@@ericdovigi7927 I think the point was that ordinary, everyday people were exposed to great music on a regular basis back then, not that it's less available now. I'm grateful that it is more available now, but still lament that so many people grow up without ever hearing it.
Rodrigo Guerrero .... I don’t think that Gould foresaw that “lowest common denominator” factor would prevail as it most certainly has. He wasn’t perfect and you can’t blame him for not being pessimistic enough for not predicting that rampant brainwashing through fear, materialism, perversion (in all aspects) and entitlement, all brought about by out of control capitalism in its most depraved form, would lead to the to most pathetic degeneration of the soul and intellectual curiosity of the average citizen. Almost every promo photo for nearly every show on television depicts some too pretty character holding an automatic pistol at the ready to face imminent danger. Weak, deranged, paranoid sickos the lot of us are because we failed to take hold of our own society.
Gould’s performance is astounding! I could watch this daily and never tire of it. For those of you that want to focus on his humming/singing along or sweating at the end...what is wrong with you? Are you not listening to the genius that is Gould? You are missing the best part!! I’m not!
I love his singing. He always said it was an involuntary contribution he felt coming out of him to complete his understanding of the music. I feel that's true and I'm glad it's there.
@@albertopa58 definitely agree... Geniuses never seem to live long. I was kid when died n didn't know who he was back then but as a pianist myself, I love his music.
9:40 - 13:00 is easily my favorite moment in music. You think the melody is going to resolve - but it doesn't. Instead, Bach builds the tension over and over again, deconstructing the melody through different methods until it becomes like a fractal. When that section does finally resolve, the melody sounds totally different - more complete, more fulfilling. It's hard to describe, but it makes every part of my body vibrate every time I listen to it.
I keep coming back to this performance for that in particular, Gould’s execution is perfect and the resolution of some 5 minutes of rising tension gives me chills every time.
I wonder if Gould didn't have a piano, but a harpsichord to play. He would be very frustrated. Bach on the piano is much better than on the harpsichord.
@@ruyperini But he's using a prepared piano here, with the hammers modified to change the tone to something closer to a harpsichord. So apparently Gould thought that something other than a normal piano sound was appropriate for this work. I think it sounds great.
@@ruyperinionly if you have a pianist who understands how to play Bach on a piano. Back then, most didn’t. You can see it in the editions of Bach that were being published back then. Full of dynamics, phrasings, tempo markings, even pedal markings that didn’t come from Bach and didn’t present the music’s character appropriately at all.
For me No 5 is a conversation between three instruments each with it's story to tell joyous and sorrowful, but ultimately joined together in harmony speaking with one voice.
That gyroscopic movement that he’s doing while playing Bach! I have felt that playing Bach! I know exactly what that feels like, it’s gyroscopic! I love you Glenn Gould FOREVER!
Yes! It’s the koru; the unwinding; Fibonaci’s spiral; the fractal, spiraling expansion of the universe itself! Something higher of which we can not know but of which we all “know”, deeper than speech or even thought forms themselves. It is the essence of all that was, that is, and that ever will be 💛🙏🕉
For years I've wanted to know what it would sound like to hear Gould play this. Look at his face during the cadenza, especially around 11:30. His mind is no longer on this planet. He's in another world. Perhaps he's simultaneously in heaven, with the composer himself in the audience.
As I recall, it's even more terrifying than that. Gould studied the paper sheet music until he had memorized it. Only then did he play it on the piano. I don't think that human beings can do this. But Gould could.
@@soaringvultureUnbelievable, right? Gould’s idea of studying a piece was “read the score and play it mentally until you’re able to sit down and nail the entire thing.” How I imagine Beethoven’s mind must have operated once his hearing went.
I enjoyed seeing him playing hunched over with no sheet music because all the other concert pianists sit upright staring at sheet music and I could never comprehend how on earth they manage to play like that - isn't the sheet music a distraction?! Aren't they uncomfy? I play like this guy, just not to this level of insane skill! But I can memorise pieces as long as this and would never be able to perform well with sheet music. I guess some people just have really good music memory. I can't remember which way is left or right though!
Why are two other great soloists not mentioned? They are the famous flutist Julius Baker and incomparable Oscar Shumsky, one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century.
@@patriciap6519 I am afraid that you probably did not exactly understand what is said by lamc... I think he is talking about the surprises in the music, that the listeners do not expect. But maybe I am wrong
I’ve watched this video countless times and just realized what brings me back over and over....it’s the cadenza in the first movement! You can listen to other magnificent performances but the cadenza goes unmatched in my opinion. Gould is just my hero!
