Who are we to intrepret what Bach would have intended? All of our performance practice observations can merely point to the direction of the past, it cannot recreate it. Glenn Gould certainly takes great liberties with all the music he plays. With Bach it works, because of the ambiguity of the music. Gould may break certain "sacred" rules of the past, but he retains the essence of Bach's genius. Just avoid his Beethoven and Mozart recordings, played with total disregard for the score.
it sounds just ...( 1 year ago by morningbreeezzz)
it sounds just right
and that's just what it should do
((in my humble opinion))
cheers from Bach Land
votre ...( 1 year ago by morningbreeezzz)
votre plaisantetries ne plaisantent pas
Bach belongs to us germans :)
((we dearly need him on our balance sheet))
Meinen Johann la ß ich nicht!
Zwar bin ich ein ...( 1 year ago by oneginee)
Zwar bin ich ein deutcher ein bisschen auch. Franzosich aus Elsass kann ich auch es verstehen.
But you are right Bach belongs to germans it your gift to the world :)
:)
we both know of ...( 1 year ago by morningbreeezzz)
:)
we both know of course that the man was a gift of god
bon jour
he could beat the ...( 1 year ago by powernedved)
he could beat the crap out of rick wakeman any time!!
Bach is perhaps the ...( 1 year ago by Korsair777)
Bach is perhaps the greatest composer ever born, somehow music makes my sleep zZz...
Perhaps not.. yet ...( 1 year ago by doorcountyman)
Perhaps not.. yet in the hands of Gould he has become the greatest when hearing this.
Basterebbe ...( 1 year ago by Satanal)
Basterebbe ascoltarlo, ma vederlo anche suonare è un'esperienza mistica...
Some fool yesterday ...( 1 year ago by cancontrl)
Some fool yesterday told me as I was playing the Art of Fugue on my stereo, that they could easily learn Fugue, as good as Gould. And that on top of that, she wouldnt hum into the mic. What a fool. What would you have said?!
piena consapevolezza( 1 year ago by lDj91l)
piena consapevolezza
the end is great :D( 1 year ago by radurak)
the end is great :D
I would have said: ...( 1 year ago by JonnyKolesnyk)
I would have said: well then why haven't you done it and become world famous yet??
Improbable art! So ...( 1 year ago by Yuriy21)
Improbable art! So anybody any more does not play.
hmm actually i ...( 1 year ago by NiriuqK)
hmm actually i think his mozart recordings are great, i like them better than any other pianist's recordings. gould UNDERSTANDS music, he understands the highly complex structures, and he reveals them acoustically to his listeners. this also applies to his mpzart recordings. of course they sound a bit "unfamiliar" at first, but thats just because no other pianist has ever played mozart correctly before.
Glenn Gould was a ...( 1 year ago by pianoplayersean)
Glenn Gould was a genius, but saying that no other pianist has ever played Mozart correctly is absurd. Ignoring dynamics, phrasing and tempo markings in Mozart (or just about any later composer), is worse than playing wrong notes. The liberties Gould takes with the music destroy the meaning and integrity of the music. For an artist to assume that they know better than the composer is not only incredibly arrogant, but disrespectful as well.
if im rightly ...( 1 year ago by NiriuqK)
if im rightly informed, gould never ignored mozarts original phrasing, but only the phrasings and markings later added by editors and publishers.. please correct me if im wrong, but thats what my former piano teacher told me..
Phrasing in Mozart ...( 1 year ago by pianoplayersean)
Phrasing in Mozart is more than where the slurs lie, and it has very little to do with the edition. Later editions were developed to help people who dont understand the tradition. And whether on not the markings are correct does not change the neccesary contour and direction of the line. I suppose you could argue that in Mozart its a matter of taste (for we have no proof). For me, Goulds playing loses the sensitivity and beauty of Mozart.
I must admit that ...( 1 year ago by pianoplayersean)
I must admit that while I have heard His Mozart recordings, I have not studied them with the score. However, I have studied his Beethoven, Schoenberg, Berg, and countless other recordings with the score. In Goulds attempt to play something in a way that has never been heard before, he destroys the intent of the music (especially in Beethoven). His ambiguous rhythmic playing in Schoenberg weakens the power and structure of the music.
Please, remember to ...( 1 year ago by sonnym1)
Please, remember to listen & enjoy the music. Every one hears music in a diffetent way, there is no need to analyse each piece to bits......if it touches you, listen to it again, if it does not....move on. Had bach got stuck on analysing each peice he wrote, he wold not have written that quantity of music we are now blessed with...
composers have ...( 1 year ago by eggory)
composers have specific intents in their music and how exactly it should be played, at least generally. and some people want to do exactly what was originally intended, however putting your own spin on music you didn't write and people have heard before from others, is a different thing that can also be contributed to music
Ignoring the ...( 1 year ago by pianoplayersean)
Ignoring the composers intent is a great disrespect to the composer. This is not to say the music should not be interpreted. Why would you assume that Bach would not analyze each piece he wrote? Did not Shakespeare analyze all of his plays? Music is language, when a performer changes the music they change the meaning. Music is capable of so much more than giving warm fuzzy feelings. It exists to express the depth of who we are.
Interpreting the ...( 1 year ago by pianoplayersean)
Interpreting the music is one thing, ignoring the score is another. We have to assume these composers knew what they were doing. If not, Gould should have written his own music (which apparently he did, although it was not very successful).
It was Gould's ...( 1 year ago by mozartiikodesu)
It was Gould's concerns which can be sung on a piano.
Playing an instrument is not moving a finger.
There are many foolish pianists who create music on a keyboard.
They will mistake, if the dish highest only with a finger can be performed.
He does not create music on a keyboard.
His music is breathing at back of his heart.
His discovery is not new and is universal from ancient times.
ß ich nicht!
But you are right Bach belongs to germans it your gift to the world :)
è un'esperienza mistica...
Playing an instrument is not moving a finger.
There are many foolish pianists who create music on a keyboard.
They will mistake, if the dish highest only with a finger can be performed.
He does not create music on a keyboard.
His music is breathing at back of his heart.
His discovery is not new and is universal from ancient times.