Glenn Gould - Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor op. 31/2 "The Tempest" (OFFICIAL)

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  • Glenn Gould performs Beethoven’s "Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor op 31/2 - The Tempest“, at the classical music television series "Music For a Sunday Afternoon", originally broadcast on March 19, 1967. Remember to subscribe to stay up to date with all new releases on the channel.
    00:00 I Largo Allegro
    07:03 II Adagio
    16:19 III Allegretto
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  • @ginetteortega5334
    @ginetteortega5334 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Gould: marvelous speaking voice .....! ❤ And so handsome... !!!!!!!

    • @ulyasjoboden6233
      @ulyasjoboden6233 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He looks a bit like Ethan Hawke

    • @westernkentucky5956
      @westernkentucky5956 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He was gorgeous when he was young, and not bad up until the end.

  • @namn.2466
    @namn.2466 5 ปีที่แล้ว +935

    Actual timeline:
    5:38 I Largo Allegro
    12:40 II Adagio
    21:57 III Allegretto

    • @blub608
      @blub608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      thanks

    • @fattit7598
      @fattit7598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks

    • @shannonshibby
      @shannonshibby 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you !!

    • @infocard1126
      @infocard1126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Спасибо!!!

    • @fijixxx
      @fijixxx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The speech is pretty cool tho

  • @lenpalmeri6228
    @lenpalmeri6228 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    I want to personally thank God for giving us the gift of Glenn Gould.

    • @jacksong2538
      @jacksong2538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      mistake

    • @leopangan9331
      @leopangan9331 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amen to that Len Palmeri

    • @Pogouldangeliwitz
      @Pogouldangeliwitz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There is no gawd. But Gould could have created one - if he hadn't been so busy with much more important things...

    • @johnmartin7158
      @johnmartin7158 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He understands Bach more than anyone apart from God.

  • @suic86
    @suic86 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1789

    Gould wasn't only a great pianist but also a great speaker

    • @johnkiets8035
      @johnkiets8035 5 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      MarkoGabrielCZ
      great intellectual.

    • @eppiehemsley6556
      @eppiehemsley6556 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Yes indeed, he was a versatile bugger. He even makes Marcel Marceau look amateurish.

    • @hellbooks3024
      @hellbooks3024 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Eppie Hemsley He was much like Marceau but more so.

    • @Highinsight7
      @Highinsight7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think so too Marko... may he RIP !

    • @michakilijanek7437
      @michakilijanek7437 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I dont know the guy personally but if you look closely he is actually reading all of what he is saying from a paper placed next to the camera that's recording him. Not saying hes a fraud or something, its a tv routine.

  • @roelvinckens5553
    @roelvinckens5553 2 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    If you want to rediscover a piece of music that has accompanied you all of your life and that you know by heart, listen to a version by Glenn Gould.
    Pure gold.

    • @black-dj9mr
      @black-dj9mr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      But there is a lot of pieces which Gould has never played, which contains my favorite, too. :(

    • @seanonel
      @seanonel ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@black-dj9mr But just imagine if he did!

    • @roelvinckens5553
      @roelvinckens5553 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alpinoalpini3849
      Insult... Discovery... Tastes and colours my friend. Liberties taken can be a source of true enjoyment for one, and deep frustration for the other. What might be nerve wracking for me might be genuine pleasure for you. I'm not saying in any way that this version is preferable over any other, but it does open doors of perception on the work of one of my favourites. Glen just seems to sit right with me...

    • @rayaqin
      @rayaqin ปีที่แล้ว

      imagine Gould playing Like Swimming Plates from Radiohead

  • @stevehinnenkamp5625
    @stevehinnenkamp5625 5 ปีที่แล้ว +686

    Mr. Gould spoke with as much originality as he played.
    Tremendous. The world misses such genius like never before.

    • @clairesnibbe1878
      @clairesnibbe1878 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I found his manner of speaking even more appealing than that of Leonard Bernstein - Gould was a most attractive character and yes, I have read about his life, which is at discord with my comments here; but here I am experiencing him
      "in person" and I am discarding a lot of what I have read about him. His brilliant musicianship takes precedence.

    • @michaelwisse9284
      @michaelwisse9284 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Still we have his recordings and the memories that will never die and also those who will follow in his footsteps

    • @ClaptonDennis
      @ClaptonDennis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@michaelwisse9284
      Glenn Gould, what a Man, what a lost. I also like Leonard Bernstein, what a kind Person, Vladimir Horowitz is also very special to me in his playing and his warm smiling. And of course there are some more great Pianists and other classical musicians that I adore.

    • @jacksong2538
      @jacksong2538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      y r Canadians sooo proud of gLeNn GoULd

    • @foreverraining1522
      @foreverraining1522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nowadays they gotta tell a joke..act stupid and dumb it down. Everything gotta be light and comedy. Back then you could speak on a collegiate level and respected. Now if you speak like how Glenn spoke on this video, there heads explode. Libtards.

