Glenn Gould - On the Record
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- This short documentary follows Glenn Gould to New York City. There, we see the renowned Canadian concert pianist kidding the cab driver, bantering with sound engineers at Columbia Records, and then, alone with the piano, fastidiously recording Bach's Italian Concerto.
Directed by Wolf Koenig & Roman Kroitor - 1959
I met Glenn Gould several times as a security guard at College Park in Toronto around 1981. He was quiet but got to sit and listen to some of his practices. He was brilliant and gracious. Wonderful man!
Shit, just a year before his death or so.
How fortunate! Wonderful memories!
i wished i had a chance to meet mr Gould.
wow................ amazing......... you are very fortunate !!
Didn’t you comment a similar if not the same comment in another video about Glenn Gould lol
I do not think some people truly understand how incredible this film is and how fortunate we are to watch it. Not only are we given an intimate look into Gould's life, his creative process, etc, we are literally able to witness a genius in his prime. How many artists can we actually say that about? It is astounding that the people behind this documentary-as well as the "Off the Record" documentary -had the intuition to capture his life and work during this time, and present in a manner that is both intriguing and digestible. There is great balance in this viewing, of his personal life and his music, that creates a harmony of the person he was without feeling artificial or forced. As another commentator(Lars Erik Brobakken) here said, "I almost can't believe this video exists."
Right. I remember my father saw this onTV in the 60s and was impressed.
so true, I was we could have at least as much perspective on current artists (and of the past of course)
I just found the Columbia Masterworks record at a local book store... what a lucky find and got it on trade in exchange of some surfer magazines... so lucky! 9:19
There are precious view versions of his Italian Concerto on record, and this is one of them! Just these 3 that I know about.
I almost can't believe this video exists.
Explain.
Ainda bem que gravaram. 👏👏👏
I had the original on VHS decades ago. And the film 32 Short Films on Glenn Gould dramatised it. It is great.
right?!
@@prometheusrex1 intimate. edited. great video quality. great audio quality. subjects in their natural environment. an important moment. etc
Gould refers to criticism of his stage manner, but his idiosyncracies are actually captivating to watch, because they're so sincere. His focus is purely on sound - his physical movements are all in service of it. That absence of artifice actually makes for supreme physical expression.
Insightful comment. Thank you.
Exaggerating body expression in pianists just makes me feel awkward. Except in Glenn Gould. His mannerisms feel natural.
My natural piano performance stance on the other hand is hunching.
Marvelous film. Glenn Gould should be living today. He would have been my age: 83.
Marvelous comment
marvelous response
I often think of him as if he were still alive - what would he create? How would he use today's technology?
@@ulissegarnerone I mean it was nice, but marvelous? I didn’t really marvel at it?
@@tejasnair3399
Oh, stop it, Tejas.
You know what she meant.
This is so lovely. How lucky we are to feel in the moment decades later. Old Gotham views. The wonderful Howard H. Scott, a person we should all have in our lives, “What will happen is you will play it beautifully.” Indeed.
why doesn't this get a million views ?.?.? priceless moment in history....
Because its talent..
Todays age doesnt derive from talent it derives from shit
add Justin Bieber to the title and it will get 50 million views... A no talent self serving talentless garbage is what most people worship today. But one of the most talented musicians of the century doesn't even get a quarter million views... But put some mediocre talent on a piano in an airport, and call it "amazing pianist" and it will also get millions of views.
@@enigmas6210 painfully true. Almost the whole world today sucks...
Talk about videos that make you tube great. Man this is it.
Hey, remember when music was made by world-class performers in world-class studios with world-class engineers? Great film, thanks for sharing!
wado1942 still is lol. Maybe genres today don’t suit your taste. Personally, I appreciate all music/talent/hard work.
And above class composers.
