I've never heard someone so young play like this. I watched an interview once where Gould said he never really took his piano practice seriously until he was 17. I imagined him to sound like most other young pianists until then but this recording shows how talented he really was (when it comes to the intuition of phrasing, at least). This sounds very musical for someone his age.
Glenn was very much like what those biographies said about him. He found simple happiness and perhaps solitude playing piano. Very sensible yet very young and innocent compare to the much older Glenn. I think Alberto Guerrero would have proud of what Glenn Gould had became, regardless what the older Glenn had said about his pedagogy.
This is really beautiful! Exceptional young pianists usually don't chose to play this particular piece by Chopin. They often prefer playing ballades, scherzos and etudes, which have more dynamic contrasts and tempo changes, as well as more opportunities to display their technical skills with virtuoso bravura. A surprising choice by the young Gould therefore, but of course an excellent one! Thank you very much for sharing this rare recording!
Nah, I don’t like the ballades except for Op.38, which people play too fast. I don’t like any of the etudes except for op. 10 no. 12, and op. 25 no. 9. I hate all the scherzos. I prefer the mazurkas.
Here's a funny story about Gould's relationship to Chopin. In 1957, Gould had planned to play Chopin's Waltz in A minor op. 34 no 2 to a CBC TV audience. He had devised a little speech, too: "Ladies and gentlemen, there have been nasty rumors going around that because I do not play Chopin I _cannot_ play Chopin, and tonight, once and for all, I intend to _prove_ that I cannot play Chopin." Finally, the sponsor's agent objected: they wanted something more associated with Gould. So he played Bach. Source: Kevin Bazzana, Wondrous Strange: The Life and Art of Glenn Gould, pp. 223-224.
Thank you for uploading this recording! At this age, Glenn Gould's technique and sense of lyricism were already so refined. The warmth of the opening line, before the right hand enters, is simply incredible. I don't lament the change in Glenn Gould's style, though. Yes, his recordings from the 1940s to ~1960 are very "pianistic" with so much beautiful, Romantic shading. But it is not as though his artistry went away after he stopped playing "pianistically." Just listen to his 1981 recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations!
For me he's unmistakably Gould in this performance. Little use of pedal, keeping the tempo in a very not-romantic way, attention to the polyphony etc. and yet, Chopin "holds" very well, and for me, the section between 4:01 and the end is astonishingly beautiful.
@@ThePianoExperience I don’t think you will. Unless you really look. Gould actually liked playing Chopin, he just didn’t really like the music in general. Well, I’ve got to stop writing this comment. Chopin is looking over my shoulder and asking why Gould didn’t record more Chopin.
Gould actually cared little for Chopin or Liszt. It wasn't that he was incapable of playing their compositions (since he could technically handle anything): it was that they were not his stylistic preferences. So he avoided their music in his later concert career -- playing them only in private.
I listened to some players of the Chopin competition. There was this one Polish guy who played the mazurkas beautfiully and some Jewish guy who played well, as well as a lady who played the Barcarolle beautifully. But other than that, you’re right. I said quite a few things about the other players and got blacklisted by Chopin Institute because of it.
If this is Gould playing, it's before he became a jaded and snide musical lunatic. I like this Glenn Gould. Too bad he rebelled so dysfunctionally against his mother, that it poisoned much of his playing in years to come.
More proof Glenn Gould couldn't play Chopin. He knew it too, and almost admitted it publicly in 1957. Glenn Gould wasn't just a terrible pianist, he was a mediocre harpsichordist masquerading as a terrible pianist. As emotional as a midi file and far less accurate or convincing. No wonder he went into hiding.
Ashkenazy , Richter , Bernstein liked him . Zubin Mehta revered him . So do Lang Lang , kissin and many others. Surely these world famous musicians could have seen his *_masquerading_* .
@@citzie - Come on guys, let's stick to comments on Glenn Gould. By the way, there is no such thing as 'Qanon'. There is Q, which is a mysterious US military intelligence source who posted fascinating geopolitical information and anti-war & anti-human trafficking messages from 2017 to 2020, and then there are 'anons' who could literally be anyone, because these were anonymous individuals from all over the world who used to post comments on messages by Q on a forum-website called '8chan' until Q stopped posting last year. There were very smart and peaceful 'anons', as well as really stupid, hateful 'anons', just like real people in real life. The OP of this thread is a stupid, hateful anon at best. Anything else would be a compliment. To be honest, I think he is just a juvenile troll who disappointed his parents who always wanted him to become a famous Bach pianist one day. We'd better stop feeding this immature troll before he doubles down on his ridiculous rant about Glenn Gould and writes more of those bizar comments. I also think we should not post political divisive comments under these wonderful music videos (such as references to Q or to anons). I'm here to enjoy beautiful music and exceptional artistry and to share my thoughts on this with other people who appreciate Gould's extraordinary musical talent just as much. I'm not here to read about politics. Music should bring us together in these difficult times. Therefore, please don't turn TH-cam into a CNN or MSNBC message board. Let's just enjoy the amazing legacy of Glenn Gould together, regardless of political preference, nationality, religion, race, or gender.
