Wagner-Maitres Chanteurs

[gkollias14]

rabengeraun: Glenn Gould was abit eccentric. He had some peculiar ways, but that does not mean that he was crazy. He was some sort of genius but in a different way. He was genius in mind, yes, but also in soul. Noone can now copy any of his ways because Gould is Gould. Nevertheless, noone can "play" like him.

[MrTIRILLY]

On se demande, comment il y arrive, c'est stupéfiant !

[kKpeaceKk]

"What else !!"

[giloubreizh]

Il joue, maintenant, loin des hommes, devant Dieu. Pour les hommes.

[jrferrio]

toppo gigio playing piano??

[rabengeraun]

What a loony - he only got away with this because some bunch of nerds who dared to call themselves music-experts liked him

[japanesesweet]

the ornamentation he adds (?) from 0:40 is stunning-great elan. It's always a joy to hear Gould play music which he clearly loved.

[joyleemorr]

His joy with this music is magical! Can't stop smiling after the video is over...

[jojofashion0169]

=' )

[theschumanity]

Glenn was one with the piano. It wasn't a separate object that he played. It was an extension of his body just as much as his voice was.

I suppose you could say that about many great pianists. But Glenn's connection to his music is so captivating to my ears that sometimes other great pianists' versions of Gould's favorite pieces sound distant and dull by comparison.

[szemanski]

this is pure art

[keto6789]

genius~

[mozartiikodesu]

He was not only a great pianist but also an amazing conductor.

He understood how it should sing with music. He is a great pianist who is the most popular still now.

[Kurtyoungblood]

Oh man this is so good.

[giloubreizh]

Que puis-je écrire devant tant de beauté, de perfection? - Rien - Ecouter.

[Strafverfolger]

I have the same with Gould playing it on CD. But this video looks really interesting, too. Thank you very much for postin' it.

Greetings from Germany.

PS: I actually like Gould's transposition for piano much more than Wagner's original one. :-)

[p0lyph0ny]

I love the 'surprise, surprise' ca 1:38.

Wonderful clip, thanks for posting.

[faraz1729]

What does he say leading up to that? I could only catch "no accelerando."

[p0lyph0ny]

I'm not 100% sure, but I *think* it was something along the lines of "...and no ritard before, and no accelerando on the beat, but surprise surprise..."

[vvozzeck]

Thanks for posting!!

Brilliantly illuminating performance, exchiting but devoid of sentimentalism! I want to hug G.G. !!!

[kingstravinsky101]

i bought the sheet music for this and the reason he stops mid way is cause the music starts using 4 staff lines. he must of played with them on top of each other when he recorded it.

[laqullu]

Wagner estaria de pie ante Glenn Gould,como pianista no tuvo nunca la maestria que demuestra este genio interpretativo,que no compositivo,entendamonos.

[MitchelWeaver]

He looks so childishly happy here. It's nice. :-)

[mozartiikodesu]

Amazing and incredible performance!

Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg!

By this performance of the Bach style,he showed us the figure of the embryo of this music.

I like Gould so much!!

[vcij]

how can this not be a five-star?

[chislehurstbat]

I just rated it 5 star as I very much agree with you vcij!

[giloubreizh]

Quand t'as écouté ce génie d'inspiration, que te reste-t'il à oser espérer ouïr?...

[joanabanyeres]

il y a d'autres fantaisies de Liszt c'est tellement grand que l'on se sent nul, En plus wagner n'est pas très difficile a jouer, sa musique est très cohérente,

[giloubreizh]

Putain! tout y est! même au piano!...

[joanabanyeres]

Mais tu parles mal.. Wagner c'est Wagner, c'est le génie avec Mozart, Brahms, Mahler, R. Strauss. et bcp plus, mais ils sont allemands... nous avons Berlioz, peu connu Debussy, Ravel mais comme Les 2 Richards et Wolgang, difficile de ne pas s'abandonner Mon grand-père est mort en 1917 sur la frontière allemande, mais ces musiciens me rendent folle... je les adore... et puis leurs philosophes et leurs poètes, Schubert , an die Musik et tous ses lieds,  Enfin il vaut mieux s'arrêter..

[Leubald]

Well, isnt' it the proof that

a) The Meistersinger Prelude is Number XXV of the Well-tempered piano, part 2

b) it is written for voice and - perhaps - some instrumental accompaniment?... :-))

[mikolai86]

He was amazing...

[loranga33]

The...sounds...things...commin­g out of his mouth at 3:15 is...amazing, hah.

[Ramatganski]

Hah

[FlorestanEusebius]

I like his late-Romantics much more than his Bach!

[FlorestanEusebius]

"Meistersinger?"

"What else..."

[joanabanyeres]

All Wagner musik and Richard Strauss..

[Norbeone]

what a great transcription!