Completamente fuori stile , ma sublime!!! L'arte musicale con certi interpreti veramente si pone al di fuori della storia e si lascia accarezzare semplicemente dall'idea di Verità. Meravigliosa ingenuità. Un cuore puro di bambino. Grande Glenn!
I love this piece the more I hear it. He is by far my favourite pianist. hands down ! He reminds me of myself when I practise. he sings the different parts!
Today is 25th of September 2010. 78 years ago this genius was born. Glenn,I wish you had lived a longer life. I love you and you are always in my heart. Rest In Peace.
Such a magnificent work! An entire cosmos exposed for the recreation of souls, played with the most delicated and kind of contained passion. Both geniuses! Thanks for share it.
La digitación es perfecta, insuperable interpretación. Glenn Gould ha sido único e insuperable en sus interpretaciones. Te extrañamos Glenn y admiraremos siempre.
Bach's music is the best music, it's the most 'right' music. It's always right in where it goes. Glenn's performances are usually the best/. Long live Glenn & Johann
I hate it when people say this. Firstly, he was never diagnosed, secondly he was extremely intelligent in many different subjects, with good linguistic skills. If you've ever seen a video of him talking, all you will see is an eccentric man. Also, autism is misdiagnosed a shockingly high amount today.
No one can play BAch like he did. The more I listen to him the more I can feel how close Bach ,Gould and maybe God (if there is one) are. His counting is just so perfect. If he was a mathematician I'm sure he would be a genius as well. Cause music and mathematics(God's language) are so interrelated. He's the best.
@ftcvilla So true and the idea applies to even the simplest scale . The piano teacher / piano student chemistry. The end result is somehting more than the sum of its parts if you have the right ingredients.
@SirNikro That is the point, my friend: "played with the most delicate passion." Some performances of works by Bach are too stern, so strict that they sound stern, harsh. I have always felt that these works should be played in a very soft, delicate way. Like Glenn Gould so often did.
It is true. One thing to consider also is that he was a left handed man. I am left handed myself. We know today that left handed people have to permanently cross left brain and right brain functions to operate. This is a strain that makes us different socially. Without wanting to sound arrogant I confess i recognize some social pattern of Glenn in myself. It is hard to explain with words. As a left handed guy I can feel and recognize the clues from his brain. RHP would never know. That's it.
@JMHEROE You´re forgetting he whose music this is, and that probably deserves a little more recognition than the interpreter. I am by no means disquialifying Gould, and for all that I consider the best, but this, as the rest of his pieces, is a child of Bach, and of his generating genius. Not smoke would be Gould without Bach, whilst Bach would just be in wait of an interpreter as Gould and with his brilliance would settle for less.
Was this recording done on a piano or a harpsichord? The tinny quality of the sound reminds me more of a harpsichord than a piano... Glenn Gould's playing is just awesome...no other words about it.
No, he was left-handed. There is no ambiguity about it and several sources. From "Psychobiography of a Virtuoso" by Helen Mesaro. Gould was left handed.. [...}.. to which can be attributed his mastering of counterpoint playing which is more demanding for the left hand. His manifested disdain for some Mozart pieces was also linked. He indicated with some annoyance "I told my professor, I could not understand why Mozart had ignored some evident canonic possibilities for the left hand".
In this day and age no its not. Though i prefer classical i do notice that the presence of Death Metal bands draws in more numbers and changes more lives than classical. Do you know that cults are formed out of these bands? music is an art...art is always subjective. Gould was one of those who rose above the subjectivity and got everyone to love him.
@camilocuesta I wouldn't diagnose him... seeing that you can't even spell "Aspergers." Aspergers isn't a bad thing. In fact, many brilliant people had it. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss, Bill Gates, Alfred Hitchcock, Issac Newton, Jane Austen, Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Michelangelo, George Orwell, Thomas Edison, Mark Twain, Henry Ford, Van Gogh, Andy Warhol, William Shakespeare, Leonardo Di Vinci, Alexander Graham Bell, Satie, Bartok, Bruckner, Mahler
@Clg1688 no, i agree. it's nothing against the performer, by any means. the sound is definitely very tinny. if this isn't because of the piano itself (which it might be), then it could be the recording equipment at the time. when was this recorded? late '50s, early '60s? his recording of the prelude and fugue in A minor is also very "clunky" like this, though i must admit i indulge in such "clunkiness" on that particular recording :)
True thing is I am left handed and had the same reaction to mozart's music before ever reading this. My best playing is also contrapuntal music and I do feel ackward in some Mozart passages were the left hand music is extremely thin.
