Glenn Gould - Recording Question

[vic5]

The segment on Glenn Gould in The Art of the Piano contains footage from his movie "Off the Record".  It features him at his cottage playing (and humming as usual) a lesser known peice by Bach that I'm not familiar with (not obviously the Bach Concerto w/ Bernstein).  Would anyone know the title of that work by JS Bach?

Thank you,

Vic

[da jake]

The 2nd Partita!

[vic5]

Thanks so much.  Maybe I should correct myself and say that its 'lesser known' to someone like me being an opera fan, just getting to know the name that I've heard reffered to as "The Father of Music" for 31 years. 

[vic5]

I'm sorry, just one further detail.  One would need to have seen the whole scene from "Off the Record" because "The Art of the Piano" cuts the sequence short, but there is a section in the music where the tempo is quite fast with running scales (for lack of a better term) in both hands.  The section where Glenn appears to be most concerned with the incredible rhythms that are unfolding.  I assume that this is also part of the same Second Partita in C minor, as my recollection of this section sounds much like C min....possibly later on in the first movement, or part of a later one?d

Sorry, I should have been more clear.

Thanks again 

[da jake]

In the Art of Piano video, Gould only plays the "Sinfonie" (grave Adagio) of the first movement...he stops right before the Andante part.

[steinwaym]

Glenn Gould tends to be horrendous, a lot.

[da jake]

You're stupid, and probably pretty ugly too. I bet you smell like, too.

[prokomozart man]

Is "Off the Record" the one where Gould interviews himself?

[Kassaa]

Glenn Gould tends to be horrendous, a lot.

Not with Bach.

[xvimbi]

Not with Bach.

But, admittedly, with pretty much anything else (except, perhaps, some modern works, but there I wouldn't be able to distinguish between a stellar and a dismal performance).

I guess, that makes me stupid, ugly, and smelly as well

[da jake]

No, just a bit of a Gouldn00blar (which you admitted.)

Gould wasn't "horrendous" at all. People who say that are not only at odds with his style of interpretation and musical aesthetics, but also generally ignorant as to what it means to be an artist. You can dislike Gould's playing, but I don't think it can be called "bad" outright.

Gould's Prokofiev, Scriabin, and Mendelssohn is unique and really interesting. Gould's Chopin 3rd Sonata is hilarious but also cool. All the stuff I just mentioned can be acquired in one convenient 2-cd package from Sony's GG edition.

That infamous Brahms 1st Concerto is a bit ridiculous, but I understand what he was trying to do (I think).

[jeremyjchilds]

Gould believed that if a pianist could not interpret a well-worn piece in an entirely new way, then the pianist should not record the song....

Whether that makes him a better pianist....it sure made him notorious, and that's what I like about gould...I even like his Mozart....more than my alarm clock....