Shall never listen to goldberg variations by another, Aria Da Capo interpretation is divine, somewhere somehow Bach has said a big thankyou to Gould. and i must thank stevenykevin
@rmondell I love that Chopin would send his students home if they sounded like him ~ All teachers (and not just music) should strive to be like him. I feel so lucky to have logged on to youtube just now, and found that sometime I subscribe to had favorited this piece. The comments have been a joy to read while listening to this beautiful music.
And to think that the absolutely stunning quodlibet/variation 30 starting at 4:18, which is a combination of two songs, was intended as a joke! That's just amazing. Can you imagine your family on a Saturday evening, taking turns in instantly combing different melodies just for fun, instead of playing Monopoly or watching tv? The Bach family simply kicked some ***.
¿Tienes una edición del s. XVIII? Si tienes un documento tan antiguo deberías donarlo a una biblioteca, sería una pena que una edición casi original de la música del Maestro entre los Maestros se deteriorase. También te animo a que subas la copia digital a imslp.org/wiki/Página_principal para compartirla con todo el mundo.
Ah, y gracias por comprtir esta soberbia interpretación.
Just looked at some of the comments next to this video and it is great so many people love it, but so many people are using it to project their ego. The music and playing of the whole piece - (even though this video seems 'showy' if you are watching and not listening), stresses the importance of contemplation, integrity and honesty. I do find it irritating that comments next to such a thoughtful piece of music display such little reflection on the part of so many of the posters.
Whenever people attach preconceived conceptions to how music should be performed they deprive themselves of appreciating the interpretation,unfortunately, the preconceived notion is how most of the world is run; this is why people flock to conclusions, with little or no regard to consequence or accuracy. Sometimes a person just parrots whatever's been told to them for years , without questioning its validity, or even worth.
Ok, you're actually loosing all your credibility saying things like "I've CDs about 30 baroque composers" and putting Cabezon into it...
If you haven't sufficient sensibility to percieve intepretation details nor sufficient respect to say nothing about this, at least don't get angry and try to show us "how much do you know about music" (I saw your video of the improvisation and it shows nothing about music knowledge, only mechanics, exactly what you are criticizing here).
@ZekenNekez Cabezon was pre-baroque, so shoot me. I just mentioned the guitar improvisation because the person criticisimg me was a guitarist. The point I've been making is I have more respect for songwriters than trained monkeys like yourself with no imagination.
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Gould will be forgotten in 50 years as will practically any performer. Bach won't. In fact Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, Paganini, could probably all play their music as well as anyone today. The point is, it's THEIR music.
ok, thats true, so his genius is patience and ability to spend that time on practising. Practise makes perfect-i agree, but those kind of words should be reserved only for those, who can play it...
Oh, he practiced, no doubt about that... Just mentally :-) He said he would practice even when not in front of a piano, just by mind. MP - Mental practice
Maybe that explains his extraordinary memory as well!
@Kinjutsuu Yes, that's quite true. Just out of interest, how did he used to practice mentally? Did he imagine, in his mind, sitting at a piano and playing, or was it something more? I'm genuienly fascinated by it :-) Thanks
@BaronVonLichtenstein-Gould brought us deeper into Bach's mind. Without Gould, no one could show Bach's message to us in these variations in such clarity. Now if that is second rate in your opinion, then let Bach play the variations for us and see if the composer alone is first rate. They are from different fields. Gould is, for me, as with many others, a first rate performer of Bach.
@ebnreyes Absolutely. Without Glenn Gould, we wouldn't be gifted this incredibly unique and wonderful insight into Bach's music. When you ask what has Gould created, I think you're listening to it. He had such a profound understanding of the music and such a deep connection with the composer that these beautiful interpretations are what he created. Also, calling him a great "typist" is somewhat insulting considering he was one of, if not the, most brilliant pianists of the 20th century.
@meats0 yes, calling gould a typist is sort of like saying that there is no such thing as a performing artist, although bach was probably a great musician as well as composer, i suppose we will never know since he must have destroyed all of his cd's.
are actors not artists? i sort of think the beatles created the modern obsession with the "required " connection with composing and performing.
but even in pop music there need not be that "requirement"
@verbenco Completely agree with you. Today's compulsion to make music so performance based is something, personally I find rather annoying. In the sense that I think flashing lights and a loud audience can detract from the music itself. Performance of the music with a little atmosphere created through lighting and what not is a good thing. But when it gets to the point where the performance takes precedent over the music is a problem I think.