  • @StriketheSunMD
    @StriketheSunMD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    This man is incredible in his eloquent speaking and playing.

    • @jacksong2538
      @jacksong2538 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      no he isn't

    • @nunziomeatballs
      @nunziomeatballs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@jacksong2538 seems you’re outnumbered my child

    • @fh854
      @fh854 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@jacksong2538what an eloquent response. Idiot

  • @ej2333
    @ej2333 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    When I first heard Glenn, he changed my view on classical music because I never heard anybody hum in the background while they played. Then when I saw the way he sat at the piano and how he played, I realized he was more than a pianist, he was an Artist.

  • @laurencegoldman4639
    @laurencegoldman4639 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    What effortless precision! He never over emotes. I get the feeling that he’s the conductor, conducting himself, who’s not even playing. But actually hearing the music itself, play itself. Just amazing. I had only listened to him play Bach.

    • @carlrichards49
      @carlrichards49 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Listen to his recording of Scriabin's 5th Sonata. Sober, without the hysteria often heard in Scriabin, clear, clean like his Bach, yet spectacular as only Gould could deliver.

    • @yanayrton
      @yanayrton ปีที่แล้ว +2

      . .A perfect,profund, concise and accurate analysis.Bravo Laurence Goldman!
      The great ultra-talented Mr. Gould and Beethoven a perfect link and bond of perfection.The two deserve each other, one,united and happy!
      . . "Ludwig van Beethoven IS the very apex from the Human Creation.He remains not surpassed by anyone .He stands reverentlly by meritus & absolute grace close near and imbricated with The Mind And Heart From God." ― Yan Ayrton, a classical composer in development and evolution.
      >>> .ARS SEMPER.VITA PLENA.― Yan Ayrton, young classical composer from the XXI century

    • @MrHackTheGibson
      @MrHackTheGibson ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm not sure what you would consider emoting, but I personally can't tell what's more expressive... the looks on his face, or his subtle humming accompaniments!

    • @olgan3329
      @olgan3329 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks a lot! Have the same feeling of conducting the mighty power of the brilliant orchestra!❤❤❤❤❤

  • @HSDarke
    @HSDarke 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1127

    When TV was worth watching.

    • @leonfong3455
      @leonfong3455 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      H.S. Darke ever heard of breaking bad?

    • @nunyabusiness8538
      @nunyabusiness8538 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      or mad men

    • @JoseLopez-hx2gs
      @JoseLopez-hx2gs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      yes they came up with some of the best and must intelligent people in that generation and put them in front of the camara, but soon someone got bored and invented.... crap! and because he was the executive producer he started pruducing....crap and selling..... crap interrupted every few minutes by commertials selling..... bullshit.
      and thats how hollywood destroit quality entertainiment and our culture.

    • @ThunderBooster3444
      @ThunderBooster3444 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      H.S. Darke
      He just insisted on different values

    • @MealTeam6
      @MealTeam6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@nunyabusiness8538 garbage.

  • @catkillingcreep
    @catkillingcreep 5 ปีที่แล้ว +272

    "Within every creative person there is an inventor, at odds with a museum curator - and most of the startling things that happen musically are the result of some momentary gain by one, at the expense of the other."

    • @sholoms
      @sholoms 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I can learn as much from one of his sentences as from too many of the books I've read...

    • @nunyabusiness8538
      @nunyabusiness8538 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      this was the most brilliant thing i’ve ever read....it’s condensed all my thoughts about the piano in one paragraph

    • @julianmanjarres1998
      @julianmanjarres1998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't really understand what that quote is suppose to mean

    • @alkibiadespapaparaskevopou8278
      @alkibiadespapaparaskevopou8278 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@julianmanjarres1998 It refers to the immense weight of tradition and historical truth with which creative people are confronted in their struggle to open up new avenues in human expression, to tread into unchartered territories. Sometimes the choice is to dismantle what they know, refute it, inverse it, as happened with modernism, or hide behind irony as in postmodernism. However, originality is not creating something out of nothing. It comes through serious contact with the past, the creation of a deep empathy towards the creators who led the way, knowledge of languages that express the particular (spirit of a time) through their individual claims to the universal (a sense of the sublime, of the untold that can only be hinted on). And only then, those blessed few will find their way and have something to say.

    • @RodrigoRaez
      @RodrigoRaez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's an spectacular phrase

  • @truescotsman4103
    @truescotsman4103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I've never been so impressed with a musician, a human being in my entire life. Well done sir.

  • @avocatdenis
    @avocatdenis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    A pianist completely immersed in the music. There are very few pianists, past and present, that can match his in-depth understanding of the music he played.

    • @DavidBoycePiano
      @DavidBoycePiano 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think there are very many pianists, past and present, who can match his in-depth understanding of the music.

