Glenn Gould - Beethoven: Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, 'Pathétique'

Glenn Gould Beethoven Sonata
Columbia Stereo - MS 6945
Mono -- ML 6345

Beethoven: Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, "Pathétique":
0:00 - Grave; Allegro di molto e con brio
6:05 - Adagio cantabile
10:52 - Rondo: Allegro

Glenn Herbert Gould (September 25, 1932 – October 4, 1982) was a Canadian classical pianist. 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. Gould's playing was distinguished by a remarkable technical proficiency and a capacity to articulate the contrapuntal texture of Bach's music.

[perfectblue]

I wish more pianists could play with as much relevance, freedom and inspiration as Glenn Gould

[PianoAngelicus]

Love love love Glenn. With my favourite picture of him and his beloved dog 💗💗….awesome video!! Always fascinating to listen to him 💗💗🎵🎵💗💗

[davisatdavis]

For someone who said beethoven didn't write well for the piano, this sure is some of the best playing I've ever heard.

[LibraryofMusic]

Glenn Gould, the grandmaster of piano. The only one who comes close the level of understanding of music that the composers had.

[gerardmorin]

Pianiste extraordinaire de virtuosité et de sensibilité.

[markjohnorourke]

Love this ...the tempi are awesome 👌 😯❤🙏

[SergioPiano]

Gould is more talented pianist in the world in my opinion🤟

[MRFThorne]

I've not been convinced by Gould's daring and radical interpretations of other Beethoven sonatas, but he absolutely nails this one. One of the best performances of Sonata no. 8 I've heard.

[areapiano]

Why at 1:21 you can hear very faintly in the background the group of fast notes that he then plays "for real" a moment later?

[LAZURAYOFFICIAL]

I think Beethoven would be happy with this tempo...many other pianists I think dull the flare it's supposed to be played with tempowise

[noeldacosta]

His melodies are a bit lost beneath the bass in this recording. Amazing tempo. I really like his second movement interpretation.

[Twentythousandlps]

Surely the fastest ever speed for the opening movement.

[istvantoth]

Imádom Gouldot, de ha Pathétique szonáta, akkor nekem Fischer Annie játéka az etalon.

[boldbolde]

this version is not the same as the unremastered one. I compared the two, they are very similar, but this one is slower in some parts of the third movement, why is it?

[gregorymiller]

The first movement is entirely too fast. There is an old recording studio trick to speed up the finished recording to make the music sound more challenging. Nevertheless, some parts are just entirely too fast.

[dreuvasdevil]

5:00 way too fast. Oh Gould, Beethoven would have hated this

[franciscoaraya]

lovely, still prefer Wilhelm Backhaus's version

[Florestan]

The second movement sounds like a metronome, is strident and lacks poetry. Why does he play the accompaninent as loud as the melody?

[cherrypol]

It sounds like he is somewhat making fun of Beethoven lol

[aclifford]

He has to be forgiven for hastening the tempo at times because he does it in order to avoid the trap of mawkish indulgence. There's nothing worse than listening to players sinking into that when they might have avoided it.