This player is playing with fine harpsichord technique, it is more about the silence inbetween the notes that allow for accents and shape of phrases and how they approach fermatas phrases just simply cannot be shaped the same way as they can on a piano
speaking as a well trained classical pianist and an amateur harpsichord player I can say that there is a massive difference between the two instruments and the quality of tone obtained by touch when playing the piano simply can not be done on a harpsichord the very mechanics of a harpsichord doesn't allow for the same musicality a piano does. Harpsichord technique is much different from piano and the extraneous noise is expected.
speaking as a well trained classical pianist and an amateur harpsichord player I can say that there is a massive difference between the two instruments and the quality of tone obtained by touch when playing the piano simply can not be done on a harpsichord the very mechanics of a harpsichord doesn't allow for the same musicality a piano does. Harpsichord technique is much different from piano and the extraneous noise is expected.
@caddencadden Bach's most technically difficult playing frightened the best keyboardists of his time. Glenn had a similar effect when he was at this peak, so maybe they're not too far apart? Obviously impossible to tell since we'll never hear Bach's playing.
I will tell something, and is that I closed my eyes to concentrate on this music, and this made my mind to flly like into a dream, but note that Im not tired, I didnt realize that the music stopped until I opened again my eyes and realized that there was silence, and I felt lost because I didnt know what happened to my reality after this, its simply amazing, like dreaming awake.
@FiddlerAdam I am an advanced musician, and composer, I am more talented than you, I did not say the harpsichord played loud and soft, I said you need to play hard and confident on a harpsichord, and I did not mention playing lightly in regards to weather the harpsichord can play dynamics, you are a fucking retard, you fucking dont understand what im taking about, stay out of this if you are just going to be another stupid asshole,
@FiddlerAdam You have no idea what we were talking about. I know you cant play dynamics on harpsichord. @Haruyuki said "The harpsichord requires much lighter touch than a piano," That is not true, a harpsichord requires more effort to get the the bottom of the keyboard , if you use a lighter touch than playing a piano, you wont hear a thing, you need to hit the keys of a harpsichord with pressure and confidence, it you play lightly the key will go down but the strings will not be plucked,
In his later years, Gould played the fugue much slower and subtle. This fugue is played much faster and it is played in a similar manner like his early recording.
can someone explain the split layer to me? I see the top keys moving when he plays the bottom keys but not vice versa. Are they in the same octave? very confused lol
@run4urmony Yes ... the lower keyboard is actually playing two notes ... an octave ..... for each single key sounded. The upper keyboard plays only one note .... the higher of the octave. Which is why the upper register seems so much thinner and sparse.
If you look at music composed for the harpsichord it has no crescendo or phrasing marks ... ( in the original) ... simple the P ( piano) ) and the F (forte) ... which indicated upper and lower keyboards.
Of course Glenn was usually using piano touch, and i recognize his bony littl'fingers walking on other strings or wind instruments (like the organ)and i don't disagree : only the purists kind may reproach something different than usual touch or sound and want GG to be only a pianist who would need perfecting on other instruments !!
Glenn's rhythm is impeccable, but Bach is more than just perfect rhythm. I respect Glenn Gould a LOT but after many years of listening to him, I realize now that he is a little too mechanical in his method. If you don't know Bach it is difficult to detect because Glenn's playing is flawless (technically speaking). But...there really is a great deal of softness and even humor to Bach.
Gould chose the Wittmayer because it sounds closer to the piano than most harpsichords. I've heard he called it "the harpsichord for people who hate the harpsichord."
I read somewhere He made these or this harsichord recording(s) beacause movers dropped his beloved Steinway CD318 and very badly damaged it. Horrible time in Glenn's life i think.
@ShermanVanilla He used the "buff stop" or, "lute stop" on the harpsichord's upper manual. This means when you move a little knob it adds a damper to the string, creating this sound. This harpsichord seems to have a heavy damper, some are less weighted giving them a less banjo sound and a more "lute" sound. Hope that makes sense :)
@funincluded Hi! Mr Gould is singing the subject along with his performance. Tis the way he keeps focused when there are more four voices sounding at once! :)
It is a Wittmayer harpsichord, I think with six-seven pedals. A harpsichord of the so-called "revivalist period". Nothing comparable with harpsichords inspired on historical copies (Mietke, Hemsch, Taskin...).
@gianm73yout It looks like a cheap "kit" harpsichord...doesn't have a very good sound in my opinion either...I have played on harpsichords that sound much better than this...I'd like to know why they gave him such a bad instrument to perform on.
...Excerpt Fr/ My Poem "Ode To GG"... ~ His hands! I must speak of his hands... The long, slender well-manicured fingers... Each sparking a 'supply of energy all it's own'... They were capable of so much magic... More than any magician's have ever wrought! Ah yes, they were so important to him... And to the world of music, and now... Down through invisible halls of time, to me! When they play, the world seems to stop... And I am being visited by the angels... For that while. ~
@MrKALODIA How would you like to see someone's comment stating, under what might even be a favorite video of yours, that you're enjoying of Richter's (or Gilels, Lipatti, Rubinstein, Horowitz, etc.) saying this in a curt, rude & offhanded manner:
~ "I don't like Richter (or the others) Overrated!" ~ That to me is just disrespectful of other people's opinion, & really, when I read that, all I could think was if you "don't like Gould then stay away from his videos"! How dare you! WE LIKE HIM!
@MrKALODIA Then what are you doing in here? GG was just one of the best (if not THE best) pianists of the 20th century! When you state that "you don't like Gould" & he is "overrated" -- you are telling everyone a lot about yourself, you know! (1) You are too ignorant about music in general (2) And too ignorant about what it takes to play the piano in particular (3) Perhaps you are just prone to judge too harshly (of any1 & every1)! If you can't appreciate GG there may not be any hope 4 U!