Find the Igor Kipnis recording of #5 on TH-cam...He makes quite the argument that the candenza should be more dramatically focused, driving and alert to opportunities to increase intensity... which is an argument one could make (rightly or wrongly) in choosing Charles Rosen's Beethoven opus 109 over Gould's
Richter's performance is of comparable virtuosity. Every other recording I have heard of cadenza shows broad variation in tempo and pausing for effect. Richter believed that Baroque music was played with far more disciplined tempos. You could be beat a metronome to this piece - right through cadenza! Gould is far closer in interpretation to what Richter does than other performances on the web.
How can Gould be this great, and down to earth? he never brags about his playing he rarely even mentiones his own genius its truly a delight because i hate people that brag all the time.
This is obviously one of the greatest concerti ever written, especially the magnificent cadenza in the First Movement which is just breath-taking. Thank you very much for sharing this priceless gem.
if you have complex problems u hate this man, but if you are just a bit smart you become obsessed with him. Every frame of a video, every picture, every word given from this genius to us mortals is a blessing!
Bach's introduction to this concert literally says. "À une Traversiere, une violino principale, une violino e una Viola in Ripieno, Violoncello, Violone e Cembalo Concertato". This curious mixture of Frenchified Italian introduces us to the first cembalo concert in history, since until then this instrument had only been used as a companion bass. How smart is GG!: Very good introduction showing that if he played Bach so well it was because he knew very well what he played. To notice some mismatch at the beginning of the allegro by the ripieno violins, but all venial sins are justly pardoned when the rest are so excellent.
The restrained tempo is what sets the good pianist from the excellent. Crystal clear and every note is perfectly synchronized. Too many recordings I hear are muddied with excessively hastened playing.
First of all , Listening to this performance I perceive a correlation of the whole music as an specific entity of Bach himself. Greatest and expanding harmonic in a galaxy of myriad of galaxies that are in the universe. His music is sublime achieved the highest peak of human consciousness. Bach remains non-dual composer ever in this world .
My father, a total melomaniac since age 3, used to tell an anecdote he'd read somewhere where Haydn was asked who was greater, Bach or Haendel. Haydn would've answered he could not dare make such a comparison being both monumentally great and him being just a humble composer. However he added "I can answer you as a Christian: "When God wants to communicate with humanity he chooses Haendel". "When he wants to experience pure bliss he listens to Bach". I personally agree with Haydn! My dearest father passed away 7 years ago and I have only recently been able to listen to classical music again without becoming a total emotional wreck.
For all the GG-plays-too-fast people, he plays this at quite a restrained pace compared to other recordings on youtube. (Not saying he doesn't interpret things too fast from time to time. But he's not just about playing everything crazy fast.)
One feels like his ornaments, as well, are part of the notation, so meticulously blended into the music as they are! I never listen to any of Bach’s piano interpreters other that Gould.
From this point all the way to the end of movement (13:00 or so) is just breathtaking ...and all from memory! I don’t want to see the rest of the orchestra or even Gould’s face. I just want to see his fingers!
The solo in the first movement is really amazing. I've watched it so many times and it's always beautiful to watch. I only just realised this time that his head nods towards the end are to bring the orchestra in at the right time.
I love the deliberate tempo. He never had show that he had unsurpassable technique. Whilst others have to show how fast they can play Gould never had to worry about that.
A question for those purists who harp on about restricting all renditions of Baroque music to the harpsichord. What would Bach have chosen to express his genius if he had been given the choice to utilise the pianoforte?
Cuando escuchas esta sublime interpretación, olvidas que está tocada en un harpsipiano ¿podríamos decir que se trata de un triple concierto? Violin, Flauta, clavecin y continuo.
"Невротическое фортепьяно, вообразившее себя клавикордом!" - это восхитительно. Образность речи Гленна +100 к представлению. Непревзойденный Гленнушка Гульд, блаженный наш! Я только что прослушала этот концерт с Карлом Рихтером и быстренько вернулась к Гульду. Без вариантов. Лучший❤.
Вы пробовали ездить на работу на велосипеде? А под теплым летним дождем? А под 5 бранденбургский концерт? Очень рекомендую. Simply the joyeus essence of being! Этот концерт - жемчужина. Все музыканты великолепны, а Гленнушка Гульд главный герой. После Баха, конечно. Благодарю! 🥰.