    • @onamemmet
      @onamemmet 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hiromi and Keith Jarrett are two active pianists who are fully as great as Mr. Gould, albeit in different styles.

    • @p-y8210
      @p-y8210 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@IgnacioClerici-mp5cy gould composed a fugue what are you talking about.

  • @FeonaLeeJones
    @FeonaLeeJones 3 ปีที่แล้ว +211

    Gould was a great intellectual, phenomenal pianist, and just really, really good-looking :)

    • @hernanmunozratto5899
      @hernanmunozratto5899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Really good looking! 😍

    • @pianosbloxworld4460
      @pianosbloxworld4460 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@hernanmunozratto5899 That’s your opinion.

    • @tolbydamit
      @tolbydamit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'll take your word on the last part. He looks like a weird dude to me, but then again, I usually don't prefer dudes.

    • @ankitabose2139
      @ankitabose2139 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@tolbydamit you should see his pictures when he was young.

    • @pagorami5253
      @pagorami5253 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      omg when he was young 😍😍😍

  • @philipdavis6207
    @philipdavis6207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    I'm flabbergasted at Glen Gould's short dissertation on Beethoven and his art . I've allways held Mr Gould in a rareified realm of genius as an astonishingly cerebral and emotionally deep performance artist . What an intellect Gould possessed . He says in this brief four minutes everything , and even more , than I've ever thought about concerning Beethoven . Both Beethoven and Gould stand alone in a very lofty and unique strata of artists . So grateful for this treasure of a presentation . Thank you sincerely 😌

    • @beethovenlovedmozart
      @beethovenlovedmozart 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree with them saying Beethoven was overrated. :) His music is good and some of it is great but it doesn't make his the best musician. Bach and then Mozart were way better at dissonance and chromatic writing which i feel is needed to be the best.

    • @RB-bj9ms
      @RB-bj9ms 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@beethovenlovedmozart Bach yes, but not Mozart.

  • @peterpowder8546
    @peterpowder8546 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    My dad was church organist and choir director. Naturally he played piano at home every day practicing for Sunday. And by far his favorite was Gould

  • @ubkwerhe5469
    @ubkwerhe5469 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    whatever face Glenn Gould made while playing, I never think he was pretentious. He was a genuine artist.

    • @jweyek
      @jweyek 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree. He was simply in a state of bliss, not a bit of self consciousness.

  • @tcpip9999
    @tcpip9999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I wish more TV was like this.

  • @doogelyjim8627
    @doogelyjim8627 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    What Gould says at the beginning is I think the most profound statement I've ever heard about artists in general, as well as about Beethoven. Gould is so exactly this type of artist he is describing - a museum curator at odds with an inventor, and he is by far my favorite of all pianists I have ever heard. I can expect greatness and even perfection from many others, Horowitz, Argerich, Uchida, Brendel, Richter, and particularly Pollini, but Gould goes further - I do not know what I can expect with one of his recordings, except that he may show me something in the music that I had never before considered, and by doing so rewrite my perception of it entirely. Maybe even to go so far as to give the piece a completely new form of being - even if it be far away from the composers intent, it is an extremely rich and important exercise that opens up the music on the sheet, and makes you really consider what each note is there for, what each note does and COULD have done. I think that way you can attain an even deeper understanding of the art. What can these notes do if we change these parts in this manner? How does that change the piece? How then, does that inform you about what the piece is trying to do, to convey? I think its such a bold thing to take canonical performances of important pieces and say "I'm going to do it completely differently".

    • @alex.luciatlabry
      @alex.luciatlabry 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Un grand merci pour votre commentaire qui sont si justes
      Il est vrai que j'ai beau essayé de ne plus aimé Gould qui me prenait trop il y avait des jours je n'écoutais que lui.

  • @karlhanson6119
    @karlhanson6119 5 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    It's great to hear Glenn Gould speak. He doesn't sound at all how I imagined. Reminds me of Leonard Bernstein his video series, "The Unanswered Question". Gould was an amazingly talented musician.

    • @rsjmd
      @rsjmd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      excellent observation.

    • @twolegsnotail
      @twolegsnotail 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Dear Karl, buy the 10 dvd set "Glenn Gould on Television: The Complete CBC Broadcasts 1954-1977" which is the source of the Beethoven you're seeing now. In point of fact Bernstein was a huge inspiration for Gould's career in television and radio broadcasting both text and music. "I, myself, have been Bernsteining in all directions" is a quote from a Gould letter (remember those?) to Bernstein. Gould was a prolific writer: to friends, to fans, for newspapers and magazines and his own album liner notes. All of this is available at your local public library... nota bene: Bezos and JSTOR don't own the world yet. Visit the online Library and Archives Canada: The Glenn Gould Archive", it's a mine of clips and info and all things GG that will interest you. Cheers.

    • @liquidmotion09
      @liquidmotion09 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Right? I expected a weak nasally voice

    • @aai3661
      @aai3661 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He speaks like all my fellow students did when I was in journalism school.

