Gould: Bach Prelude & Fugue No 20 in A minor

[alioshabrasil]

AWSOME!!!!!

[BrantFortunate]

my fav fugue :)

[SpringInTheSchool]

Um,....I can hear a humming voice in the loud piano sound, which may be Gould's voice....

Quite enjoying, huh?

[spamster21]

Not quite atonal, but chromatic. Nevertheless a departure from the traditional tonal harmonies. Bach was way ahead of his time. I wish I could have seen the reaction of the elder church members upon hearing the teenage Bach ripping through some of his very progressive organ works. It probably took a couple of centuries to stop shaking their heads...

[toogoodbw]

@spamster21 This piece has chromaticism but it is not chromatic. It is most certainly diatonic and in A minor. Chromaticism is a developmental and diversification element to fugue.

[pila406]

@HerlockSholmes123 Nah, not only...It is how the voices sing and move. The structure of the sentences, the articulation, the soul.

[abandeli]

I think Glenn Gould brings a different approach to Bach's music. I just like to imagine what Bach would say if he could see his works played by Gould in a Steinway. He would probably find a new dimension in his own music that he himself could never dream. 

[Jonahman10]

Gould Is Golden.

[chobeethaninov]

You can never go wrong with listening to Gould play Bach....

[jsanders841]

This piece always makes me feel kinda sideways..not really in a good way. I love it, but this would be played perpetually in my Hell.

[JacobRudduck]

@jsanders841 I know what you mean, I think it's because it sounds a little...atonal and "off"? The perceived dissonance makes one feel rather uncomfortable.

[outsider950]

bach jazz! glenn, I love you

[liam9895]

is that him humming in the background?

[SailingScore]

@liam9895 Yes it is.

[yumeybaconcutout]

@jayliew1 this bach guy? while you may not be as familiar as most should be with him, you're correct about him being a genius



[LiudvikasP]

fantastic . I think everyone can start learn this piece from wathing Gould's performance.

[Kneenibble]

How did such a piece of beauty attract such a dank smear of ugly comments?

Bach + Gould = sublime

[KABRIS1]

@Kneenibble The people that make the comments are ugly inside, otherwise they

would appreciate the great artistry that exists in the collaboration of composer and interpreter that we are hearing here. This is mathematical and asthetic perfection.

[hohohee1]

am i hearing someone singing along with this song ??

[KatieJoyV]

@hohohee1 Glenn Gould sang along while he played. You can hear him in most of the recordings of him playing.

[nicecoolstuff13579]

@turtlesondown,

Sorry! I was supposed to write glenn gould where I wrote Bach, but I was thinking about Bach. You are right that Bach died in 1750. :)

[nicecoolstuff13579]

Bach also loved writing, broadcasting, composing, and conducting. He was a genius.

His last public performance was April 10, 1964. He died October 4, 1982. He was only 50.

[turtlesondown]

@nicecoolstuff13579

Bach died in 1750, think before you speak.

[cedricrlongreen]

amazing, I especially love the fugue I'm definitely learning this piece next. Right after I revive Jeux D'eau lol

[amccann7]

pure genius...such precise articulation...who could ever top Gould's piano interpretations of Bach?

[MFRedeemerp2]

12 tone in the beginning

[jessii0510]

@dyl479 pssh. im not gay-of course i know. but like the left hand is somewhat softer.

[712Stephen]

@jessii0510 Oh great, a homophobe.

[baseket2ball12]

@712Stephen oh great, a liberal ass queer lover

[712Stephen]

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[baseket2ball12]

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[NLR884evr]

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[baseket2ball12]

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[NLR884evr]

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[baseket2ball12]

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[NLR884evr]

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[baseket2ball12]

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[NLR884evr]

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[baseket2ball12]

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[NLR884evr]

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[NLR884evr]

@baseket2ball12 You're an inbred American hillbilly who voted George W Bush into office like an idiot, yes?

[jessii0510]

why are the subject lines not clear in the prelude?

[alb84guitar]

The beginning of the fugue recalls the And with his stripes chorus in Handel's Messiah... since the Messiah dates 1942 and the WTK2 dates 1944 probably Handel had influenced not only Mozart's Kyrie but also Bach!!!

[caribooho]

amazing. never heard this one before. it has a weird, almost jazzy quality to it. can't stop listening.

[dtscott13]

The fugue is absolutley amazing.