I am stunned and joy-filled to discover this to watch. Oh my oh my, what a precious insight into the moment of this film: the camaraderie of the recording workers with Mr Gould, the gorgeous Gotham, the people on the streets, the music and its creators - Mr Bach, Mr Gould and the divine energy whispering through us all.
@@glenngouldschair390 beautiful beautiful beautiful New York....
Glenn Gould makes me proud to be a Canadian. His fervor, intellectual curiosity, and razor sharp mind are as rare gifts as his virtuosity.
SAME
I envy you. Being of the same nationality as Gould and so many other great people must be wonderful.
@@antoinepetrov This caliber of artist transcends nationality. I appreciate that you also enjoy Gould. We are all citizens of the world.
There are something really special and magical about Glenn Gould! He will be missed forever!!
So good to see he is young and full of live and energy and successful at that moment. What a golden year of a man, what a great time
Glen changed my life with his renditions of Bach. How life remains exciting, as I endeavor to render the music of Bach musically.
The sound inside Columbia studio 30th street is absolutely amazing !!!!
Unforgettable video. Thankyou so much.
Amazing. 60 year old film. Beautiful.
Wish there were recordings of him humming to entire pieces.
Stunning video, I could not stop watching. The power and clarity of his Bach is truly amazing. Unheard of for a recording to remain in the catalogue for over 40 years. I really enjoy his humming, it adds a quality I cannot explain. We really miss you Glenn.
I sure miss him too. I wish I knew of another pianist who had such an otherworldly devotion to the expression of music.
you simply cannot pause or stop a recording of glenn gould, its feels like you're comitting a sin, atleast thats what i feel.
I dig the profile pic. I'm a huge Mahler fan
I think his humming distracts too much.
Everything useful or artistic or original that can be said about Glenn Gould is likely already on record. My brother made me aware of this astounding documentary. It is attractive to me not only because of Gould and his (obviously pre scripted) interactions with the cabby and others, but because of the amazing time portal it opens on NYC in circa 1957, and the glimpse of well-remembered Ampex tape recorder technology. The time is gone and the technology is fondly remembered. I worked with machines like those in the Columbia Records control room. A long time ago! This documentary is a treasure.
😊
25:45 I remember listening to this recording about 500 times when I was 18 years old and my teacher assigned me this piece. I played it for my high school senior recital, and this third movement was my favorite thing in the world. Hearing Gould's recording of it is still one of the great joys of my life. I love that I can watch him listening to it on this video!
one thing i can never put my finger on (no pun intended) is how his left hand in the presto manages to sound so robust while not losing any of its artistry. it's not like he's just thumping out the notes... but compared to everyone else (even the greatest players) there's just somehow more spirit to his playing here. he's an absolute gift to humanity haha.
@@AlecNicholson His contrapuntal voicing manages to be so rhythmic, so perfect, so robotically-clean, while still being so inflected, colorful, and with so much emotion. It’s impossibly brilliant
I love this man so much such intellectual musicality as to never tire - RIP darling man on this 35th anniversary of your passing the tears fall
Feel very strange about these dates. I was born exactly 50 years after Glenn Gould and in a year of his death. 9/25 is coming and re watching everything on TH-cam about the greatest pianist
He left us way too early!
i've watched this so many times but i always forget that he starts playing the Presto with his legs crossed, like it's no biggie :D
Ah, yes, I’m gonna act like it’s in my living room.
this is treasure, thanks for sharing with the world
Amazing the way he just launches into that third movement.
Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised in light of his never making a mistake - indeed, never even hesitating - throughtout the entire documentary.
@@george474747 Yes! Gould epitomizes verve!
@@george474747 that's not quite true - at 23:32, the RH is wrong in the first half of the bar. i say this not as a criticism of the great man - who i sincerely believe is the greatest pianist since papa Bach himself! - but as a reminder that he was a mortal human after all, not the literal god it might be easy to see him as! which, if anything, makes his incomparable talent all the more impressive. i'm certain that his goldbergs, WTC, and italian concerto etc will live on and be known for as long as there are humans on this planet.
thanks to uploading this clip.. it's amazing to see him so young.