@DesertAnnie I think people should be allowed to say they don't like a musician, and he's overrated. Gould was a decent pianist, but I don't like how they have statues of him here in Canada, his belongings, such as his boots, gloves are treasured in the National Library of Canada. I feel that he gets more recognition, praise than he deserves. Have you listened to him butchering the Chopin sonata? He's too egotistical, he doesn't really uphold Chopin's intentions.
@Superstarrockmetal For a Canadian, your opinions of Glenn Gould are what I would say, almost "unpatriotic" to GG's memory! When I read about, & think about the long hours of work he put in from boyhood, on thru his teen years, to adulthood; honing his talent & memorizing EVERY PIECE HE EVER PLAYED, etc. I want to weep, for those things alone! I am in awe & hold him in reverence! How could you not? The man was so great at what he did, how can you & some others not 'get it' is beyond me! (CONT):
@Superstar The blasé way you off-handedly disregard GG's talent & u'r so 'ready' to be judgmental even to the point of calling him 'too egotistical' & your resentment of Canada's homagé to him; the statues, etc. make me cringe! I think you're letting yourself miss a lot by, instead of being a proud Canadian of one of your "country's finest sons" your thinking is perhaps clouded by envy & small mindedness! View GG's many videos on Y/T & read the comments! U may change yr own thinking! Try it!
@Superstar Please visit my channel & view the featured video there of a very young GG playing Bach's Concerto No. 5 in F minor, with an open mind! It starts slow [& so very beautiful] then watch for the time @ 3:05 when the orchestra joins in & take in every movement of his strong hands & finger-work playing flawlessly, exactly with every nuance of the conductor & orchestra & stay with it 'til the end; then I defy you to find any 'fault' in your former fellow Canadian, & "genius-maestro" GG! ♫♪
Gould's Bach is hard to argue with, but yeah Super Rock Star, you're right about him when he ventures into other repertoire. He does some weird things to Brahms and Beethoven too (Barenboim and Brendel are better by far w/ Beethoven). Strangely enough, he plays this transcription of Ravel's "La Valse" fairly well. It's almost like you had to catch him on a "good" day, or when his meds were working. Egotistical is exactly what I call him, too.
@DesertAnnie I mean his interpretation of Bach, Schoenberg, Gibbons is great, but I would have appreciated him more if he was able to play Debussy with sensitive touch, like how Stanislav Bunin does. No offense, but I think his style lacks in variety. Sorry, but I agree with Kalodia, there are many great obscure pianists out there who are supposed to be getting as much attention as Gould.
@Superstarrockmetal Variety? I'd call it alternative. It certainly doesn't lack variety. Maybe you mean he's not all romantic and sensitive in his music? And sorry to say about your last comment, No. There are a lot of obscure pianists out there yes, but none like Glenn Gould. His extrordinary interpretations and flawless capture of the time in his pieces are legendary. The thing about him is he played pieces that thousands have played before and after him. You stick to his version. Seems right.
@Haruyuki It's the sound of the jacks hitting the jackrail. Gould was not trained as a harpsichordist, and it shows pretty well here. The harpsichord requires a much lighter touch than a piano, and Gould would've benefited from some lessons on the instrument, or perhaps at least heavily felting the inside of the jackrail. Gould was a tremendous pianist, but this was definitely not his instrument - as exemplified by his choice of the Wittmayer.
@Geiginni you are wrong it is the piano that can ring with the slightest touch of the key, a harpsichord requires more effort to get the the bottom of the keyboard , if you use a lighter touch than playing a piano, you wont hear a thing, you need to hit the keys of a harpsichord with pressure and confidence, it you play lightly the key will go down but the strings will not be plucked, i play harpsichord, and im better than you
@witchcraftlord Yeah, I don't even play the harpsichord (piano, but one of these days, I'm going to venture that way) and I know this. It just shows how people will say anything just to criticise someone. But why anyone would want to criticise Glenn Gould is beyond me.
@witchcraftlord The harpsichord is more fun, but also quite dangerous. I am not a musician, but decided to fiddle about on one at a Cathedral. Had a blast until a priest told me I had done a great job and necessitated three hours of tuning!
@P1B1U1H1 i played a few harpsichords, i know people that make them, i know a profesional harpsichord player that has his own baroque choir and orchestra, 1, harpsichords are not dangerous, 2 the priest doesnt know what hes talking about, it doesnt take 3 hours to tune a harpsichord, pianos take longer to tune than harpsichords
@witchcraftlord I agree with Geiginni. I am a harpsichordist as well, and I can tell you, that if you press the key to bottom of the board, it will sound no matter what, no matter if you press hard or soft. I think Geiginni was suggesting that Gould's technique is not fit for harpsichord because he is making too many extraneous sounds with too much force. There is a difference between pounding the keys and playing with confidence. Glenn is pounding, which isn't suitable for this instrument.
@zyxonian That is not true at all, i dont know what you think you are doing or what you mean, or what harpsichord you played, I have played real harpsichords, and for the first times, i did not have the strength in my hands to play, I started on piano, and when i was playing the harpsichord, if I did not hit the key hard enough , the key would not make the jack go up and pluck the string, its not like the piano where you can play loud and soft, and use pressure,
@witchcraftlord I don't think you read my comment accurately. Let me clarify, that if you press a key to the bottom of the keyboard, there will always be a sound because the jack would push the plectrum passed the string. Do you think Gould was using harpsichord technique or piano technique?
@zyxonian That is not true, i have played real harpsichords, and if you hit a key with a poor weak touch, you will not hear any note or tone, i have recordings of me playing a harpsichord for the first time to prove this, you just dont understand me, i play piano and guitar with a very light touch at times, so light when i was playing a harpsichord i wouldnt hit the keys hard enough and there would not be enough pressure and force to let the jacks go up, dont argue please
@Haruyuki It's the sound of the jacks hitting the jackrail. Gould was not trained as a harpsichordist, and it shows pretty well here. The harpsichord requires a much lighter touch than a piano, and Gould would've benefited from some lessons on the instrument, or perhaps at least heavily felting the inside of the jackrail. Gould was a tremendous pianist, but this was definitely not his instrument - as exemplified by his choice of the Wittmayer.