@BaronWhatever - first of all when you write that Bach was a master of the instrument and Mozart was a virtuoso and then you ask for a proof that Gould was good in what he was doing - come on? The other thing is whether you like this particular interpretation or not, i am ok with that but don't say it is of any objectivity, 'cos it is just ridiculous :) bless u ; Plus - since your judgement is so precisely cruel and informed - well the show is yours :DDD
@grzymol I never asked for any such thing, in fact I granted that he is a master performer. I simply said I have more respect for the guy who actually wrote the music. I even conceded that Gould may very well be the best performer of Bach. But as a songwriter I respect creation over recreation. Imagination over performance. Take away Gould, Bach is still Bach. Take away composition and he has nothing to play. Is Gould great? Yes. So are a bunch of 12 year old Asian girls.
Agree, well said. There is a fragment on YouTube where Gould speaks about Richter and the two types of musicians. The first show their command of their instrument, the second convey the music.
The extremely demanding technical aspects of this work just aren't a consideration for Glenn. I'm not sure he could play Rachmaninoff as effortlessly as Valentina does though. Her technique is frightening. I would love to hear her play the Goldbergs.
It's like climbing the Everest without oxigen, and then resting on top of the world, so close to God. His life is accomplished. Thanks Mr. Gould for your latest present.
Thank you for posting this. It's wonderful to see him play. I have listened to A State of Wonder many, many times, and this adds a lot. By the way his interview on that CD is interesting. This video is a treasure and I am grateful, but why does the camera ever leave his hands!!!??? I believe this was recorded in 1981 and he did not live long after that.
@Tengooda the fact that this music end is just an illusion. This music is perfect, perfection is infinite. You can also die but still listen to this music as we're part of this perfection. Bach music is not related to human emotions but to the will of the infinite. Trust me, it doesn't end.
The quodlibet (variation 30) always brings tears to my eyes. It 'says' so much with such economy of effort, and with the comforting familiarity of a well-loved fairy tale.
Good grief. I simply cannot comprehend the superhuman levels of skill that are required to play this music so beautifully and so flawlessly. I am awestruck.
Where does one find fitting words? His soul gushes with a commanding gusto as fingers knit & weave the keys with supple elegance . By aria da capo, the cycle being spent, all he has left is the little child who now, with a private tenderness that almost leads me to blush, shares the only thing that seems to have ever been in his heart- the love that holds us together despite it all.
Listening to CDs, etc., of this man play is a real pleasure. Watching him play is absolutely amazing! I have found a whole new depth of appreciation for his talent and ability. Would that all of his recordings had accompanying video!
There is something very depressing about watching him play this. Can't get your soul back after you let it out this much... You can tell this recording was very important to him. He seems relieved.
I think Glenn Gould is one of the top 5 pianists of all time, probably THE overall best, if there is such a thing, so I am very cautious in my critique: The passage 4:07 to 4:15 seems somewhat uneven and the rallentando a bit forced for the otherwise very flowing technique of Gould's playing.
!que placer ver tocar a glenn y la musica que sale del piano es maravillosa.y lo que mas me conmueve es ver como al final de esa increible aria cae como rendido ante la musica que acaba de escuchar, como si estuviera en otro mundo¡ que conexion con la musica en el aria final, parece que sus dedos no tocan el piano¡ eso solo lo puden hacer los que estan conectados con Dios, como Bach. !!!!!Bach por siempre¡¡¡¡
His career began with the Aria, and so ends with the Aria. But what a Voyage in between. Even now when his hands have been stilled for many years. We cannot help but be drawn to what I consider a true musical Genius. There are many other masters, and will be many more to come. But he has stamped a unique place in musical history. He and Bach together. For ever!
Awesome. Very moving. I'm not a huge fan of classical music, but The Variations is at the top of my list of favorite recordings. Thanks much to stephenykevin for posting. I've listened many times.
Does anyone know if this is the same performance that went on to the studio CD?
