even Glenn Gould thought the Goldberg Variations had numerical connections to each variation, which is why he recorded them again. Not to say that it's true, but it's plausible.
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SqueezeMyLemonBabe 1 month ago
2:34 - good theme - like in the Art of Fugue. All 4 voices in the same moment plays Theme: 2 highest voices - not modified, 2 lowest - inversed.
Great!
Veldionar 6 months ago
The one thing I love about glenn gould is how you can hear every single voice independently of each other. No other musician does this as successfully as Glenn Gould
antione101 6 months ago 2
@antione101 No, but I think Argerich comes pretty close.
polymath7 4 months ago
This one Gets stuck in your head.
jsanders841 7 months ago
As a Zoroastrian, I think Ahura-Mazuda would approve of it, too.
iroganai 7 months ago
As a Buddhist I would say Buddha would approve Gould's rendering of this fugue of Bach!
iroganai 7 months ago
i think he was great but would rather hear argerich, his humming would annoy me and i would want to stick some tape over his mouth
afertyus1000 7 months ago
Is this who the movie shine is based off of
NarimatsuMusic 7 months ago
@NarimatsuMusic no that was david helfgott from australia...gould if from Toronto Canada
orangekush3 7 months ago
@NarimatsuMusic no that was david helfgott, gleen is from Toronto Canada
orangekush3 7 months ago
this guy is a monster !! he's the best interpreter of Bach so far
jorgeoscar1000 7 months ago
Glenn Gould is the most important piano player, who has influenced my piano playing in different music genres for many years. Thanks for this video.
HyenaStudios 8 months ago
@HyenaStudios Personally, I try to view each musician as individuals with different views they try to convey, good or bad. As far as Gould is concern, he is in my humble opinion, the most influencial pianist in the last 100 years, and most certainly in my lifetime. He has also influenced my playing and my passion for Bach's music. I also love to hear Hewitt, Richter and others. Gould is different in a way that is so unorthodox, and yet so orthodox at the same time. It is hard to explain.
jayliew1 7 months ago 3
@jayliew1:
I fully agree! Especially the (un)orthodox part of Glenn Gould's play. Not only his Bach but also his Mozart interpretations on piano. Surely, I also like other interpretations from other pianists. But, an interpretation of Bach I do not like is the one from Andras Schiff, sorry.
HyenaStudios 6 months ago
@jayliew1 "...so unorthodox, and yet so orthodox at the same time. It is hard to explain."
To my mind you explained it about as well as one could. I'm pretty sure I know exactly what you mean. ;-)
polymath7 4 months ago
god damn this is tremendously difficult piece
johannsebastienbach 8 months ago
he is with Bach
dmbemfamm 8 months ago
picardy third ftw
FearsBecomePhobias 8 months ago 2
I've never minded his singing -- it makes me appreciate what he did a lot more, actually.
keetner 9 months ago
Le plus grand interprète de Bach de tous les temps, impossible de faire mieux...
The greater Bach' s interprete of all time, impossible to do better...
apuland 9 months ago
@Th0masWarner For some reason, that last sentence made me laugh a little. And I never thought about that, but it does sound a bit Monk-ish, good point : )
sopralto817 9 months ago
@Th0masWarner haha so true. They are probably true conformists.
antione101 9 months ago
Outstanding, inspiring, amazing, talented man he sure is!
TheSARAH4556 9 months ago
This is so amazing it's hard to even compute it. Seriously, how he exposes each voice and plays with such poise and precision... Jesus. Work of brilliance.
SoWachuWan 9 months ago 3
Questa è una delle fughe più complesse del Clavicembalo Ben Temperato... Analizzare per credere! ;-)
andreanoce85 9 months ago
@Th0masWarner Indeed, like Beethoven's Grosse fugue, this sounds strikingly modern. Search Gould + Hindamith to hear Gould play a fugue by that composer that is obviously (or so it appears to me) inspired by this work. It's quite fascinating to hear the two back to back. Oh, and your comparison to Monk is an astute one.
polymath7 10 months ago 2
@polymath7 I had the very same observation when, about a week ago, I stumbled upon the Hindemith fugue you mention. I had never heard it before, nevertheless it sounded familiar... Five minutes later I realized that the theme is strikingly similar to No22,WTC2! BTW, I consider the last fugue of WTC1 even "more modern".
pbazant 9 months ago
@Th0masWarner Indeed, like Beethoven's Grosse fugue, this sounds strikingly modern. Search Gould + Hindamith to hear Gould play a fugue by that composer that is obviously(or so it appears to me) inspired by this work. It's quite fascinating to hear the two back to back. Oh, and your comparison to Monk is an astute one.
polymath7 10 months ago
questa è una fuga terribile a più voci
aleaquatarkus 10 months ago
This man's music, I enjoyed his recreation of the Goldberg variations. Its hum is simply expressing what every musician does, one less quiet than others.
