Glenn Gould - Bach, Concerto No. 7 in G minor OFFICIAL

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Canada we present Glenn Gould performing at his first color telecast, "The Canada Centennial Concert“, with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Golschmann, produced by Mario Prizek and originally broadcast on 15th November, 1967.
00:00 Introduction
01:03 I (Allegro)
04:57 II Andante
10:47 III Allegro assai

[@Sisterlisk]

It is such an honour. This is what the internet is for.

[@johannsebastianbach3411]

I'm crying out of joy!

[@carltonafghan]

Me too

[@CD318]

There was only Only one GG!

[@ivyho3115]

You've waited long enough for such an interpreter! Lucky us!

[@radwanelhairiri7879]

Oh Bach!! Welcome back... been a while. We missed you so much

[@charlottewhyte9804]

u mad

[@SilviaAMaestri]

When the Earth meets Heaven it is because Gould is playling Bach... 🎶🎼❤️

[@ericday4505]

Gould was simply the best ever, and there have been some greats, but this guy is just from another planet or something, and I mean that as the highest compliment.

[@ingemayodon5128]

En ce qui me concerne, il n'y en a qu'un seul qui interprète Bach sur piano à merveille, et c'est Glenn Gould. Il est insurpassable pour moi. Merci infiniment et salutations de Montréal.

[@davidhertzberg]

This is just magnificent. It’s like hearing this work for the first time… even though I’ve been listening to it for the last 50 years.

[@ramonitavelez6746]

Hahaha hilarious

[@newportexec]

I have no formal musical education, but this captivating performance is a supreme example of why I’ve been hooked on classical music for decades: unsurpassed depth of mind and soul.

[@gabriellakiss1719]

During my coronavirus illness, I became a Glenn Gould fan. His music helped me a lot in my recovery.

[@alkacil2504]

This is certain ! Bach is a universal medicine. The greatest genius in arts of all times.

[@cutiepiedim]

it's been two weeks, have you recovered?

[@gabriellakiss1719]

@@cutiepiedim I haven’t fully recovered yet, but I’m much better now. My doctor says symptoms can last up to six months.

[@cutiepiedim]

@@gabriellakiss1719 get well soon and I wish you the best!

[@gabriellakiss1719]

@@cutiepiedim Thank you!

[@milanp5323]

This is hands down the best performance I've ever heard of this concerto

[@weizhao2597]

Personally, I think Glenn Gould is the BEST BACH PIANIST EVER!!! He inspired me to play the same keyboard concerto. If anyone agrees with me that Gould is the best Bach player ever, like this comment!

[@benedettomarcello5942]

Con 60 años y habiendo cultivado toda la vida la música, caminaba una tanto bajo de evocación y capacidad de emoción hasta que oí a este intérprete que rescató mi capacidad de emoción percibiendo con nitidez el colorido de la interpretación parcial de cada bloque melódico, perfectamente sincronizado con los otros para mayor gloria y pleno colorido del conjunto. Un prodigio de sincronización. Ahora tengo 81 "calendarios" y me "chuto" con J.S.Bach

[@alexoidbushuyevich8818]

Если вы об этом концерте то - да, лучше Гульда его не сыграет никто. Но наследие Баха очень велико и многогранно и есть несколько великих пианистов, которые сыграют Баха как минимум не хуже.

[@lanusik1000]

⁠@@alexoidbushuyevich8818 не в лом дело что коооо лучше или хуже - тут просто другое восприятие и ощущение Баха. У Гклда какая то другая связь с Бахомм. Другое понимание.

[@lionellogrifo2416]

0😅

[@arina5919]

Гленн Гульд - величайший музыкант и один из лучших исполнителей И. С. Баха. 👏 браво!

[@dantefiorentino3612]

One utter prodigy he was. Like no one else. Experiencing his playing is already a transcendent experience; watching him makes you totally subjugated by his persona, and that’s a totally exhilarating and moving experience. Thankfully he left a large legacy and somehow he never died. Bless you, Glenn!

