J.S.BACH The Goldberg Variations variatio 15+19

[MikeBatard]

Gould does it without the music in from of him. Just saying.

[DesertAnnie]

Now, we see the objective difference clearly -- a man that 'plays the piano' from drearily following the notes on the sheet music in front of him -- to a genius the likes of Glenn Gould, who has the "notes [and complete score] in his head, and improvises with his emotion on each and every one of those notes!