To think that this was the type of regular programming on CBC, without advertising (except for other programs on the station).... The "standard" of public TV broadcasting. There was Hockey Night in Canada for the sports-oriented public, and a number of high-quality series for all age categories. CBC had a mission, a simple one back then: informing while entertaining. Both went hand in hand. How did it go from such delightful programs to ... the type of television it has become, which cannot be distinguished from that of any private network? Granted, such high-quality programs were fairly costly, but there is a price to pay for quality. The real issue in fact was a truly sad one.... It was gradually considered too "elitist", and since this was a budget item rather easy to reduce when the economy was unfavorable, it underwent massive budget cuts, which the CBC had to compensate by allowing private advertising. And that was the beginning of the end: once they opened the door to advertising dog food or dishwasher soap, the target public they had to aim for became less interested in Bach by Glenn Gould than in sitcoms and various " popular" choices. The picture today has been radically transformed. However, there is no basic reason why CBC couldn't return to its original mission: it's only a matter of choice. Where we see almost unsurmountable odds, though, is how politics is played out on such issues. Try to "sell" the idea that classical music should become an item on CBC's regular programming ! It all comes down to finances. Unless we also provide CBC with a budget that would allow it to do without private advertising, they're not going to include such programs because few advertisers would back it up. Why not? And this is where a hard, unmerciful reality hits us like a slap in the face: the place society in general reserves for classical music is considerably smaller today than in the '50s-early '60s. The truth is: there has been a dumbing down of society's culture decade after decade. Music still occupies a large part in the life of virtually everybody. However, the dumbing down phenomenon has resulted in treating classical music more and more like a museum exhibit. The funny thing is that back in the era when this program was recorded, classical music was as elitist as it is today, if not more so. The important difference is that CBC's mission was precisely to generate fervor and interest to make it less elitist, which it doesn't need to be. My experience with classical music and children is that if you expose them to that type of music at an early age, they don't perceive it anymore as smtg reserved for the snobs and high society, but as just better music played by people dressed 'classy' who read what they're playing on sheets in front of them... The whole 'elite' aura vanishes. All it would take is the political will to use publuc funding to improve the quality of the entertainment Canadians (or Americans, with PBS, although PBS is now closer to what CBC used to be!) are exposed to. And that would be fairly easy to "sell" in the Parliament. Why? Because if public television programming cannot be differentiated from private networks, thete is no point whatsoever for using millions of tax dollars to finance something already available everywhere in private stations. The selling value of the original CBC, i.e. something close to what it was when education and high quality entertainment were what made it so unique and special. And the cost? Honestly, I don't see why that would be an issue, as the production costs of a program such as this one is likely well within those of most CBC drama/comedy series or sitcoms. Take "The Nature of Things": yes, it is probably fairly expensive to produce, but its educational value is worth it, many times over. That series is a perfect example of a program to enhance public awareness to science and technology, to the environment. Its niche could hardly be filled by private networks, and it's an excellent illustration of how to CBC fulfills its mission with our tax dollars.
Gould was definitely born too soon. He would enjoy today's renditions of the old masters much more. Great playing by him, the orchestra not so much. He certainly helped usher the new age of rediscovering music of the past in a more objective manner. Great video anyways!
In other documents about Glenn Gould, I heard a critic commented to him that he might not play the piano faster than others. I was like really?? That critic definitely didn't research about Gould enough before he wrote that line. No other like Glenn Gould in modern music history.
Y yo misma que una vez mientras escuchaba una música vi en mi living , con ventanas abiertas por la calor,meterse un panadero que recaló en el piso y bailaba de aquí para allá al son de la música, así a mí me pareció. Qué belleza! Exclamé. Es lo que tiene el arte.
По русски не вижу комментов, исправим дело). Радостная сущность бытия - это оно. Ты все правильно сказал, Гленн. А сыграл еще лучше. Сыграл божественно. Как же иначе? Ведь когда Бог пролетал над Торонто, он задержался на мгновение и поцеловал младенца 😇🙏. Аллелуйя!
![[🎼,1960] Glenn Gould & Leonard Bernstein : J S Bach bwv1052 - Piano Concerto # 1 , Allegro [9']](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/BX0II6wZpps/mqdefault.jpg)
"For Bach, it wasn't finality that mattered in music, it was simply the joyous essence of being"
wow, just wow
"The joyous essence of being" through God. When I listen to Bach, I feel as if I am touching God's hands through Glen Gould's fingers.
💯 % accurate.
Para alabanza de Dios y regocijo de los hombres.
@@PedroCucuchucho that's beautiful
This is now my philosophy in life.
I’m not here to die, but to live...where is my joyous essence...come joyous essence we must frolic together!