@1253sokiwi I believe that the top keys pluck the strings, but don't lift the dampers on them. The bottom keys just lift the dampers, so playing the bottom keys alone wouldn't make a sound - other than the clicks of the dampers moving. By "coupling" the bottom keys to the top, you both raise the dampers and pluck the keys, getting a louder sound than you do just playing the top keys.
Not many dedicated pianists can easily or even want to, play harpsichord and/or organ as one has the potential to spoil the touch for the other. Glenn seems to pull it off well - some of his hand actions seemed reminiscent of Wanda Landowska, to me at least.
Harpsichord in these old recording have a realy creepy sound. Like they are untuned. Kina like in an old horrormovie or something. Anyway, Gould plays this really good. Interesting how explored other instruments exept the piano. I even found a recording of him playing Die Kunst der Fuge on the organ.
Christopher Guest (Saturday Night Live, Spinal Tap, etc) is Glenn's doppleganger and probable illegitimate love-child. I think Chris should consider a duet with Sebastian Bach which would probably produce music similar to this Gould-Bach pairing.
Yes yes yes... so the instrument has about as much quality and integrity as those of Fat Albert and the gang's junk yard band. But it's still a delight to hear Glenn play.
it's a shame these high profile players used the replication harpsichords that were brighter than the sun. From the look of the comments, it seems like people don't know what a real harpsichord sounds like. There's a reason bach wrote for it, and it's not because of this instrument!
my opinion? Any harpsichordist will tell you that this instrument pales in comparison to a real harpsichord. I wasn't trying to make anything fact. I love Glenn Gould, probably more than you, so get over yourself.
@thejugglenaut91 Do you really think that an artist such as Gould would play a tin can wound with wire? Doubtful. He could have any instrument he desired and evidentally this was his choice. We were born precise at the same time and date 9-25-32~~~~he destined to be the player, me the listener.
Le son est médiocre, le clavecin à un son affreux. MAIS, il s'agit de la meilleur version que j'ai jamais entendu de ce Prélude... tout simplement parfait ! Et le voir jouer, c'est magique.
As clear as the sunrise, don't you think ? I can just imagine myself seated in a relatively comfy NY City subway car seat, zipping passed the lowrises, as I watch our star trying to insinuate itself between the steely-dark trellises as ole Glenn plays this in my head.
@johnhofi I'm intruiged by your musing. Actually, it's quite beautiful. "ole Glenn Gould playing this in my head" I think Bach himself would have loved Ole Glenn.
@Lity10 How many times have you even been to NY? This isn't the '70's anymore. NYC is a pretty safe city. As for corruption, there's minor corruption, but no more than in normal politics throughout the country. Boss Tweed was a loooong time ago. And fat people? Not at all. Most NYers I see are pretty much in shape. Some of the tourists are fat, sure...
@Lity10 oh ok I'm sorry to have questioned your expertise about NYC. It's not like I live here or anything. (Actually, I do live here and grew up here). You've been watching way too many movies about the crime-ridden new york of the 1970's. Oh and sorry to break this to you, but Law & Order is fictional. And as for corruption, Boss Tweed lived over 100 years ago. I'd suggest actually setting foot in a city before making wild, erroneous judgments about it.
@Lity10 I don't fault you for never having been to new york. I do fault you, however, for speaking out of ignorance. Stop trashing a city that you have never been to and that you know almost nothing about.
@menschmaschine5 as I said, it's not my fault, blame the fucking media. Besides, every big fucking ugly city as NY is a fucking sad. Ruins nature, etc.
@menschmaschine5 Yeah but Law and Order is a great show...lol maybe the fact there are so many more New Yorkers make it seem like there is more corruption , but say per capita it isn't really that different...I live in a very small community but if we had 8 million people here the corruption would make NY look like a nunnery...
He might set the lower keyboard, e.g. two 8' stops and the upper with 8' and 4'. Lower sounds loud, upper relatively soft. Also, on the first part of the Prelude, he repeats passage with use of "Lute" stop on upper keyboard. This might be a tiny set of felts that lightly come into contact with the strings and therefore, mute them.
At the end of the piece, Gould couples the two keyboards.
@BreathingTheDark Your welcome. I should have mentioned the pipe organ has the same principle. One pulls out the "stops" and set the Manuals (keyboards) and pedals to different "instrumentations."
It is because the top keyboard makes a tone that when you press the bottom board it is integrated aswell, but on its own its a different sound as gould demonstrates in this video.
it's the location of the beaterheads, the higher keyboard is more reminiscent of guitar or banjo style strings, where as the lower keyboard sounds more like a piano style
its called a double manual and I think this type of harpsichord was designed for organists to practice when they couldn't find anyone to work the bellows in the organ (before electric pumps). both "manuals" can sound the same, however the vast majority of harpsichord music is written for a single keyboard
No, I also described serialism in relation to Mozart, 12-tone and innovations in orchestration... My description of Beethoven admiring Mozart is just a part of it.
Fine, let's stop at this point. Don't give me any ridiculous opinions "Isn't it funny, bla, bla..?"
Wow, Bach's music is so amazing that it's kind of crazy that people would first listen to Mozart before Bach. Mozart's music is kind of fluffy in relation to Bach isn't it... Almost like pop classical music. I think easy lis
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sirjuandabicho 5 hours ago
The day I see no fighting in comments over classical music will be a day miracles happen.
SHUT UP AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC.