@camilocuesta Emily Dickinson, Bobby Fischer, George Washington, Charles Dickinson, and Robin Williams. Glenn Gould definitely did have it. I read many biographies on him and watched many documentaries on him. It has NOTHING to do with the type of music you play...
I read somewhere that Gould was ambidextrous. Without pointing to a source perhaps this is not worth much, but it might have been the book by Payzant. I am curious to know if somebody knows more about this.
@raider - steady on there mate, glenn gould led a perfectly charmed life doing exactly what he liked when he liked so enough of the tortured artist drama ok?
@btjohnson96 I. No, I wouldn't say "offend" is the right word. It just irritates me when people spread misinformation of any kind. I'm not a clinical neurologist, so I'm not up to speed on what exactly are the diagnostic criteria for Aspergers, but it damn sure requires that you meet and interview the patient -in person- several times. Otherwise such a diagnosis is speculation most foul -as in the best it is- but in the case of a patient one has never even met...
"bad child, very ill a thing you have done... you forsake the path of the righteous and face an eternal torment - unless you desist! And now you must repent!" the repetence is you must shake hands with brother Milo and make things better at school - now do what I tell you! [the sin was abomination of dividing the brethen - the boys were quarrelling and causing difficulties, Bach in his role as parent and kappelmeister has had to admonish them] this is all sinfonia interpretation
"classical" music isnt supposed to be contrapunctal the way Bachs style is. Bach is baroque, Haydn and Mozart etc. is classical. Its fact. Study western art music history and you will see
p.s. Very good ! rating ( by stars ) removed from RUclips...there is a some wonders... CAN NOT BE rated... there is not enough NUMBERS to rate them ! as as those miracles are so close to GOD ! SO CLOSE ! You Tube staff should add link for LOVED IT ...(friendly suggestion.)
@shadenfreude1984 dont compare the two how you would compare a honda accord to a BMW M5. Classical Music is something entire different in nature to heavy metal. Just like how a person wouldnt compare a space shuttle to a car and conclude that Space Shuttle is better. The Two are uncomparable, the very act of comparing is a insult upon Classical Music. Besides the purpose of heavy metal is not intellectual depth and structual complexity, peopel who wrote it didnt meant for it to surpass CM.
You don't understand do you. There is no better formal music than Bach's. Classical music is fomral music. Bach's music sits serenly above the composers that followed. The only reason they're not contrapuntal is becuase they failed to master counter point as he did.
@btjohnson96 It ain't arrogance if you can back it up. I have no "true knowledge"? And the evidence of this is to be found in my comments here? Very well, point to the evidence and make your case. If you've no interest in the matter, still better, then stop replying. You made a ridiculous claim; I called you on it. Please don't bother to write anything further unless it contains something directly germane to my central point Put up or shut up.
II. ... any neurological diagnosis is just meaningless. I'll grant you I find the conjecture that Gould had Asperger's mildly plausible, but that is the very most one can say. To venture such a a diagnosis of Leonardo Da Vinci, who has been dead for 481 years -and about whom there is no biographical information outside his notebooks and a few anecdotes from Vasari- is the merest nonsense.
@polymath7 Yes, and it irritates me when arrogant people such as yourself comment when they themselves have no true knowledge. This is youtube, sir. Get over it.
Haha, it's too vague to say he was retarded. In what way? He surely wasn't retarded when it came to musical interpretation! Nor speech. Incredibly right brained, the left appears normal. But for devil's advocate sake, even if he was "retarded", George Carlin said it best: "Sometimes a little brain damage can help." He was simply a genius of rarity.