[@lorrainegauthier7574]

C'est tellement bien formulé. Je suis carrément fascinée par cet artiste sans pareil. On ne peut s'empêcher d'admirer son génie tout au long de la pièce.

[@user-rl3xg4pd1m]

@@lorrainegauthier7574)! Так, восхититесь же гением Святослава Рихтера, непременно!

[@aleksanxrseros8740]

Уникальное , неповторимое исполнение ! Лучший исполнитель Баха !

[@torontoBluejays87]

Holy crap, that was a very young Alex Trebek (Jeopardy) introducing Glenn! Both Canadian icons up where I live. RIP to both.

[@marijane8665]

Genius Gould! I’m just so grateful that we can experience this in 2020!

[@sunnyd4734]

I was two years old when 🤔 this aired on public television 📺 in 1967. What a beautiful performance.

[@amsswa9519]

My father was born one year before this version then.

[@douglasdickerson5184]

My favorite Bach concerto with my favorite pianist!

[@user-jx3wj8dh5f]

Завораживает..уносит в небесные дали!Удивительный,неповторимый Музыкант!

[@nadinelandry7092]

Le plus grand interprète de J. S. Bach et un artiste totalement original et attachant. Je l'adore.

[@ricou3773]

Glenn Gould possesses something which is a mix of talent and passion and the way that he sways to and fro during his performance is very peculiar indeed. It looks as though he is spellbound by the artistic power of the music that he is playing.

[@mdxndy]

If you think about it, many of the ppl in this recording are no longer with us sadly. But the music lived on and they will forever be apart of this magnificent human history

[@alkacil2504]

Hearing this : a rare reason not to regret for having been on this earth !

[@charlotterose6724]

I hope you find many more reasons not to regret being here. Humans create so much drama, but there is beauty all around.

[@heekyungkim8147]

Charlotte Rose so does suffering....

[@samtay1974]

Every note is crystal clear !

[@49barcelona]

3:02....not really.

[@Caroline1261]

@@49barcelona Really? One mistake. Really? wow

[@iguarni]

@@49barcelona It is! Glenn? A pure genius!

[@lisalewis540]

Talk about mastery of dexterity and dynamics, phrasing, every element of playing is astounding! ☺

[@HKLee-dn1fh]

Glenn lives even now in his recordings Just amazing!!

[@thewavingbear]

Every time I hear the Andante I can’t help feeling Bach was grieving, not self pity but true grief. I know he buried a lot of his children.

[@sidwoodstock]

100% one of the most heart wrenching pieces Bach ever composed.

[@cyrilx5909]

Glenn, a sad loss at an early age. Brilliant pianist..Who could disagree?

[@mikeystevenson6982]

Everything - as is to be - is meant to be.

[@olivierbuard]

All the great and famous pianistes are totaly respectables, music is not a competition

[@christopheleclair5367]

C'est juste un nul. Richter vaut largement 3 de ces espèces de Gould qui ne sait à peine jouer comparé aux grands de ce monde :=)

[@olgakyrychyk427]

@@christopheleclair5367 полная чушь вы болван

[@heekyungkim8147]

@@christopheleclair5367 😀

[@georgesclermont1911]

What a treasure! A treat! One of the great piano pieces ever written performed by THE Bach interpreter.

[@rykehuss3435]

I would put Karl Richter as one of those THE Bach interpreters

[@omargonzalez2641]

What can you say. The best of humanity.

[@jeff-onedayatatime.2870]

This G minor, more than any other except maybe Brandenburg #2, has been with me all my life, and the older I get, the more it digs deep. And although I've heard Mrs. Hewitt play it dozens of times, Glenn Gould's interpretations are always riveting.

[@jeff-onedayatatime.2870]

There's no andante quite like this one.