    • @ubiestinsula
      @ubiestinsula 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nicholas White why???

  • @deadblue324
    @deadblue324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    People often times mock Gould’s Beethoven, but I believe this recording is proof of how outstanding and great it is. This is by far my favorite version of the tempest.

    • @muttleycrew
      @muttleycrew ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Let them mock all they please. They who mock cannot possibly hold a candle to Gould's astonishing gift.

  • @duartedasilva7171
    @duartedasilva7171 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    It’s 2023 and this video continues to age like a fine wine.

  • @petergoldstein1075
    @petergoldstein1075 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There is only one word to describe this concert: WILD!!

  • @TorySlusher
    @TorySlusher 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I absolutely love Gould's playing, and as an added bonus, he could have hosted The twilight zone.

    • @danielwggudan2
      @danielwggudan2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think he lived the twilight zone.

  • @mikiosuzuki987
    @mikiosuzuki987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Gould is a person who is wanted to be still alive in this world. I found in this performance he played the Beethoven's sound with soundless and prolonged music in the air.

  • @jseligmann
    @jseligmann 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Imagine Music For A Sunday Afternoon on the TV of today. Where have we gone?

    • @mickaymiller9622
      @mickaymiller9622 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Joel Seligmann To Hell in a handbasket?

    • @jseligmann
      @jseligmann 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mickaymiller9622 th-cam.com/video/01AC4Y2E0t8/w-d-xo.html

    • @exerciserelax8719
      @exerciserelax8719 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Even on cable and Netflix. 100s of channels but is there one that devotes any significant time to thoughtful presentation of the arts? I guess we might occasionally get some classical music on PBS, but that's about it.

    • @jseligmann
      @jseligmann 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exercise&Relax Amazon had Mozart in the Jungle for four seasons. Dramatically spotty as it may have been, it featured music rarely, if ever, heard these days on TV. Some episodes were surprisingly good, even inspired. There was one episode with an Olivier Messiaen concert at Rikers Island that was stunningly done and quite moving. But, sadly no, there is very little serious music in the TV of today.

    • @MarilynCrosbie
      @MarilynCrosbie 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I believe Mozart in the Jungle recruited Gustavo Dudamel for one episode. Gustavo got "used" for many reasons by various organizations, but now he is a completely professional and serious musician who has found his place in the world of classical music.

  • @pelodelperro
    @pelodelperro 5 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    Genius. Gould lived throughly the music he performed. It’s an entirely personal experience.

    • @twolegsnotail
      @twolegsnotail 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Personal but entirely professional as well. The man had so few doubts about his own capabilities and gifts that he was entirely comfortable giving a 'thumbs up' to Charles Schulz's "Schroeder" who played Beethoven passionately, knees up and body bent over his piano... Gould's 'throwaway lines' or 'quips' are brilliant because of his 'Rod Serling' delivery but alas they often go unappreciated precisely because of that. Gould could be fun about 'it'; serious fun, but always seriously, singularly brilliant: a true star in the firmament. A true star you can always look to in order to find your own way home when you thought you were lost afar... Gould makes the world seem a safer place for us all.

    • @stevenvinson1615
      @stevenvinson1615 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I don't think I've ever seen or heard a pianist who cared so deeply for every individual note he ever played.

  • @leslielandberg5620
    @leslielandberg5620 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Nobody will ever play it better. Glen Gould was incomparable in feeling, intellect, temperament and ability.

    • @jacksong2538
      @jacksong2538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      kempff

    • @daveholt1325
      @daveholt1325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We need Evegeny Kissin to record the Beethoven Sonatas I listened to him live at the Bridgwater Hall in Manchester back in 1998 and it was spell binding particularly the last movement

    • @user-eb9fe3sm9q
      @user-eb9fe3sm9q 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are right! Temperament and technic... But, listen Michael Pletnev, please! So much romantic, hidden power

    • @gadjodilo5394
      @gadjodilo5394 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      My mother

    • @gadjodilo5394
      @gadjodilo5394 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      She played it 20 years to study it, I remember when I was in her body

  • @iga279
    @iga279 4 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    Gee, I forgot how smart Glen Gould was; and how brilliant a pianist he was; It's been a while. Thanks for this.

    • @curlymyhero
      @curlymyhero 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He once made the Cover of Rolling Stone!

    • @cesarramirez7381
      @cesarramirez7381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He was Aspie

  • @W-HealthPianoExercises
    @W-HealthPianoExercises 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    clear, light, articulate execution from a man completely immersed in the world of music he played

  • @user-tp9hc8iv2x
    @user-tp9hc8iv2x 5 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    gould speaks about bach or beethoven as if he really knew them, he studied the soul the spirit the intention of artist, this is the meaning of being an "interpreter", from this side i consider gould a genius...

    • @sukiserjeant9110
      @sukiserjeant9110 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      дем кен : yes ,absolutly ,agree wt u 100%!!!!!