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kind of a tremendous impression of innocence, as well as natural genius. extremely moving.
I've never heard someone so young play like this. I watched an interview once where Gould said he never really took his piano practice seriously until he was 17. I imagined him to sound like most other young pianists until then but this recording shows how talented he really was (when it comes to the intuition of phrasing, at least). This sounds very musical for someone his age.
I never took piano practice seriously, period.
Gould already played like a master at this tender age.
I heard humming as well!
Extraordinary document. Thank you.
Glenn was very much like what those biographies said about him. He found simple happiness and perhaps solitude playing piano. Very sensible yet very young and innocent compare to the much older Glenn.
I think Alberto Guerrero would have proud of what Glenn Gould had became, regardless what the older Glenn had said about his pedagogy.
This is really beautiful! Exceptional young pianists usually don't chose to play this particular piece by Chopin. They often prefer playing ballades, scherzos and etudes, which have more dynamic contrasts and tempo changes, as well as more opportunities to display their technical skills with virtuoso bravura. A surprising choice by the young Gould therefore, but of course an excellent one!
Thank you very much for sharing this rare recording!
Wonder if glenn liked this……
Like really liked this.
Nah, I don’t like the ballades except for Op.38, which people play too fast. I don’t like any of the etudes except for op. 10 no. 12, and op. 25 no. 9.
I hate all the scherzos. I prefer the mazurkas.
@@glenngouldschair390 oh yeah mazurkas are genius
Here's a funny story about Gould's relationship to Chopin. In 1957, Gould had planned to play Chopin's Waltz in A minor op. 34 no 2 to a CBC TV audience. He had devised a little speech, too:
"Ladies and gentlemen, there have been nasty rumors going around that because I do not play Chopin I _cannot_ play Chopin, and tonight, once and for all, I intend to _prove_ that I cannot play Chopin."
Finally, the sponsor's agent objected: they wanted something more associated with Gould. So he played Bach.
Source: Kevin Bazzana, Wondrous Strange: The Life and Art of Glenn Gould, pp. 223-224.
Thanks for sharing this interesting story!
:)
nice
Sounds like Gould.
robbed us of something great.....
thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
very mature approach and sound
Gave each note its own life
Already with an incredible technique and touch of the piano
Played like someone who has been playing Chopin for a lifetime, with great sensitivity and understanding. And he was only fourteen.
Sounds pretty good for someone who never recorded any Chopin (except for cbc)
is this true? what!!! about half a year has passed since this upload and just today i saw this !?!?!??!?! OMG THANKS YOU!!!!!! THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!
I just searxhed up “gould chopin” after screaming at my piano teacher that chopin was a bad composer
@@pianosbloxworld4460 how could you even whisper something like that :O
@@moussafedior2001 Because I was mad?
I mean now I at least changed my mind.
Thank you for uploading this recording! At this age, Glenn Gould's technique and sense of lyricism were already so refined. The warmth of the opening line, before the right hand enters, is simply incredible. I don't lament the change in Glenn Gould's style, though. Yes, his recordings from the 1940s to ~1960 are very "pianistic" with so much beautiful, Romantic shading. But it is not as though his artistry went away after he stopped playing "pianistically." Just listen to his 1981 recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations!
For me he's unmistakably Gould in this performance. Little use of pedal, keeping the tempo in a very not-romantic way, attention to the polyphony etc. and yet, Chopin "holds" very well, and for me, the section between 4:01 and the end is astonishingly beautiful.
Hauntingly beautiful.
Please share the other recordings very soon .
I will, if I find other.
@@ThePianoExperience I don’t think you will.
Unless you really look. Gould actually liked playing Chopin, he just didn’t really like the music in general.
Well, I’ve got to stop writing this comment. Chopin is looking over my shoulder and asking why Gould didn’t record more Chopin.
It is really unfortunate that Glenn Gould did not record more Chopin.
As with this Impromptu, and the Third Piano Sonata, we could have heard Chopin in a new light.
I don’t think Gould thought it that way.
I think Gould thought it like this: “It is really unfortunate that I heard of Chopin in the first place”.