This was the kind of content you could expect to see on television on a pretty regular basis at the time. Now look.
Degeneration. We should go back to the roots and find true beauty and god.
@@ericdovigi7927 I think the point was that ordinary, everyday people were exposed to great music on a regular basis back then, not that it's less available now. I'm grateful that it is more available now, but still lament that so many people grow up without ever hearing it.
@@ericdovigi7927 Heyy whats wrong with Green Acres? ..I would like both classical music and the Jetsons..or how about Zsa Zsa Gabor playing Liszt?
now you can find it on youtube at your leisure, and construct the porgramming you want, Like Gould predicted we could eventually do.
Rodrigo Guerrero .... I don’t think that Gould foresaw that “lowest common denominator” factor would prevail as it most certainly has. He wasn’t perfect and you can’t blame him for not being pessimistic enough for not predicting that rampant brainwashing through fear, materialism, perversion (in all aspects) and entitlement, all brought about by out of control capitalism in its most depraved form, would lead to the to most pathetic degeneration of the soul and intellectual curiosity of the average citizen. Almost every promo photo for nearly every show on television depicts some too pretty character holding an automatic pistol at the ready to face imminent danger. Weak, deranged, paranoid sickos the lot of us are because we failed to take hold of our own society.
Gould’s performance is astounding! I could watch this daily and never tire of it. For those of you that want to focus on his humming/singing along or sweating at the end...what is wrong with you? Are you not listening to the genius that is Gould? You are missing the best part!! I’m not!
Sing it Sister! I totally agree! GG was the best...imho of course and 2 each his own...
I love his singing. He always said it was an involuntary contribution he felt coming out of him to complete his understanding of the music. I feel that's true and I'm glad it's there.
@@paulban889 yes..... the great jazzers often sang - and laughed. music can be fun, can't it?!
10000% agreed!!
Glenn Gould ist out of this world. Magic.
The CBC indulged Glenn considerably, and we have to thank them for this!
Listening to him talk is as much enjoyable as listening to him playing the piano!
coz he really knows what he's talking about.
Such a brilliant artist. Agreed he was a joy to listen too. Such a shame he died before his time.
@@albertopa58 definitely agree... Geniuses never seem to live long. I was kid when died n didn't know who he was back then but as a pianist myself, I love his music.
Gould was brilliant, but the fact that he had to be physically emasculated is totally understandable.
@@philg4116wtf does that mean?
9:40 - 13:00 is easily my favorite moment in music. You think the melody is going to resolve - but it doesn't. Instead, Bach builds the tension over and over again, deconstructing the melody through different methods until it becomes like a fractal. When that section does finally resolve, the melody sounds totally different - more complete, more fulfilling. It's hard to describe, but it makes every part of my body vibrate every time I listen to it.
I keep coming back to this performance for that in particular, Gould’s execution is perfect and the resolution of some 5 minutes of rising tension gives me chills every time.
I wonder if Gould didn't have a piano, but a harpsichord to play. He would be very frustrated. Bach on the piano is much better than on the harpsichord.
@@ruyperini But he's using a prepared piano here, with the hammers modified to change the tone to something closer to a harpsichord. So apparently Gould thought that something other than a normal piano sound was appropriate for this work. I think it sounds great.
@@ruyperinionly if you have a pianist who understands how to play Bach on a piano. Back then, most didn’t. You can see it in the editions of Bach that were being published back then. Full of dynamics, phrasings, tempo markings, even pedal markings that didn’t come from Bach and didn’t present the music’s character appropriately at all.
For me No 5 is a conversation between three instruments each with it's story to tell joyous and sorrowful, but ultimately joined together in harmony speaking with one voice.
That’s exactly how I interpret it 😊
That gyroscopic movement that he’s doing while playing Bach! I have felt that playing Bach! I know exactly what that feels like, it’s gyroscopic! I love you Glenn Gould FOREVER!
He was great, but he had to be destroyed, and rightfully so.
Yes! It’s the koru; the unwinding; Fibonaci’s spiral; the fractal, spiraling expansion of the universe itself! Something higher of which we can not know but of which we all “know”, deeper than speech or even thought forms themselves. It is the essence of all that was, that is, and that ever will be 💛🙏🕉
@@nedrobinson7490 cállate hippie qlo
For years I've wanted to know what it would sound like to hear Gould play this. Look at his face during the cadenza, especially around 11:30. His mind is no longer on this planet. He's in another world. Perhaps he's simultaneously in heaven, with the composer himself in the audience.
Yes, I can hear Bach right there. Not in the audience but at the keyboard. Gould has allowed the composer to take over.