    • @teeple1877
      @teeple1877 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bach is the greatest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @robertmorrison1657
      @robertmorrison1657 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@teeple1877 agreed.

    • @corkcamden9878
      @corkcamden9878 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh, he did!

  • @tatianaandro4554
    @tatianaandro4554 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Я слушаю эту музыку и одновременно наблюдаю бушующее Японское море! Бетховен, Гленн Гульд, море и я! Это просто восторг!

  • @DrAlexVasquezICHNFM
    @DrAlexVasquezICHNFM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I didn’t know he was so articulate, insightful, and charismatic

  • @MCOult
    @MCOult 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Amazing brain, amazing talent, amazing hands. I remember seeing him on television and hearing him on the radio, back in the '50s and '60s. Pure.
    And we got a treat: young Alex Trebek at about 5:30.
    RIP, gentlemen.
    Thanks for posting this!
    -- Old Matt

  • @iroquoisplissken3583
    @iroquoisplissken3583 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    This is the perfect example of playing with emotion vs just technical proficiency. Even a lonely single note can say so much.

  • @antfaz499
    @antfaz499 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    This is certainly one of the most amazing musical experiences I've had recently. The way this man communicates through music is... Not sure what word to use. To have heard him play live must have been unforgettable. The beauty of Beethoven's music here is elevated through the character of Gould's interpretation of it.

    • @miekedemeester3411
      @miekedemeester3411 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      my advice : look up Jean Dubé and listen to all of his performances . . . Hope you will enjoy

    • @antfaz499
      @antfaz499 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@miekedemeester3411 Thank you, Mieke. I will!

  • @mrzold
    @mrzold 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Here are timestamps for the words from Gould, the intro, and the music:
    00:00 - Words from Glenn Gould "Something Original About Beethoven"
    05:24 - Intro, Alex Trebek
    05:37 - I Largo - Allegro
    12:41 - II Adagio (B♭ major)
    21:58 - III Allegretto

    • @sholoms
      @sholoms 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thx.

  • @Alice-wk6gt
    @Alice-wk6gt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Besides being an outstanding musician, he was also an outstanding intellectual and music critic.

    • @howard5992
      @howard5992 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      He had a good sense of humor as well.

  • @vintagegoldenage
    @vintagegoldenage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Wow, I cannot express the emotion I felt listening to this artist play! Since this was the first time I've ever seen him live (I have some of his recordings), I'm struck at how openly he shows his musicality with his gestures. I literally felt tears in my eyes from his playing. What a great soul!

    • @elenitapianohoy3114
      @elenitapianohoy3114 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Later on he didnt speak in public. Only radio. Then nothing. His illness came soon

    • @siensiew8510
      @siensiew8510 ปีที่แล้ว

      Vintage Golden Age - In the English language, the word "musicality" does not exist. You have constructed your sentence badly. Please pay more attention to your grammar. Yes Gould is obviously talented but I would not go so far as to call him a 'great soul'. A little too exaggerated, I think.

    • @vintagegoldenage
      @vintagegoldenage ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@siensiew8510 Please take a look at an Oxford dictionary and note that the word 'musicality' is indeed a noun that is defined by "musical talent or sensitivity" OR "the quality of having a pleasant sound; melodiousness." I will also let you know that I am a copy editor and have edited many articles for grammar. Thank you for not commenting about my sentence construction in the future.

    • @fh854
      @fh854 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@siensiew8510?

  • @charlotterose6724
    @charlotterose6724 5 ปีที่แล้ว +563

    0:50. I once came across a rare clip of Gould playing the piece "Four Minutes Twenty Seconds". Of course, he disagreed with the tempo and played his version for "Two Minutes Thirty Two Seconds."

    • @QuasarRedshift
      @QuasarRedshift 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      clever . . .

    • @josephcarlbreil5380
      @josephcarlbreil5380 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yes, but he could get away with it.

    • @sightreader2507
      @sightreader2507 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@josephcarlbreil5380 Well, Cage said it doesn't have to last 4 min 20s, its only the duration of the first performance. So yes, he could certainly
      get away with it

    • @ravelcabral
      @ravelcabral 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      HAHAHAHA

    • @ecktoeman
      @ecktoeman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Cage was all about 4:20, waay before it became a thing. That's why he's one of the greatest.

  • @eijifuruyama8791
    @eijifuruyama8791 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I know no other pianist than Glenn Gould who expresses the content of the music so wholeheartedly. He dedicated his whole life to music and died so young. Alas. Eiji

  • @christophercotter166
    @christophercotter166 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I always loved this cat banging so beautifully on the keys, sitting in his little chair and always his favorite piano good to hear it again.

  • @RileyTuckerMusic
    @RileyTuckerMusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    This is why I love TH-cam, videos like this!