Irshkboy: Yes, I noticed that, too. But then again, when you have been playing this music your entire life and this composer is closer to your heart than any other, I guess you can pull off amazing things like that. Maestro Gould had such an affinity for J.S. Bach and it's quite a shame that we can now only wonder how much more he would have given us if he had lived a full life.
PS I can't believe he played this entire cycle with the fallboard removed from the piano! That would have distracted me so much watching the keys underneath the action.
I've been struggling for a long time with the question what to call Glenn Gould. His grasp of the meaning and means of the music he plays, when playing Bach, is so complete and natural he might as well have written it, so he is not a performing musician as such. I have finally decided to think of him as a musical philosopher who uses the medium to express internally consistent and viable ideas about existence in general. Completely in his element, expressing naturally. Thank you.
You know, I struggle with the same thing, because Glenn is more than just a superb piano player. I adore him, of course, and enjoy the ideosynchrosies he was plagued/gifted with. Your small description of him seems very apt to me, well said !!
@LeySun Gould would have agreed with you. He was first and foremost a thinker and re-imaginer of music, and performance (in public at any rate) was not his favorite activity. He once said that one does not play the piano with one's fingers but with one's mind.
@LeySun This is beautifully written. This is an explanation of the proccess of creating art. The personal expression of art is one's personal interpretation of the experience of being alive. Thank you, for your enlightening comment.
Agree, well said. There is a fragment on YouTube where Gould speaks about Richter and the two types of musicians. The first show their command of their instrument, the second convey the music.
@BaronVonLichtenstein The piano didn't exist in Bach's time. There were similar instruments, of course, but there are intricacies and subtleties that are unique to a piano that weren't in, for example, a clavichord. It's more than just playing sheet music, you have to reinterpret the music to a different more expressive instrument.
Shall never listen to goldberg variations by another, Aria Da Capo interpretation is divine, somewhere somehow Bach has said a big thankyou to Gould. and i must thank stevenykevin
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I'm unable to share this to FB !!!! ACK !!!
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#26 blows my mind, so intricate.
silexent 2 months ago
@rmondell I love that Chopin would send his students home if they sounded like him ~ All teachers (and not just music) should strive to be like him. I feel so lucky to have logged on to youtube just now, and found that sometime I subscribe to had favorited this piece. The comments have been a joy to read while listening to this beautiful music.
pattyfromtoledo 4 months ago
Gould makes it look easy...
BizzMarki 4 months ago
Such a Great talent and geniusness
beachbootybum1 5 months ago
And to think that the absolutely stunning quodlibet/variation 30 starting at 4:18, which is a combination of two songs, was intended as a joke! That's just amazing. Can you imagine your family on a Saturday evening, taking turns in instantly combing different melodies just for fun, instead of playing Monopoly or watching tv? The Bach family simply kicked some ***.
nyo267n 5 months ago 8
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Whaaat who said that?? Always been my favorite variation, and the only one I decided to learn myself so far :-)))
Kinjutsuu 1 month ago
I would find it extremely distracting to play without the fallboard in place. I guess not much distracted this master of the keyboard.
jjp009 5 months ago
Am I the only who likes his humming? If you want to hear this without humming, listen to a MIDI file.
fenderbender92 5 months ago
I love Bach, i love Gould, but his humming is sh1t.
Dramiskami 5 months ago
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I know. His humming is really obvious in some of the recordings.
Fracassi1 5 months ago
touching
sofialiao 6 months ago
Thats just incredible music.
awwfulwaafffle 7 months ago
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WHY has he to sing???? This totally ruins the song!
Dramiskami 9 months ago
@Dramiskami You're an idiot. Please drown yourself.
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DariusErrekaAlde 9 months ago
That last shot is so nerve wrecking when you realize Gould died the week this recording was released :S
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i wonder what this guy talks about at parties (HIMSELF)
ginacollecchia 10 months ago
Now THIS scratches the musical itch. Sorry FM radio.
MasterBitting 11 months ago
Just appreciate the music guys. This is a brilliant display of what limited few can play.
DarkSeraph118 11 months ago
wow...wtf is going on here. It's like his fingers are on crack! amazing.
tropicalpimp 11 months ago
23 people don't deservo to live, or worse, don't deserve this Music.