What a wonderful human being.
Beautiful Glenn!
So young!
The world was much different back then. There is a relaxing nature to the otherwise busy and loud hustle and bustle of NYC.
Because Gould is a genius, he doesn't need to be serious.
Mr Glenn Gould is so dashing, I can barely breathe.
Yes, indeed, my piano teacher is dashing off the Goldberg Variations from what she wants to teach me after hearing Gould.
@@glenngouldschair390 🌞
What a wonderful film, he can see the comfort of the winner. He fully understands why he is so focused on recording, and even now he is playing live performances in my room. Thank you Dear Glenn
He seems like such a likeable person!
wonderful. Sparks of light
I'm truly in love with him😭😭😭❤❤
He's my favorite dead boyfriend. Yet he feels so alive! He lives forever through recordings, books, radio programs and television appearances.
@@drvonkrankmeister8094 Wow, ok, guess you never have arguments then.
Yes, me, as his chair, he used me quite a bit. I get annoyed sometimes.
His Goldberg Variations is the only version....I'm still discovering Glenn Gould, but this guy is from a different planet when it comes to sheer ability. The greatest?
Anthony Monaghan His Brahms and Beethoven is insane, worth checking out
Sun ra the greatest pianist
Early or late recording of the Goldberg Variations?
@@elainaboyce For me the recordings from 1955 are hands down the best. Unmatched by any other pianist. The 1981 recordings are still very good but I like the old one much better.
@@elainaboyce For me the recordings from 1955 are hands down the best. Unmatched by any other pianist. The 1981 recordings are still very good but I like the old one much better.
Ahh, always wonderful hearing Glenn accompany himself at the piano
They are surprisingly natural, going about their normal work day. As if the filmmaker hid the cameras and they didn't even noticed they were being filmed.
He is an absolutely unique and a great pianist , Every pianist has in his /her library his recording of Goldberg variations and other Bach recordings thank you for posting this documentary,
Music in its Perfektion. No words could
describe this Person. He is the most incredible Musician in Century. And by the way..... HE looks amazing. We love him for ever.
For me it´s unearthly joy. This feeling: I have heard this - now I can die. But before, I want to hear more!
I thoroughly enjoyed this! The treat was of course both the artist shown as a real person *and* the Columbia 30th Street studio. Talent on both sides of the glass! Gould was definitely one of the greats, and 30th Street was one of the best studios of all time.
Even the look of the studio back then was interesting.
The engineers remind me a little of some of the characters in the movie “The Conversation.”
And they have a sense of humor to boot.
The so called, “tightening up” of process these days, is perhaps a thing to examine more closely as being suspect in what is considered these days as “better”.
Stunning video.....thank you!!!!
Man this is the best doc I've ever seen holy shit
I discovered him at Oberlin Conservatory, where I was a voice student required to take piano as well. In music theory class we studied THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS using as ourtwxt one of those pocket-sized scores that I wish I had kept since then. Analyzing Bach's divine Variations on a beautiful aria, written for a nobleman-insomniac to provide 45 minutes to lull him to sleep. At that time in his career, Gould had renounced performing to devote himself to studio recordings. Sad as I was that he'd stopped public performing and I'd not had an opportunity to hear him
"live" in recital at Carnegie Hall or soloing with Leonard Bernstein and the NY Philharmonic at Lincoln Center, I was grateful that he had left such a huge discography to future generations when he died of a stroke at age 50. Such a young man, so accomplished
His Italian concerto is just electrifying. Such a exciting, crisp tone on every single note! I love the opening of third movement. Youthful Glenn Gould around age 27? What a gem to the music world and we still enjoy his music even half century after
soo yun kim he was 17 there I believe
Romarina nope lol..