  • @scrumpymanjack
    @scrumpymanjack 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Beyond the absurdly brilliant playing, I love the way he becomes the mere conduit for the music, selfless, lost inside of it and yet found because of it. Inspirational.

  • @MrCinemuso
    @MrCinemuso 5 ปีที่แล้ว +891

    'Reality TV' was sooo much better in the 1960s.

    • @MrThomas1224
      @MrThomas1224 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Amen!

    • @Juscz
      @Juscz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Back then, reality TV was actually real.

    • @JoseLopez-hx2gs
      @JoseLopez-hx2gs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      but it keped drifting more and more away from reality and more and more towards entertainment causing a very wrong change in public attitudes and reality perseption those creating both REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS.
      but no one thinking on their own...
      sad.

    • @kbs1212
      @kbs1212 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JoseLopez-hx2gs Ouf, this is spot on.

    • @philhersh
      @philhersh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So was reality

  • @tmayor1949
    @tmayor1949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    They don't come any better than this pure genius
    Beethoven would be proud

  • @francobonanni3499
    @francobonanni3499 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Gould is a rare artist that has a great intellect and is a splendid pianist. He is capable to give a deep analysis and syntassis of complicated musical masterpieces written by other genius. His artistic touch is unique.

  • @MottiShneor
    @MottiShneor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    Time and again. Every single time. It is a never-ending mystery. That "Constant state of Wonder" Gould once described as his goal --- Every time I hear him play something I haven't heard before, I'm befuddled. It's like I never heard this Sonata. Needless to say - played it. But I did play it and practiced it over a year (long time ago when 17) and heard it in dozens of renderings. And... well... I seem to havne't heard it yet as it SHOULD be, which ended today.
    Oh Mr. Gould, how careless were you to leave this world so early. You deprived us of so much more music.

    • @charlotterose6724
      @charlotterose6724 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Beautiful words, Motti. You captured the essence of the captivating mystery that is the music of Glenn Gould.

    • @marcosvroces
      @marcosvroces 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Motti Shneo

    • @donnaterkildsen7211
      @donnaterkildsen7211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      truth

    • @Flailfist_Jr
      @Flailfist_Jr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "careless" may not be all that accurate , for he took every conceiveable precaution to protect his frail constitution

  • @samuelpallapati
    @samuelpallapati 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    You can see at 7:05 how the piano legs have been raised onto wooden blocks ! He's known to be very particular about the height of his chair and of the Piano . He is such a perfectionist . Very fascinating personality and an amazing pianist indeed.!

    • @donbroderick4379
      @donbroderick4379 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, I was just noticing this. I had thought that this was a production mistake.. that the piano bench had been lost in the studio somewhere, which seems like a normal occurrence. I haven't known anyone that preferred a piano keyboard to be so high.

    • @apostolismoschopoulos1876
      @apostolismoschopoulos1876 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't think it is perfectionism to desire using only a particular type of stool in a particular height. It is more of an autistic trait.

  • @lamo7357
    @lamo7357 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Уникальный , неповторимый,гениальный пианист.

    • @babou6268
      @babou6268 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Le contraire du président russe

  • @SilentAttackTV
    @SilentAttackTV 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    I love that he plays with so much passion while also being so technically great

    • @daveholt1325
      @daveholt1325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He plays everything like he plays Bach technically incredible and he sounds completely different to anyone else then or since

    • @mutantkoffee
      @mutantkoffee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      True virtuosso

  • @westernkentucky5956
    @westernkentucky5956 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I always loved his conducting with one hand. The best pianist ever to have lived.

  • @josephlewis6181
    @josephlewis6181 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I’m speechless at the phenomenal genius of Glenn Gould.

  • @johnferguson4089
    @johnferguson4089 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    What an absolute treat to hear Mr. Gould speak so fully about the music.

  • @kenstar1862
    @kenstar1862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The soul of Beethoven emanates from his fingers as he glides along the keyboards,,,Beethoven would approve

  • @SarahJones-wy5us
    @SarahJones-wy5us 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These fantastic days of intelligent musicians ,Gould, Maestro Bernstein do not exist in these awful days of today , I am so glad to have spent my youth when cultured talented artists held the stage ......God how I miss them.

  • @stevenhaff3332
    @stevenhaff3332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    There is so much to admire in Mr. Gould, his first rate intellect as well as his superlative pianist skills. The consummate musician.

  • @TheModernHermeticist
    @TheModernHermeticist 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    What an immeasurable genius...

  • @deborahlipsi730
    @deborahlipsi730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Such an eloquent artist/genius. Miss him.

  • @draxlerchronicles5851
    @draxlerchronicles5851 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I bought the Complete Bach box set a few years ago (about 40 CDs & DVDs altogether) including 2 interview discs. Those are just as entertaining as the music! I could listen to Gould intellectualise about music all day long!

    • @charlotterose6724
      @charlotterose6724 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      me too.... his non-legato "ra ta tat" way of speaking that is reflected in his piano style.... makes me smile every time.