JohnThePetru 11 months ago
the las 4 minutes isstraight out of heaven
liranrok1 11 months ago 8
@liranrok1 I vote for 9 minutes 33 seconds like that :)
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Gould will never be forgotten because he has been immortalized by you tube.
KABRIS1 11 months ago
Absolute mastery.
KABRIS1 11 months ago
Merveilleux génie irremplaçable!!!
aydin84000 1 year ago
¿Tienes una edición del s. XVIII? Si tienes un documento tan antiguo deberías donarlo a una biblioteca, sería una pena que una edición casi original de la música del Maestro entre los Maestros se deteriorase. También te animo a que subas la copia digital a imslp.org/wiki/Página_principal para compartirla con todo el mundo.
Ah, y gracias por comprtir esta soberbia interpretación.
Saludos.
Jarajofife 1 year ago
23 confirmations that humans can live like "Mike the Wonder Chicken"
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uepcaritas 1 year ago
best lullaby ever?
MagicDolphinGO 1 year ago
he is the best omg.. i am into hip hop and stuff.. but this guy is amazing.. i heard other versions no one is accurate like him
cocolipss 1 year ago
Bach's music was so AWESOME you don't even need dynamics! Just play like you're hands weigh ten pounds
jakiner 1 year ago
Thank you Mr. Glenn Gould, and The goldberg variations, Aria moves me deep
and cry every time I listen . I can hear your voice.
Everlasting rest and peace be with you in heaven.
youmikkitube1 1 year ago
Just looked at some of the comments next to this video and it is great so many people love it, but so many people are using it to project their ego. The music and playing of the whole piece - (even though this video seems 'showy' if you are watching and not listening), stresses the importance of contemplation, integrity and honesty. I do find it irritating that comments next to such a thoughtful piece of music display such little reflection on the part of so many of the posters.
RonnyG999 1 year ago
such sick coordination between the hands.
Ianthe22 1 year ago
The great Glenn Gould and his equally famous chair
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a bad interpretation of an overestimated work
thelio1000 1 year ago
@thelio1000 please take into account this was before they made touch-sensitive keys
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@jakiner he is the best omg.. i am into hip hop and stuff.. but this guy is amazing.. i heard other versions no one is accurate like him
cocolipss 1 year ago
Whenever people attach preconceived conceptions to how music should be performed they deprive themselves of appreciating the interpretation,unfortunately, the preconceived notion is how most of the world is run; this is why people flock to conclusions, with little or no regard to consequence or accuracy. Sometimes a person just parrots whatever's been told to them for years , without questioning its validity, or even worth.
KABRIS1 1 year ago
You guys remind me of kids calling the Blair Witch Project "The Scariest Movie EVAARR!!"
Why am I not blown away by this, as good as it is? Pick up "Horowitz Plays Scarlatti" and get a freaking clue before you come down on me.
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KABRIS1 1 year ago
@BaronVonLichtenstein
Ok, you're actually loosing all your credibility saying things like "I've CDs about 30 baroque composers" and putting Cabezon into it...
If you haven't sufficient sensibility to percieve intepretation details nor sufficient respect to say nothing about this, at least don't get angry and try to show us "how much do you know about music" (I saw your video of the improvisation and it shows nothing about music knowledge, only mechanics, exactly what you are criticizing here).
ZekenNekez 1 year ago
@ZekenNekez Cabezon was pre-baroque, so shoot me. I just mentioned the guitar improvisation because the person criticisimg me was a guitarist. The point I've been making is I have more respect for songwriters than trained monkeys like yourself with no imagination.
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Gould will be forgotten in 50 years as will practically any performer. Bach won't. In fact Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, Paganini, could probably all play their music as well as anyone today. The point is, it's THEIR music.
BaronVonLichtenstein 1 year ago
@ZekenNekez Those typing lessons really paid off. You can reinterpret other people's ideas.
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What a tool.
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BaronVonLichtenstein 1 year ago
This is just GOULDEN!
samuraimacisthebest 1 year ago
good gould!
elijohua 1 year ago
I love his interpretation. so clear, beautiful. there's no lies.
tanitity 1 year ago
Glen Gould's interpretations of Bach are simply astonishing. Wonderful.
DaggonX 1 year ago
Gould is an absolute genius...
