I had read plenty about glenn s eccentricities as im sure you have, so i will not repeat them here, but only upon hearing this recording was i made fully aware that an unstable, sick man was behind the piano. While not as radical as his interpretations of mozart and beethoven, these recordings still have the playful exuberance that we get from his bach. Glenn gould, beethoven glenn gould plays beethoven piano. Glenn gould beethoven, sonata for piano and cello a maj. Nov 12, 2015 glenn gould plays ludwig van beethovens piano sonata no. Columbia masterworks, m 32349 1973 glenn gould plays hindemiths piano sonatas. Apr 10, 2017 ludwig van beethoven glenn gould piano sonata no. Goulds playing was distinguished by a remarkable technical proficiency and. There is an oftenrepeated adage that piano recordings of the bachs toccatas, like those of the goldberg variations, fall into two categories.
Glenn gould, beethoven piano sonatas opus 10 complete. Ludwig van beethoven, 32 sonate per pianoforte glenn gould. Try alfred brendel, wilhelm kempff, daniel barenboim, or get jeno jandos recording with naxos for a great deal. These tracks are being released for the firsttime digitally on what would have been goulds 86th birthday on tuesday, september 25, 2018. However, glenn gould has a tendency to play either fast or slow on this recording. We have 183 beethoven piano sonatas other torrents for you. This version surely is a curiosity but as you listen to it repeatedly you get to appreciate the glenn gould style. Gould could reduced beethoven s music to a mount of fast, precise cascades of notes, thats glenn gould s way, not as the music should sound, so, my advice, get this recording as a reference, if you already know the sonatas played by other pianists, such as alfred brendel hes a true beethoven interpreter. Ludwig van beethoven wrote his 32 piano sonatas between 1795 and 1822. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. The first thematic special for television in which gould appears as both performer and commentator. Continue reading ludwig van beethoven piano sonatas nos. This was the last of five new recordings released in september 1973, appearing one day after the four others.
Download beethoven piano sonatas torrent at torrentfunk. Provided to youtube by sony music entertainment piano sonata no. Latinautor, emi music publishing, public domain compositions, and 1. Listen free to glenn gould beethoven piano sonatas nos. I listened to the beethoven piano sonatas on cbc and decided i would like them.
A performance taken from the cbc show, the subject is beethoven 06. Allegro glenn gould ludwig van beethoven glenn gould plays. Glenn gould the complete columbia album collection 2015 remastered edition. If you want more than on recording of these popular beethoven sonatas, this one should be one of them. The recording made at the glenn gould studio last yea. He gave his debut at the age of 14 in beethovens fourth piano concerto with. Cbsa masterworks, m 32350 1973 glenn gould plays his own transcriptions of wagner orchestral. Our ongoing survey of piano sonatas continues with scarlatti, mozart, richard strauss and beethoven played by glenn gould.