  • @radimbrenek698
    @radimbrenek698 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    The best podcast I’ve ever seen

  • @mianfeng4406
    @mianfeng4406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    What a Master. I am in awe of this interpretation. Beethovan has never moved me so much.

  • @alhfgsp
    @alhfgsp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Beethoven is free, yet disciplined.

  • @alisontaylortaylor4551
    @alisontaylortaylor4551 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Heart wrenching lovely! Such a loss for him to die so young and at the height of his powers. Anyone else notice that the man introducing him is a VERY young Alex Trebeck?

    • @neal4471
      @neal4471 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I did

    • @sarajotoku1461
      @sarajotoku1461 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes!! Neat to see a glimpse of his earlier career

  • @charlesbenedetti8607
    @charlesbenedetti8607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This guy was a genius, in speech , in composition and on the piano. His entire presentation was that of an impeccable
    master; his musicality always that of a perfectionist. Thank you, Glenn, for your contribution to music.

  • @stevenhaff2733
    @stevenhaff2733 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Mr. Gould was simply an amazing human being, with intellectual and physical skills that one can only admire and hope to emulate.

  • @MA-iridium
    @MA-iridium 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Just perfection... speaking to the soul....

  • @pentiumou8993
    @pentiumou8993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    oh god after so many years finally get to see gould playing ...

  • @manuelaformoso4647
    @manuelaformoso4647 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Glenn Gould was the 20th Century's best pianist. He was an absolut genius. Especially, playing Bach. I will love him for ever...♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

  • @stevenhaff3332
    @stevenhaff3332 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Very impressive opening soliloquy by Mr. Gould. It is hard not to be totally amazed by the thoughtful, detailed use of these communication forms - words and music, by the man.

    • @andrez6299
      @andrez6299 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They say that musicians often make very good writers.

    • @garkavayanatalia2463
      @garkavayanatalia2463 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Гульд гениально слышит и понимает полифонию Баха, но Бетховен - это не его. Прямо разочарование.

  • @wimkellaert4710
    @wimkellaert4710 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What is art? This…. Art is the creation of the ❤

  • @enzosiviero1173
    @enzosiviero1173 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Semplicemente fantastico! È tutt’uno musica corpo anima e spirito! Una gestualità che ti prende tutto! Dirige se stesso e si interpreta interpretando Beethoven identificandosi con Lui! Lo vedi lo ascolti e lo senti! Una meraviglia

  • @tatianaandro4554
    @tatianaandro4554 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Гениальный музыкант, дирижёр, актёр, лектор в одном флаконе! Настоящее счастье смотреть и слушать это удивительное представление в исполнении Глена Гульда! Надеюсь, что слушатели, заворожённые волшебной игрой мастера, просто забывают ставить лайки, иначе почему их так мало? 😼

  • @iga279
    @iga279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Absolute genius, not only as a musician but also as a musical critic, or rather an eloquent interpreter of music and musicians; A shining star on a rapidly darkening horizon of culture.

    • @jh5131
      @jh5131 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well put

  • @gregoriocuesta5551
    @gregoriocuesta5551 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No words to express the feeling and beauty this sonata awakes. As always an impecable play of Glenn

  • @curlymyhero
    @curlymyhero 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Mom n I always loved Gould's Bach. We both called him "Glenny"!

  • @davidalvarez578
    @davidalvarez578 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He was given 4 mins to speak but a person doesn't need to use the whole time talking. I'm glad he did. It was intresting hearing the mind expression of an excellent pianist! Reflective of his personallity.

  • @ashleyjordan8869
    @ashleyjordan8869 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    What a wonderfully articulate person, both in speech and performance. A rare treat.

    • @smartingamerica
      @smartingamerica 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Indeed. Gould could speak as seamlessly as he performed. This man was a being invested with an exceedingly rare ability to concentrate far beyond the common fold. He wasn't merely delivering the composition as an auditory responsibility to the recipient listening audience. His performing behavior was NOT an 'act'. He utterly subsumed himself in a work as he executed it. Gould's mind penetrated far beyond the common pedestrian conceit of what constitutes music-making, transcending fashionable claims of 'identifying with it' to actually BECOMING the music in his mind with all his senses synesthesically engaged in its blossoming. One can appreciate that he was literally 'seeing' it. He understood why creativity in music and the arts is tantamount to 'creative lying': it is the potent means by which the mind can literally 'realize' the elaborate abstract conceptual models it constructs...and the hopeful means by which an audience, otherwise typically exposed to the chronic inflammations of what is deemed 'popular' by the captains of industrial profit-making, may obtain at least a brief glimpse from the refreshing viewpoint of genius.

  • @trs4437
    @trs4437 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When he was young Gould’s father Bert watched him go into his bedroom with a Chopin score and come out a few hours later and play it by memory. His technique was so flawless he learned pieces by simply reading them, not needing to train the hand.