Too heavy for the masses. Sorry but on the whole non contrapuntal music to me sounds half baked. Especially Mozart. So frivolous. The repeated note formula he used is the most elementary & lifeless means of accompanyment. Plus his dumbed down polyphony & only one melody at a time Mozzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzart
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Completamente fuori stile , ma sublime!!! L'arte musicale con certi interpreti veramente si pone al di fuori della storia e si lascia accarezzare semplicemente dall'idea di Verità. Meravigliosa ingenuità. Un cuore puro di bambino. Grande Glenn!
I love this piece the more I hear it. He is by far my favourite pianist. hands down ! He reminds me of myself when I practise. he sings the different parts!
None could play this masterpiece better than Glenn. He is a legendary pianist!
Today is 25th of September 2010.
78 years ago this genius was born.
Glenn,I wish you had lived a longer life.
I love you and you are always in my heart.
Rest In Peace.
What remarkable line of a bass in the Sinfonia... Bravo, mr. Gould!
Such a magnificent work! An entire cosmos exposed for the recreation of souls, played with the most delicated and kind of contained passion. Both geniuses!
Thanks for share it.
dont argue!
just listen
the beautiful music
I like Gould's passion when the litte fugue-like part begins at the end of the sinfonia...
La digitación es perfecta, insuperable interpretación. Glenn Gould ha sido único e insuperable en sus interpretaciones. Te extrañamos Glenn y admiraremos siempre.
This is my favourite piece so far.
Bach habría estado orgulloso de escuchar a Gould interpretando lo que fue hecho para clavecín en pianoforte...el mejor.
Glenn Gould,aqui,transciende al mismo Bach.
La interpretacion es simplemente perfecta.
Bach's music is the best music, it's the most 'right' music. It's always right in where it goes. Glenn's performances are usually the best/. Long live Glenn & Johann
I hate it when people say this. Firstly, he was never diagnosed, secondly he was extremely intelligent in many different subjects, with good linguistic skills. If you've ever seen a video of him talking, all you will see is an eccentric man. Also, autism is misdiagnosed a shockingly high amount today.
one of my favorite videos on RUclips!
this is just incredible! Lovin' it!
No one can play BAch like he did. The more I listen to him the more I can feel how close Bach ,Gould and maybe God (if there is one) are. His counting is just so perfect. If he was a mathematician I'm sure he would be a genius as well. Cause music and mathematics(God's language) are so interrelated. He's the best.
Bach + Gould = Beauté !
learning to play this atm. thanks for the recording!
me encanta como interpreta a bach ! lastima q te fuiste tan joven :(
I can't thank you enough!!
I've been searching for this recording so long!!
Thank you very much!!
@ftcvilla So true and the idea applies to even the simplest scale . The piano teacher / piano student chemistry. The end result is somehting more than the sum of its parts if you have the right ingredients.
actually you can hear him singing throughout the whole recording :)
LOVE IT !!!
@SirNikro That is the point, my friend: "played with the most delicate passion." Some performances of works by Bach are too stern, so strict that they sound stern, harsh. I have always felt that these works should be played in a very soft, delicate way. Like Glenn Gould so often did.
No creo que fuera un Asperger,pero la historia de su silla,que no me cabe aqui,es interesantisima.¡Cosas de genios!.
my hero !!!
this is my favourite partita!
It is true. One thing to consider also is that he was a left handed man. I am left handed myself. We know today that left handed people have to permanently cross left brain and right brain functions to operate. This is a strain that makes us different socially. Without wanting to sound arrogant I confess i recognize some social pattern of Glenn in myself. It is hard to explain with words. As a left handed guy I can feel and recognize the clues from his brain. RHP would never know. That's it.
I totally agree with you.
@JMHEROE You´re forgetting he whose music this is, and that probably deserves a little more recognition than the interpreter. I am by no means disquialifying Gould, and for all that I consider the best, but this, as the rest of his pieces, is a child of Bach, and of his generating genius. Not smoke would be Gould without Bach, whilst Bach would just be in wait of an interpreter as Gould and with his brilliance would settle for less.
love this partita, i can't find this anywhere!! help!! like the beatles said HELP!!! i need somebody!!!! lol
Like the way he performs the stacatti
A virtuose compositor, who composed for a virtuose interpret ...
