Glenn Gould plays Mozart Sonata in A major K 331 1st MVT

Here is Glenn Gould playing famous sonata K 331 by Mozart.

I decided to post it after watching the video ''Gould plays Mozart'' on youtube where Gould talks about his way of playing Mozart, he didn't play full 1st movement in that video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Zc7P6NsZ8

Category:

Music

Tags:

• bach
• gould
• mozart
• k331
• piano
• beethoven
• classical

[marksaldana]

I can hear gandalf in the background.

[oneginee]

Mozart would have laughed but applauded genuinely then he would have composed a musical joke piece for Glenn Gould that would be hard to play to the end without bursting in laughter.

[goujiashen]

Really love those chords played with power, like baritone singing.

[nicklatinXXX]

The last variation is gorgeous!!!Full of childish Mozartian flavor!!!

[tkw43gm]

Gould plays Bach as a Mozart.

He plays Mozart as a ....

[ursin1]

He really hated Mozart, so why did he play this at all? its more strange than beautiful so to speak.

[TheHerbulator]

@HoRavYehoshua "This is NOT how this piece should be played." That's such a gross thing to say

[HoRavYehoshua]

I'm convinced that Glen is playing this piece so badly because he was upset he had to do a recording of Mozart for his record label. He couldn't get out of it so he just screwed around with it and there's nothing they could do about it. This is NOT how this piece should be played.

[HoRavYehoshua]

@vicenteaboites

I agree! When he plays the piano on the Brandenburg Concertos, he nails it. In fact, I like him as much as Serkin when he plays Bach.

[MrTIRILLY]

Cette version est extatique et peut paraître étrange à priori, Glenn GOULD a repensé l'oeuvre célébrissime, on dirait qu'il a transformé la sonate en suites !