Glenn Gould plays Bach
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN uses it as a short introduction to Glenn Gould and his distinctive playing.
What it is
Extracts from the documentary The Art of Piano showing Glenn Gould playing Bach's Partita No. 2.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2012 to 2019.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec beosrocks · 2012-05 · on “The Open Goldberg Variations”
Amen! For anyone unfamiliar with Glenn Gould, check out these two videos: [this video] [LINK] He was perhaps the greatest piano player of the 20th century and had a strong hacker/genius/Aspergers aspect. My favorite quote about him comes from Composer Dimitry Tolstoy: "Gould was an alien on this Earth. People simply cannot play the piano like that!" [LINK]
Cites furgooswft13 · 2018-04 · on “A Layman’s Intro to Western Classical Music”
It is vast, you are right. But it is not all a sacred tome. There are a lot of different styles of composition, some which you, depending on tastes, will simply not like, just like any other music. The mainstays of popular classical music, Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven all practically defined the 3 main "periods" of the genre; Baroque, Classical, and Romantic respectively (though Beethoven is often considered as somewhat of a bridge between late classical and romantic, details..). Thus each of these periods has a unique character and sound, which is as distinct as different genres of modern music, despite mostly using the same instruments. It is unfortunate that all that variety has been slapp
Cites Pimpus · 2019-06 · on “Advice on Getting Better from an Accomplished Piano Player (2011)”
Hah, that is an excellent book. I remember it pissed off one of my friends who claimed that slow practice is the best way to learn. Glad I didn't listen to him, I use these techniques when learning all kinds of stuff. Glenn Gould practiced by playing fast: [this video]