Sadily Gould when he gets that in sync with what he is playing could result in people misinterpreting Glenn Gould gifs as nsfw in teams chat
@@jbloodwo💀💀 every piano that Glenn Gould took a seat at ended up needing a cigarette by the time he was gone
Whatever he plays by Bach, no matter how long, Gould plays it from memory. That's unsurpassed genius.
As I recall, it's even more terrifying than that. Gould studied the paper sheet music until he had memorized it. Only then did he play it on the piano. I don't think that human beings can do this. But Gould could.
@@soaringvulture It was also Karl Gieseking's way of learning a partition. See the book "Gieseking Leimer Piano Technique"
@@dmadrisan I'm surprised that this is a known method of learning a piece. And it's Walter Gieseking, who was a great pianist.
@@soaringvultureUnbelievable, right? Gould’s idea of studying a piece was “read the score and play it mentally until you’re able to sit down and nail the entire thing.” How I imagine Beethoven’s mind must have operated once his hearing went.
I enjoyed seeing him playing hunched over with no sheet music because all the other concert pianists sit upright staring at sheet music and I could never comprehend how on earth they manage to play like that - isn't the sheet music a distraction?! Aren't they uncomfy? I play like this guy, just not to this level of insane skill! But I can memorise pieces as long as this and would never be able to perform well with sheet music. I guess some people just have really good music memory. I can't remember which way is left or right though!
For Bach it wasn't finality that really mattered in Music, not really, it was simply the joyous essence of being---------a CHILD OF GOD.
Why are two other great soloists not mentioned? They are the famous flutist Julius Baker and incomparable Oscar Shumsky, one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century.
Yes, the three masters together certainly allow the spirit to soar.
I’m madly in love with music, Bach and most of all my heart sings with and for Glenn Gould.
Beautifull words Diana!!!
💖💖💖💖💖
There are so many deceptive moments in that cadenza the real surprise is when the orchestra actually returns. Bach was a genius.
There will always be a critic, usually the root problem being ..... envy
@@patriciap6519 I am afraid that you probably did not exactly understand what is said by lamc... I think he is talking about the surprises in the music, that the listeners do not expect. But maybe I am wrong
GG loves and ejoys every note of music, a legend and a genius.
I’ve watched this video countless times and just realized what brings me back over and over....it’s the cadenza in the first movement! You can listen to other magnificent performances but the cadenza goes unmatched in my opinion. Gould is just my hero!
Find the Igor Kipnis recording of #5 on TH-cam...He makes quite the argument that the candenza should be more dramatically focused, driving and alert to opportunities to increase intensity... which is an argument one could make (rightly or wrongly) in choosing Charles Rosen's Beethoven opus 109 over Gould's
@@rickdynes Thank you, Rick! I’ll definitely check out your suggestions. Mj
Richter's performance is of comparable virtuosity. Every other recording I have heard of cadenza shows broad variation in tempo and pausing for effect. Richter believed that Baroque music was played with far more disciplined tempos. You could be beat a metronome to this piece - right through cadenza! Gould is far closer in interpretation to what Richter does than other performances on the web.
It was recently called "the first rock god solo" and I think that's accurate.
That’s what is so good about the Wendy Carlos version. Really bearings out the amazing counterpoint and the cadenza.
The resolution of the cadenza and return to the main theme is truly heroic. It out-Beethovens Beethoven's Fifth.
So, is it a harpsichord or a piano
Gould: *Yes*
Also Gould: *What, it had to be either?*
It may be a piano turned into a harpsicord. The one that Bach played was not available.
How can Gould be this great, and down to earth? he never brags about his playing he rarely even mentiones his own genius its truly a delight because i hate people that brag all the time.
True genius preoccupies and fills itself only with the object of the love. Never with itself.
I love every word that comes out Glenn Gould. Before he even plays, I’m already in a trance .
GG lived music and he added music to life. Great Canadian!
This is obviously one of the greatest concerti ever written, especially the magnificent cadenza in the First Movement which is just breath-taking. Thank you very much for sharing this priceless gem.
if you have complex problems u hate this man, but if you are just a bit smart you become obsessed with him. Every frame of a video, every picture, every word given from this genius to us mortals is a blessing!
You're easily pleased it would seem . That kind of thinking is pathological imho .
This was an amazing performance by Glenn Gould and all by memory. This man was a musical genius.
Yes, indeed.