Koganification 1 year ago 26
@Koganification practice makes perfect.
stephenykevin 1 year ago 13
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ok, thats true, so his genius is patience and ability to spend that time on practising. Practise makes perfect-i agree, but those kind of words should be reserved only for those, who can play it...
pafciopafciopafcio 11 months ago
@stephenykevin wrong, practice makes PROGRESS. :)
BlingMasterFunk 11 months ago 2
Perfect practice makes perfect.
shanemholmquist 11 months ago
@stephenykevin yes but i've heard he rarely practiced as an adult -_-
yumeybaconcutout 11 months ago
@stephenykevin PERFECT practice makes perfect!
run4urmony 8 months ago 3
@stephenykevin Really? Gould often said he rarely practiced the piano... I just think he was a genius
laqttu 4 months ago
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Oh, he practiced, no doubt about that... Just mentally :-) He said he would practice even when not in front of a piano, just by mind. MP - Mental practice
Maybe that explains his extraordinary memory as well!
Kinjutsuu 4 months ago
@Kinjutsuu Yes, that's quite true. Just out of interest, how did he used to practice mentally? Did he imagine, in his mind, sitting at a piano and playing, or was it something more? I'm genuienly fascinated by it :-) Thanks
laqttu 3 months ago
@Koganification he is the best omg.. i am into hip hop and stuff.. but this guy is amazing.. i heard other versions no one is accurate like him
cocolipss 1 year ago
Beautiful - but the sounds he makes spoils it a bit.
Quick81 1 year ago
Mother! What a fellow! God's touch.
bestinterviews 1 year ago 3
The Michael Jordan of the piano.
CamButler 1 year ago
Gould possessed an equal amount of control in both hands.
KABRIS1 1 year ago
@BaronVonLichtenstein-Gould brought us deeper into Bach's mind. Without Gould, no one could show Bach's message to us in these variations in such clarity. Now if that is second rate in your opinion, then let Bach play the variations for us and see if the composer alone is first rate. They are from different fields. Gould is, for me, as with many others, a first rate performer of Bach.
ebnreyes 1 year ago 3
@ebnreyes Absolutely. Without Glenn Gould, we wouldn't be gifted this incredibly unique and wonderful insight into Bach's music. When you ask what has Gould created, I think you're listening to it. He had such a profound understanding of the music and such a deep connection with the composer that these beautiful interpretations are what he created. Also, calling him a great "typist" is somewhat insulting considering he was one of, if not the, most brilliant pianists of the 20th century.
meats0 1 year ago
@meats0 yes, calling gould a typist is sort of like saying that there is no such thing as a performing artist, although bach was probably a great musician as well as composer, i suppose we will never know since he must have destroyed all of his cd's.
are actors not artists? i sort of think the beatles created the modern obsession with the "required " connection with composing and performing.
but even in pop music there need not be that "requirement"
verbenco 1 year ago
@verbenco Completely agree with you. Today's compulsion to make music so performance based is something, personally I find rather annoying. In the sense that I think flashing lights and a loud audience can detract from the music itself. Performance of the music with a little atmosphere created through lighting and what not is a good thing. But when it gets to the point where the performance takes precedent over the music is a problem I think.
VamLoveAndKisses 1 year ago
@BaronWhatever - first of all when you write that Bach was a master of the instrument and Mozart was a virtuoso and then you ask for a proof that Gould was good in what he was doing - come on? The other thing is whether you like this particular interpretation or not, i am ok with that but don't say it is of any objectivity, 'cos it is just ridiculous :) bless u ; Plus - since your judgement is so precisely cruel and informed - well the show is yours :DDD
grzymol 1 year ago
@grzymol I never asked for any such thing, in fact I granted that he is a master performer. I simply said I have more respect for the guy who actually wrote the music. I even conceded that Gould may very well be the best performer of Bach. But as a songwriter I respect creation over recreation. Imagination over performance. Take away Gould, Bach is still Bach. Take away composition and he has nothing to play. Is Gould great? Yes. So are a bunch of 12 year old Asian girls.
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grzymol 1 year ago
@rmondell THIS is one of the truest things I have read on Youtube. :)
Cancrizans 1 year ago
agencja futurologiczna
herbowicz 1 year ago
What year is this from. Que ano estaba de?