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Enlightenment82 1 week ago
This is a very "male" video. =p
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markymark251 2 weeks ago
This player is playing with fine harpsichord technique, it is more about the silence inbetween the notes that allow for accents and shape of phrases and how they approach fermatas phrases just simply cannot be shaped the same way as they can on a piano
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speaking as a well trained classical pianist and an amateur harpsichord player I can say that there is a massive difference between the two instruments and the quality of tone obtained by touch when playing the piano simply can not be done on a harpsichord the very mechanics of a harpsichord doesn't allow for the same musicality a piano does. Harpsichord technique is much different from piano and the extraneous noise is expected.
ahein8989 3 weeks ago
speaking as a well trained classical pianist and an amateur harpsichord player I can say that there is a massive difference between the two instruments and the quality of tone obtained by touch when playing the piano simply can not be done on a harpsichord the very mechanics of a harpsichord doesn't allow for the same musicality a piano does. Harpsichord technique is much different from piano and the extraneous noise is expected.
ahein8989 3 weeks ago
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vernlloyd11 1 month ago
Phew! Thank God for the piano.
Listening to the harpsichord for any length of time would have driven me mad.
rationalistx 1 month ago
Cette version est original, on a l'habitude d'entendre la version piano sur Steinway.
MrTIRILLY 1 month ago
I wonder how much better Bach is/was than Glenn Gould techinically?
caddencadden 1 month ago
@caddencadden Bach's most technically difficult playing frightened the best keyboardists of his time. Glenn had a similar effect when he was at this peak, so maybe they're not too far apart? Obviously impossible to tell since we'll never hear Bach's playing.
PutItAway101 1 month ago
I will tell something, and is that I closed my eyes to concentrate on this music, and this made my mind to flly like into a dream, but note that Im not tired, I didnt realize that the music stopped until I opened again my eyes and realized that there was silence, and I felt lost because I didnt know what happened to my reality after this, its simply amazing, like dreaming awake.
MantisKiller 3 months ago
@FiddlerAdam I am an advanced musician, and composer, I am more talented than you, I did not say the harpsichord played loud and soft, I said you need to play hard and confident on a harpsichord, and I did not mention playing lightly in regards to weather the harpsichord can play dynamics, you are a fucking retard, you fucking dont understand what im taking about, stay out of this if you are just going to be another stupid asshole,
witchcraftlord 3 months ago
@witchcraftlord - Talk about brain-dead....
kenspurling 2 months ago
@kenspurling fuck you asshole
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@FiddlerAdam You have no idea what we were talking about. I know you cant play dynamics on harpsichord. @Haruyuki said "The harpsichord requires much lighter touch than a piano," That is not true, a harpsichord requires more effort to get the the bottom of the keyboard , if you use a lighter touch than playing a piano, you wont hear a thing, you need to hit the keys of a harpsichord with pressure and confidence, it you play lightly the key will go down but the strings will not be plucked,
witchcraftlord 3 months ago
If you turn the volume off and watch the video from the start, he looks like a swaying madman. Turn the music up and he's a genius.
Statarb1 4 months ago
machine à coudre Singer !
ROGLIANO 4 months ago
It's really rare to see Glenn play on a harpsichord instead of a piano.
kourosh89 4 months ago
In his later years, Gould played the fugue much slower and subtle. This fugue is played much faster and it is played in a similar manner like his early recording.
ultrazvek100 4 months ago
Not really a harpsichord. Better listen to Gould on piano !
RichardErnault 4 months ago in playlist BACH
Bach would slap him a good one...
abstractviewofu 6 months ago
@gilsondaman1 Relieved me of guilt I'd had for three decades.
P1B1U1H1 6 months ago
can someone explain the split layer to me? I see the top keys moving when he plays the bottom keys but not vice versa. Are they in the same octave? very confused lol
run4urmony 6 months ago
@run4urmony Yes ... the lower keyboard is actually playing two notes ... an octave ..... for each single key sounded. The upper keyboard plays only one note .... the higher of the octave. Which is why the upper register seems so much thinner and sparse.
If you look at music composed for the harpsichord it has no crescendo or phrasing marks ... ( in the original) ... simple the P ( piano) ) and the F (forte) ... which indicated upper and lower keyboards.
nikkitytom 5 months ago in playlist Gould Glenn
Nobody realizes that the first part was being sounded from his mouth. True!
marty051892 6 months ago in playlist Bach Instrumental
Brilliant!
rrrina 7 months ago
This version is so refreshing after listening to such slow piano versions.
koolkikij 7 months ago
The key-clicking noise makes it sound like someone's tapdancing to it
PutItAway101 8 months ago 3
@PutItAway101 Haha, it does!
bddbjrsexy 1 month ago
Of course Glenn was usually using piano touch, and i recognize his bony littl'fingers walking on other strings or wind instruments (like the organ)and i don't disagree : only the purists kind may reproach something different than usual touch or sound and want GG to be only a pianist who would need perfecting on other instruments !!
Sylvain894 9 months ago
Glenn's rhythm is impeccable, but Bach is more than just perfect rhythm. I respect Glenn Gould a LOT but after many years of listening to him, I realize now that he is a little too mechanical in his method. If you don't know Bach it is difficult to detect because Glenn's playing is flawless (technically speaking). But...there really is a great deal of softness and even humor to Bach.
winterdesert1 9 months ago
Gould chose the Wittmayer because it sounds closer to the piano than most harpsichords. I've heard he called it "the harpsichord for people who hate the harpsichord."
Broopster5 9 months ago
Finally, Gould playing Bach's music on the instrument it should be played on.
Classicalguy12 9 months ago
I read somewhere He made these or this harsichord recording(s) beacause movers dropped his beloved Steinway CD318 and very badly damaged it. Horrible time in Glenn's life i think.
beatlesmack9 9 months ago
He plays with a zeal that can only be found in a religious extremist... fantastic!
TheLivingHeiromartyr 10 months ago
At 0:49... I didn't know Bach wrote such badass banjo music.