Glenn Gould expelled himself in Bach's music and gave us incomparable art of himself in 49 years.
excelled, even %^)
Я выпадаю из реальности, когда слушаю Гленна Гульда. Удивительный человек! Благодарю тебя, Гленн, за упоительные лекции и небесную музыку.
Both, Glenn Gould and also Jacqueline Du Pre died too early. They had been great musical interpreters, very special ! 😷
And Ginette Neveu and Michael Rabin to name a few.
I’ve always had the suspicion that Gould didn’t simply play Bach, he was channeling Bach.
As Gould explain, Bach purpose was “the joyest essence of being” 🌞
Gould was exceptional in that he could channel Bach through his doodlebug, that is until he lost it in a turkey carving accident.
@@philg4116 could you explain to me what is this turkey carving accident? Please? I am not aware of, thank you 👍
You are absolutely right.
Für mich ist Glenn Gould der beste Bach Interpret auf dem Klavier, der jemals gelebt hat und leben wird. Er ist einfach sagenhaft.
Vielen Dank.
Золотые слова! 💛
Bach's introduction to this concert literally says. "À une Traversiere, une violino principale, une violino e una Viola in Ripieno, Violoncello, Violone e Cembalo Concertato". This curious mixture of Frenchified Italian introduces us to the first cembalo concert in history, since until then this instrument had only been used as a companion bass. How smart is GG!: Very good introduction showing that if he played Bach so well it was because he knew very well what he played. To notice some mismatch at the beginning of the allegro by the ripieno violins, but all venial sins are justly pardoned when the rest are so excellent.
Son of a gun. It's true what they say... He really can make a piano sound like a harpsichord!
For Bach, it wasn't le petit mort, it was simply the joyous essence of being.
@Chad Grant: Yes! Completely orgasmic.
One of the great pianists in the history of this country, always loved his music, his interpretation is so unique, genius.
IMO one of the great pianists in the history of this planet. What he does to Beethoven's Emperor concerto is celestial.
Ascoltare il concerto n.5 di Bach eseguito così si rimane affascinati e si desidererebbe non finisse mai !!!
The restrained tempo is what sets the good pianist from the excellent. Crystal clear and every note is perfectly synchronized. Too many recordings I hear are muddied with excessively hastened playing.
Playing Bach is before and after Maestro Gould ! He is a watershed ! Marvelous ! Thanks a lot for sharing this jewel !
First of all , Listening to this performance I perceive a correlation of the whole music as an specific entity of Bach himself.
Greatest and expanding harmonic in a galaxy of myriad of galaxies that are in the universe.
His music is sublime achieved the highest peak of human consciousness.
Bach remains non-dual composer ever in this world .
Etrit b
lol
Western.
My father, a total melomaniac since age 3, used to tell an anecdote he'd read somewhere where Haydn was asked who was greater, Bach or Haendel. Haydn would've answered he could not dare make such a comparison being both monumentally great and him being just a humble composer. However he added
"I can answer you as a Christian: "When God wants to communicate with humanity he chooses Haendel". "When he wants to experience pure bliss he listens to Bach". I personally agree with Haydn!
My dearest father passed away 7 years ago and I have only recently been able to listen to classical music again without becoming a total emotional wreck.
It takes time to get over grief, doesn't it? I am pleased you have returned to the fold as it were. I had a similar experience.
I could spend the rest of my life listening to 9:03 to 12:59 over and over 😌🥰
that solo is amazing
The most beautiful interpretation of all time. Thanks Gould and the ones who make this recording possible. Regards
You should listen to Perahia's.
Bach and gould.heart and soul
he burst onto the scene, already a legend...other all-time greats said they wouldn't play Bach because of him. A shooting star, burnt so bright...RIP
For all the GG-plays-too-fast people, he plays this at quite a restrained pace compared to other recordings on youtube. (Not saying he doesn't interpret things too fast from time to time. But he's not just about playing everything crazy fast.)
This is absolutely MINDBLOWING. Bach is the GOAT and Glenn rocks a ton!
the best cadenza of this masterpiece ever performed - simply unbeatable. wish the sound quality was a bit better those days...
Recording quality was good back then, hear a vinyl from the 60's. Gould deserves audio and video restorations alike!
I held my breath while he was playing it.... mesmerizing
i always love adore his trills, he plays them like no one else.
One feels like his ornaments, as well, are part of the notation, so meticulously blended into the music as they are! I never listen to any of Bach’s piano interpreters other that Gould.
This makes me feel so happy. What a genius he was!
Can one imagine life without Bach, Glen Gould or Karl Richter….???
9:24, harpsipiano solo.