Thanks for uploading this. Besides all the Gould, it's great to see Columbia's house photographer Don Hunstein (check him out, you've probably seen his work without knowing his name) working his magic on Gould (from 16:10 onwards), especially after his reaction to the idea of being photographed with gloves and scarf on.
Hunstein would go on to become Gould's favourite and, in time, only photographer.
If I could only take one CD to a desert island, it would be Gould Goldberg Variations (1955)
a God-given genius and yet not a trace of egomania about him! i love his humming and his total spiritual devotion to God's greatest invention : the sound of Music itself! not many musicians except Casals can make me finger conduct But Mr. Gould's Bach does it everytime!
+alterdestiny Let's leave a god out of this.
God's not real silly.
flaggerify
It’s a good thing Bach didn’t leave God out of it.
I'm not a religious person. For me Bach, trough his enormous devotion, speaks so eloquently about the creation and its mysteries. That said, Bach and Gould playing him are by far the best thing ever to have come from religion.
Edit: And he has me finger conducting as a madman!
This such a wonderful look a bit inside a brilliant talent. I actually like hearing a pianist humming, muttering - another inside. Love seeing NYC in that time as well.
Loved the coffee cup on the console !
very dumb the first thing you learn is that liquids and electronics dont mix and that stuff always has a way getting spilled.
I love when he’s humming 🤍🤍
especially from 28:00 lol
At 17 minutes I believe he is improvising on Debussy's Claire du Lune. He does start with the first few notes. I sure wish he had recorded some improvisations. It appears he was pretty good at it.
I don't think he valued the art of improvisation highly, in general. I also read he was very good at it. I think in the CBC complete documentaries the the uploader Glenn Gould put up last week, there might have been a few examples of improvisation in the Strauss one with Humphrey Burton. Apparently if a listener phrased his request in terms of a game or challenge, like, "Mozart in 1779," he might comply. I was surprised to see this captured on video. One can find snippets also in his recording outtakes (I wish I could find more of them) and piano tests, I believe, but these might be other composer's pieces I don't recognize. He taped all his practice sessions, if only I could get a chance to hear some of them.
Yeah is clair de lune
I wanna hear him shred on some bebop tunes.
Yeah
It started at Debussy and I think it got all the way to Scott Joplin! Sounded great though. Crazy.
I'm in love with this man!
interesting Favorites : Stoya, Lorde... How many languages do you speak?
me too - have been for a long time.
Im a straight male, and even I wouldnt mind going on a date with him.
Same. I would have loved to met him :)
I love so many things in this short video but I have to say- one of my favorite moments is around 23 minutes when he’s messing with his squeaky chair. 😂
Wonderful ! Thank you for posting !
This is great! Thanks. What a gorgeous creature!
You feel a great passion he has while playing!! Wow!
it’s always the of success in Music 🎶 great pianist 🌹
Glenn Gould has pretty special technique. It was a joy to watch and listen to these snippets. It was funny how he hummed while he was playing.
A true artist :)
Love this amezing video with
Glenn Gould🍃He played Bach's music absolutely wonderfully
Thanks for this wonderful film of this god of the piano. He is possessed by Bach. It's so beautifully made. Great to see the relationship between Gould and the studio people. The opening shots in the taxi are fabulous but throughout there is so much film-making flair.
"This should be a piano solo, without vocal obligato...". Marvelous video, thanks for sharing!
Oh wow. This looks really fascinating. I can't wait to watch this. I'll try to watch it tonight. What a fascinating person and musician. Liked, shared and subscribed! :-)
Wonderful! 🌹Beautiful ! Glenn Gould inspires me. That is music! ❤️
Thanks very much for sharing this rare video!
Beautiful man...
Always a lot fun to watch what’s happening behind the scenes
This was very done. Many fun moments
4:15 He plays every note so evenly the same it makes the piano sound like a harpsichord.
Exceptional talent!
