I remember when this came out originally. It created quite a splash. Very 1968 and 'transgressive' in the day. I'm not sure but this may have been one of the only recordings at the time to feature a Beethoven symphony on solo piano. I think Gould at some point said that he was not that fond of the Beethoven symphonies except for maybe the piano versions (!).
It's hilarious that he only played this because he thought it was a ridiculous transcription, and wanted to make a statement about it with his recording of it. His transcription of Ravel's La Valse for solo piano was apparently also meant to be a parody of these kinds of transcriptions from the 19th century. Yet both performances are quite compelling, maybe undermining the very point he was trying to make.
He's so ingenious even pieces he hates he makes a compelling case for it. He thought the 5th symphony was very overrated, his favorite being the 8th. I don't think he hated the transcription, he simply said Liszt made an overly faithful transcription.
Héctor Melicoff - That is a fascinating anecdote - he was an unusual character and apparently he had a rather troublesome time with dystonia - he is in my opinion the most trusted pianist with the music of Bach.
Ловлю себя на том, что переложение для фортепиано в исполнении Гленна Гульда мне нравиться больше, чем симфоническая версия. Гульд - это наваждение. Если он проник к тебе в душу, эта душа уже не твоя, а его. Ну и слава Богу!))
Gould had the ability/technique to play any keyboard (harpsichord/piano) repertoire. He just didn’t want to. Gould is well known for not liking or showing little interest for much of classical music. His distaste for the latter Mozart works is well known. He trashed Stravinsky as a fraud. He is silent about many famous composers. In the end he was mostly a Bach specialist by choice. Which is fine but I don’t put much value in his opinion about the broad range of classical music.
love when he sings along.
I remember when this came out originally. It created quite a splash. Very 1968 and 'transgressive' in the day. I'm not sure but this may have been one of the only recordings at the time to feature a Beethoven symphony on solo piano. I think Gould at some point said that he was not that fond of the Beethoven symphonies except for maybe the piano versions (!).
the bass on this piano is something else
Beethoven's grand pupil did a very great job on his symphonies for the piano.
It's hilarious that he only played this because he thought it was a ridiculous transcription, and wanted to make a statement about it with his recording of it. His transcription of Ravel's La Valse for solo piano was apparently also meant to be a parody of these kinds of transcriptions from the 19th century. Yet both performances are quite compelling, maybe undermining the very point he was trying to make.
He's so ingenious even pieces he hates he makes a compelling case for it. He thought the 5th symphony was very overrated, his favorite being the 8th. I don't think he hated the transcription, he simply said Liszt made an overly faithful transcription.
Héctor Melicoff - That is a fascinating anecdote - he was an unusual character and apparently he had a rather troublesome time with dystonia - he is in my opinion the most trusted pianist with the music of Bach.
La partitura original es de Franz Listz
@Clinton Pendleton alright Clinton
The polyphony in his playing of the 3rd movement is incredible
Not really Gould's strong point.
This is absolutely fantastic! Brilliant!
unbelievable, followed along with the score!!! yah i can finally learn about this great work on my baby grand💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Ловлю себя на том, что переложение для фортепиано в исполнении Гленна Гульда мне нравиться больше, чем симфоническая версия. Гульд - это наваждение. Если он проник к тебе в душу, эта душа уже не твоя, а его. Ну и слава Богу!))
Esto es brillante y alucinante
グールドの前世はベートーヴェンだがこの運命交響曲の演奏は、熱情ソナタの再現である。
I laugh very hard when I hear someone say that Glenn Gould couldn't play romantic repertoire because he lacked the right technique to play it.
I've never heard anyone with any musical formation say that.
Gould had the ability/technique to play any keyboard (harpsichord/piano) repertoire. He just didn’t want to. Gould is well known for not liking or showing little interest for much of classical music. His distaste for the latter Mozart works is well known. He trashed Stravinsky as a fraud. He is silent about many famous composers. In the end he was mostly a Bach specialist by choice. Which is fine but I don’t put much value in his opinion about the broad range of classical music.
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Ok..got it..ty
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It s not Glen Gould.
that was CD 318 for ya
Ok..wasn’t born in 1968...what does transcribe mean?
Compared to headphone, my poor notebook speakers are good filter for Gould's song. :-)
Word has it that this is not Gould playing.
Too bad for Gould. For this is a fantastic performance.
What word, where? I've read multiple biographies of GG and I've never seen anything like that being alleged. What's the source?
Probably the 7th one which he never recorded but there is a video by a fairly big channel stating its gould on piano even tho its not
There is a clip on youtube of a movement of the Liszt/Beethoven 7th symphony. THAT one is not Gould. This one is Gould.
You can hear him humming during the second movement. Who else but Gould does that?