A few days ago I was at CD shop and I found goldberg variations played by Glenn Gould I was absolute delighted! but then I heard a girl with his boyfriend talking about Paganini "bla bla bla" (violinist boring stuff)!! She grabbed the same CD I had and started saying Gould? who is this another amateur??! I thought to me what a b**** It's like saying Heifetz is piece of...
@basjo1987 Count on the fanatics to pop in any post involving something great. Can't you just leave something to the person who is actually responsible for it? Or is it inconceivable to you that anything great could exist unless God was directly involved in its creation?
Ohh thanks for uploading this one again, have been looking for this for ages after it was deleted the last time. Can listen to this over and over, always something new to discover.
if you look at the way the hands have to deal with this fugue, you'll notice how Bach payed no attention at all to how these pieces could be played on a keyboard. Some of the fugues are barely playable at all, not through technical difficulty but just the sheer abstract nature of the music, as though he thought of a fugue in his head and wrote it down on paper. Instrumental considerations would have been a bar to his ideas.
@chrish12345 You're right that this is not natural on the piano, but Art of Fugue wasn't written specifically for a keyboard instrument. The original manuscript contains several staves for each individual voice, and pianists have made transcriptions. His fugues written specifically for keyboard fit the hands a lot better.
@portablesage I think you'll find on the contrary that practically every scholar and musicologist that has written about Art of Fugue has been of the mind that it falls VERY naturally under the hands, and therefore was probably written with the keyboard in mind. Having played it I agree.
@jezmuff I agree too, that it falls under the hands naturally. However it would probably be best to assume that Bach's aim in composing this masterpiece was little concerned with what kind of instrumentation it would be performed by, thus such details are not specified. The most likely reasons for it falling naturally under a keyboards fingers are as follows:
1. If someone wanted to perform it on keyboard, it would be possible. Bach probably hoped that students would benefit from (continued)
@Terrdemarzielle >> continued) studying and performing the piece on keyboard, much in the same way as the well tempered clavier, or any other of his keyboard works. (perhaps this is all you meant by 'keyboard in mind'.)
2. He most likely composed the piece at a clavier.
Anyway, I'm sure you were quite aware of this anyway :)
I get so fascinated with Glenn's hands.. They're so beautiful to watch, and listen to, needless to say.
Nammedit 2 days ago
amazing and immortal Glen!!
Primalanski 5 days ago
It's impossible to comment on this masterpiece. Just silence.
canpacor 6 days ago
@caddencadden, That's very true, since the assumption is false.
Jormungandr0246 1 week ago
A few days ago I was at CD shop and I found goldberg variations played by Glenn Gould I was absolute delighted! but then I heard a girl with his boyfriend talking about Paganini "bla bla bla" (violinist boring stuff)!! She grabbed the same CD I had and started saying Gould? who is this another amateur??! I thought to me what a b**** It's like saying Heifetz is piece of...
Tr0jan1337 1 month ago
That happens to me too !!! Thank you so much for uploading it.
Haciaelsilencio 1 month ago
If bach was alive when glenn gould was, he would make glenn gould look like a complete novice.
caddencadden 2 months ago
@caddencadden yeah, but Bach ISN'T around any more, so we have to do the best we can (and with Glenn Gould, that's pretty darn good)
Pretendkid 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
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Or maybe he'd be impressed and write the gould variations.
Luminar007 2 months ago 3
@Luminar007 Why write the gould variations when he could write the Bach variations.
lol
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 1 month ago
Come la musica scorre...
mirrors1 2 months ago
GOD=GG
adepol78 3 months ago
This dude rocks! I like his singing all the time he plays))). He is given in the music!
takappar 3 months ago
GOD must be having a good time with glen right now!!!
eloyhbermudez 3 months ago
@eloyhbermudez Glenn did recieve his gifts from God; If Gould truly believed in Jesus Christ, then he is having a good time.
basjo1987 3 months ago
@basjo1987 Count on the fanatics to pop in any post involving something great. Can't you just leave something to the person who is actually responsible for it? Or is it inconceivable to you that anything great could exist unless God was directly involved in its creation?
jezmuff 3 months ago
@jezmuff I have a strange feeling Bach himself would disagree with you...
