William Byrd Galliard No.6

Glenn Gould

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[giuppagiuppa]

ME-RA-VI-GLIO-SO! (Wonderful)

It's music from the heaven.

Rest in peace, GG, and play for us poor earthly men.

[CheesyWafflebrains]

It's like he's dancing on the keys. he looks like he loves his music. He sorta looks like he has a friendship with his piano; he just caresses it as he plays.. beautiful.

[CardinalPugwash]

Well, if you're going to play music written for the harpsichord on a piano, that's the way to do it!

[Malachayas]

Well, in my opinion Glenn Gould gave the most distinct Pro for playing baroque pieces on the piano with his playing style. I do not think that he would have been able to distinguish the multiple layers of this piece so wonderfully without the key dynamics of a piano.

[nyo267n]

One should make a difference between "should not be performed" and "should not be perceived as authentic". People do have a point when they stress that this music was written for harpsichord and that performing it on the anachronistic piano, no matter how "stylistically accurate" you are, will never sound exactly the way the composer intended.

Regardless, a piece can work excellent on another instrument. Simply claiming that it should never be performed on the piano is a narrow, purist view.

[Yoshi5020]

(There is such an excitement to this, like a new unveiling, I don't know how it is not infectious for some people!)

[Yoshi5020]

You can play anything on whatever you want, in whatever way you want. Music, like art, should be whatever one is inspired to do. The only thing that makes it valid is sincerity, and Gould was supremely sincere. He's not posing as the authority; he simply wants to show you what he's found, what he sees, and share what he personally enjoys.

[fluffytom82]

@Tursunzore Brahms' Horn trio of course... Sorry for being a baroque musician knowing little about romantic music :P But you get my point.

It is not a purist view, I just stress the fact that a harpsichord is NOT a piano (and vice versa). Some music has been written for the harpsichord with the acoustic and physical features and shouldn't be played on a piano because that would go straight into the composers wishes.

[Tursunzore]

@fluffytom82 Brahms' "horn sonatas"? Is this something you have discovered, a well-kept secret for more than a hundred years? Do you care about GG's performance or is your main interest to present us with your "purist" view on performance practise of early music?

[broadwood1830]

die gesten eines schimpansen machen es verständlicher. die triller sind prima. auf computer eingespielt klingt s genauso bis auf die triller.

wars jetzt dreier oder viererrhythmus?

ist schon verloschen

da fällt mir ein: im kino läuft planet der affen

martin dalheimer