[@fmoll2509]

Изумительная запись. Боже, какое счастье слышать и понимать красоту этой Музыки.. Шедевр в моем смартфоне, хорошие наушники, прекрасный звук. Гленн был бы счастлив таким технологиям. И удивительно, насколько мало сейчас востребована классика - выбор интеллектуалов. Благодарю, оркестр Торонто!❤️ Будь благословен, Гленн Гульд! 🙏

[@user-gh3it9fm4x]

После Гульда, не хочется никого слушать из ранних и поздних, кто играет Баха, действительно Гульд совершил революционный прорыв в интерпретации, все звучит по- новому, цельно, прослушиваются все голоса и подголоски, все совершенство фуги, как Мендельсон нам открыл давно забытого Великого Баха, так Гульд вновь открыл нам новую артикуляцию, звук, туше, образ и раскрыл смыл опусов...

[@fmoll2509]

@@user-gh3it9fm4x совершенно верно 🔥

[@strathbrock]

Gould was the first pianist, other than my secondary school music teacher, I heard playing Bach. His 1955 Goldberg Variations is an absolute high point of music.

[@chickenflavor9880]

1980s goldberg is better.

[@joelra3702]

I like both recordings, they're very different :)

[@johnmunro6644]

@@joelra3702 I agree. Both great recordings but I do prefer the 1955 one.

[@HommeTerre]

Prefer ? Better ? Simply Différent !

[@mariavictoriamarquez4961]

No puedo dejar de escuchar a Gould, a Bach y a esa maravillosa orquesta! Hipnotizan tus manos querido Gould!

[@strangenoise-mt2zf]

Благодарю Вас. Это настоящее сокровище.❤❤

[@georgesmelki1]

This was originally written as a Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041. But Glenn Gould, with his magic fingers, makes the piano sing beautifully!

[@marijane8665]

And his left hand has a life of it’s own! He always watches it to make sure it doesn’t get “out of line!”☺️

[@pasqualeciaccio9353]

Divino Bach,divino Gould. Che meraviglia!

[@user-zd1pt8gy9l]

Immortal Glenn Gould changed piano playing, Bach interpretation and recording forever. . .

[@dionisiocalcaterra92]

And nobody seems to realize how much he has done it

[@joshdraper56]

Can you explain why Gould’s Bach is so important? I don’t have the musical history background to understand

[@AFE1312]

@@joshdraper56 It’s not Gould's Bach, it’s Gould's piano technique. It’s the sounds he produced which gave his interpretations an incuestionable seal of eternity. It’s something you experience, almost if not immediately. I felt that the first time I heard his interpretation of Bach's 2nd English Suite, which was also the first time I knew about Gould's existence.

[@benedettomarcello5942]

@@joshdraper56 Entro yo a explicarte porqué es tan importante. lo primero que debes conocer es la característica de la música contrapuntística de la que J.S.Bach es la muestra creo más importante. La música no contrapuntística te produce emociones por sus melodías o por sus ritmos y la contrapuntística añade a esas causas la ejecución "stesso tempo" de dos melodías con un motivo nuevo por la sincronización de ambas melodías, es decir una nueva emoción añadida, resultado de algo que sólo gente que ha cultivado al música largo tiempo puede percibir en toda su profundiidad (Espero haber sido útil...)

[@summushieremiasclarkson4700]

That andante... I'm speechless, indeed beauty beyond words is the only apt description.

[@heathenhammer2344]

Yes you can see this kind of emotionalism within a strict structure influence many of Mozart's piano concertos later.

[@annjeanmillikan]

SUPERB, DIVINE Performance. Glenn Gould plays Bach from the Heavens and to the Heavens. He is a legacy of gorgeous playing of Bach. He makes our Christmas 2020 Divine with an unforgettable performance of beauty and sublime!!!!

[@georgefelty6357]

Glenn Gould was an exceptional artist!

[@lenanielsen5903]

Glenn Gould plays Bach absolutely wonderfull💞love it💞

[@user-ig6px7ys8x]

Слушать можно бесконечно, каждый раз что-то новое, просто вселенная!