[Oogliscublidooby]

wow

[ivelosthewilltolive]

There aren't many pianists who can take the fugue that fast, with every note crystal clear and each of the voices an independent statement. Come to think of it he may be the only one. But why does he not respect the Picardy third at the end?

[Oogliscublidooby]

my teacher told me that the Picardy is unnecessary and doesnt sound as good

[bachlva]

It is necessary because it is written that way.

[nadavnaz2]

Fugue: 2:17

[gasparperalta]

es triste el preludio...

[mikeslash]

every note a perfect tone

no one plays like him

a true genius

[stagesix6]

i love the whisperings...

[DuncanDonuts3]

that last minor ascending sprang from the totality of the prior like the tree of life springing in the midst of the garden of Eden..rising heavenward eternally...

[komotini1990]

an 'early-romantic' piece of Bach

[morinoroba]

thank　you　☆☆☆☆☆

[edziomy]

Far better than Richter's interpretation. Feel the swing.

[kentokhromatic]

I agree, these more "radical", rhythmic fugues in the second book are better suited for a less conservative interpreter like Glenn Gould.

[osiriscorr]

Thanks

[Amamkoncahuanquichu]

is Bach considered contemporary? This actually sounds like jazz to me. Like when Bud Powell plays Bach, but much better.

[hughaanderson]

Have you heard the Jacques Loussier trio? Suggest you look into it!

[seasmucker]

i second that. they're great fun.

[ahz123]

This is very bach-y. However it is also very different than normal. Maybe one of you music-heads will explain what's going on here.

Use small words.

[igorpdx]

Watch Russian Journey- Glenn Gould to find out. It's on youtube.

[Terrdemarzielle]

The prelude is quite striking because of the amount of chromaticism (i.e semi-tones) which almost serves as a kind of theme for the whole prelude.

[kepler101]

there are a number of pieces in the well tempered clavier that have chromatic properties, both books 1 and 2

[steve03au]

Fugue is wonderful, but the prelude should be more legato perhaps.

[Tomcatfalsto]

When you post your rendition of it up, hopefully it'll be more legato, then. XD

[steve03au]

I won't sing along, promise...

[nadavnaz2]

Ahh sublime.......

[SnappleProductions]

he's master at playing Bach 0_o

[LemonPie17]

omg the prelude sounds almost neoclassical, like shostakovich or something. But I like it though :)

[jack6626]

Only Angela Hewitt(another Canadian ) is in Glens league, Other than Angela i rec ommend Edwin Fisher or Frederic Gulda. Schiff is too delicate.

[soami2u]

Have you heard Murray Perahia's English Suites? Fabulous!! I actually prefer Angela Hewitt's Bach to Glenn Gould's. It has such a healthiness about it, and character and a joyfulness without eccentricity. Certainly Edwin Fischer's Bach is as different as night and day from Glenn Gould's. Fischer's Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue is my model for the piece.

[littlemunchkinxx]

I'm playing this atm and I love the way he plays the Fugue :)

Got to keep practicing!

[dada200]

great

[AirandSun80]

Gould was an incredible talent.

[piotraap]

This is what I have to play now for an exam x_x It's killing me, but I do it because I like it.

[pfbinh]

the fugue makes me smile.

[ctimur]

These are my favorite in all Bach history.

[NGS712]

Also does anyone know of any other good Gould recordings on YT?

[NGS712]

It's odd hearing Bach on a piano, but I like the sound.

[lovesGenet]

Schiff 's Bach does something as special for me.Gulda too Im beginning to c more everyday. amazing spirit this man found a way to make this music fit in with 60's Amazing. we all long for symmetry but there r ways than Bach gives us complete anarchy this fugue places in the masses , choral works.Will always be a miracle to my lazy brain that will not analyze Bach or Webern the other god chez moi!

[etude12]

I love the way he gets into it and hums lightly! he did it in his Goldberg variations, too.

[Sakow91]

The Fugue is played too fast...

[etude12]

Nah! He gets away with it! I personally like to enjoy all the notes, but I may be wrong...

[luxOculta]

Amazing.

So fan of Gould.

Keep it comin'! :)

[0OoFACUoO0]

Glenn Gould knew how to play Bach

[flute1982]

upload more Glenn Gould.

[piaNOwarist]

please!

and thank you for all your posts!

peace from japan, eLi G.