Un prezioso documento che ci fa rivivere momenti importanti della vita del geniale e grandioso Glenn Gould che con la sua passione Bachiama ha eseguito magistralmente il concerto italiano di Bach. Grazie.
I heart Glenn Gould. What an honest and interesting person! and so much talent.
"gould's habit of humming while playing causes a good deal of trouble to the sound engineers, and it demands great care to get a clean recording without extraneous noises"
they should have just left the singing in the mix fully. glenn's a great singer. his recordings with the voice left in are the best.
It's true. He hums right along with the bass line at times and it brings out the resonance of the piano.
I agree!!!..I've heard teachers say not to pick up habits while playing. But these are subconscious reactions to the music being g made. The music will not be the same without the natural reactions of the humans making it. So Musicians If its natural for the music,, scream, cry, dance, Express any movement or transformation for the music to be its purest form. Can you imagine Hendrix playing guitar with a straight face??...Never. so do you at its fullest.
I sometimes wish I just had the choice.
My pianp teacher tells me to sing while I play. However, I am very self conscious and shy so I would only hum during private practice sessions.
He is astonishing.
MY PIANO HERO, AWESOME!
i love Gould's lo-fi piano chair.
Me too.
I was amused at the narrator's mentioning how Gould's humming posed a problem for engineers trying to avoid extraneous noise. Extraneous noise was Gould's trademark. 😐
We're fortunate that there is such a huge amount of Gould preserved on film. The CBC issued a massive box set of him. It's an exhaustive compendium of the trajectory his career and ability took. 😐
" what do ya mean not bad?? " hahaha
I know, right?
Glenn Gould and Bill Evans the GOATS
It's fascinating.Glenn is youthful and devoted to his music.But one of the sound engineers said"Boy,every kid in the world plays this thing."I can't believe my ears!How sour it is.
I didn't see it that way! I thought it was just an observation about how remarkable it is to listen to a typical student piece being performed to its full potential
Strange to say that: still an unknown genius in 2019...!!!
Incredible historical record
This video was posted by random people 10 years ago on youtube. You know that Glenn's notoriety is growing bigger now when the original TV network has cleaned youtube of these videos and wants to make money of it. Glenn Gould is probably the #1 pianist to remember from the 20th century. It's like the 19th century had Liszt and Chopin and the 20th had Gould.
'Oh, let me just sit here and have a fucking massage while Glenn Gould plays Bach.'
😂
Why would you dislike this?
You can hear the great acoustics in the room when Gould walks to the piano. 8:44...
It amazes me how fast the cabby gave him change, I guess things were different in those days
"straight piano solo this time - no vocal obligato!! "
I enjoied a lot, wonderful!
Pure Gould! 🙏
Nice transition from concert hall to studio.
So good
Long live the National Film Board of Canada.
Aaron I My oldies cable station I subscribe to play these old Film-board beauties under the universally titled “ True North Classics “
I admire him . My sons do the same.
Funny thing Gould is the only one caring for the music, the others are occupied doing smalltalk,
reading papers, spilling coffee, milk etc.
GG playing schoenberg's 2nd chamber symphony @ 3:30 when he first starts warming up
I'm impressed. How many people can identify a work by Schoenberg (except, perhaps, Pierrot Lunaire)?
Someone once told me that he played it in a series of films made collaboratively between the BBC and CBC in the Sixties (called 'Conversations with Glenn Gould.') This person told me that he introduced the episode with an excerpt from the opening of the piece; Humphrey Burton commented that it didn't sound like what the general public would expect of Schoenberg. I am told that the series was available on TH-cam for a while, but they've since disappeared., at least that is what I've heard.
Gould plays the third movement with his legs crossed... remarkable.
A completely mad, eccentric genius. They don't come any better than GG. It would have been difficult miking these recordings so as to avoid hearing his humming.
Incredibile virtuosismo , unico .
His little sarcastic Claire de lune blip lol 16:52