Glenn Gould - Fugue VII from WTC Book 2, BWV 876

Fugue No. 7 from The Well Tempered Clavier Book 2, in Eb played by Glenn Gould in 4th March 1963.

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[Isospinsymmetries]

Anyone who claims that Glenn Gould plays without emotion is seriously disturbed.

[BrigitC1]

This is so beautiful.  Why aren't there more hits?

Long live Glenn Gould!

[pila406]

@MaestroTJS Richter tends to emerge (I really don't know which word will be the correct one to use, but I hope you understand the main idea) the theme in each voice much more than Gould who pays attention also to other details and sometime plays all the voices evenly although the theme appears in one of them. As you said, he do it for a reason of course and the reasons change from one piece to another. But it is always fresh and interesting.

[MaestroTJS]

The facility with which Gould can play inner voices clearly is always astonishing, e.g, the part beginning at 2:24. But, oddly, he does not play the stretto theme in the left hand beginning at 2:42, waiting for 2:46 to bring it out. I'm sure he had his reasons.

I find such voicings one of the most difficult aspects of playing the piano.

[circa1907czec]

Beautiful!

Thank you for posting it.

I love Richter's version also, but Gould touches deep place in your heart.

[Albertus83able]

Eine hervorragende Darbietung. Gould hat diese E-Dur-Fuge int verschiedenen Tempi eingespielt, hier eine langsame und sehr gläserne Version. Einfach genial1

[MusicPredominates]

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[n00belicious]

@tyidam you sure????

[tyidam]

he injured his back as a result of a fall from a boat ramp and his father made this chair for him.,he wouldn't play on anything else than it.

[xPeTeRwAnGx]

i like how he does that hand gesture : )