Glenn Gould. Gould also collaborated with members of the New York Philharmonic, the flutist Julius Baker and the violinist Rafael Druian in a recording of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 16 Contrapunctus XIV 17 Prelude and Fugue. Every recording has tremendous freshness and originality. Goulds televised version of Partita no.4 has the edge over the Columbia recording. Gould felt strongly that there was little point in rerecording centuries-old pieces if the performer had no new perspective to bring. Canone all'Ottava. He studied music theory with Leo Smith, organ with Frederick C. Silvester, and piano with Alberto Guerrero. For him, "hedonism" in this sense denoted a superficial theatricality, something to which he felt Mozart, for example, became increasingly susceptible later in his career. It looks like WhatsApp is not installed on your phone. The first printed version was published under the title Die / Kunst der Fuge / durch / Herrn Johann Sebastian Bach / ehemahligen Capellmeister und Musikdirector zu Leipzig. A new recording of the Goldberg Variations, in 1981, was among his last albums; the piece was one of a few he recorded twice in the studio. First of all, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S HERE! On a visit to Steinway Hall in New York City in 1959, the chief piano technician at the time, William Hupfer, greeted Gould with a slap on the back. 118: No. Scherzo. This piece remains Bach's great, incomplete work. a 1 Clav. In 1983, Gould was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. . [91] He recorded most of Bach's other keyboard works, including both books of The Well-Tempered Clavier and the partitas, French Suites, English Suites, inventions and sinfonias, keyboard concertos, and a number of toccatas (which interested him least, being less polyphonic). I still find them every bit as engrossing all these years later. 1 in G Major "Voluntary for My Lady Nevell", No. 116: No. 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". [24] Gould could play a vast repertoire of piano music, as well as a wide range of orchestral and operatic transcriptions, from memory. Glenn Gould plays Bach: 6 Partitas BWV 825-830; Chromatic Fantasy BWV 903; Italian Concerto BWV 971; The Art of the Fugue BWV 1080 excerpts ; Preludes, Fugues & Fantasies. In his liner notes and broadcasts, Gould created more than two dozen alter egos for satirical, humorous, and didactic purposes, permitting him to write hostile reviews or incomprehensible commentaries on his own performances. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847. [55] Fran's Restaurant in Toronto was a regular haunt of Gould's. Gould, Tureck, and Rosen are the gold standard of Bach on the piano. Cameron Carpenter . Contrapunctus IX 4 alla duodecima: 14: Contrapunctus XI 4: 15: Contrapunctus XIII 3, Inversus: 16: Introduction to the Art of Fugue by Timothy A. Smith. [fn 3] Gould had no Jewish ancestry,[fn 4] though he sometimes made jokes on the subject, such as "When people ask me if I'm Jewish, I always tell them that I was Jewish during the war. About This Artist Glenn Gould 325,837 listeners Glenn Gould (Toronto, Canada 1932-1982) was a Canadian pianist most known for his interpretations of baroque keyboard music, particularly the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. Antonio Vivaldi: finale of Winter fr. She purchased a house near Gould's apartment. [fn 17] Bazzana writes that although some of Gould's "conversational dazzle" found its way into his prolific written output, his writing was "at best uneven [and] at worst awful". 117: No. Without the benefit of this excellent value I would never have the opportunity to hear some of the wonderful, but lesser known pieces Gould recorded. 1 in B Minor, Intermezzo. [66] Cornelia Foss has said that Gould took many antidepressants, which she blamed for his deteriorating mental state. This work consists of fourteen fugues and four canons in D minor, each using some . Written in the last decade of his life, The Art of Fugue is the culmination of Bach's experimentation with monothematic instrumental works. 