Glenn Gould - Prokofieff, Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major op. 83 (OFFICIAL)

[@trappaskunk]

Thanks Glenn. Haters gonna hate but you still playing from beyond the grave touching souls with every note. Long may you play and long may you confound the Philistine.

[@KingMinosxxvi]

Philistines love Glenn the most!

[@simondavis8300]

He brings out a compelling rhythmic elasticity with intense lyricism in the introspective bits with a taut barbarism in the march like sections and builds tension superbly. Ive heard this many times and this for me is right up there with the best. Fair enough if its not for everyone but I love it.

[@asterius4271]

Never get sick of these tv bits Gould did. Brilliant speaker, brilliant player

[@Pianoforte123784]

Simply stunning! Every single tone is alive! Thanks for posting.

[@CD318]

A brain in every finger! Glenn Gould rocks!!

[@НатальяМарценюк-я9ъ]

О, да!!!

[@michaelmcnaughton1535]

Just a fantastic rendition of this work.

[@blacksky492]

This recording is iconic

[@douglasdickerson5184]

Wonderful.

[@artisuryavanshi7785]

He was an intelligent historian and brilliant piano virtuoso. He plays this very well.Brilliantississississimo!!🎹🎹👌🏼

[@spartybob1]

Nobody influenced music in his era like him unique Canadian

[@drvonkrankmeister8094]

Thomas Bernhard: "His worshippers worship a phantom, I thought. They worship a Glenn Gould that never existed. But *my* Glenn Gould is incomparably greater, more deserving of worship, I thought, than theirs."

[@PepeSel]

Genio

[@michaelwasserhaas7828]

grandios...einzigartige performance

[@davidgibbs7232]

WOW.

[@user-tl2uy9ln5e]

Espetacular

[@sergio4425-g7u]

Thanks for uploading!

[@versilov93]

Yes!

[@jfpary7336]

Amazing chaos!

[@mbwilson2625]

Now this is the real meaning of genius.

[@2104T34]

This is definitely not something to make you relax But there’s a lot of emotions It helps me to digest it if I think about the time and place when this music was composed

[@LyubomirIko]

Personally - this makes me calm. I feel the world today is towards way grater collision than World War II. “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” Cesar A. Cruz

[@erandolph84]

Love Gould 😆

[@MrSrc08c]

The quiet introspective parts make it tolerable the first listen and the ending makes it worth a second listening. It made me say "hmmm". Not a piece I would pick to learn, but that's why Gould is so great, because I don't have to.

[@erik5560]

GOAT!!!!

[@francescaemc2]

grazie

[@rondog540]

What's with the old school wagon wheel projected onto the wall in the background? It's giving me the willies

[@marcap1000]

Gould: no one else......

[@martinreynolds8152]

Glenn loved melody. He had that sense of which parts people wanted to hear and which would be in a supportive role. Kind of a fierce guy though.

[@davidklein2]

It is a masterpiece without a doubt. There is sheer beauty in the dissonance just like the beauty in the painting, “Masks Confronting Death” by James Ensor.

[@violinsinthevoid4579]

That is a wonderful painting.

[@antoniavignera2339]

Grazie.

[@opticalmixing23]

This music is intimidating

[@JohannaCTjia]

A pity that Gould didn't play the second and third part of the sonata as well. I love it!

[@thefrankonion]

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[@danielpoulin9030]

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[@marshallartz395]

Gould did play the entire 7th Sonata. Here is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqOxgWydqNppgdU 😎🎹

[@mendax1773]

There was another video of Glenn Gould playing the entire Seventh Sonata on a Canadian TV program. His interpretation of the Precipitato there is quite different from the recording he made of it several years later. That performance can be found at kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZ7bZ52dbZeVgMU but I can't seem to find the entire TV program. It may have been deleted.

[@stevowilliams8279]

No kidding, I was absolutely floored by how he played this, so brutal and romantic. Completely disappointed by the third movement.

[@michaeltheophilus5260]

This composition has a surreal agitation. When I listen to it I think of a quote: "Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom" --Soren Kierkergaard

[@pianosbloxworld4460]

Interesting. I think of this quote by someone unknown- “Music is intended to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”

[@pianosbloxworld4460]

@SteppenWolff100 Ok

[@Thijs-Kuiken]

when I listen to the aggression and dissonance in this piece I also think of a quote.. by a 20th century Austrian Poet (sorry forgot the name) who had the uncanny ability to convey really complex emotions in few words.. anyway, the poem I was thinking of goes like this: "TO THE CHOPPAAAAAAAAHHH!! " It's from a bundle of poems called "GET DOWN!"

[@erikandersenphoto631]

Only Gould could make you pay attention to two contrapuntal lines at the same time, like he’s speaking to both halves of your brain at once.

[@mbwilson2625]

He definitely is.

[@dan27music]

I am no expert but have just listened to the opening of Richter playing this piece and I think it is clearer and lighter, less muddy, and I think it is because he doesn't use the pedal whereas with Gould I find it a little heavy sounding and this may be due to the pedal. On the other hand I think Gould plays the opening sequence with more precision between the two hands.

[@JuicyFruit111]

They should make a movie about him and Ethan Hawke should play Gould lol

[@MatthewJayasekera]

There already is a movie about him.

[@alexeicogan4733]

They already made a movie about him--and it's my favorite. "32 Short Films About Glenn Gould" starring Colm Feore. A must-see.