ShermanVanilla 10 months ago
@ShermanVanilla He used the "buff stop" or, "lute stop" on the harpsichord's upper manual. This means when you move a little knob it adds a damper to the string, creating this sound. This harpsichord seems to have a heavy damper, some are less weighted giving them a less banjo sound and a more "lute" sound. Hope that makes sense :)
Classicalguy12 9 months ago
Why is NY related to this? That harpsichord sounds so damn fucking cool.
Laudan08 10 months ago
Can someone explain what he's muttering?
I would like to know
funincluded 11 months ago
@funincluded Glenn Gould sings every peice as he plays
Jimistroll 11 months ago
@Jimistroll
In counterpoint !
CaptainBluebear08 10 months ago
@funincluded he's humming along you can see it in almost every video
casutal 11 months ago
@funincluded Hi! Mr Gould is singing the subject along with his performance. Tis the way he keeps focused when there are more four voices sounding at once! :)
christianvs1 11 months ago
@christianvs1
What do you mean "when there are more four voices"?
funincluded 11 months ago
@christianvs1 Ah! Sorry, read "four voices" rather than "more than four voices".
christianvs1 11 months ago
The WTC played by gould is orgasmic. Rivals sex.
tallswede80 1 year ago
Awesome.
obxemt 1 year ago
Glenn really loved that chair
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drebatista 1 year ago
It is a Wittmayer harpsichord, I think with six-seven pedals. A harpsichord of the so-called "revivalist period". Nothing comparable with harpsichords inspired on historical copies (Mietke, Hemsch, Taskin...).
gianm73yout 1 year ago
With that staccato section you can appreciate how precise his playing really is.
Noahsyc 1 year ago 2
do you who built this harpsichord for Glenn Gould? It is not an historical instrument, for sure. Thanks
gianm73yout 1 year ago
@gianm73yout
It's a Nord.
bopkick5 1 year ago
@gianm73yout It looks like a cheap "kit" harpsichord...doesn't have a very good sound in my opinion either...I have played on harpsichords that sound much better than this...I'd like to know why they gave him such a bad instrument to perform on.
Classicalguy12 9 months ago
is it true he died from ass-burger syndrome? i heard he caught it from eating undercooked meat.
oeppevnvpeb 1 year ago
@oeppevnvpeb Very witty.
Offshoreorganbuilder 1 year ago
Is this movie available on DVD?
I want to know.
GlennGouldGoldberg 1 year ago
Superb
1952a 1 year ago
He is cool.
piano addiction,loved animals.
HIs record is in space, isn't it cool?
daisuke10198575 1 year ago 2
@daisuke10198575 You're referring to the Voyger Golden Record, yes? That is definitely cool. Almost too cool.
Gould playing Bach?
Any extraterrestrials that happen upon the Voyager probe are apt to think we're bragging
(I wish I could remember who made the quip I'm paraphrasing; it wasn't Carl Sagan).
polymath7 1 year ago
DesertAnnie 1 year ago
Although Gould preferred the piano, his style is actually suited to a less dynamic instrument like the clavichord.
IpsaPaphum 1 year ago
How could anyone dislike this video...
MDthirteen42 1 year ago
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heifetz1heifetz1 1 year ago
when does he recorded this piece
When?????
thx
heifetz1heifetz1 1 year ago
@MrKALODIA How would you like to see someone's comment stating, under what might even be a favorite video of yours, that you're enjoying of Richter's (or Gilels, Lipatti, Rubinstein, Horowitz, etc.) saying this in a curt, rude & offhanded manner:
~ "I don't like Richter (or the others) Overrated!" ~ That to me is just disrespectful of other people's opinion, & really, when I read that, all I could think was if you "don't like Gould then stay away from his videos"! How dare you! WE LIKE HIM!
DesertAnnie 1 year ago
@MrKALODIA Then what are you doing in here? GG was just one of the best (if not THE best) pianists of the 20th century! When you state that "you don't like Gould" & he is "overrated" -- you are telling everyone a lot about yourself, you know! (1) You are too ignorant about music in general (2) And too ignorant about what it takes to play the piano in particular (3) Perhaps you are just prone to judge too harshly (of any1 & every1)! If you can't appreciate GG there may not be any hope 4 U!
DesertAnnie 1 year ago
@DesertAnnie I think people should be allowed to say they don't like a musician, and he's overrated. Gould was a decent pianist, but I don't like how they have statues of him here in Canada, his belongings, such as his boots, gloves are treasured in the National Library of Canada. I feel that he gets more recognition, praise than he deserves. Have you listened to him butchering the Chopin sonata? He's too egotistical, he doesn't really uphold Chopin's intentions.
Superstarrockmetal 1 year ago
@Superstarrockmetal For a Canadian, your opinions of Glenn Gould are what I would say, almost "unpatriotic" to GG's memory! When I read about, & think about the long hours of work he put in from boyhood, on thru his teen years, to adulthood; honing his talent & memorizing EVERY PIECE HE EVER PLAYED, etc. I want to weep, for those things alone! I am in awe & hold him in reverence! How could you not? The man was so great at what he did, how can you & some others not 'get it' is beyond me! (CONT):
DesertAnnie 1 year ago
@Superstar The blasé way you off-handedly disregard GG's talent & u'r so 'ready' to be judgmental even to the point of calling him 'too egotistical' & your resentment of Canada's homagé to him; the statues, etc. make me cringe! I think you're letting yourself miss a lot by, instead of being a proud Canadian of one of your "country's finest sons" your thinking is perhaps clouded by envy & small mindedness! View GG's many videos on Y/T & read the comments! U may change yr own thinking! Try it!
