Perahia and Gould play Mozart

Murray Perahia and Glenn Gould play excerpts from Mozart's Piano Concerto #24 in C minor, K. 491.

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[MartiniDoble]

And guys: there's no point insulting Gould or wishing he died sooner. Gould will be heard and remembered by millions long after you're dead and entirely forgotten.

We all got what we deserve, jejeje

[wfarnaby]

Perahia is a superb pianist - one of the best of all time. I love listening to his recordings.

But Gould stands alone. He is simply a direct conduit from the infinite.

[rootajp]

I believe KV491 is a greatest job done by Mozart and love Gould's interpretation.But always feel big frustration for the orchestra. Something wrong or too difficult to play. Can anyone present a recording close to this incredible beauty? expecting Helene Grimaud to play. This Cinderella looks still waiting to wake up.

[ArwenUndomiel7]

If Mozart himself could hear those two interpretations, interesting, what would HE say?

[mario1994444]

This is like compare apples with cherrys gould and perahia is very diferents.

Gould dislike this period and perahia is the specialist. Compare goldberg variations and then you can compare

[TheJmd441]

One must take note of the extreme dissimilarities of the two pianos presented

in this video. Glenn"s (quite famous) piano had been made to be light&bright.

Murray's, in contrast, sounds to me to be almost a new instrument: and is certainly

much more "dull" as it "attacks" the strings of the piano.

These variations of tone can effect the listener's appreciation/evaluation of the artist's effort.

[Paracelsus72]

I'll never forgive Gould for disparaging Mozart. How f****** dare he.

[SpectralIntercourse]

Perahia is remarkable, but too clinical. Gould gives the music life. In every comparison you've posted I can hear the passion in one, and the science in the other.

[paulostroff99]

@wfarnaby -Well said.They are and one still alive still is just that.

[fbager]

Mozart isn't necessarily just about lightness and I find Gould's playing fascinating.

[mc0558]

@wfarnaby Gould was superb, but to me it's a shame that he focused so single mindedly on Bach. I don't think any pianist played the 3 movement of the Mozart 24 Piano Concerto better than he. Yet it is a rare recording, and he performed few others. But yes, he was a great genius, perhaps more than even he appreciated.

[Vancouverite39]

There's a quality about certain pieces of music that I would call "sublimely hypnotic." Sometimes a conventional, singing interpretation is very nice, and probably the standard, but misses this perfect, intense, driving hypnotic quality. Gould's playing is sublimely hypnotic--every note pulsing urgently. It lends a sense of perfect, sublime importance to every note. Gould's recordings of the Bach concertos capture this hypnotic quality better than anyone else, as well.