1.4m members in the classicalmusic community. [104], Gould made numerous television and radio programs for CBC Television and CBC Radio. Jun 5 & 6, 1938 Priv de ma chaine(dmnagement et pas encore rinstalle) j'ai cout les variations Golberg 1955 sur un simple poste lambda. An acquaintance in Canada bought one there and it was OK. )[116][117] Anthologies of Gould's writing and letters have been published, and Library and Archives Canada holds a significant portion of his papers. And how can one even think of comparing Landowska with Gould? He set forth this doctrine, half in jest, in "GPAADAK", the Gould Plan for the Abolition of Applause and Demonstrations of All Kinds. [40] Among the pieces he performed that night were Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 13 a 2 Clav. Gould's interpretations are controversial. Listen to Glenn Gould Remastered - The Complete Columbia Album Collection by Glenn Gould on Apple Music. 4, Da meine Lippen reglos sind und brennen, No. C'est rellement bluffant. Glenn Herbert Gould was born at home in Toronto, on September 25, 1932, the only child of Russell Herbert Gold (19011996) and Florence Emma Gold (ne Greig; 18911975),[5] Presbyterians of Scottish, English, and Norwegian ancestry. Contrapunctus XI (a 4) Artist: Glenn Gould Album: Glenn Gould Edition - Bach: The Art of the Fugue (Excerpts . 15, Wir bevlkerten die abenddstern Lauben, String Trio, Op. 14. But it doesn't convince me. 2 in A Major, Intermezzo. 117: No. The success of Gould's collaborations was to a degree dependent upon his collaborators' receptiveness to his sometimes unconventional readings of the music. A CBC profile noted, "sometime between two and three every morning, Gould would go to Fran's, a 24-hour diner a block away from his Toronto apartment, sit in the same booth, and order the same meal of scrambled eggs. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1955 Recording): Variation 3 a 1 Clav. 1 in E-Flat Major, Andante moderato, 3 Intermezzi, Op. The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus I. Assinaturas a partir de R$ 21,60/ms. Mon bmol vient de la prsentation qui en voulant reproduire les jacquettes d'poque oblige la marque des numros de CD tre imprime sur la tranche oppose l'ouverture ce qui fait que lorsqu'on sort un CD il glisse seul et selon la hauteur d'ou l'on se trouve risque la chute. Frankly, this is unbelievable. The significance of the mathematical architecture can probably be explained by considering the role of the work as a membership contribution to the Correspondierende Societt der musicalischen Wissenschaften[de], and to the "scientific" meaning that Bach attributed to counterpoint. "[48] Bernstein created a stir at the concert of 6 April 1962, when, just before the New York Philharmonic was to perform the Brahms Piano Concerto No. Gould preferred an ahistorical, or at least pre-Renaissance, view of art, minimizing the identity of the artist and the attendant historical context in evaluating the artwork: "What gives us the right to assume that in the work of art we must receive a direct communication with the historical attitudes of another period? Adagio, 8 Klavierstcke, Op. [50] Plans for a studio recording of the performance came to nothing. He went on to explore the possibility of litigation against Steinway & Sons if his apparent injuries were permanent. Whether you're a musician, a newbie, a composer or a listener, welcome. 14. 117: 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. Much of the homophony that followed he felt belongs to a less serious and less spiritual period of art. The piano had to be set at a certain height and would be raised on wooden blocks if necessary. [fn 21]. ), 100, Liszt's piano transcriptions of Beethoven's symphonies, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. Having heard both Rosalyn Tureck and Landowska.,Tureck is [17] He used this chair for the rest of his life, taking it with him almost everywhere. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Variatio 6. Ferruccio Busoni's Fantasia contrappuntistica is based on Contrapunctus XIV, but it develops Bach's ideas to Busoni's own purposes in Busoni's musical style, rather than working out Bach's thoughts as Bach himself might have done. This booklet contains a new, detailed essay by the German Gould specialist Michael Stegemann on Glenn Gould and the LP recording era along with texts and repertoire details to all recordings in the edition, plus a listing and depiction of the records with reissue dates for repertoire that has appeared before. Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2007. X . Variation 18. a 1 Clav. 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". [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. TITLE "The Art of Fugue, BWV1080: Contrapunctus I" PERFORMER "Glenn Gould" ISRC USSM17400107 INDEX 00 01:08:51 FILE "16 - The Art of Fugue, BWV1080- Contrapunctus I.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00: . 8:41. ", In "Bach the Nonconformist"; Roberts (ed. 7, Angst und Hoffen wechselnd mich beklemmen, No. Canone alla Quarta. 1) came in 1953 on the short-lived Canadian Hallmark label. As a teenager, Gould was significantly influenced by Artur Schnabel,[fn 10] Rosalyn Tureck's recordings of Bach (which he called "upright, with a sense of repose and positiveness"), and the conductor Leopold Stokowski. Bach - Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque, Johannes Pramsohler, Jane Rogers , Alison McGillivray, Marcin witkiewicz - The Art Of The Fugue According to her, "There were a lot of misconceptions about Glenn, and it was partly because he was so very private. Others may be marvelous as well (certainly NOT Hewitt or Schiff), but Gould, Tureck, and Rosen are THE ONES. Gould rejected most of the standard Romantic piano literature by Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, and others, in favour of Bach and Beethoven mainly, along with some late-Romantic and modernist composers. Several years ago Sony released a 12-CD box in their "Original Jacket" collection containing roughly half of Gould's recordings of Bach. Glenn Gould plays Bach "The Art Of Fugue BWV 1080" Organ . Canone alla Sesta Glenn Gould. 118: No. The Glenn Gould Complete Jacket Collection" is presented to mark the brilliant pianist's 75th birthday and the 25th anniversary of his death. 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. , Reviewed in Japan on February 20, 2017, Reviewed in Japan on December 16, 2007, , 3?801400, Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon. In 1957, Gould undertook a tour of the Soviet Union, becoming the first North American to play there since World War II. The Art of Fugue, or The Art of the Fugue (German: Die Kunst der Fuge), BWV 1080, is an incomplete musical work of unspecified instrumentation by Johann Sebastian Bach. Glenn Gould was certainly one of the most unique classical artists of the 20th century. [61], Though an admitted hypochondriac,[62][fn 13] Gould had many pains and ailments, but his autopsy revealed few underlying problems in areas that often troubled him. 30, selections from Bach's The Art of Fugue, and Hindemith's Piano Sonata No. Variation 27. Sylvestre and Costa[15] reported a mathematical architecture of The Art of Fugue, based on bar counts, which shows that the whole work was conceived on the basis of the Fibonacci series and the golden ratio. 6 in A Major, Intermezzo. Variatio 15. [67], Whether Gould's behaviour fell within the autism spectrum has been debated. Variatio 12. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1981 Recording): Variation 24 a 1 Clav. This account is disputed by modern scholars, as the manuscript is clearly written in Bach's own hand, and thus dates to a time before his deteriorating health and vision would have prevented his ability to write, probably 17481749.[9]. 1935 Begins piano lessons with his mother, after his musical gifts including perfect pitch become apparent. To commemorate what would have been Gould's 75th birthday, the Canadian Museum of Civilization held an exhibition, Glenn Gould: The Sounds of Genius, in 2007. ms. autogr. C'est rellement bluffant. Goldberg Variations, BWV . 3, "Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloss", Symphony No. In 2007, New Zealand organist and conductor Indra Hughes completed a doctoral thesis about the unfinished ending of Contrapunctus XIV, proposing that the work was left unfinished not because Bach died, but as a deliberate choice by Bach to encourage independent efforts at a completion.[13][14]. Visit Steinway 1 in E-Flat Major. He soon signed with Columbia Records' classical music division and, in 1955, recorded Bach: The Goldberg Variations, his breakthrough work. When Gould slowed a Brahms concerto to a crawl, so slow that "it was very tiring" for the orchestra to play, he was convinced he had discovered a secret key to the tempo within the piece itself. I always feel with Gould that it is not that he plays much better over the competitionIt astounds me every time how outside of the competition he is every time. J.S. 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