Buzaglod 1 year ago
@Buzaglod it is year 1981 (a few months before Glenn Gould's death)
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At 5:50 he restates the first Goldberg Variation. This is one of the most sensitive interpretations of music that I have ever heard.
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KABRIS1 1 year ago
wow, the trill etude is played so fast, the right hand during the first 8 bars is one of my fav parts of all the variations.
yoboss1049 1 year ago
@LeySun
Agree, well said. There is a fragment on YouTube where Gould speaks about Richter and the two types of musicians. The first show their command of their instrument, the second convey the music.
mcrstudio 1 year ago
The extremely demanding technical aspects of this work just aren't a consideration for Glenn. I'm not sure he could play Rachmaninoff as effortlessly as Valentina does though. Her technique is frightening. I would love to hear her play the Goldbergs.
RenoRaider 1 year ago
Gould & Bach. Bach & Gould. Just great!
Borisbakker 1 year ago
It's like climbing the Everest without oxigen, and then resting on top of the world, so close to God. His life is accomplished. Thanks Mr. Gould for your latest present.
portugalete 1 year ago 5
There's an indescribable feeling he exudes after he plays the last chord and his body slumps over, utterly spent
AjaPuppy 1 year ago 3
WHY IS THIS NOT BATMAN
allieversayiswat 1 year ago
Glenn Gould is a true, "artist".
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KABRIS1 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this. It's wonderful to see him play. I have listened to A State of Wonder many, many times, and this adds a lot. By the way his interview on that CD is interesting. This video is a treasure and I am grateful, but why does the camera ever leave his hands!!!??? I believe this was recorded in 1981 and he did not live long after that.
Billy520917 1 year ago
Splendida! No need any explanation, No need any stupid CRITICIZM.
MUSAKOSU 1 year ago
Ich komme immer wieder auf Gould zurück, warum -- ich weiß es nicht wieso ist er so anders alles alle andern die doch auch wunderbar spielen?
aljoscha24 1 year ago
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Aria Da Capo is stupidly slow.
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@Haeronthegreat Wouldn't want it any other way.
Zutroi 1 year ago
@Haeronthegreat To you personally, but not for Gould.
KABRIS1 1 year ago
Thank You, "Stephenykevin"! My mind's melting, hearing this Beauty....
doublefrites 1 year ago
It is what T S Eliot referred to as the: "End of the endless Journey to no end.
Conclusion of all that
Is inconclusible"
Tengooda 1 year ago 3
The only imperfection is that it has to end.
Tengooda 1 year ago 24
@Tengooda the fact that this music end is just an illusion. This music is perfect, perfection is infinite. You can also die but still listen to this music as we're part of this perfection. Bach music is not related to human emotions but to the will of the infinite. Trust me, it doesn't end.
str3123 1 year ago
When I listen (and watch) Gould perform I think of the last lines of Yeats' "Among School Children": "O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,
How can we know the dancer from the dance?"
John
emmapuru 1 year ago 6
relax,descansen mentes inquietas.
tavernario690 1 year ago
Wie so oft endet der Tag mit den Goldberg Variationen. Der Herr Graf Keys. wußte schon was er sich von Goldberg vorspielen lassen soll
aljoscha24 1 year ago
Or ignorance.
KABRIS1 1 year ago
@rmondell: I agree! When an artist reaches this level of technical mastery and expression only jealousy and envy would motivate one to criticize.
KABRIS1 1 year ago 2
The skill is just astonishing. It never gets old. What I would give to be able to bang off 5, 8, 20, 26, etc like that at a party.
silexent 1 year ago
The quodlibet (variation 30) always brings tears to my eyes. It 'says' so much with such economy of effort, and with the comforting familiarity of a well-loved fairy tale.
AlephNeil 1 year ago
conmovedor
inuyashauca 1 year ago
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Gould sucks
BassicStorm 1 year ago
@BassicStorm
yeah just like ur mum
sinancans 1 year ago
Fantastic.
SIRC0L0RS 1 year ago
... 2:15
dfmutant4488 1 year ago
Biological clock !!!.
3intelligents 1 year ago
Good grief. I simply cannot comprehend the superhuman levels of skill that are required to play this music so beautifully and so flawlessly. I am awestruck.
telboy1966manu 1 year ago 4
i think the goldberg variations should be renamed the GOULDberg variations!!!
grahamgraene 1 year ago 34
Magnificent.