Was this recording done on a piano or a harpsichord? The tinny quality of the sound reminds me more of a harpsichord than a piano...
Glenn Gould's playing is just awesome...no other words about it.
No, he was left-handed. There is no ambiguity about it and several sources.
From "Psychobiography of a Virtuoso" by Helen Mesaro.
Gould was left handed.. [...}.. to which can be attributed his mastering of counterpoint playing which is more demanding for the left hand. His manifested disdain for some Mozart pieces was also linked. He indicated with some annoyance "I told my professor, I could not understand why Mozart had ignored some evident canonic possibilities for the left hand".
Strange how some people dislike this....
-_- there are 8 dislikes -_- where are your ears?? it is the best partita what i listened to
@gonrolgonrol And in Gould's interpretation of Bach's works.
Il nous manque la vidéo
+pobinr 100% agree.
oh shit. He makes those keys sound weightless
In this day and age no its not. Though i prefer classical i do notice that the presence of Death Metal bands draws in more numbers and changes more lives than classical. Do you know that cults are formed out of these bands? music is an art...art is always subjective. Gould was one of those who rose above the subjectivity and got everyone to love him.
baroque is before the classical period
@asdfq321 yes and if you swallow gum it will stick up your heart and eventually stop it.
@polymath7 agree with you.
thank you simcha181818 for your kind words!
@camilocuesta I wouldn't diagnose him... seeing that you can't even spell "Aspergers."
Aspergers isn't a bad thing. In fact, many brilliant people had it. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss, Bill Gates, Alfred Hitchcock, Issac Newton, Jane Austen, Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Michelangelo, George Orwell, Thomas Edison, Mark Twain, Henry Ford, Van Gogh, Andy Warhol, William Shakespeare, Leonardo Di Vinci, Alexander Graham Bell, Satie, Bartok, Bruckner, Mahler
@Clg1688
no, i agree. it's nothing against the performer, by any means. the sound is definitely very tinny. if this isn't because of the piano itself (which it might be), then it could be the recording equipment at the time. when was this recorded? late '50s, early '60s? his recording of the prelude and fugue in A minor is also very "clunky" like this, though i must admit i indulge in such "clunkiness" on that particular recording :)
True thing is I am left handed and had the same reaction to mozart's music before ever reading this. My best playing is also contrapuntal music and I do feel ackward in some Mozart passages were the left hand music is extremely thin.
Same thing.
I dunno, but at 3:59 I left this earth, :).
@camilocuesta Emily Dickinson, Bobby Fischer, George Washington, Charles Dickinson, and Robin Williams.
Glenn Gould definitely did have it. I read many biographies on him and watched many documentaries on him.
It has NOTHING to do with the type of music you play...
I read somewhere that Gould was ambidextrous. Without pointing to a source perhaps this is not worth much, but it might have been the book by Payzant. I am curious to know if somebody knows more about this.
So glad that Beethoven had a contrapuntal ear and temperament or he would have fallen victim to the same trap Mozzy did.
@fanvloggers I think there's exactly one (Argerich).
@MaestroTJS I think this is from the 50's xD
@MrTIRILLY The video of this recording definitely doesn't exixt ;)
is it me or you can hear his voice singing at 00:50 ?
@btjohnson96 lol no Aspergers is a bad thing
@raider - steady on there mate, glenn gould led a perfectly charmed life doing exactly what he liked when he liked so enough of the tortured artist drama ok?
Bach is classical music
Where did I say it isn't baroque ? !
I waaaannnntttt fava beans.....
By the time Mozart & Beethoven came along Bach had done all the work.
@btjohnson96 I.
No, I wouldn't say "offend" is the right word. It just irritates me when people spread misinformation of any kind.
