Glenn Gould

[jarosemann1228]

can you say technic AND dexterity?

[microdot]

curious as to why some one would even bother to click the dislike button...

dyslexia?

[jumblejimble]

2 people suck at piano

[CD318]

Peerless.

[s8k8a8t8e8b8o8a8r8d8]

que numero de catalogo es

[duquesne123456789]

I almost had to change my shorts the first time I heard this

[FeuVache]

I actually had to, lol!

[LucyBlue45]

Amazing!!

[jurrius]

im sorry i just dont see what everybody likes so much about this guy...he is the biggest bach rapist ever! there are some grieg recordings by him that are superb, but outside of those he is a blasphemist! listen to bach by perahia, argerich or ivo janssen instead

[Frederikamusic]

what the hell are you talking about ? Glenn Gould was a genius and so are all his recordings. Listen to La valse from Ravel, played by gould. a masterpiece.

[kepler101]

jurrius has bad taste and is a troll

[victrolux]

i could do that.

[morekew]

The Master.

[spiritphage]

he is god

[beckonthethaw]

Love the way the description just says 'Gould'. THAT'S RIGHT. WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW TO REALISE WHAT AWESOMENESS YOU'RE ABOUT TO WITNESS?

[MilitantScience]

BWV 988/variation 4 - perfect!

Would love it if the whole thing was posted.....hint....hint....hin­t???????

[fravaglio]

it's the 5th !

[BrassTeacher]

If you guys haven't heard the recording of this he made back in 1955, when he was just 25 years old, find it! Same touch, musicality, but some of the variations (such as this one) are almost twice as fast!

[inferrno1989]

That is just perfect! How does he even do it?

[jacarandaxia]

I wish I could just finish one of those 32 variations! Any idea on how to play this variation? Cheers. How to solve the hand overlapping problem?

[brianmurphy21]

well, none of us can ever play it like Gould did. No one ever will, but I suggest lots of practice with a metronome. Also sit low, and keep your wrists low, so the changing hand can pass over the playing hand more easily. I played the goldberg variations at a recital once several years ago. Didn't play it like this, but I find if you sit low and a bit farther away from the keys than normal the hand-over-hands are a bit easier. Just a thought. Good luck and keep working at it!

[animalmother1065]

anyone know the exact name if this piece?

[elpeludoStan]

The 5th variation of the Goldberg Variations by Bach. An extract from Gould's 1981 recording of the work.

[ArbiterElegantium]

Quel interprète!

Je peux comprendre ceux qui ne vois dans Gould qu'une "sorte de machine" (et je cite!si si!)

mais...Il est sublime!

Ses interprétations de Bach sont pertinentes et fidèles à l'écriture...

La musique de Bach est difficile à "écouter",elle demande une oreille pour en saisir toute les subtilités (fugue à 16 voix),et somme toute un esprit mathématique.

Et donc à mon sens on retrouve tout ce qui fait le parfait interprète de Bach chez Gould,alors je dis merci,et chapeau bas.

[megasanaii]

PERFECT PHRASING!!! look at how gentle was his last touch!!! WOW!!!

[arredifestivi]

genio.

[beethoven4ever]

if we had more people like him there wouldn't be a reason to make war...

[kdorts824]

The Germans had the reputation for being amazing musicians before WWII. They "made" (as you so elegantly put it) war anyway.

[beethoven4ever]

Then their musicians either weren't "like him" or weren't "enough"! :)

[KitakLaw]

that's a hard call, cuz composers like Bach, Handel and Beethoven all came from Germany :)

[oranges741]

you suck

[overainbows]

Unbelieveble that someone can play liked this!!! And his interpretations aren't just virtuous! They have something else!

[manuelmetalhead]

he is the best! he memorized all the Well Temperated Clavier at age of 10!

[marcosdelapinta]

where does he find the time to practice so much??

I'm shure he started really young.

Did he even go to school?

[DanSandwich]

He started to play the piano when he was 3.

He learned to read music before he could read words!

He dropped out of school in the 10th grade

[kschde]

He startet practising when he was in his mothers tummy. His mother said, she did excercises for him when she was pregnant!

Really!!!

[emilovius]

Too bad it's not in sync.

Thanks anyway.

[yuzu1009]

My goodness, look at them go!

The best never dies.

[Chopin1986]

That's Glenn Gould...

I just love his art of play...

[DanSandwich]

Why did you start just at the end of VAriation 4?

[yuzu1009]

Although this clip is not the entire thing, it is probably done this way in order to preserve the sense of continuity which I hear Glenn had intended for this entire Goldberg Variations.

As if passing a baton from the previous piece to the next, this was done the same way to see the continuity from 4 to 5.

[faraz1729]

It's a scene ripped from his Goldberg Variations DVD. That chapter that the user ripped starts out like that.

[ChojiUmi]

The beauty is in his freedom. He can play what he wants, how he wants, however difficult that may be... his accuracy is 100%, his speed is unbelievable, and its absolutely beautiful... magnificent.

[gorgiak]

piano & artist, one thing. Over them, the Music of supreme Bach.

[madbubbin]

i dont play the piano but i know that guy has serious chops

[Megadeth88]

love the humming!

[Laurent57777]

what is it ? bach ?

that's amazing

[gordonf238]

yes it's Bach. no.5 from Goldberg Variations

[theclash4]

Wonderful.