@@pianosbloxworld4460 That's your opinion.
@@Opoczynski he played this for an exam
@@pianosbloxworld4460 OK.
Very nice, very good.
He plays the Impromptu with the same feeling as I do when I simultaneously read the newspaper
You know what?
For ARCT RCM exam I am actually going to study this piece. It’s interesting. I like it.
Thanks for your comment but can you tell me the meaning of " ARCT RCM"
@@ThePianoExperience Arct is the highest level of piano study in the rcm (royal conservatory of music) Glenn studied there.
Well good luck ;)
So how did it go?
@@bercg I’m actually learning Chopin’s First Ballade. It’s lovely
My favorite composer and my favorite pianist, who hates him, playing beautifully…what a weird thing…
GENIUS BOY
Indeed !
Gould actually cared little for Chopin or Liszt. It wasn't that he was incapable of playing their compositions (since he could technically handle anything): it was that they were not his stylistic preferences. So he avoided their music in his later concert career -- playing them only in private.
In the process of becoming Gould
What I would do to play like 14 year old Gould
He played better than today’s Chopin competition players
Accurate
I listened to some players of the Chopin competition. There was this one Polish guy who played the mazurkas beautfiully and some Jewish guy who played well, as well as a lady who played the Barcarolle beautifully. But other than that, you’re right. I said quite a few things about the other players and got blacklisted by Chopin Institute because of it.
The recording was made when he was 16, not 14.
That’s still pretty good
Hello,
Glenn Gould was born in 1932 and the recording was made in 1946.
He was 14 years old at this time.
Hi, is the recording collection you mentioned out?
Yes, it is !
Have a good listenning !
@@ThePianoExperience I'm sorry but I couldn't seem to find "The Glenn Gould Private Recordings". Could you point me to the right direction?
I can’t find it
the ultimate "aspie" :)
It's not 14 yrs old Gould ...it's just Gould
This Recording was made when Gould was 14 years old.
@@ThePianoExperience yeah I know bro I just my point was that age doesn't matter in Gould ..Gould is God all the time.
Ah. Now I understand. Indeed Gould is God all the time
is it me or is that piano slightly out of tune?
I don’t think the piano’s out of tune. The recording seemed kinda damaged. I mean, this is what, 70+ years old?
@@pianosbloxworld4460 good point, yeah
No, the recording is just old and in a bad condition.
As someone with perfect pitch, no
This sounds like Gould's adored Chickering.
If this is Gould playing, it's before he became a jaded and snide musical lunatic. I like this Glenn Gould. Too bad he rebelled so dysfunctionally against his mother, that it poisoned much of his playing in years to come.
More proof Glenn Gould couldn't play Chopin. He knew it too, and almost admitted it publicly in 1957.
Glenn Gould wasn't just a terrible pianist, he was a mediocre harpsichordist masquerading as a terrible pianist. As emotional as a midi file and far less accurate or convincing.
No wonder he went into hiding.
I think this might win The Most Inane TH-cam Commentary Ever Award
Ashkenazy , Richter , Bernstein liked him . Zubin Mehta revered him . So do Lang Lang , kissin and many others. Surely these world famous musicians could have seen his *_masquerading_* .
I saw this same name spreading Qanon nonsense on some other video
@@citzie She must be a member of the music Qanon.
@@citzie - Come on guys, let's stick to comments on Glenn Gould.
By the way, there is no such thing as 'Qanon'. There is Q, which is a mysterious US military intelligence source who posted fascinating geopolitical information and anti-war & anti-human trafficking messages from 2017 to 2020, and then there are 'anons' who could literally be anyone, because these were anonymous individuals from all over the world who used to post comments on messages by Q on a forum-website called '8chan' until Q stopped posting last year.
There were very smart and peaceful 'anons', as well as really stupid, hateful 'anons', just like real people in real life. The OP of this thread is a stupid, hateful anon at best. Anything else would be a compliment.
To be honest, I think he is just a juvenile troll who disappointed his parents who always wanted him to become a famous Bach pianist one day. We'd better stop feeding this immature troll before he doubles down on his ridiculous rant about Glenn Gould and writes more of those bizar comments.
I also think we should not post political divisive comments under these wonderful music videos (such as references to Q or to anons). I'm here to enjoy beautiful music and exceptional artistry and to share my thoughts on this with other people who appreciate Gould's extraordinary musical talent just as much. I'm not here to read about politics.
Music should bring us together in these difficult times. Therefore, please don't turn TH-cam into a CNN or MSNBC message board. Let's just enjoy the amazing legacy of Glenn Gould together, regardless of political preference, nationality, religion, race, or gender.