Reglement 10 months ago
how people here on youtube can go and seriously criticize GG as 'no good' or 'not getting it' or 'misinterpreting' anything is beyond me. seriously??? YOU know better than Glenn Gould???? wow. you may prefer a different interpretation, but saying that glenn gould did anything 'wrong', like you know something that he didn't, just makes you look like a complete fool...
theboris1000 10 months ago 4
@theboris1000 I know what you mean. These fools are in the presence of an indisputable genius, and all they can do is find some pitiful little point to nitpick over (guess it makes them feel better after getting trampled by his ungodly talent). We're still waiting for these nimrods to post videos of their playing. Let's face it-NO ONE can play BACH like Gould could with regard to bringing out the lines and their rhythmic vitality.
hotfingersandwich 10 months ago 2
i thought i can hear him humming or counting the rythm.. or am i just hearing things?
imwhy 10 months ago
@imwhy No, he is humming along.
KABRIS1 10 months ago
@imwhy Gould almost always hummed when he played, even in recordings. he claimed it was involuntary, and that he had been doing it since childhood, because his mother always told him to sing along to everything he played.
yumeybaconcutout 10 months ago
Incredible... each voice with its own colour, regardless of which hand is playing what, and juggling several voices in one hand. It's almost as if the music were expressing itself independently, by means of Glenn Gould.
0601989m 10 months ago
For me, it doesn't get any better than this.
dljrp 10 months ago
it must be difficult to hear with his shoulders blocking his ears
codyahernek 10 months ago
@Th0masWarner Normal only so far as they have hands and feet and two eyes and two ears. Apart from that, they are abnormal if they rated this down.
PlancksTime 10 months ago
Good ol' Tierce di Picardie ;P
conorstevenson67 11 months ago
this is modern jazz...beyond modern jazz...
legendofschmoe 11 months ago
@legendofschmoe That's a bit of an exaggeration but I get what you mean.. Not that it's not amazing it is but jazz and counterpoint are 2 different meteors heading for the same planet :0)
shiftawareness 11 months ago
this is modern jazz.
legendofschmoe 11 months ago
Whether Bach preferred this or that instrument is irrelevant to this. Listen and decide for yourself if you'd prefer to be abused by the clavichord for an hour, or caressed by the piano.
Everyone has an opinion. Great. If a pianist tells me that God exists through Bach, I'm going to consider that as a turd in a toilet bowl that anyone, pianists and non-pianists alike, can produce.
harlowfarblast 11 months ago
Bach was very likely not perfect. He was undeniably a musical genius. At least that's what geniuses tell me, and his music seems to correspond to that. Not sure what the concept of "God" has to do with it. He may have been religious, and he got paid working in the church. So that part of it certainly worked out for him.
Gould is also said to be a genius, and he has his unique interpretation of Bach on an instrument the historical record has as being unfavored by Bach. Okay.
harlowfarblast 11 months ago
Pirobín!!!
ceparram 11 months ago
Divine.
Opoczynski 11 months ago
Master Piece
Dnomasorneiluj 11 months ago
It's scary that Bach could improvise that shit...
jacobflaschen 11 months ago
it's like he is pulling down on the keys instead of pressing them. awesome
YuTubeWeTube 11 months ago
nice sound quality in spite of youtube
DrHepp 1 year ago
@ConnorWinning I agree whole heartedly with you.
more4fats 1 year ago
@iggypopster2 haha bach would disagree
GoatDaddyVersion2 1 year ago 2
@iggyposter2, I am so sorry to have affended you.
dansing124 1 year ago
@AaViRo The same question I also have years............
benedetti 1 year ago
Gould was solid gold.
sneezepal 1 year ago
@AaViRo My husband a pianist himself, thinks JS Bach has a dirrect pipe line to God himself, and the purvayor of his work is absolutely Glenn Gould, and if Bach himself had grown up with a piano, instead of a harpsichord, or clavichord, which hed had at his disposal, he would certainly have appreciated the piano, had hed been born later. glenn Gould is a perfect example of this, as Bach would have probably played it more like Glenn did. Bach Didnt like the piano, because he wasnt used to it.
dansing124 1 year ago
@dansing124 I don't know why people think that whenever someone does something truly magnificent, or in Bach's case, does many things that are magnificent, people suddenly relate their efforts to having some kind of connection to God. Bach was a genius, and his brilliance didn't come from God. He was just an incredible human being. Also, the piano was not invented during Bach's childhood.