LadyHae 1 year ago
amen
thecaricarlitos 1 year ago
Unsurpassed
kobuskoffiedik 1 year ago 2
Awesome work...
Bach, genio entre genios, su música seguirá siempre viva por los siglos de los siglos =)
danielgdecastro 1 year ago
Where does one find fitting words? His soul gushes with a commanding gusto as fingers knit & weave the keys with supple elegance . By aria da capo, the cycle being spent, all he has left is the little child who now, with a private tenderness that almost leads me to blush, shares the only thing that seems to have ever been in his heart- the love that holds us together despite it all.
massmd62 1 year ago 5
excellent!!!!!!!!!!!
bradacturk 1 year ago
What a beauty!
doublefrites 1 year ago
BRAVO!!!!
cindarella1980 1 year ago
probably he had been an alien, lol? outstanding genious!
klausknulp 1 year ago
Bach cures and Glenn Gould heals.
pleasantblue 1 year ago 5
at the end he's like, "im done with life, just played the goldberg variations perfectly from beginning to end."
Haaggus 1 year ago 7
Do you notice that he doesnt use any musical notation of all the goldberg varations. Glenn gould is a master!!!
souris1837 1 year ago 3
I read somewhere that gould was using a Yamaha in this recording.
pedantologist 1 year ago
Model "D" Steinway in this recording. He did use Yamaha earlier in his career.
yodasKameltoe 1 year ago
It's the other way around: he used the yamaha in this recording and the steinway earlier in his career.
meats0 1 year ago
Listening G.Gould is a treat
ytertyu 1 year ago
Listening to CDs, etc., of this man play is a real pleasure. Watching him play is absolutely amazing! I have found a whole new depth of appreciation for his talent and ability. Would that all of his recordings had accompanying video!
Thank you for posting this!
HungryEars 1 year ago 3
I love the way he dies at the end
henrythecrackaddict 1 year ago 3
It's true, it's seem to die and we too indeed.
gdellaporta 1 year ago
Glenn Gould is a genius! this piece looks tough, but very beautiful to listen to :)
tequilajacky23 1 year ago
28th and 29th variations are definitely my favorite.
dtscott13 1 year ago
looks painful to me!
Artemisia494 1 year ago
what is there to say.
DanKreiger 1 year ago
Everything GG does is either very fast or very slow. I love it!
cag7401 1 year ago
...and his hands look SO very young...
composer333 1 year ago
@rmondell
I agree. Thank you!
cag7401 1 year ago
i can, i can, and you too! i agree also with your judgement, but i still convinced that all performance could be criticized, all
something is wonderful in gould, but something , just something, is, in my opinion, wrong, not necessary, out of style
unagondolaunremo 1 year ago
GLEN GOULD IS SHIT HOT
bajae135 1 year ago
why? there is no reason for suspend critical judgment
unagondolaunremo 1 year ago
There is something very depressing about watching him play this. Can't get your soul back after you let it out this much... You can tell this recording was very important to him. He seems relieved.
chaddyfromtheblock 2 years ago 2
alguien podria darme porfavor la partitura de aria da capo?
can someon please hand me over some sheet music for aria da capo?
mulanovich 2 years ago
Awsome! Inspiring!
janejoa 2 years ago
5:48 priceless...
alwaysapimp1 2 years ago 3
@alwaysapimp1
really... He take the core out.
9nefertiti9 1 year ago
I will have to agree totally with that. Its mother natures wonder.
michirichi1 2 years ago
I think Glenn Gould is one of the top 5 pianists of all time, probably THE overall best, if there is such a thing, so I am very cautious in my critique: The passage 4:07 to 4:15 seems somewhat uneven and the rallentando a bit forced for the otherwise very flowing technique of Gould's playing.
hyperseauton 2 years ago
!que placer ver tocar a glenn y la musica que sale del piano es maravillosa.y lo que mas me conmueve es ver como al final de esa increible aria cae como rendido ante la musica que acaba de escuchar, como si estuviera en otro mundo¡ que conexion con la musica en el aria final, parece que sus dedos no tocan el piano¡ eso solo lo puden hacer los que estan conectados con Dios, como Bach. !!!!!Bach por siempre¡¡¡¡
javierpe9103 2 years ago
His career began with the Aria, and so ends with the Aria. But what a Voyage in between. Even now when his hands have been stilled for many years. We cannot help but be drawn to what I consider a true musical Genius. There are many other masters, and will be many more to come. But he has stamped a unique place in musical history. He and Bach together. For ever!