DesertAnnie 1 year ago
@Superstar Please visit my channel & view the featured video there of a very young GG playing Bach's Concerto No. 5 in F minor, with an open mind! It starts slow [& so very beautiful] then watch for the time @ 3:05 when the orchestra joins in & take in every movement of his strong hands & finger-work playing flawlessly, exactly with every nuance of the conductor & orchestra & stay with it 'til the end; then I defy you to find any 'fault' in your former fellow Canadian, & "genius-maestro" GG! ♫♪
DesertAnnie 1 year ago
@Superstarrockmetal
Gould's Bach is hard to argue with, but yeah Super Rock Star, you're right about him when he ventures into other repertoire. He does some weird things to Brahms and Beethoven too (Barenboim and Brendel are better by far w/ Beethoven). Strangely enough, he plays this transcription of Ravel's "La Valse" fairly well. It's almost like you had to catch him on a "good" day, or when his meds were working. Egotistical is exactly what I call him, too.
jbarbri 1 year ago
@DesertAnnie I mean his interpretation of Bach, Schoenberg, Gibbons is great, but I would have appreciated him more if he was able to play Debussy with sensitive touch, like how Stanislav Bunin does. No offense, but I think his style lacks in variety. Sorry, but I agree with Kalodia, there are many great obscure pianists out there who are supposed to be getting as much attention as Gould.
Superstarrockmetal 1 year ago
@Superstarrockmetal Variety? I'd call it alternative. It certainly doesn't lack variety. Maybe you mean he's not all romantic and sensitive in his music? And sorry to say about your last comment, No. There are a lot of obscure pianists out there yes, but none like Glenn Gould. His extrordinary interpretations and flawless capture of the time in his pieces are legendary. The thing about him is he played pieces that thousands have played before and after him. You stick to his version. Seems right.
Ianthe22 1 year ago
Gould is amazing!!! I can't get enough of his videos!
americanprincess94 1 year ago
Gould is amazing.
americanprincess94 1 year ago
What's that tapping sound??
Haruyuki 1 year ago
@Haruyuki It's the sound of the jacks hitting the jackrail. Gould was not trained as a harpsichordist, and it shows pretty well here. The harpsichord requires a much lighter touch than a piano, and Gould would've benefited from some lessons on the instrument, or perhaps at least heavily felting the inside of the jackrail. Gould was a tremendous pianist, but this was definitely not his instrument - as exemplified by his choice of the Wittmayer.
Geiginni 10 months ago
@Geiginni you are wrong it is the piano that can ring with the slightest touch of the key, a harpsichord requires more effort to get the the bottom of the keyboard , if you use a lighter touch than playing a piano, you wont hear a thing, you need to hit the keys of a harpsichord with pressure and confidence, it you play lightly the key will go down but the strings will not be plucked, i play harpsichord, and im better than you
witchcraftlord 9 months ago 16
@witchcraftlord My harpsichord plays all the same regardless of the pressure with which I hit the keys.
DieSonneSinkt 9 months ago
@witchcraftlord Yeah, I don't even play the harpsichord (piano, but one of these days, I'm going to venture that way) and I know this. It just shows how people will say anything just to criticise someone. But why anyone would want to criticise Glenn Gould is beyond me.
fissionesque 7 months ago
@witchcraftlord The harpsichord is more fun, but also quite dangerous. I am not a musician, but decided to fiddle about on one at a Cathedral. Had a blast until a priest told me I had done a great job and necessitated three hours of tuning!
P1B1U1H1 6 months ago
@P1B1U1H1 i played a few harpsichords, i know people that make them, i know a profesional harpsichord player that has his own baroque choir and orchestra, 1, harpsichords are not dangerous, 2 the priest doesnt know what hes talking about, it doesnt take 3 hours to tune a harpsichord, pianos take longer to tune than harpsichords
witchcraftlord 6 months ago
@witchcraftlord I agree with Geiginni. I am a harpsichordist as well, and I can tell you, that if you press the key to bottom of the board, it will sound no matter what, no matter if you press hard or soft. I think Geiginni was suggesting that Gould's technique is not fit for harpsichord because he is making too many extraneous sounds with too much force. There is a difference between pounding the keys and playing with confidence. Glenn is pounding, which isn't suitable for this instrument.
zyxonian 2 months ago
@zyxonian That is not true at all, i dont know what you think you are doing or what you mean, or what harpsichord you played, I have played real harpsichords, and for the first times, i did not have the strength in my hands to play, I started on piano, and when i was playing the harpsichord, if I did not hit the key hard enough , the key would not make the jack go up and pluck the string, its not like the piano where you can play loud and soft, and use pressure,
witchcraftlord 2 months ago
@witchcraftlord I don't think you read my comment accurately. Let me clarify, that if you press a key to the bottom of the keyboard, there will always be a sound because the jack would push the plectrum passed the string. Do you think Gould was using harpsichord technique or piano technique?
zyxonian 2 months ago
@zyxonian That is not true, i have played real harpsichords, and if you hit a key with a poor weak touch, you will not hear any note or tone, i have recordings of me playing a harpsichord for the first time to prove this, you just dont understand me, i play piano and guitar with a very light touch at times, so light when i was playing a harpsichord i wouldnt hit the keys hard enough and there would not be enough pressure and force to let the jacks go up, dont argue please
witchcraftlord 2 months ago
@zyxonian You can hit the keys as hard as you want, its built for it, it wont break if its built well,. visit clavierbaroques. com
witchcraftlord 2 months ago
@zyxonian Couldn't have said it better myself.
HarpsichordRox 3 weeks ago
@witchcraftlord i speak your language so let me try: 1) you do not play the harspsichord 2) you are a huge douche. end of story.
pupusman 1 month ago
@witchcraftlord as much as your arrogance makes me laugh I have to agree you are right
ahein8989 3 weeks ago
@witchcraftlord You are wrong. Very wrong.
You play harpsichord, but I am a harpsichordist.
Just saying.