CauseOfRicoRodriguez 1 year ago
@CauseOfRicoRodriguez Indeed bach had not seen a piano untill right before his death in 1756. He did not like the piano, but now that we have one, and a computer to talk on, isnt it beautiful? Your observations are quite astute. Thank you from Dan Ragan
dansing124 1 year ago
@dansing124 bach died in 1750 and he saw a piano and didnt like it
hoholeader1 1 year ago
@dansing124 Bach died in 1750. Presumably "1756" popped into your head because it is the year Mozart was born?
polymath7 4 months ago
@CauseOfRicoRodriguez Maybe it's because spirituality has a genetic component or in the case of Bach because he himself wrote his music to glorify God and believed in God. Maybe it's because God might actually exist - we don't know.
ALTERED13TH 1 year ago
and I am stuck with Invention no. 13 :(
pinkellittle 1 year ago
Impossible to play better. PURE GENIUS!!!!!!!
iguarni 1 year ago
The twenty-first child.
blues4never 1 year ago
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pelida77 1 year ago
@AaViRo No one can approve that.)))
Arsen2488 1 year ago
Sometimes I wonder if Gould was actually human...
HARDGREG 1 year ago
9 people will be won't be able to sleep the night because of the haunting spirits of bach and gould
kinkajoes 1 year ago
en cinco palabras: Im Pre Sio Nan Te!!!
faicdubas 1 year ago
Gould exhibits unsurpassed timing, tecnique, and musicianship.
He also exposes the beauty and independence of Bach's melodies better than any other pianist.
KABRIS1 1 year ago
@AaViRo Sometimes I wonder if Gould was actually human.
KABRIS1 1 year ago
Amazing !!!
Ste86Horus 1 year ago
Amazing :/ so jealous
jakaroo94 1 year ago
Splendid! I find this speed perfect! Everyone else needs to hurry up. Have a latte or something. Also, the first 4 notes in the left hand of bar 33 are PERFECT. They just sing. It's amazing. And the lyricism he puts into them (echoed by his humming) is filled with all the mellifluous sweetness anyone could ever want.
DM1338 1 year ago
No one plays Bach's music like Gould does.
KABRIS1 1 year ago
@AaViRo Maybe Bach was human, Gould was not for sure !
Rudy63MTB 1 year ago
How is it that out of everyone I know, no one can appreciate this (besides my parents/grandparents)
..
yet, you come to youtube and there's thousands of Bach/Gould followers
EricTheRed03 1 year ago
@EricTheRed03 nowadays most people don't value good music.
HAIL BACH HAIL GOULD
Hausch13 1 year ago
Awww MAn, FUCK ALL MODERN MUSIC! FUCK IT ALL!! ITS WORTHLESS!!
THIS IS PURE AWESOME
The real music is now dead
PlancksTime 1 year ago
@AaViRo He has been dead for 260 years and no one has come anywhere close to this kind of counterpoint. Everytime, I listen to this, it never ceases to amaze me.
jayliew1 1 year ago 2
Um conjunto necessariamente perfeito! Boa apreciação!
tonnze 1 year ago
@AaViRo I don't think so...
str3123 1 year ago
@AaViRo
yeah:) my impression too,especially when I listen to his great organ preludes and fugues...
it is just such an advanced music
vkoracx 1 year ago
is he singing?! thats so cute.
sulynsin 1 year ago
@AaViRo Ha! He certainly wasn't a computer program for composing music - or was he?
rodneyhatch56 1 year ago
I wish I could play Bach like Gould. I had a lot of work behind me.
97Francis 1 year ago
@97Francis Don't try to play like Gould. Play like yourself. That is why I love Bach so much. Rarely he has any tempo or any expression markings. The art of interpretation so so interesting. As a musician, you could and should look at the music and make some conscious decisions about what you want to do and not Gould or Hewitt or anyone else.
jayliew1 1 year ago
@jayliew1 You are absolutely right.thank you for the advise.
97Francis 1 year ago
The humming is there to remind us that it is a human playing.
323846264 1 year ago
@AaViRo he was.. the real question is if chopin or rachmaninoff were humans
hohohee1 1 year ago
@hohohee1 You're kidding right? Bach was the alien among the composers..