From this point all the way to the end of movement (13:00 or so) is just breathtaking ...and all from memory! I don’t want to see the rest of the orchestra or even Gould’s face. I just want to see his fingers!
The solo in the first movement is really amazing. I've watched it so many times and it's always beautiful to watch. I only just realised this time that his head nods towards the end are to bring the orchestra in at the right time.
One of our most famous Canadians 🍁🌲🐌🦫🛶
When you hear this glorious music.... I only want to listen. Great musicians. All of them.
The joyous essence of being.....
The words are as exquisite as the music!
I love the deliberate tempo. He never had show that he had unsurpassable technique. Whilst others have to show how fast they can play Gould never had to worry about that.
I searched "brandenburg concerto no. 5 not too fast" and youtube offers Glenn Gould!! Wonderful not too fast, not flashy interpretation!!
He does a slower one, on piano. Better sound quality. Hard to find sometimes, but it's here on youtube.
Look for Furtwängler also, different esthetic obviously, but still, more musicality in his little finger than...
Brilliant. Another world heritage documentary.
Thank you for sharing this.
it's unbelievable how a genius like him didn't ever understood that ... he was a fenomenal genius
Absolutely brilliant in both his playing and his intellect.
Bach plus Gould. Magnificent.
A question for those purists who harp on about restricting all renditions of Baroque music to the harpsichord. What would Bach have chosen to express his genius if he had been given the choice to utilise the pianoforte?
He certainly would have used a pianoforte, but for some reason his works just sounds so good on a harpsichord.
Bach is not from earth, he is from a music planet we have never discovered
What a huge improvement is the Steinway continuo over the harpsichord. Gould does the same with a performance of the cantata BWV 54, also on TH-cam.
He brings such beautiful sounds from the piano!!
Cuando escuchas esta sublime interpretación, olvidas que está tocada en un harpsipiano ¿podríamos decir que se trata de un triple concierto? Violin, Flauta, clavecin y continuo.
This is by far the best recording I've ever heard of this concerto. Superb!
@Craig Johnson Nah best is Karl Munchinger in this concerto
Yes, Glenn, I agree with you - It's a joyus essence of being! 🥰 Hallelujah!
"Невротическое фортепьяно, вообразившее себя клавикордом!" - это восхитительно. Образность речи Гленна +100 к представлению. Непревзойденный Гленнушка Гульд, блаженный наш! Я только что прослушала этот концерт с Карлом Рихтером и быстренько вернулась к Гульду. Без вариантов. Лучший❤.
Вы пробовали ездить на работу на велосипеде? А под теплым летним дождем? А под 5 бранденбургский концерт? Очень рекомендую. Simply the joyeus essence of being!
Этот концерт - жемчужина. Все музыканты великолепны, а Гленнушка Гульд главный герой. После Баха, конечно. Благодарю! 🥰.
19:21 until the end. He gives it everything he's got...
Omg Gould playing my favorite Bach piece 😭😭
There is a recording of him playing the Brandenburg on a piano....taken from a radio performance, I think.
th-cam.com/video/nSebhrBkVaM/w-d-xo.html Found it. The first movement is much slower.
@@charlotterose6724 thank you for sharing that! 😊 it’s wonderful ❤️❤️
I been waiting the end of this talk for a lot of years, it feels just too good to finally watch it. (:
Cristian Barrientos Montoya ...I never thought I’d see it. I am grateful.
With this performance, one could call this the "Hammer of the Gods".
I defy any other piano performers of our time to talk with such brilliance and relevance.
Великий музыкант, который нетолько играет великого Баха , но и проговаривает каждую ноту Гения.👍👍👍
Gould captured the essence of Bach musical wonders
absolutely beautiful this is majestic above modern day people level of comprehension
His solo between 9:42 and 13:00 is as good as it gets. I've never heard it played with such clarity. What a true gem this
I love how one can listen to Gould singing to himself...
He's singing to me!
Hot damn! That cadenza. 9:54. Makes me want to leap into the air!
L' avrei ascoltato per ore, perchè Gould era anche un grandissimo oratore
Pure brilliance. A very great man.
Thank heavens we have recordings!👍👍👏👏
"...the joyous essence of being."
To think that this was the type of regular programming on CBC, without advertising (except for other programs on the station).... The "standard" of public TV broadcasting. There was Hockey Night in Canada for the sports-oriented public, and a number of high-quality series for all age categories. CBC had a mission, a simple one back then: informing while entertaining. Both went hand in hand.
