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

He looks a bit like Ethan Hawke

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

thanks

Thanks

Thank you !!

Спасибо!!!

The speech is pretty cool tho

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.

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

@@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.

y r Canadians sooo proud of gLeNn GoULd

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.

mistake

Amen to that Len Palmeri

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

He understands Bach more than anyone apart from God.

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

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

@@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...

imagine Gould playing Like Swimming Plates from Radiohead

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

no he isn't

@@jacksong2538 seems you’re outnumbered my child

@@jacksong2538what an eloquent response. Idiot

H.S. Darke ever heard of breaking bad?

or mad men

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.

H.S. Darke He just insisted on different values

@@nunyabusiness8538 garbage.

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.

. .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

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!

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

Really good looking! 😍

@@hernanmunozratto5899 That’s your opinion.

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.

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

omg when he was young 😍😍😍

MarkoGabrielCZ great intellectual.

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

Eppie Hemsley He was much like Marceau but more so.

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

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.

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

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

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

@@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.

It's an spectacular phrase

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

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

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

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.

@@beethovenlovedmozart Bach yes, but not Mozart.

@@beethovenlovedmozart Music being perhaps best described as the audiological manifestation of emotion- not sure Mozart had Beethoven or Bach beat in that category. Genius? Yes. One of the best composers of all time? Yes. Excellent pianist and performer? Definitely. As artistically significant and emotionally expressive in his work as Beethoven or Bach? Not necessarily. As innovative and unique in his compositions? Not as much. Not to say Mozart didn’t compose pieces where these are both achieved, but I wouldn’t say as consistently as Bach or Beethoven- Just my 2 cents.

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

One too

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

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

@@teeple1877 agreed.

Oh, he did!

excellent observation.

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.

Right? I expected a weak nasally voice

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

Nicholas White why???

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.

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.

He had a good sense of humor as well.

kempff

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

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

My mother

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

clever . . .

Yes, but he could get away with it.

@@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

HAHAHAHA

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

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

True virtuosso

Almost impossible to find the two in such coexistence- love Glenn.

There is always Andras Schiff, and other younger ones whose names escape me at the moment.

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

Thx.

Joel Seligmann To Hell in a handbasket?

@@mickaymiller9622 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-01AC4Y2E0t8.html

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.

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.

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.

Exacto!!

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

Motti Shneo

truth

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

Le contraire du président russe

I think he lived the twilight zone.

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

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.

@@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.

@@siensiew8510?

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.

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

Possessed is a good word (9:30). In one documentary, there is a charming clip from one of his friends, who describes how Gould would have him over, than "go into a trance" while he played piano. When he would (finally) tell Gould he must be going, "Glenn would say 'No, no, you can't go yet' and then go right back into his trance."

​@@charlotterose6724Thanks for sharing that anecdote. Though his public works alone are an adequate testament to his genius, these stories just bolster the legend. His transcendent intellect was so arcane, it is always enlightening to listen to this thinker flit effortlessly with supreme eloquence from supposedly-squandered genius of late Mozart to his visionary ideals on the reach of media. I can imagine all those ideas germinating contemporaneously that if we turn them into a script, their impact is as profound and organic. Such a consummate artist who is more than that!

I did

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

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

@@miekedemeester3411 Thank you, Mieke. I will!

Amen!

Back then, reality TV was actually real.

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.

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

So was reality

Well put

He once made the Cover of Rolling Stone!

He was Aspie