Irshkboy 2 years ago
One of the most enjoyab;e encounters I've ever had with Bach.
And boy does Gould care.
uranrising 2 years ago 3
Awesome. Very moving. I'm not a huge fan of classical music, but The Variations is at the top of my list of favorite recordings. Thanks much to stephenykevin for posting. I've listened many times.
Does anyone know if this is the same performance that went on to the studio CD?
fguy64s 2 years ago
Similar, but I think not the same.
mihajovics 2 years ago
Genius Bach, Glenn the best.
miguelxx09 2 years ago
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miguelxx09 2 years ago
this guy is mad crazy on the piano. this is cool
mos343 2 years ago
nahedh...
That nut's THE genius!
jabberwocky52 2 years ago 2
I agree wholeheartedly. Just quoting George Szell. :)
nahedh 2 years ago
That nut's a genius.
nahedh 2 years ago
Look closely, He is playing the Aria with his eyes closed
Irshkboy 2 years ago 2
Irshkboy: Yes, I noticed that, too. But then again, when you have been playing this music your entire life and this composer is closer to your heart than any other, I guess you can pull off amazing things like that. Maestro Gould had such an affinity for J.S. Bach and it's quite a shame that we can now only wonder how much more he would have given us if he had lived a full life.
jjp009 2 years ago
PS I can't believe he played this entire cycle with the fallboard removed from the piano! That would have distracted me so much watching the keys underneath the action.
jjp009 2 years ago
Glenn Gould,Grossmeister Aller Zeiten
The winds have blown
The Years have past
Wie weet waarheen de wolken dwalen
markus267 2 years ago
I've been struggling for a long time with the question what to call Glenn Gould. His grasp of the meaning and means of the music he plays, when playing Bach, is so complete and natural he might as well have written it, so he is not a performing musician as such. I have finally decided to think of him as a musical philosopher who uses the medium to express internally consistent and viable ideas about existence in general. Completely in his element, expressing naturally. Thank you.
LeySun 2 years ago 44
@LeySun beautiful, insightful comment
MikeInBeantown 2 years ago
You know, I struggle with the same thing, because Glenn is more than just a superb piano player. I adore him, of course, and enjoy the ideosynchrosies he was plagued/gifted with. Your small description of him seems very apt to me, well said !!
sprygeoffreya17 2 years ago 2
I've heard him described as a recreative genius.
RenoRaider 2 years ago
@LeySun great comment!
micheldvorsky 1 year ago
@LeySun that conclusion will certainly "wow" them at the next meeting of the "over-educated shithead" club.
Just kidding. penetrating insight. :-)
TadRapidly 1 year ago
@LeySun Gould would have agreed with you. He was first and foremost a thinker and re-imaginer of music, and performance (in public at any rate) was not his favorite activity. He once said that one does not play the piano with one's fingers but with one's mind.
Tyronethe24th 1 year ago 3
@LeySun beautifully said.
mackinnon4eva 1 year ago
@LeySun This is beautifully written. This is an explanation of the proccess of creating art. The personal expression of art is one's personal interpretation of the experience of being alive. Thank you, for your enlightening comment.
KABRIS1 1 year ago
@LeySun jajajja .. ;)
stephenykevin 1 year ago
@LeySun
Agree, well said. There is a fragment on YouTube where Gould speaks about Richter and the two types of musicians. The first show their command of their instrument, the second convey the music.
mcrstudio 1 year ago
@LeySun I call him a musician. He's playing the piano, not reinventing space time. Yes, he's excellent at recreating other peoples work.
BaronVonLichtenstein 1 year ago
@BaronVonLichtenstein The piano didn't exist in Bach's time. There were similar instruments, of course, but there are intricacies and subtleties that are unique to a piano that weren't in, for example, a clavichord. It's more than just playing sheet music, you have to reinterpret the music to a different more expressive instrument.
Shagua76 1 year ago