[@HommeTerre]

That's theme of this song ... Moebius / Time = Forever Different "Divine Comedie" hell purgatory paradise Forever 🤔

[@morozowvlad6363]

@@HommeTerre what are you talking about? Allegro in #7 concerto is such a fantastic piece , fresh breath of life litteraly

[@elenakun9318]

Нет ЕМУ равных! Уникальный и единственный Гленн Гульд! 🌿

[@valeriastar5142]

Such an amazing performance!! Just in awe!!

[@mariavictoriamarquez4961]

Qué maravilla Gould! Gracias por regalarnos tu música, tu pasión por Bach!!! No morirás nunca! Desde mi reducto de Characato, viendo las estrellas, te veo junto a Juan Sebastían tocando y haciendo bailar a Dios, a los ángeles!!!!

[@elmiramuradova561]

So Beuatiful!!! Without any words! Блестящее исполнение!!! Гульд это ЧТО ТО Божественное. Оркестр совершенное звучание,респект дирижеру!!!!

[@user-zu6jy2ln9h]

Гленн Гульд не зря считается эталонным исполнителем баховской клавирной музыки. Дело в том, что Баха он играет в стиле эпохи, без налета совершенно противопоказаного здесь романтизма. Великолепное "фирменное" туше. Совет тем, кто хочет насладиться Бахом в исполнении Гудьда, - ищите клавирные концерты 1, 5, 7 (ре-минор, фа-минор, соль-минор).

[@user-mw8fw1hg8j]

Надо искать и наслаждаться всеми записями)))

[@user-vo1gx6xm8r]

Вы совершенно правы, это современное болтание совсем не подходит. У Гульда Бах простой и строгий...гениально !

[@user-lp4bd4yy4s]

вы жили в эпоху барокко?)) Откуда у вас такие сведения? Каждый исполнитель по своему играет и чувствует музыку.И никто никогда не узнает,как сам Бах играл свой композиций.

[@user-vz4fy8uw9y]

Бах играл на инструменте ударно-щипкового звукоизвлечения. Звук был резче и бедней по динамическим оттенкам. Звук, извлекаемый из современного ф-но в тысячу раз богаче. Но главное, что тем же "ударным" звуком он играет и более поздних классиков. Что-то воспринимается, что-то нет. Но, встав на свою колею, Гульд уже не мог с неё сойти. Рекомендую послушать, как он играет 30-ю сонату Бетховена "для себя" и - "на запись". Во-многом он погубил себя.

[@user-vu8qp5gy2w]

Интересно, вы, с вашим догматизмом, как к педализации в клавирном Бахе относитесь? Да и не пользоваться всеми динамическими возможностями фортепиано откровенно преступно, когда буквально нотный текст модуляциями, сменами ступеней, движением мелодии где угодно, требует динамического разнообразия. Про сложнейшую задачу разделения голосов вообще молчу.

[@hjs60789]

I LOVE YOU Glenn Gould

[@TanbingYan]

When Gould plays it feels like he is not playing for the audience, he is playing for himself

[@elmiramuradova561]

Абсолютно верно! Absolutely true

[@caprolupo8321]

Gould does not play for himself, just as he does not play for others. He absorbs himself into the music and absorbs the music into his being, so that the music manifests THROUGH him.

[@alexandervonkarnstein]

@@caprolupo8321 One could also blasphemously say that Bach plays Gould when Gould actually plays Bach.

[@elizabethlinsay9193]

And God.

[@nal8503]

@@alexandervonkarnstein God plays Bach through Gould by transitivity. Bach's entire being was devoted to expressing the divine after all.

[@dmitryzhukov6047]

magic, Glenn is perfect, the best Bach interpretation, divine sound....

[@user-nc1lx2so4d]

à mon avis il y a une autre intérprete qui parle à Dieu en jouant Bach. C'est Polina Ossetinskaya.

[@jayr526]

Stuff like this makes up for the 95% crap that occupies most of the internet. Thanx for posting these. They are wonderful.

