Glenn Gould - Beethoven,Piano Concerto No. 1 Op 15 - I (2/2)

Allegro con brio.
Cadenza by Glenn Gould.
Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, op. 15, was written during 1796 and 1797. The first performance was in Prague in 1798, with Beethoven himself playing the piano.
The first movement is in sonata form, but with an added orchestral exposition, a cadenza, and a coda. It has a main theme repeated many times, and there are several subordinate themes. The orchestral exposition changes keys many times, but the second exposition is mainly in G major. The development is in C minor, which ends with an octave glissando. The recapitulation is in C major.

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[matwil74]

This recording destroyed my love of other artists playing this piece. Perahia, Barenboim almost sound lame after hearing this. who can compare to this guy? insane!

[ipmoic]

manuelkatarino--the old tradition was that artists would perform their own cadenzas. But this tradition is almost extinct. Most soloists today perform cadenzas written either by the composer or a distinguished performing artist of the past.

Colleagues of mine have expressed mixed feelings about Gould's cadenza but they all say that it is fiendishly difficult!

[renoraider2]

The director seems to have had an inkling of what a genius he was observing, which is sadly not the case so often.

[renoraider2]

The beautiful part about Gould renditions is that technique doesn't seem to be a consideration.

[maxreger100]

This is just a superb tempo. Rarely does anyone play this movement as marked: Allegro CON BRIO. One could argue that this is really being played in cut time, but the pulse and the energy seems absolutely correct.

I can imagine the young, volcanic firebrand, Beethoven, playing it similarly.

Too bad the "band" accompanying Mr. Gould is so mediocre.

[cerberusdest]

@U2raven I agree, this was just that good

[Frozentoes1]

@ipmoic More thant that! They would not only perform their own cadenza, but it would have been improvised! Imagine that. It appears that jazz artists are the only one that have kept improvisation as the corner stone of their art. Very very fiew classical artist improvise. The only ones I could think of are concert/church organists. In fact, teh St. Alban prize is devided into tow categories: 1) improvixationand 2) interpretation.

[Frozentoes1]

@matwil74 Indeed!

[0theartofverve]

Mitusko Uchida does a great job, too.

[maximea2m]

does he improvise his cadence?

[U2raven]

Hitting the thumb's up icon is becoming rather repetitive for GG. Consider adding a two hands together icon: worship. Limit members to ten applications of the icon. I would like to use up two on this piece please.