How did it go from such delightful programs to ... the type of television it has become, which cannot be distinguished from that of any private network? Granted, such high-quality programs were fairly costly, but there is a price to pay for quality. The real issue in fact was a truly sad one.... It was gradually considered too "elitist", and since this was a budget item rather easy to reduce when the economy was unfavorable, it underwent massive budget cuts, which the CBC had to compensate by allowing private advertising. And that was the beginning of the end: once they opened the door to advertising dog food or dishwasher soap, the target public they had to aim for became less interested in Bach by Glenn Gould than in sitcoms and various " popular" choices.
The picture today has been radically transformed. However, there is no basic reason why CBC couldn't return to its original mission: it's only a matter of choice. Where we see almost unsurmountable odds, though, is how politics is played out on such issues. Try to "sell" the idea that classical music should become an item on CBC's regular programming ! It all comes down to finances. Unless we also provide CBC with a budget that would allow it to do without private advertising, they're not going to include such programs because few advertisers would back it up. Why not? And this is where a hard, unmerciful reality hits us like a slap in the face: the place society in general reserves for classical music is considerably smaller today than in the '50s-early '60s. The truth is: there has been a dumbing down of society's culture decade after decade. Music still occupies a large part in the life of virtually everybody. However, the dumbing down phenomenon has resulted in treating classical music more and more like a museum exhibit. The funny thing is that back in the era when this program was recorded, classical music was as elitist as it is today, if not more so. The important difference is that CBC's mission was precisely to generate fervor and interest to make it less elitist, which it doesn't need to be.
My experience with classical music and children is that if you expose them to that type of music at an early age, they don't perceive it anymore as smtg reserved for the snobs and high society, but as just better music played by people dressed 'classy' who read what they're playing on sheets in front of them... The whole 'elite' aura vanishes.
All it would take is the political will to use publuc funding to improve the quality of the entertainment Canadians (or Americans, with PBS, although PBS is now closer to what CBC used to be!) are exposed to. And that would be fairly easy to "sell" in the Parliament. Why? Because if public television programming cannot be differentiated from private networks, thete is no point whatsoever for using millions of tax dollars to finance something already available everywhere in private stations.
The selling value of the original CBC, i.e. something close to what it was when education and high quality entertainment were what made it so unique and special. And the cost? Honestly, I don't see why that would be an issue, as the production costs of a program such as this one is likely well within those of most CBC drama/comedy series or sitcoms. Take "The Nature of Things": yes, it is probably fairly expensive to produce, but its educational value is worth it, many times over. That series is a perfect example of a program to enhance public awareness to science and technology, to the environment. Its niche could hardly be filled by private networks, and it's an excellent illustration of how to CBC fulfills its mission with our tax dollars.
This is a really freakin great performance, one of the best I’ve ever seen ❤️
Its the same for me 👏🙏
Was Brandenburg Concerto such exciting tune like this? Incredible.
Yes! All six of them!
Especially the 2nd movement of Brandenburg concerto 3
Unbelievably beautiful.
Gould was definitely born too soon. He would enjoy today's renditions of the old masters much more. Great playing by him, the orchestra not so much. He certainly helped usher the new age of rediscovering music of the past in a more objective manner. Great video anyways!
Or rather to say "Glenn left us too early"...
@SteppenWolff100 i dont get it
@SteppenWolff100 well he was very opinionated about many things, but what does this have to do with my comment?
This is astounding.
Je pleure toutes les larmes de mon corps. Eternel Bach servi par cet immense pianiste...nous côtoyons les étoiles...quel infini bonheur.
Glen Gould was the type of humans that exists only once every few millennia…
In other documents about Glenn Gould, I heard a critic commented to him that he might not play the piano faster than others. I was like really??
That critic definitely didn't research about Gould enough before he wrote that line.
No other like Glenn Gould in modern music history.
Such a wonderful performance!!!
Y yo misma que una vez mientras escuchaba una música vi en mi living , con ventanas abiertas por la calor,meterse un panadero que recaló en el piso y bailaba de aquí para allá al son de la música, así a mí me pareció.
Qué belleza! Exclamé.
Es lo que tiene el arte.
Another wonderful performance! Thank you.
rejoice to see half a million people enjoy, after all there is still some hope for this world.
По русски не вижу комментов, исправим дело). Радостная сущность бытия - это оно. Ты все правильно сказал, Гленн. А сыграл еще лучше. Сыграл божественно. Как же иначе? Ведь когда Бог пролетал над Торонто, он задержался на мгновение и поцеловал младенца 😇🙏. Аллелуйя!
A beautiful ensemble, love it!!
Goulden Bach.