  • @drplasmodius
    @drplasmodius 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Gould is a conduit for the composers soul.

  • @Mr1Nader
    @Mr1Nader ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What an intro!
    Very rich, informatic and professionally presented .
    Being old (comparatively) doesn't necessarily means outdated, it could simply means that originally thoughtful figures could come along in a decade span-time.
    Thanks Glenn 🌹

  • @technestudio
    @technestudio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That last part brought tears to my eyes

  • @MrJcristof
    @MrJcristof 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Glenn Gould is a shining example of superlative dedication to the art of perfection, the attention to detail and his natural born talent make him non-parallel, a gift from God!

  • @wagnergitirana
    @wagnergitirana 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of the few humans that lived at the same time in between the physical and spiritual life. And one rare moment playing something different other than Johann Sebastian Bach. Simply extraordinary!

  • @dmitrybogatsky1734
    @dmitrybogatsky1734 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Genius......magic in his fingers

  • @EuphoniaPooch
    @EuphoniaPooch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    I like the part where he's conducting himself with one hand. He was a much smoother and composed speaker than I'd expected. He may have had cue cards but it was clear he'd taken a lot of care with his speech. And he didn't dumb it down in the name of accessibility. He flattered our intelligence and it was so much more riveting to attend to because of it. Thanks, Glenn.

    • @wehaveasituation
      @wehaveasituation 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I don't think he was reading cue cards at all.

    • @renoraider9817
      @renoraider9817 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@wehaveasituation I don't either.

    • @aimilios439
      @aimilios439 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@wehaveasituation Me too. Though, he probably memorized it all to the word and movement. It doesn't mean these aren't his words, he was just a perfectionist.

    • @ivanhorvath
      @ivanhorvath 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      God.

    • @yoshi5547
      @yoshi5547 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, I don't think he had cue cards. It was definitely pre-written, but, as demonstrated over and over with his playing, Gould had an amazingly extensive memory. Savant-level, I'd say. So yes, I think he could easily memorize all that.

  • @michaelglucksman147
    @michaelglucksman147 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Its not often one gets to experience greatness both in speaking and playing

  • @heaveninterface
    @heaveninterface ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The best, literally the best sonata n17 performance

  • @sandplus5048
    @sandplus5048 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The D minor sonata’s second movement is absolutely beautiful, one of Beethoven’s best.

  • @joshron99
    @joshron99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Not just flawless but exquisitely expressive.

  • @pnoman316
    @pnoman316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow what a marvelous pianist! As he's playing the sonata he's conducting it as if it were a piano concerto!

  • @TeachUBusiness
    @TeachUBusiness 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    His phrasing....incredible.

    • @bigblue9996
      @bigblue9996 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      but he didn't phrase it in a form of a question

  • @urbaneplanner
    @urbaneplanner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amazing how good public broadcasting was...

  • @gingertompkins9181
    @gingertompkins9181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Incredible. The guy was from another world. I used to live a few houses from where he grew up in Toronto, Ontario, CANADA. In the Beaches area. on Southwood Ave (Main St/Kingston Rd). What a talent. Forget about this Drake clown. “You used to call me on the cell phone”? Are u kidding me? This is the guy I’m proud to say came from Canada. The guy simply had no equal. He played the piano like he built it himself.

  • @univibe23
    @univibe23 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    4:41 so true. what a great speaker.....doing this wo notes or teleprompter....impressive!! You can tell he was a deep thinker about music and perhaps countless other subjects.

    • @rkuehhas
      @rkuehhas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It looks like he's reading from something actually

    • @jacksong2538
      @jacksong2538 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rkuehhas yup

  • @user-up5tk1lp2n
    @user-up5tk1lp2n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Любимый пианист-Гленн Гульд. Спасибо.

  • @jgamez5023
    @jgamez5023 5 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    My favorite pianist of all time....

    • @josephcarlbreil5380
      @josephcarlbreil5380 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Mine too.

    • @marcap1000
      @marcap1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I agree. Matchless.

    • @heruilin
      @heruilin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I can just listen to his adagio over and over again. so sublimely beautiful.

    • @nathanosgood4959
      @nathanosgood4959 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      J Gamez wonderful, agree. Him and Bill Evans.

    • @ppaolo2000
      @ppaolo2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Maurizio Pollini Arthur Rubinstein Sviatoslav Richer Vladimir Horowitz Martha Argerich Benedetti Michelangeli Clara Haskil and many others are all gret pianists........

  • @GordonStainforth
    @GordonStainforth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just something else. Scarcely believable. So he lives for all time.

  • @danielwggudan2
    @danielwggudan2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I guarantee this man is speaking this off the top of his head. Astonishing human being

  • @OrlandoAponte
    @OrlandoAponte 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I enjoy listening to Glenn Gould speak as much as I enjoy his playing. He was truly one of the greatest musical geniuses of all time