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Glenn Gould was a pretty good pianist and possibly autistic so I thought goons might have an interest in him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNg2hzfcySA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qory4Jp2y7Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnJhq7_Er8o He recorded the Goldberg Variations twice. Once in 1955 and once in 1981: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQONN8ZSZac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2YMSt3yfko Which do you guys like better? I am more partial to the 1955 version. He was reeeeally into Bach but he would play other poo poo sometimes. He even composed some pieces which are generally not super great. Here is one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZM4yxbE0ZE If you like Glenn Gould this is a good place to talk about him. If you don't know him, this is a good place to listen to what are widely considered the best performances of many of Bach's keyboard works.
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Barenboim did the Goldberg variations better
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Jan 17, 2015 19:24
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Neukoln19 posted:Barenboim did the Goldberg variations better lol. His interpretation is great but let's agree to disagree. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Em1leM682Y&t=835s
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Jan 17, 2015 19:26
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now i'm not gay or nothin but he was a good lookin guy
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Jan 17, 2015 19:28
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Interesting thing about him is that he was Canadian. There had never been a famous person from Canada before him and there hasn't been since.
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Jan 17, 2015 19:30
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he hated mozart which is a cool and correct opinion
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Jan 17, 2015 19:32
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פlǝu פonlp Ɔɐu ʎon ɹǝɐp ʇɥᴉs ɐssɥolǝ¿ e:ʎon,ɹǝ uoʇ ɐu ɐɔʇnɐl ɐssɥolǝ˙ Kempo Yellow Belt fucked around with this message at 19:36 on Jan 17, 2015 |
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Jan 17, 2015 19:32
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Dave Concepcion posted:he hated mozart which is a cool and correct opinion His recordings of the sonatas make it pretty clear he held Mozart in some disdain. There was a tv show he did called "How Mozart Became a Bad Composer" but I have never been able to obtain a copy of it. It screens occasionally here and there but is super rare. Unhinged Vulcan posted:פlǝu פonlp Your edit is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me. Demonachizer fucked around with this message at 19:38 on Jan 17, 2015 |
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Jan 17, 2015 19:35
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he used a hosed-up chair man
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Jan 17, 2015 19:41
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Demonachizer posted:what are widely considered the best performances of many of Bach's keyboard works. The single best recorded live Bach performance, in my opinion, is Gould playing BWV1052 in 1957 with Ladislav Slovak and the Academy Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Conservatory. Certainly it's the best performance of BWV1052 for piano transcription. I know Gould hated performing with an orchestra, he felt it was some form of blood sport, but the results were unquestionably brilliant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK7__mtsRYQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DxPoKg199k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFtsgftpUJM I walked down the aisle to his recording of Gibbons' Allemande.
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Jan 17, 2015 19:41
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glenn gould rules and his interpretations of anything he did are pretty much the best available, but i hear he didn't like chopin which is wrong as hell
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Jan 17, 2015 19:45
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Doctor J Off posted:glenn gould rules and his interpretations of anything he did are pretty much the best available, but i hear he didn't like chopin which is wrong as hell nah his interpretation of Mozart is god-loving-awful. You can really hear he didn't like the piece/Mozart in general, imho. (can't remember exactly what it was, have to look it up) e: whoops people mentioned Mozart already, my bad
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Jan 17, 2015 19:55
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Also Mozart is awesome, gently caress you
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Jan 17, 2015 19:57
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people who like mozart are the same people who think kate upton is hot
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Jan 17, 2015 19:59
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mozart is trash tier composer.
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Jan 17, 2015 19:59
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midnightclimax posted:nah his interpretation of Mozart is god-loving-awful. You can really hear he didn't like the piece/Mozart in general, imho. (can't remember exactly what it was, have to look it up) He also said something along the lines of Mozart died too late rather than too early.
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Jan 17, 2015 19:59
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Dave Concepcion posted:people who like mozart are the same people who think kate upton is hot I agree with you in some regards but he did actually have some pretty spectacular stuff if you get away from the really boring poo poo and the Alberti bass. Also some pretty weird poo poo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNrM37AYxfc Almost atonal and almost modern... He does manage to sneak in some Alberti bass though because Mozart... Demonachizer fucked around with this message at 20:05 on Jan 17, 2015 |
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Jan 17, 2015 20:00
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* incoherent mumbling*
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Jan 17, 2015 20:00
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I used to not care about Mozart because everything sounded too light and non-complex, but at some point I perceived the ease as just apparent ease, and Mozart as a composer of the highest order. But eh, maybe I'm just getting old. There are many great composers though, and I've never met a pianist that's able to infuse everything with passion equally. Like everybody else they identify with some pieces more strongly than others. e: also Kate Upton mmmmkay guilty as charged.
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Jan 17, 2015 20:11
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Demonachizer posted:I agree with you in some regards but he did actually have some pretty spectacular stuff if you get away from the really boring poo poo and the Alberti bass. dude was super talented for sure but a man can only take so much frilly gay embellishments (and that loving alberti bass...) before he barfs, he'd probably be awesome today if paired with a good producer another point about gould is that it's his version of jsb's preludium in c major that's on the golden record on the voyager space probe it's obviously the best version and people who prefer it played more legato or with the loving damper pedal are legit hosed in the head
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Jan 17, 2015 20:12
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Yeah but what if that Apollo probe had a replica of Upton's boobs and the sheet music for the magic flute?
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Jan 17, 2015 20:16
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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNk_A4ZoI30
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midnightclimax posted:Yeah but what if that Apollo probe had a replica of Upton's boobs and the sheet music for the magic flute? lets hope the aliens are gay
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