HarpsichordRox 3 weeks ago
@witchcraftlord you're pathetic. end of story
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@Haruyuki It's the sound of the jacks hitting the jackrail. Gould was not trained as a harpsichordist, and it shows pretty well here. The harpsichord requires a much lighter touch than a piano, and Gould would've benefited from some lessons on the instrument, or perhaps at least heavily felting the inside of the jackrail. Gould was a tremendous pianist, but this was definitely not his instrument - as exemplified by his choice of the Wittmayer.
Geiginni 10 months ago
What is the difference between the top and the bottom keys? I can only see that when the bottom keys are pressed, the top keys will move as well.
1253sokiwi 1 year ago
@1253sokiwi I believe that the top keys pluck the strings, but don't lift the dampers on them. The bottom keys just lift the dampers, so playing the bottom keys alone wouldn't make a sound - other than the clicks of the dampers moving. By "coupling" the bottom keys to the top, you both raise the dampers and pluck the keys, getting a louder sound than you do just playing the top keys.
-MMTrebuchet
mmtrebuchet 1 year ago
Not many dedicated pianists can easily or even want to, play harpsichord and/or organ as one has the potential to spoil the touch for the other. Glenn seems to pull it off well - some of his hand actions seemed reminiscent of Wanda Landowska, to me at least.
peteacher52 1 year ago
god i love the sound of the harpsichord. it is the synthesizer for classical music.
jrblockquote 1 year ago
Interesting to see him with a Harpsichord instead of a piano. Still fantastic.
TheBestThomasJay 1 year ago
what setting is this harpsichord on?!!!
daytonmlivingston 1 year ago
1. Gould rocked the s*** out of that piece.
2. NY's a sewer.
IslandMyk 1 year ago 25
@IslandMyk you shit motherfucker!!!!
autr727 1 year ago
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Omnichronicles 1 year ago
GOULD FOREVER!
LuigiScattagomazza 1 year ago
32 lunatics gave this a thumbs down!? Cretins! Imbeciles!
zinpgh 1 year ago
Harpsichord in these old recording have a realy creepy sound. Like they are untuned. Kina like in an old horrormovie or something. Anyway, Gould plays this really good. Interesting how explored other instruments exept the piano. I even found a recording of him playing Die Kunst der Fuge on the organ.
HerrWarja 1 year ago
Christopher Guest (Saturday Night Live, Spinal Tap, etc) is Glenn's doppleganger and probable illegitimate love-child. I think Chris should consider a duet with Sebastian Bach which would probably produce music similar to this Gould-Bach pairing.
TheEnormousPianist 1 year ago
Marvellous !
PeterVonZahnd 1 year ago
what kind it harpsichord it that it sounds awesome
wowzies99 1 year ago
Any information about the harpsichord used?
musael22 1 year ago
@musael22 It was a Wittmeyer.
Matteo7419 1 year ago
Yes yes yes... so the instrument has about as much quality and integrity as those of Fat Albert and the gang's junk yard band. But it's still a delight to hear Glenn play.
mercoid 1 year ago
I'm freaking addicted to the sound of a harpsichord
Hasteroth 1 year ago 2
@Hasteroth
HELL YES!!!!!
Yoshi5020 1 year ago
@Hasteroth
The contraption Gould is playing on here doesn't sound anything like a harpsichord, though.
Koelvak 1 year ago
@Koelvak
It is a harpsichord, try reading other comments.
Hasteroth 1 year ago 2
@Koelvak why does noone seem to understand this simple concept?
thejugglenaut91 1 year ago
No había tenido oportunidad de ver a Gould interpretando el Clavecin, no hay duda de que tanto como con el piano fué un gran virtuoso.
CASALTI
carlosgarcialeos 1 year ago
it's a shame these high profile players used the replication harpsichords that were brighter than the sun. From the look of the comments, it seems like people don't know what a real harpsichord sounds like. There's a reason bach wrote for it, and it's not because of this instrument!
thejugglenaut91 1 year ago
@thejugglenaut91
bleh. You like it or you dont. Stop trying to make your opinion fact.
gr0mithtimon 1 year ago
my opinion? Any harpsichordist will tell you that this instrument pales in comparison to a real harpsichord. I wasn't trying to make anything fact. I love Glenn Gould, probably more than you, so get over yourself.
thejugglenaut91 1 year ago
@thejugglenaut91 Do you really think that an artist such as Gould would play a tin can wound with wire? Doubtful. He could have any instrument he desired and evidentally this was his choice. We were born precise at the same time and date 9-25-32~~~~he destined to be the player, me the listener.
bsharppianomajor 1 year ago
@bsharppianomajor goddamnit, that's not what I'm saying. In fact, I'm sick of replying to this shit.
thejugglenaut91 1 year ago
@thejugglenaut91 elitist
savemyplaylist 1 year ago
i just want to say i'm wasted and still love gould and bach!!!! better than macaroni and cheese
Oasisfan427 1 year ago
Its so much easier to make out the complexities of the melodies when he plays on the piano. Im not a fan of this instrument hes playing on.
Irshkboy 1 year ago
The instrument makes so much extra noise.
tallswede80 1 year ago
Fake. He ain't really playin that.
TaterGumfries 1 year ago
@TaterGumfries What on EARTH makes you think that??
Cindermakers 1 year ago
@Cindermakers
Ain't no piano sounds like that.
TaterGumfries 1 year ago
@TaterGumfries Hahaha, that's a good harpsichord joke if I ever heard one
Cindermakers 1 year ago
Wow I love how I can watch this clip over and over and constantly seem more and more awestruck.
fakeaccount8455hr 1 year ago
Le son est médiocre, le clavecin à un son affreux. MAIS, il s'agit de la meilleur version que j'ai jamais entendu de ce Prélude... tout simplement parfait ! Et le voir jouer, c'est magique.
tagtek20 1 year ago
lol he's spinning in circles
ronkini123 1 year ago
As clear as the sunrise, don't you think ? I can just imagine myself seated in a relatively comfy NY City subway car seat, zipping passed the lowrises, as I watch our star trying to insinuate itself between the steely-dark trellises as ole Glenn plays this in my head.
johnhofi 1 year ago 22
@johnhofi I'm intruiged by your musing. Actually, it's quite beautiful. "ole Glenn Gould playing this in my head" I think Bach himself would have loved Ole Glenn.
joelweisberg 1 year ago
@johnhofi NY fucking sucks
Lity10 1 year ago
@Lity10 Why?