CSPlayerDamon 1 year ago
@hohohee1 And to prove that, tell me one more pianist who can play Bach like Gould..None :P
CSPlayerDamon 1 year ago
@CSPlayerDamon Tell me one who can play like Angela Hewitt. Tell me another who can play like Andreas Schiff. Then I will tell you one that can play like Gould.
jayliew1 1 year ago
@jayliew1 I listened to a few of their performances..Indeed insterestin, but..I sometimes couldn't distinguish all the voices, something that has never happened with Gould. Even so, I accidently watched a lesson they both gave, giving notes on how to PLAY Bach...Even so, excellent pianists..And even if you say I need to listen to more for a clearer opinion, there is a reason why Gould became way more famous in his starting years. He was innovative..way more than others.
CSPlayerDamon 1 year ago
@CSPlayerDamon
I have to admit that I gravitate to Gould's playing too and mostly because of the arguments that you have expressed. But I also have to admit that listening to other artists also gives me some other insights that Gould does not convey. That is just so much information, and to incorporate all these ideas to my own playing is just invaluble.
jayliew1 1 year ago
@CSPlayerDamon I think you are entirely correct!
KABRIS1 1 year ago
@jayliew1 Although, you could easily say that no pianist can play like another, as everyone has their different style..I am more to Gould's side, but obviously you can say I am affected by his name..Nevertheless, that is my opinion.
CSPlayerDamon 1 year ago
@CSPlayerDamon
I would think we are all are affected by him is because he is unlike the others before him. He was so unorthodox and yet his playing is so orthodox, it is really hard to explain. When every other musician had to play the Italian Concerto for their minimal Bach repertoire, he was analyzing the Art of Fugue. Because of him, we have artists like Angela Hewitt. Because of him, we have the art of interpreting Bach. Have you ever noticed, everyone plays Rachmaninov the same.
jayliew1 1 year ago
@jayliew1 Angela Hewitt is rubbish
PlancksTime 1 year ago
@PlancksTime
For someone who does not like Hewitt, Hewitt is rubbish.
For someone who does not like Gould, Gould is rubbish.
For someone who does not like Schiff, Schiff is rubbish.
I suppose, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
jayliew1 1 year ago
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jayliew1 1 year ago
@jayliew1 What are you doing? Are you applying some statistics to this video and making wild conclusions about how good a video is. Of course, 8 people on planet earth could easily have enough bad taste in music to click the dislike button. Or easily, 8 misclicks could have happened. Anegal hewitt is rubbish because she makes a mess out of this wonderful piece. It just sounds worse when she plays, about 100 times worse
PlancksTime 1 year ago
@PlancksTime This video is excellent to me. But to the other 8 (maybe less than 8), Gould probably plays 100 times worse (making a mess) than the one they like. That is appaling, isn't it.
jayliew1 1 year ago
@jayliew1 You are crazy, I think
PlancksTime 1 year ago
@PlancksTime But that is the beauty of Glen Gould. Have you ever heard the aria his Goldberg variations? Is is so darn slow, so unconventional and yet so brilliant. Bernstein had to warn his audience once because Gould was going to play the Brahms concerto half the speed. What audacity! That is why he is brilliant. He is Glen Gould. And Angela Hewitt should be Angela Hewitt. Gould would not like Angela to be Glen.
jayliew1 1 year ago
@PlancksTime BTW, there are 8 who think this is rubbish.
jayliew1 1 year ago
@jayliew1 Those 8 are rubbish for not appreciating true genius and virtuosity. I agree with the most of what you are saying in your postings, but absolute truths do exist, as well as personal preferences, and Glenn Gould is one of them.
No one beats Gould at Bach.
KABRIS1 1 year ago
@AaViRo He was. It's essential, if we wish to have more great art such as this, to remember that the capacity for inspiration such as this lies within us all.
russ486 1 year ago
Guys like this are human, he and Bach worked hard (in addition to their natural talent). We should look at them as role models not deities.
chaddyfromtheblock 1 year ago
@chaddyfromtheblock. I concur sir.
CompleteAbstractionZ 1 year ago
@AaViRo He was a very human person who worked very hard and thus became very good at composition and keyboard/violin performance.
b0ttomzone 1 year ago
L E G E N D A R Y !!!!!!!!
iguarni 1 year ago
yeah he def coulda been a dog or lemming
scout6686 1 year ago
fucking art fucking genius fucking love fucking meaning to life
nadavnaz2 1 year ago
@nadavnaz2 fucking stfu
scout6686 1 year ago
the black keys are so cool
5hawnK3lly 1 year ago
Most of us strive for some independence of voices in fugues and bring out the theme, Gould seems to have 4 or more separate streams of focus that can each give one voice its unique character....