[@alexeicogan4733]

@@LuluBodhi I'm not familiar with Ethan Hawke. I'll have to investigate.

[@atombomb31458]

this looks from early 70s???

[@ЛюдмилаОвчинникова-г6я]

Кроме восторга у меня Глен Гульд ничего не вызывает! Очень интересно наблюдать за его игрой. Он все знает, как нужно! Но откуда?

[@rivers1005]

You should say in the title that this is first movement only...

[@seanfogarty5559]

It's quite visible that it's only a ten minute video.

[@danyelnicholas]

I understand that Russian politics are mostly violent. I do not understand why, after Scriabin and Danijl Charms, Russian aesthetics are also almost exclusively brutal. Even Germany produced some 'subtle' or understated art in the 20th century...

[@ianmedium]

I try hard with music such as this but I’m an old romantic and find it, along with the twelve tone stuff simply far too jarring to be able to listen long enough to learn about it!

[@brianmacdonell7687]

It's not twelve tone, it has a clear key base in every movement. It does have extremely unconventional harmonies but it clearly follows the rules of tonality.

[@brianmacdonell7687]

Ah I see you were just saying music like this falls into the same category, you weren't saying it was twelve tone... my bad.

[@willhawe6069]

I find that after a few listens this piece grows on you. I would have agreed with you the first time i heard it

[@ravingircey]

Listen to it more than once. It's actually quite good. Maybe Prokofiev's best sonata.

[@alexandredarrasse5068]

Go to listen Wladimir Horowitz play it

[@th3wing3dpaint3r]

Never thought anyone could make Prokofiev sound so boring

[@pianosbloxworld4460]

I kinda agree

[@MrWhitty09]

While I love Glen's playing, this is not the best of his style - Prokofiev demands subtle melodic textural interpretation, something I thought Gould would have picked up on...unfortunately his brittle technique does nothing to qualify the nuances of tone that is demanded in Prokofiev's works...sadly, dismissive...and way too much pedal...ouch...however, his percussive playing is by far the best thing in the performance. Long fingers on a low angle...it's great for percussive effect, but doesn't supply the effect of his previous Beethoveian touch.

[@piano_dissent]

God I love it when Gould hurts fragile mens’ feelings by giving them something to think about. 😂

[@MrWhitty09]

What, if any resonance of my criticism/post defines me as a "fragile man" ? Exactly what part of your imbecilic comment is supposed to elucidate any intelligent comment, or future discussion on this thread? Obviously the "fragile" one here is the one who denotes anything anti-group-think as some aberrant form of insecurity, albeit translated into a demasculinized stigma. I wonder if I was openly gender nonbinary, what you're approach would have been. My feelings are certainly well intact thank you, perhaps yours have been unfortunately wrinkled; and for that, I do feel sorry for you. :)

[@Edward245100]

Very odd that Gould thinks this is Prokofiev's finest composition. It is not even listenable! Has it ever occurred to anyone but me that Gould is some kind of eccentric freak?

[@asdfasdf-gm5uk]

What are you talking about.... The piece is a masterpiece.

[@neogb8995]

Listen harder

[@carlosmendozapiano]

Yes he was an eccentric freak that's why he was so unique yet it is absolutely a masterpiece by Prokofiev no doubts

[@Edward245100]

@@carlosmendozapiano I am fed up with this worship of Glenn Gould. Good pianists are a dime a dozen and he was nothing special. What he was was a typical ego-centered exhibitionist who liked to play the music of Bach when no one else did. He also liked to hum along to what he was playing as well, which made all of his recordings a mess to listen to. If Gould had never lived, we would not miss him in the least. Prokofiev’s piano sonatas are anything but masterpieces except for avant-garde fools like you. They are devoid of melody. What is music without melody? Prokofiev’s masterpieces are his symphonies and concertos and ballets and much other music, but most definitely NOT his piano sonatas. I think they only appeal to other pianists, never a reliable source of what is good.

[@Edward245100]

@@neogb8995 I gave it 3 listens and then said to hell with it! It is just junk and nonsense.

[@Edward245100]

+Hero Player I am fed up with this worship of Glenn Gould. Good pianists are a dime a dozen and he was nothing special. What he was was a typical ego-centered exhibitionist who liked to play the music of Bach when no one else did. He also liked to hum along to what he was playing as well, which made all of his recordings a mess to listen to. If Gould had never lived, we would not miss him in the least. Prokofiev’s piano sonatas are anything but masterpieces except for avant-garde fools like you. They are devoid of melody. What is music without melody? Prokofiev’s masterpieces are his symphonies and concertos and ballets and much other music, but most definitely NOT his piano sonatas. I think they only appeal to other pianists, never a reliable source of what is good.

[@xszdev]

Edward245100 haters gona hate

[@rivers1005]

Maybe your mind is just not great enough to appreciate his.

[@Edward245100]

@@rivers1005 What is there to appreciate - or do you think that classical pianists are a rare breed? Even Bernstein did not think much of him. Gould was essentially a self-centered jerk. Maybe you are too?

[@Edward245100]

@@xszdev idiots gona say something

[@hanneshaatainen4994]

I can't believe this FREAK PIANIST is HUMMING this AVANT-GARDE crap. What is music? Who knows, certainly not pianists.