I'm not a clinical neurologist, so I'm not up to speed on what exactly are the diagnostic criteria for Aspergers, but it damn sure requires that you meet and interview the patient -in person- several times. Otherwise such a diagnosis is speculation most foul -as in the best it is- but in the case of a patient one has never even met...
Like J.S. Bach !!
Was HE? and do you agree that Glenn's Bach is the best?
Bach cannot be played any better..
What's with the horrible sound quality?
Gould is great,but I believe Argerich has the
last word on this partita.
excellent! but he does not play one of the levels at 5.11 , he only plays three groups instead of four, weird
@XLFriesAndShake because they can't.
"bad child, very ill a thing you have done... you forsake the path of the righteous and face an eternal torment - unless you desist! And now you must repent!"
the repetence is you must shake hands with brother Milo and make things better at school - now do what I tell you!
[the sin was abomination of dividing the brethen - the boys were quarrelling and causing difficulties, Bach in his role as parent and kappelmeister has had to admonish them]
this is all sinfonia interpretation
@btjohnson96 Goodbye.
@polymath7 Did my comment offend you, sir?
God damn GG's Partitas are great. Can't stand a lot of his WTC recordings though.
"classical" music isnt supposed to be contrapunctal the way Bachs style is. Bach is baroque, Haydn and Mozart etc. is classical. Its fact. Study western art music history and you will see
-.- bach is baroque
p.s. Very good ! rating ( by stars ) removed from RUclips...there is a some wonders... CAN NOT BE rated... there is not enough NUMBERS to rate them ! as
as those miracles are so close to GOD ! SO CLOSE ! You Tube staff should add link for LOVED IT ...(friendly suggestion.)
Prefiero el clave,pero al piano Gould fue unico interpretando a JSB.
In a way it does. It would be just another proof that the "normal" are good for nothing.
@shadenfreude1984 dont compare the two how you would compare a honda accord to a BMW M5. Classical Music is something entire different in nature to heavy metal. Just like how a person wouldnt compare a space shuttle to a car and conclude that Space Shuttle is better. The Two are uncomparable, the very act of comparing is a insult upon Classical Music. Besides the purpose of heavy metal is not intellectual depth and structual complexity, peopel who wrote it didnt meant for it to surpass CM.
wrong its baroque
You don't understand do you. There is no better formal music than Bach's. Classical music is fomral music. Bach's music sits serenly above the composers that followed. The only reason they're not contrapuntal is becuase they failed to master counter point as he did.
@btjohnson96 just face the facts that having aspergers isnt a good thing all it does is make you bad at social interaction
You might. But you are wrong.They are related.
@btjohnson96 It ain't arrogance if you can back it up.
I have no "true knowledge"? And the evidence of this is to be found in my comments here? Very well, point to the evidence and make your case. If you've no interest in the matter, still better, then stop replying.
You made a ridiculous claim; I called you on it. Please don't bother to write anything further unless it contains something directly germane to my central point
Put up or shut up.
II. ... any neurological diagnosis is just meaningless. I'll grant you I find the conjecture that Gould had Asperger's mildly plausible, but that is the very most one can say.
To venture such a a diagnosis of Leonardo Da Vinci, who has been dead for 481 years -and about whom there is no biographical information outside his notebooks and a few anecdotes from Vasari- is the merest nonsense.
@polymath7 Yes, and it irritates me when arrogant people such as yourself comment when they themselves have no true knowledge. This is youtube, sir. Get over it.
I don't think that's what you said. What you said it's deep embedded in you mind....I think it's time for you to see your psychiatrist.
Haha, it's too vague to say he was retarded. In what way? He surely wasn't retarded when it came to musical interpretation! Nor speech. Incredibly right brained, the left appears normal. But for devil's advocate sake, even if he was "retarded", George Carlin said it best: "Sometimes a little brain damage can help." He was simply a genius of rarity.
Too heavy for the masses. Sorry but on the whole non contrapuntal music to me sounds half baked. Especially Mozart. So frivolous. The repeated note formula he used is the most elementary & lifeless means of accompanyment. Plus his dumbed down polyphony & only one melody at a time Mozzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzart