Hide other formats and editions. Compare the 1970 version from the "Complete Piano Sonatas" set (played first) and the 1958 interpretation (second). He would play his own little pieces for family, friends, and sometimes large gatherings—including, in 1938, a performance at the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church (a few blocks from the Gould family home) of one of his own compositions.[14]. The disc of recordings was placed on the spacecraft Voyager 1. He later described the experience: It was Hofmann. [98], He worked with numerous vocalists to record Schoenberg, Hindemith, and Ernst Krenek, including Donald Gramm and Ellen Faull. Johann Sebastian Bach - Glenn Gould - Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Teil 1, Präludien Und Fugen Nr. Yet it is not the work that has changed but its relation within the accepted narrative of music history. Glenn Gould - Bach - BWV 891 - Prelude and Fugue. [fn 11] Gould performed fewer than 200 concerts over the course of his career, of which fewer than 40 were outside Canada. It's probably fair to say that until Glenn Gould got his fingers around it, Bach's music was used for teaching purposes more than anything else. Gould was widely known for his unusual habits. グレングールド バッハ Glenn Gould - Bach - BWV 891 - Prelude and Fugue. He also made recordings of the complete piano works Lieder by Arnold Schoenberg. (Gould grew up in Toronto at the same time that Canadian theorists Marshall McLuhan, Northrop Frye, and Harold Innis were making their mark on communications studies. [84], Gould's first commercial recording (of Berg's Piano sonata, Op. We should see this failure, rather, as an aspect of his genius. Share. Gould's writing style was highly articulate, but sometimes florid, indulgent, and rhetorical. It wasn't easy for me. グレングールド バッハ Glenn Gould - Bach - BWV 891 - Prelude and Fugue. [47] His chair is so closely identified with him that it is shown in a place of honour in a glass case at the National Library of Canada. Gould won three awards out of his six nominations, but accepted only one in person. In 1957, Gould undertook a tour of the Soviet Union, becoming the first North American to play there since World War II. 17 in A-flat Major, BWV 862: Fugue In early September 1982, Gould made his final recording: Strauss's Piano Sonata in B minor.[96]. [111] He was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto in 1998, and designated a National Historic Person in 2012. [18], Gould developed a technique that enabled him to choose a very fast tempo while retaining the "separateness" and clarity of each note. Bazzana has speculated that Gould's increasing use of a variety of prescription medicines over his career may have had a deleterious effect on his health. It's getting worse all the time. Although he recorded all of Mozart's sonatas and admitted enjoying the "actual playing" of them,[90] Gould claimed to dislike Mozart's later works, to the extent of arguing (perhaps facetiously) that Mozart died too late rather than too early. [103] The majority of his work is published by Schott Music. His last recording as a conductor was of Wagner's Siegfried Idyll in its original chamber-music scoring. [16] Around the same time, he injured his back as a result of a fall from a boat ramp on the shore of Lake Simcoe. [60] His television collaboration with American violinist Yehudi Menuhin in 1965, in which they played works by Bach, Beethoven and Schoenberg, was called a success by Stegemann (1993b) because "Menuhin was ready to embrace the new perspectives opened up by an unorthodox view". He both was and was not a man of his time. Transcriptions, compositions, and conducting, Full circumstances of the name-change can be found in, ATCM is Associate, Toronto Conservatory of Music. 1. The only thing I can really remember is that, when I was being brought home in a car, I was in that wonderful state of half-awakeness in which you hear all sorts of incredible sounds going through your mind. In outtakes of the Goldberg Variations, Gould describes his practising technique by composing a drill on Variation 11, remarking that he is "still sloppy" and with his usual humour that "a little practising is in order." 1-24 BWV 846-869 ‎ (2xLP, Comp + Box) CBS , CBS S77225, S 77225 Gould was the first pianist to record any of Liszt's piano transcriptions of Beethoven's symphonies (beginning with the Fifth Symphony, in 1967, with the Sixth released in 1969). [85] Gould became closely associated with the piece, playing it in full or in part at many recitals. [10] She would later teach him the piano. [53] These facets of Gould, whether interpreted as neurosis or "play",[54] have provided ample material for psychobiography. 3 in D major, BWV1054. As early as two weeks after leaving her husband, Foss noticed disturbing signs in Gould, alluding to unusual behaviour that was more than "just neurotic". [97] Schwarzkopf believed in "total fidelity" to the score, but she also objected to the temperature, which was to Gould's liking: The studio was incredibly overheated, which may be good for a pianist but not for a singer: a dry throat is the end as far as singing is concerned. Both his parents were musical, and his mother, especially, encouraged the infant Gould's early musical development. Copyright ©2020 Primary Wave Music IP Fund 1 LP. By 4 October, there was evidence of brain damage, and Gould's father decided that his son should be taken off life support. [19] His pianism had great clarity and erudition, particularly in contrapuntal passages,[19] and extraordinary control. 902, BWV 902a: Fughetta in G Major, BWV 902, 9 Little Preludes, BWV 924-932: Praeambulum in C Major, BWV 924, 9 Little Preludes, BWV 924-932: Praeambulum in F Major, BWV 927, 9 Little Preludes, BWV 924-932: Prealudium in D minor, BWV 926, 9 Little Preludes, BWV 924-932: Praeludium in D Major, BWV 925, 9 Little Preludes, BWV 924-932: Praeludium in F Major, BWV 928, 9 Little Preludes, BWV 924-932: Praeambulum in G minor, BWV 930, Three Little Fugues from Klavierbuchlein fur Wilhelm Bach: Fugue in C Major, BWV 952, Three Little Fugues from Klavierbuchlein fur Wilhelm Bach: Fughetta in C minor, BWV 961, Three Little Fugues from Klavierbuchlein fur Wilhelm Bach: Fugue in C Major, BWV 953, Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 895: Praeludium, Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 895: Fuga, Prelude and Fughetta in E minor, BWV 900: Praeludium, Prelude and Fughetta in E minor, BWV 900: Fughetta. The documentary filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon said of him, "No supreme pianist has ever given of his heart and mind so overwhelmingly while showing himself so sparingly. Glenn Gould, né le 25 septembre 1932 à Toronto au Canada et mort le 4 octobre 1982 dans la même ville, est un pianiste, compositeur, écrivain, homme de radio et réalisateur canadien [1].Il est connu pour ses interprétations pianistiques du répertoire baroque, en particulier pour deux enregistrements des Variations Goldberg de Jean-Sébastien Bach (1955 et 1981). When asked in a radio interview whether he did not find himself wanting to play Chopin, he replied: "No, I don't. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 - Glenn Gould on AllMusic - 1993 [29] He associated this drift towards hedonism with the emergence of a cult of showmanship and gratuitous virtuosity on the concert platform in the 19th century and later. [52] He was known for cancelling performances at the last minute, which is why Bernstein's aforementioned public disclaimer opened with, "Don't be frightened, Mr. Gould is here... [he] will appear in a moment. As a baby, he reportedly hummed instead of crying and wiggled his fingers as if playing chords, leading his doctor to predict that he would "be either a physician or a pianist". Glenn Gould. Glenn Gould - Bach - BWV 891 - Prelude and Fugue. 30, selections from Bach's The Art of Fugue, and Paul Hindemith's Piano Sonata No. Gould also recorded works by Brahms, Mozart, and many other prominent piano composers (with the notable exception of Frédéric Chopin), though he was outspoken in his criticism of the Romantic era as a whole. Gould's experience of driving across northern Ontario while listening to Top 40 radio in 1967 provided the inspiration for one of his most unusual radio pieces, The Search for Petula Clark, a witty and eloquent dissertation on the recordings of the renowned British pop singer, who was then at the peak of her international success. D3S 733. His only significant work was a string quartet, which he finished when he was in his 20s (published 1956, recorded 1960), and perhaps his cadenzas to Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. Check out Bach: Excerpts from The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080 & Prelude & Fugue in B-Flat Major, BWV 898 by Glenn Gould on Amazon Music. [66], Whether Gould's behaviour fell within the autism spectrum has been the subject of debate. For the rest of his life, Gould eschewed live performance, focusing instead on recording, writing, and broadcasting. 902, BWV 902a: Prelude in G Major, BWV 902, Prelude and Fughetta in G Major, BWV 902, Prelude in G Major to the Fughetta No. Although Gould was known chiefly as a pianist, he capped off his musical career with a recording of Wagner's Siegfried Idyll as conductor. This is the secret of doing Bach on the piano at all. Although there was some controversy at Columbia about the appropriateness of this "debut" piece, the record received phenomenal praise and was among the best-selling classical music albums of its era. Gould had a pronounced aversion to what he termed "hedonistic" approaches to piano repertoire, performance, and music generally. Glenn Gould plays Bach - The Goldberg Variations, BMV 998 (Zenph re-performance) Watch later. "[64] In 1956, he was also taking Thorazine, an anti-psychotic medication, as well as reserpine, another anti-psychotic, but one that can also be used to lower blood pressure. Glenn Gould (piano) Bach, J S: Keyboard Concerto No. Glenn Gould (piano) Bach, J S: Three-part Inventions (Sinfonias) Nos. Glenn Gould plays Johann Sebastian Bach's Partita no.6 in E minor, BWV830.I. He recorded all five of Beethoven's piano concertos, 23 of the 32 piano sonatas, and numerous bagatelles and variations. He recounted his recording of the A minor fugue from Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier and how it was spliced together from two takes, with the fugue's expositions from one take and its episodes from another. [23] It seems that Gould was able to practise mentally without access to an instrument, once going so far as to prepare for a recording of Brahms' piano works without playing them until only a few weeks before the sessions. [114] The Glenn Gould Studio at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto was named after him. The recording Glenn Gould: The Composer contains his original works. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049. To this day renowned Canadian pianist Glenn Gould (1932 – 1982) continues to … [6][7] The family's surname was changed to Gould informally around 1939 to avoid being mistaken for Jewish, given the prevailing anti-Semitism of pre-war Toronto and the Jewish associations of the Gold surname. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II : Prelude And Fugue No. He was, in effect, stranded on a beachhead of his own thinking between past and future. He invariably insisted that it had to be extremely warm. [77] Weighing this statement against Gould's highly individualistic lifestyle and artistic vision leads to an apparent contradiction. That he was not able, by himself, to fashion a bridge between them is neither surprising, nor, in the end, disappointing. [67] There has also been speculation that he may have had bipolar disorder, because he sometimes went several days without sleep, had extreme increases in energy, drove recklessly, and, in later life, endured deep depressive episodes. Glenn Gould (Artist), J.S. "[105], One of Gould's performances of the Prelude and Fugue in C major from Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier was chosen for inclusion on the NASA Voyager Golden Record by a committee headed by Carl Sagan. Stream songs including "Suite for Harpsichord No. [120] In 1983, he was honoured posthumously, being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for his 1955 recording (released in 1956) of the Goldberg Variations.[121]. He set forth this doctrine, only half in jest, in "GPAADAK", the Gould Plan for the Abolition of Applause and Demonstrations of All Kinds. He intended to spend his later years conducting, writing about music, and composing. He dabbled in composition with few finished works. Playing next. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II : Prelude And Fugue No. This became "an unbreakable (and notorious) habit". [68], On 27 September 1982, two days after his 50th birthday, after experiencing a severe headache, Gould suffered a stroke that paralyzed the left side of his body. 2 (the Urlicht section) in the 1960s. Later works include the Lieberson Madrigal (soprano, alto, tenor, bass [SATB] and piano), and So You Want to Write a Fugue? Gould was also a writer, broadcaster, composer and conductor. It tends to have a mechanism which is rather like an automobile without power steering: you are in control and not it; it doesn't drive you, you drive it. His mother, hoping for him to become a successful musician, had exposed him to music during her pregnancy. In his writing, Gould praised certain composers and rejected what he deemed banal in music composition and its consumption by the public, and also gave analyses of the music of Richard Strauss, Alban Berg and Anton Webern. [fn 5] This incident is almost certainly related to the adjustable-height chair his father made shortly thereafter. The C major prelude from the first book of the WTC. See all formats and editions. He founded the Festival Trio chamber group in 1953 with the cellist Isaac Mamott and the violinist Albert Pratz. He was one of the best known and most celebrated pianists of the 20th century, and was renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II : Prelude And Fugue No. Gould showed considerable technical skill in performing and recording a wide repertoire including virtuosic and romantic works, such as his own arrangement of Ravel's La valse, and Liszt's transcriptions of Beethoven's Fifth and Sixth Symphonies. He disliked the concert hall, which he compared to a competitive sporting arena. "[89] However, in 1970, he played Chopin's B minor sonata for the CBC and stated that he liked some of the miniatures and that he "sort of liked the first movement of the B minor" but never recorded any of Chopin's music. One of Gould's reasons for abandoning live performance was his aesthetic preference for the recording studio, where, in his words, he developed a "love affair with the microphone". [6][15], At the age of 10, he began attending the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto (known until 1947 as the Toronto Conservatory of Music). His unique pianistic method, insight into the architecture of compositions, and relatively free interpretation of scores created performances and recordings that were revelatory to many listeners while being highly objectionable to others. [fn 6][21], Gould was a child prodigy[22] and was described in adulthood as a musical phenomenon. Glenn Gould. [58], One piece of evidence arrived in 2007. [97] His 1966 collaboration with soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, however, recording Richard Strauss's Ophelia Lieder, Op. [104], Gould is one of the most acclaimed musicians of the 20th century. He performed on television and radio, and produced three musique concrète radio documentaries called the Solitude Trilogy, about isolated areas of Canada. Gould's perspective on art is often summed up by this 1962 quote: "The justification of art is the internal combustion it ignites in the hearts of men and not its shallow, externalized, public manifestations. Glenn Gould Discusses His Goldberg Variations With Tim Page ((Gould Remastered)) Glenn Gould… In 1983, Gould was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. [61] He did not cook; instead he would frequently eat at restaurants and relied upon room service. "[8] His childhood home has been named a historic site. According to another of Gould's biographers, Otto Friedrich, the air-conditioning engineer had to work just as hard as the recording engineers.[44]. Check out Glenn Gould plays Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Books I & II, BWV 846-893 by Glenn Gould on Amazon Music. 3. On August 25, 2012, the spacecraft became the first to cross the heliopause and enter the interstellar medium.[106]. "[57] He never married, and biographers have spent considerable time on his sexuality. He asked the audience: "In a concerto, who is the boss – the soloist or the conductor? He was progressive in many ways, promulgating the atonal composers of the early 20th century, and anticipating, through his deep involvement with the recording process, the vast changes that technology would have on the production and distribution of music. Thomas Bernhard's renowned 1983 novel The Loser purports to be an extended first-person essay about Gould and his lifelong friendship with two fellow students from the Mozarteum school in Salzburg, both of whom have abandoned their careers as concert pianists due to the intimidating example of Gould's genius. 30 (Opus 109), harvtxt error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFOstwald1997 (, This is discussed and can be seen in the 1959. 902, BWV 902a: Prelude in G Major, BWV 902a, Prelude and Fughetta in G Major, BWV 902, Prelude in G Major to the Fughetta No. Gould believed the piano to be "a contrapuntal instrument," and his whole approach to music was, in fact, centered in the baroque. All three use a radiophonic electronic-music technique that Gould called "contrapuntal radio", in which several people are heard speaking at once—much like the voices in a fugue—manipulated through overdubbing and editing. Used from. As for Beethoven, Gould preferred the composer's early and late periods. The Glenn Gould Foundation was established in Toronto in 1983 to honour Gould and to keep alive his memory and life's work. [63] In 1956, Gould said to photojournalist Jock Carroll "... my hysteria about eating. It would eventually occupy him for more than nine years. For example, a reviewer of his 1981 re-recording of the Goldberg Variations opined that many listeners would "find the groans and croons intolerable". The 1955 interpretation is highly energetic and often frenetic; the later is slower and more deliberate[86][87]—Gould wanted to treat the aria and its 30 variations as a cohesive whole. Despite a certain affection for Dixieland jazz, Gould was mostly averse to popular music. [99], Gould made numerous television and radio programs for CBC Television and CBC Radio. It asks whether a recording is less authentic or "direct" for having been highly refined by technical means in the studio. Gould made his Boston debut in 1958, playing for the Peabody Mason Concert Series. The cover shows Gould in the corner of a bare dilapidated room – more like the snapshot of a vagrant than the portrait of a pianistic genius. Nearly every one was … In a lecture and essay titled "Forgery and Imitation in the Creative Process", one of Gould's most significant texts,[81] he makes explicit his views on authenticity and creativity. Philosophers such as Giorgio Agamben and Mark Kingwell have interpreted Gould's life and ideas. While the test was hardly scientific, Gould remarked, "The tape does lie, and nearly always gets away with it".[80]. [70] Gould, an animal lover, left half his estate to the Toronto Humane Society; the other half went to the Salvation Army. [21] One year later he had passed the written theory exams, qualifying for an Associate of the Toronto Conservatory of Music (ATCM) diploma. Bach*/ Glenn Gould- The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I Complete (Preludes And Fugues 1–24)‎(3xLP, Comp, RE + Box) Columbia Masterworks. Glenn Gould (Artist) Format: Audio CD. He was admitted to Toronto General Hospital, and his condition rapidly deteriorated. 3 In C-Sharp Major 4. No performer after him can avoid the example he sets ... Now, everyone must perform through him: he can be emulated or rejected, but he cannot be ignored. Similarly, Gould notes the "pathetic duplicity" in the reception of high-quality forgeries by Han van Meegeren of new paintings attributed to the Dutch master Johannes Vermeer, before and after the forgery was known. [72] He expounded his criticism and philosophy of music and art in lectures, convocation speeches, periodicals, and in radio and television documentaries for the CBC. Audio CD, Extra tracks, Original recording remastered, September 30, 2003. Bach: Partitas, Preludes, Fugues, Fughettas de Glenn Gould - Année de production 2012 [fn 21]. In the case of Bach, Gould noted, "[I] fixed the action in some of the instruments I play on—and the piano I use for all recordings is now so fixed—so that it is a shallower and more responsive action than the standard. He felt that he could realize a musical score more fully this way. 1) was met with mixed reaction: the Christian Science Monitor and Saturday Review were quite laudatory, while the Montreal Star was less so. 1 … Gould: "The piano was a means to an end for him, and the end was to approach Beethoven." Thus, the act of musical composition, to Gould, did not entirely end with the original score. See all 4 formats … He was attracted to the technical aspects of recording, and considered the manipulation of tape to be another part of the creative process. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052, with Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic. 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