The piety of Glenn GOULD

[CaptainBluebear08]

harpsipiano + countertenor

love it. glenn forever  : D

[laqttu]

Very nice, although technically speaking Bach wasn't Gould's favourite composer... But still a very nice video.

[myyak18t]

astonishing...

[IpsaPaphum]

Bach and Dufay are the two most respected denizens of Musical Heaven. Don't ask me how I know.

[freshhh1994]

is that a castrati?

[IpsaPaphum]

@freshhh1994 No, it's not a castrato. They've gone out of vogue :) It's a counter-tenor, which means that he has a normal speaking voice but he sings with a falsetto.

[Ettoredipugnar]

@freshhh1994 Very high english/canadian tenor.

[spinoza1111]

Please don't use the word "piety" in reference to Glenn Gould.

[ReneArtoisJR]

On Mozart . . . A little quote from Glenn Gould:

" It wasn't that Mozart died too soon . . . it was that he didn't die soon enough ".

[FutureAbe]

@ReneArtoisJR could you, or someone else, please elaborate on that quote?

[halogenfox]

@ReneArtoisJR Couldn't agree more with THAT quote!

[savemyplaylist]

1:09 Bitch voice

[iguarni]

No words to describe this incredible marvel!!!!!!

[chopinandliszt]

Glenn Gould NEVER thought Bach was the greatest. He insisted that the obscure Orlando Gibbons was the greatest composer of all time.

[AlainNaigeon]

@chopinandliszt Obscure ?? To whom ?

[charmingemily]

omg is this Oberlin the founder of oberlin?

[meats0]

Actually, he mentioned once in an interview with Bruno Monsaingeon that his favorite composer was in fact Orlando Gibbons.

[tommy9882]

yea i remember

[theblackpiano]

what bach piece is this?

[formenlehre]

@theblackpiano Cantata BWV 54 I

[trevjr]

Wow, teasing us with this snippet. Very beautiful,thank you.

[renanludy]

This version if the Cantata bwv 54 is the most beautiful that I've ever heard.

[Gfel1]

Very nice, thanks for posting.

[vlightning]

the singer isn't a castrati, he's a counter tenor, a male alto.

[jonaton13]

so much beauty,Bach played by Glenn Gould...The ultimate performance

[torysj]

His real favourite composer was in fact Orlando Gibbons.

[SixthTreeAtNoon]

dude he just said who his favorite was. favorites change with moods. so at that time he felt closer to bach.

[torysj]

SixthTreeAtNoon: He did not just say who his favourite composer was. The only thing he said is that Bach was the reason he became a musician.

In one interview with Gould he said his favourite composer was Gibbons, because Gibbons' music could touch him more than any other music. But he also mentioned Bach was more important to him when it came to technique.

[chopinandliszt]

can anybody explain why he thought "Mozart was a bad composer who died too late?" Beethoven, Haydn, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and other Mozart-admirers would have laughed and spat on his face.

[formenlehre]

I think Gould just liked to get a reaction out of people.

[phredbhang]

Let's just say that Bach is considered the greatest composer EVER for good reason. He singly originated a such a vast quantity of music of such richness, complexity, and beauty that he has not been matched. Mozart is good, but compared to the grandeur of Bach he's just pissing in the wind, whereas Bach IS the wind, the moon, the stars, and earth and the entire universe singing all at once in perfect harmony. Compared to Bach, Mozart looks rather quaint.

[chopinandliszt]

so, that justifies his statement that Mozart was a bad, overrated composer who died too late. Imagine yourself dying at 35.

Music is not all about comparing between composers. Mozart greatly admired Bach, received a lot of influence from him, but one mustn't forget Mozart also influenced future composers, like Hummel, Schumann, Beethoven, Chopin.

Are you suggesting Gould was so talented he had the right to say things only geniuses like Bach was allowed to?

I don't get your point.

[chopinandliszt]

Everything you said of Bach, could be said of Mozart' late symphonies, especially Jupiter. As many people say, art is largely subjective. Why don't you actually discuss something meaningful, like the significance of Bach's individual works, rather than repeating those similes, generalized comparisons, which are very unoriginal and said/heard everywhere . You're only trying to force us to decide Bach's the greatest. Indeed he was great, but I don't like how you "simply say we all must follow"

[claus93Sethsen]

Haha best explanation I've read so far!

[545RealMadrid]

@phredbhang

lol you just look like a freaking retard, you seem unaware to marke Mozart music's richness and complexity or what ? Please, quit bullshitting...

[luke9o]

hsi favorite composer was always bach