BeauJames59 1 year ago
gould's precision is unlike anything i've seen before.
jrblockquote 1 year ago
I like Bach. This guy LOVES Bach, and he is very good at interpreting Bach.
Andytheminstrel 1 year ago
Allow humming.
Nizlopi2 1 year ago 2
No one played Bach like him. I saw him perform live when I was a kid, about 1955, when he was still giving recitals....a very strange man, but a wonderful musician.
BillBC 1 year ago
fuckin genius
scout6686 1 year ago
While I don't like his interpretations, I can certainly appreciate Gould's technical skill. I couldn't play this for my life.
Not yet, anyways.
colourfulwithaU 1 year ago
i love the playing but I just can't handle the humming. He flat out ruins it. I wish they could just let him hum into a mask or something so that we wouldn't hear that.
storminmormondd 1 year ago
@storminmormondd Concentrate in the music and you won't hear the humming. Bach is the source of all western music, and Glenn has Bach in his genes...and believe me it's extremely difficult to play as he does.
TheBarbaciano 1 year ago
@AaViRo "Sometimes I wonder if Bach actually was a human..."
I used to wonder too. Not anymore...
IpsaPaphum 1 year ago
This fugue is so difficult. I will always be in awe, and quite jealous, of Gould's talent.
1980NewWave 1 year ago 2
@1980NewWave Jelous? You say it like he's an average-Joe pianist who happens to have a little talent with Bach.
jojopooo 1 year ago
fugues are the best kind of composition
StringzOfFury 1 year ago 2
One would tend to imagine hat answer at 8 seconds in was played with another hand, but no.... the right hand is playing it !
My 12 desert Island discs would be A work of Bach, A work of Bach, A work of Bach, A work of Bach, A work of Bach, A work of Bach, A work of Bach, A work of Bach, A work of Bach, A work of Bach, A work of Bach and finally A work of Bach
pobinr 1 year ago
As I listen more and more to Gould, I must write that I am becoming more and more intrigued. I have read and heard quite a bit of his humming durring recitals, which in this video is clearly him singing amongst the voicings.
While this is certainly not customary, it is certainly no easy task.
While I probably like many strugle with just playing the piano it becomes quite a bit more difficult if you play music for both voice and piano and acompany your self.
The Beatles difficult, Bach genius
capen 1 year ago
I would have given all to be at a concert from glenn gould, what a loss.
Calamaistr 1 year ago
@Calamaistr I'm sure Glenn Gould would have much preferred your purchasing of his records. He largely considered himself a recording artist rather than a live performer.
jojopooo 1 year ago
@jojopooo
Well so am i, but regardless i wouldve liked to hear him play live.
Calamaistr 1 year ago
gould is the only interpreter known to humankind who coujld outdo bach himself on the pianoforte in terms of touch, phrasing and articulation.
sailing19100 1 year ago
he gives unique life to each voice, without ever diminshing the life of any other voice. beyond comprehension.
sailing19100 1 year ago 26
@sailing19100 That is very good. The spirit of the poet. Meticulous choice of words.
I'm sure you are a skillful and thoughtful writer or poet! How much of music theory and the physical and cerebral mechanics of the study do you know? Ever thought about being a music critic?EH?
victormalcolm32 1 year ago
@sailing19100 What voices are you talking about? The humming?
weetabixharry 1 year ago
@weetabixharry No, he doesn't speaks about the humming. This type of musical pieces are called Fugues and these fugues are separated in 3 or 4 melodies that each one repeat the same structure as the other melodies.
These melodies are called ''voices'' and it's very difficult to execute each voice perfectly. Sailing19100 was right saying that Glenn Gould gave unique life to each voice, because he perfectly give the sound to each voice when this appears in the right or in the left hand.
MisterAlbertoPiano 1 year ago 13
Gould was a living embodiement of the spirit of Bach's music.
KABRIS1 1 year ago
Very good!
Bach is a genius and Gleen Gould too!
1811FranzLiszt 1 year ago
Bach is the father of modern music. He influenced every composer that proceeded him. When Gould played Bach, he became Bach!
KABRIS1 1 year ago
@KABRIS1 When Gould played Bach, he became Bach!
--Yeah thats quite something to imagine =D ! (ps. father of western music)
Clarkson007 1 year ago
I never liked bach, and i was skeptical on clicking this, but wow... BLOWN AWAY
ZhengStudios 1 year ago