[@user-em6gu1sg5o]

БЕСКОНЕЧННАЯ СВЕТЛАЯ ПАМЯТЬ ГЛЕННУ ГУЛЬДУ.🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🙏

[@MiguelTicona]

Glenn Gould is a genius

[@beethovenlovedmozart]

I would say Bach is the Genius here.

[@ethanl.1699]

bar drama Glenn Gould is a genius in his own right. He had mastered the Well Tempered Clavier by the age of 10, which I would say is definitely genius.

[@johannschiestl2772]

@@beethovenlovedmozart both of them, of course

[@ivoriankoua3916]

If he's the genius here , then search another word to describe BACH.

[@MiguelTicona]

Kasputin Is a new bach

[@aleksandarmojsilovic7538]

Veličanstveno,precizno,kristalno čisto.Bravo!

[@michelacampo8832]

Grande grande Glenn puro cristallini trasparente profondo così mi piace baxh

[@MRMEMO507]

لا مرت الايام والسنين والعقود برجع اسمع التسجيل هذا وبشعر كأني اسمعه لأول مرة لأني كنت ولا زلت اسمعه كل يوم كأني اسمعه لأول مرة

[@lorenzocavalieri8707]

Immortale. Emozionante. Senza paragone. Tocca le corde del cuore. Grazie per l'eternità a Giovanni Sebastiano ed a Glenn. ❤️

[@hapla86]

Good old Glenn ... you are a genius with great Charme

[@75tiable]

the joyous essence of being

[@user-jv8vt5se9w]

adore Gould's devotion to performing arts, full of passion, devotion and very deep understanding to sound of particular pieces of music. one can forget the world around, dive into his talent. thanks for this channel🙌🏻🙏🏻🤍

[@antoniavignera2339]

Tutto perfetto bene amalgamato il suono sia da parte dell’orchestra che dal magnifico Glenn Gould.

[@MarcoGalvan]

I found a fragment of this piece on social media. Never heard of it before. It took me 5 seconds to know that I wanted to hear the whole piece and here I am! 👌🙌

[@DavidSmith-ki2we]

Really? Wow. I bought this in cd bk in early 90s and loved it ever since.

[@slowpainful]

So wonderful to see / hear this. Gould was such a brilliant player and an interesting intellect, too. And how far the Toronto Symphony has come since then! Now tell, me when would you see a similar TV broadcast these days, this would have been a general interest broadcast, too. I think we had four channels on our black and white TV...

[@JohannaCTjia]

So glad I can still watch this video here. Glorious music. Wonderful Gould!

[@javiergilvidal1558]

So astonishing he NEVER needs a score for such complex music! This guy is out of this world.....

[@mikeystevenson6982]

Absolutely. He is omniscient in his interpretation and understanding of the music.

[@youtubeadventurer1881]

That's not what makes him amazing. Most decent pianists don't need scores even for much more complex music than this. What makes Gould amazing for me is how he understands the music, combines intellect with physicality, and reveals the unity and large scale architecture of the music to the point where it feels almost as though he plays the entire piece in a single breath.

[@iguarni]

We are in front of two geniuses. The very best is the Composer, the second ond is Glenn!

[@annefrancoisepolonini6982]

Un virtuose inoubliable tout comme les œuvres de Jean-Sébastien Bach que j'adore par-dessus tout

[@joaorocha9824]

Glenn and orchestra: perfect compatibility!

[@lehavre4849]

Thanks from Ukraine for this amazing music💙💛

[@NormanicusDiabolicus]

what a brilliant performance - such glorious music

[@viraget]

wow!! what a piece Andante...the best I`ve ever heard.... incredible!

[@antoniavignera2339]

Unico ascoltare sempre Gould è veramente una grande gioia.

[@christianmusique7947]

the best pianist of alf time and the best instrumentist!

[@iguarni]

Glenn, my sincere hope now You could play this incredible masterpiece with the Genius of the Composer!

[@christophemechin986]

Le génie de Glenn Gould c'est de n'interpréter ni pour le public ni même pour lui , c'est d'interpréter le morceau pour ce qu'il est dans son essence absolue... pour faire un peu de philosophie philarmonique =)

[@phyllisbernoulli-kerr2885]

No one’s better- or more fun!!