LAZURHATandJoe 1 year ago
@LAZURHATandJoe it's full of corruption, crimes, pollution and fat people.
Lity10 1 year ago
@Lity10 How many times have you even been to NY? This isn't the '70's anymore. NYC is a pretty safe city. As for corruption, there's minor corruption, but no more than in normal politics throughout the country. Boss Tweed was a loooong time ago. And fat people? Not at all. Most NYers I see are pretty much in shape. Some of the tourists are fat, sure...
menschmaschine5 1 year ago
@menschmaschine5 I seriously doubt that.
And never btw
Lity10 1 year ago
@Lity10 oh ok I'm sorry to have questioned your expertise about NYC. It's not like I live here or anything. (Actually, I do live here and grew up here). You've been watching way too many movies about the crime-ridden new york of the 1970's. Oh and sorry to break this to you, but Law & Order is fictional. And as for corruption, Boss Tweed lived over 100 years ago. I'd suggest actually setting foot in a city before making wild, erroneous judgments about it.
menschmaschine5 1 year ago
@menschmaschine5 it's not my fault ffs, I've never been there (thank god) blame society.
Lity10 1 year ago
@Lity10 I don't fault you for never having been to new york. I do fault you, however, for speaking out of ignorance. Stop trashing a city that you have never been to and that you know almost nothing about.
menschmaschine5 1 year ago
@menschmaschine5 as I said, it's not my fault, blame the fucking media. Besides, every big fucking ugly city as NY is a fucking sad. Ruins nature, etc.
Lity10 1 year ago
@menschmaschine5 Yeah but Law and Order is a great show...lol maybe the fact there are so many more New Yorkers make it seem like there is more corruption , but say per capita it isn't really that different...I live in a very small community but if we had 8 million people here the corruption would make NY look like a nunnery...
clarkbailey1973 1 year ago
Not fat people.
LAZURHATandJoe 11 months ago
First time I've heard Glen play anything but the piano.
sosome57 1 year ago
that's what he does--he's a pianist.
stravinskie3 1 year ago
does anybody know the purpose for the higher keyboard on the harpsichord?
is it something like a difference in tone, or actual range of pitch maybe?
BreathingTheDark 1 year ago
One purpose might be that, hands may be in the way of each other, so with 2 keyboards you can eliminate this problem.
mightyservant 1 year ago
yeah that makes sense. and one of the reasons i considered after posting the comment while continuing to watch the vid haha.
thank you for the answer, much appreciated
BreathingTheDark 1 year ago
Actually, I believe that the difference is only the volume of the notes.
drummerboy1138 1 year ago
@BreathingTheDark
Registration is the answer.
He might set the lower keyboard, e.g. two 8' stops and the upper with 8' and 4'. Lower sounds loud, upper relatively soft. Also, on the first part of the Prelude, he repeats passage with use of "Lute" stop on upper keyboard. This might be a tiny set of felts that lightly come into contact with the strings and therefore, mute them.
At the end of the piece, Gould couples the two keyboards.
bruceliv 1 year ago
wow, i didnt even think of that, but then again i have very limited keyboard knowledge so that would kinda make sense haha.
thanks for the answer tho, its really interesting.
BreathingTheDark 1 year ago
@BreathingTheDark Your welcome. I should have mentioned the pipe organ has the same principle. One pulls out the "stops" and set the Manuals (keyboards) and pedals to different "instrumentations."
bruceliv 1 year ago
It is because the top keyboard makes a tone that when you press the bottom board it is integrated aswell, but on its own its a different sound as gould demonstrates in this video.
hatstalker 1 year ago
it's the location of the beaterheads, the higher keyboard is more reminiscent of guitar or banjo style strings, where as the lower keyboard sounds more like a piano style
PrepsAndEmosSuck 1 year ago
its called a double manual and I think this type of harpsichord was designed for organists to practice when they couldn't find anyone to work the bellows in the organ (before electric pumps). both "manuals" can sound the same, however the vast majority of harpsichord music is written for a single keyboard
8497289 1 year ago
im addicted to glenn gould's videos
bachkwt 1 year ago 52
@bachkwt me too! o.O
shining82 1 year ago
@bachkwt So am I!!!!
MrEriklonrot 11 months ago
PS What is the instrument ?
gerhold101 1 year ago
Harpsichord
mightyservant 1 year ago
harpsichord
nx2000 1 year ago
is the harpsichord, the most important instrument of the baroc times
davidem84 1 year ago
comments comments and more comments..
shut up!
listen!
ENJOY!
end =)
mojjao2 1 year ago
wow don't need to get so hostel.. everyone is entitled to his or her opinion.. chill
misch11 1 year ago 2
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thejugglenaut91 1 year ago
Asshole, you can't come up with anything that ass substance, Fuck off
2009xellos 1 year ago
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thejugglenaut91 1 year ago
No, I also described serialism in relation to Mozart, 12-tone and innovations in orchestration... My description of Beethoven admiring Mozart is just a part of it.
Fine, let's stop at this point. Don't give me any ridiculous opinions "Isn't it funny, bla, bla..?"
Just end it.
2009xellos 1 year ago
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thejugglenaut91 1 year ago
Wow, Bach's music is so amazing that it's kind of crazy that people would first listen to Mozart before Bach. Mozart's music is kind of fluffy in relation to Bach isn't it... Almost like pop classical music. I think easy lis