MortiCarthago 3 months ago
@MortiCarthago true. bach was pretty damn religious :P.
MrJrd2014 2 months ago
@jezmuff Gould himself didn't really believe too much in a God, I think music was his god in a sense.
Bach on the other hand was very religious and even stated that his abilities were given him from God.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 1 month ago
@jezmuff well said!
aaaarghgl 6 days ago
You can't do anything else then love his chair, and his charming humming.
Without the humming, it's not the same... Hate when they remove the humming from the CD's...
Sigmundps 3 months ago
Effectively it's a jewel...
JEANVIPERE 4 months ago
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Is there in music anything comparable to this gem? Yes, only Contrapunctus I, VIII, IX, XI and XIV from the same opus magnum.
vinciano 4 months ago
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vinciano 4 months ago
I never comment on Youtube. I don't usually get sentimental. But,
I wish, wish, WISH I could play like Glenn. To play all those independent voices so clearly and musically is truly AMAZING.
Buddyronny 5 months ago 3
I love watching his hands play.
RemovdSande11 6 months ago
Marvelous composition.
ArsensMusic 6 months ago
Now, this is the mature Gould, with all his insight into all the part writing!
dersiano 7 months ago 3
Great! I love this fugue with Glenn Gould!
Veldionar 7 months ago
Sheer genius!
What an inspiring performance!
pila406 1 year ago
Sheer genius!
What an inspiring performance!
pila406 1 year ago
You're most welcome. Yes, always something new to discover. I hope to post my own recording soon.
pianogus 1 year ago
Ohh thanks for uploading this one again, have been looking for this for ages after it was deleted the last time. Can listen to this over and over, always something new to discover.
ThePhiloshippos 1 year ago
hands so fast, mind so clear
5hawnK3lly 1 year ago
amazing, im addicted to this song
theJoebear1 1 year ago
if you look at the way the hands have to deal with this fugue, you'll notice how Bach payed no attention at all to how these pieces could be played on a keyboard. Some of the fugues are barely playable at all, not through technical difficulty but just the sheer abstract nature of the music, as though he thought of a fugue in his head and wrote it down on paper. Instrumental considerations would have been a bar to his ideas.
chrish12345 1 year ago
@chrish12345 You're right that this is not natural on the piano, but Art of Fugue wasn't written specifically for a keyboard instrument. The original manuscript contains several staves for each individual voice, and pianists have made transcriptions. His fugues written specifically for keyboard fit the hands a lot better.
portablesage 1 year ago
@portablesage I think you'll find on the contrary that practically every scholar and musicologist that has written about Art of Fugue has been of the mind that it falls VERY naturally under the hands, and therefore was probably written with the keyboard in mind. Having played it I agree.
jezmuff 10 months ago
@jezmuff I agree too, that it falls under the hands naturally. However it would probably be best to assume that Bach's aim in composing this masterpiece was little concerned with what kind of instrumentation it would be performed by, thus such details are not specified. The most likely reasons for it falling naturally under a keyboards fingers are as follows:
1. If someone wanted to perform it on keyboard, it would be possible. Bach probably hoped that students would benefit from (continued)
Terrdemarzielle 8 months ago
@Terrdemarzielle >> continued) studying and performing the piece on keyboard, much in the same way as the well tempered clavier, or any other of his keyboard works. (perhaps this is all you meant by 'keyboard in mind'.)
2. He most likely composed the piece at a clavier.
Anyway, I'm sure you were quite aware of this anyway :)
Terrdemarzielle 8 months ago
@chrish12345
Bach is known to have done quite a bit of that with works that where intended for actual performance by a specific instrument!
gr0mithtimon 1 year ago