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A pianist who died young, he was a child prodigy who achieved professional accreditations by age 12. He excelled at playing Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms, composers he loved, while grimacing at Rachmaninov and Chopin.
By the time he was 31 he became an eccentric recluse, and focuses on playing alone in studio recordings rather than live concert halls.
Let's discuss the extra-ordinary pianist, Glenn Gould.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | April 19, 2024 3:10 PM |
He WAS Glenn Gould!
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | April 19, 2024 12:44 AM |
Glenn Gould was to Bach and Mozart what Van Cliburn was to Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | April 19, 2024 12:46 AM |
My favorite GG performance is him playing Die Meistersinger overture with himself:
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | April 19, 2024 12:46 AM |
He was great in the movie MASH
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | April 19, 2024 12:47 AM |
He was playing with himself, R4?
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | April 19, 2024 12:50 AM |
His playing was very quirky and I suspect he did this to maintain an edgy, “bad boy” persona. Unfortunately, he ruined a lot of great pieces, especially Beethoven’s piano sonatas, with his antics.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | April 19, 2024 12:51 AM |
R8 and his humming?
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | April 19, 2024 12:54 AM |
He was no Lena Zavaroni.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | April 19, 2024 12:58 AM |
R7 - Yes, like those violinists who play both parts of the Bach Double Concerto and then overlay them. In this case, it begins around 5:45 and REALLY goes to town at 8:08.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | April 19, 2024 1:03 AM |
Did he know Van Cliburn?
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | April 19, 2024 1:09 AM |
R12 I couldn't find anything, but probably. However, Gould was a recluse in New York City while Van Cliburn was a recluse in Texas
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | April 19, 2024 1:18 AM |
Was he gay?
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | April 19, 2024 1:36 AM |
R14 I bet he was asexual
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | April 19, 2024 1:57 AM |
He was a big fan of Barbra Streisand.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | April 19, 2024 3:00 PM |
He doesn't like me and I don't like him.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | April 19, 2024 3:10 PM |
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