Vladimir Ashkenazy - Glenn Gould 

"Intelligent, warm friendly": like you, Maestro Ashkenazy.

Love Ashkenazy. That he loved Gould makes me appreciate him even more.

I am so happy that Mr. Ashkenazy had such a relationship with Mr. Gould! Two phenomenal musicians, and among my very favourites.

Mr Ashkenazy was very shy in his early years.He is becoming lot more active and talkative in his old age.Good for him.

A very gracious and humble man.

It's great to hear another master talk about Gould in such a way. This video gave joy!

No doubt about: Ashkenazy is the greatest living pianist and one of the greatest ever. Humility and Genius in one man.

This is my favorite pianist and musician personality talking about another favorite musician and personality. I love that they were friends. What I would give to be at that lunch......

What a lovely clip. Many thanks. What a generous spirit Mr. Ashkenazy is.

This is a lovely video, which endears both men to the viewer, Mr Gould and Mr Ashkenazy.

Thank you for a video with Maestro Ashkenazy! Another piano genius! BIG BRAVO and THANK-YOU to RU-vid for amazing opportunity to enjoy videos available to us!

Thank you for being around, Mr. Gould! Thank you for sharing this with us, Mr. Ashkenazy.

I could listen to Ashkenazy go on about the world of music in the 20th century forever. He knows and has experienced so much! Such an extraordinary person.

I didnt know they knew each other, thats so cool

Mr ashkenazy .. you are fantaatic musician and lovely man .... hippy for your wordwide success!! From bellagio italy como lake .. !!

Quality both in a human sense and as musicians.

“Just like you and me.”

I’m sure I read somewhere or heard Ashkenazy talk about Gould’s Moscow performances, and one of the reasons why the first recital wasn’t well attended was bc Gould had Bach on his program. Ashkenazy said that the Russian musical intelligentsia was very negative about Bach at that time and called him, “the mathematician,” or something along those lines, so people didn’t know much about Gould and they didn’t want to hear Bach. So they stayed away. Well, at the intermission, Ashkenazy said people were running to the phones to call people and tell them to get there ASAP, bc Gould’s Bach didn’t sound at all “mathematical”! And then, of course, the second recital was SRO, as he says here. That’s been one of my favorite anecdotes for years!

This made me smile.

love him ... love them.

two grt artists, what could be better

He doesn't really indicate the incredible effect Gould's first concert had on the audience. Most of that audience were music students and instructors from Moscow University and music schools, who didn't know Gould, and were more curious about the Art of Fugue, which was rarely played in Russia, due to atheist Communist government disliking the music of "church" composers. Gould's playing electrified the audience, to the extent that during the intermission, every phone in the hall was being used to summon other musicians, with statements like "Drop everything! Come to the hall immediately!", and "A miracle is happening!". The Moscow musical community was still buzzing for weeks after Gould returned home.

Спасибо! С любовью из России!

Gould was the first Western musician to play in Moscow. I wonder if he and Ashkenazy meeting was a seed that thawed the Cold War itself? The experience of humanity on two sides of a divide.

Unfortunatelly I shall not be able to have dis Cd Box.,! Ashkenazy is the number 1 of the greatest pianists. I have a lot of discs from him and my favourite is Chopin 24 Etudes. I like his interpretation of tableaux, preludes and concerts of Rachmaninov.

Very good to hear. In a time where everything was marshal law in terms of political expression.

It would have been great to be the third person at that lunch! The other moment would have been Perahia working with Horowitz. I'd like to have seen that.

i heard Ashkenazy say that Sviatoslav Richter told him that he could perform Bach as well as Gould, but it would mean he'd have to practice too hard.

I wonder if there were any musicians in Gould's time that he disliked?

Hello

Never realized how much Ashkenazy looks like Ron Paul

Gould loved to teach. And he challenged people to get lost in music. Why did he sing when he recorded music... he probably had a lousy reincarnation, where that was just a glitch.