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  • art of sound unbeliveble this is the difference for great artist(gould)and the rest of the world of pianist "machine"lisista yundi li, etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc

  • I feel happy to live in the same period with Gould.

  • @frogpitt This piano is in C minor, not D minor.

  • Not very gould, good in this Beethoven !!!

  • Not very good, Gould in This Beethoven!!!

  • very interesting indeed, thanks a million for uploading!

    i agree with goggyli, the piano sounds amazing. if this is the recording that gould made for columbia in 1956, then it's definitely a steinway.

    as much as i love glenn gould, beethoven without the affection just isn't really beethoven... :) seems to me gould's somber, non-sentimental interpretation, while elsewhere so refreshing, don't really do this wonderfully dramatic piece justice. schnabel's take, though... transcendental!

  • I think this rendition comes close to what you feel when reading Thomas Mann's description of the piano sonata 32 in his novel "Dr. Faustus".

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  • For me this is the best piece of music played by the best pianist i've ever heard. Thx for uploading it.

  • my god, whats the piano firm? what a sound!

  • Thanks for posting--I was curious to see what Glenn would do with this masterpiece. My faves for 111 are of course Schnabel (the universe comes to a halt while he's playing) and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (absolute technical perfection and fine musicianship). I'm not sure I agree with Glenn's tempos in the 3rd and 4th variations and I thought he used too much rubato in the early measures of the last variation. But a very interesting rendition.

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