[@user-ck8qe7jk5p]

Потрясающе! Bravissimo!!!

[@footstompinleroyscott6892]

Beautiful.

[@MarceloMurat]

Simplemente maravilloso

[@andreamacri5659]

I cried too, 20 years ago at the first listening, like today

[@michelacampo8832]

Che meraviglia! !!..... Semplicemente STUPENDO

[@rauljesusgarcia6166]

Interpreta Glenn a Bach de una manera perfecta. Maravilloso.

[@alexa-kimstone3656]

this timing and swing.. so awesome

[@glennthebest]

One of my favorite!!! I always loved Him!!

[@user-sd2er1tq1z]

the Goldberg variations by Bach and played by Glenn Gould is simply out of this world! I fully agree that Gould is the best interpreter of bach's piano (harpsichord) music, pure baroque

[@kirilllosik7054]

it's only because of Glenn I'm falling in love in that type of music again! Mastermind!

[@marioalbertodellanno458]

IMPONENTE, COLOSAL... !!!

[@miayan3615]

I miss you, Mr.Gould.

[@chislehurstbat]

I can't find the superlatives that would fittingly describe this. Beautiful.

[@SeverusSnape70]

Thank you so much for the magnificent video!

[@mercoid]

SeverusSnape70 goo goo ga ga gee gee.

[@rinosquarzoni9438]

Il più grande interprete di BACH.

[@phoebelinden9602]

Immortal Glenn Gould changed piano-playing, Bach interpretation and recording forever. Everyone who touches a keyboard after Gould should study his body of work. There will never be another.

Never! never! He,s still the unreacheble pianist!

[@ladykiri42]

For me, one of the outstanding characteristics of his playing is an almost metronome perfection. I love every piece of his that I can hear. Thanks so much for the person who put these pieces where we can enjoy them in our homes.

[@Carvin0]

@Craig Johnson I have to agree. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jp2YooyijaqIqqs

[@Carvin0]

@@ladykiri42 The "metronome perfection" is a defect. It is wooden and mechanical. Listen to Richter's version. Richter is in a dialog with the orchestra. He is so much more expressive and interesting. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jp2YooyijaqIqqs

[@caprolupo8321]

@@Carvin0 (1) Craig Johnson referred to Karl Richter, not Sviatoslav Richter. (2) Sviatoslav Richter's performance is sloppy, not passionate. Gould uses no pedal. Sviatoslav Richter hides his sloppiness, and adds more sloppiness, with pedal. (3) Karl Richter performs the concerto with harpsichord, rather slowly, as Gould does. Unlike Sviatoslav Richter's sloppy, muddy performance, Karl Richter's performance is clear, clean - exquisitely PRECISE - partly because his instrument is a harpsichord. Unlike Gould, Karl Richter slides VERY, VERY SLIGHTLY away from "metronome perfection," but only as surely Bach did, because Bach was a creature of the baroque. Karl Richter's performance of Bach's G minor keyboard concerto: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mojSe6KVocqYiNU Karl Richter's performances of others of Bach's keyboard concertos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmHbc6Zvm82koLM kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKTEeoprgteVg8U kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoakgohulpmenK8

[@sergeyhrapkovsky3452]

услышать такое - это уже счастье.

[@gabrielnavarrodelage]

Bach - Gould: Una genialidad.

[@marielleberube6760]

Bach joué par Gould un immense cadeau du Ciel!

[@PointyTailofSatan]

Samson had his hair provide his power. Gould has his mystical chair! lol

[@iguarni]

Out of this world!

[@bugraakbay]

this is one of the concertos that I love very much. a sublime composition and gorgeous performance!

[@silverbrahmapaolino9528]

Bach+Gould un binomio indivisibile nel tempo!

[@helgostyle1339]

Thanks!!!! Very much!!!

[@reginedelahaye2240]

Waouh superbe!