New Year's treat: Glenn Gould plays Shostakovich quintet

Eddie Mars says:

January 1, 2016 at 9:20 am

What a marvellously lyrical performance! Thank you, Norman – this was a wonderful start to the New Year over a late breakfast 🙂

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Robert Levin says:

January 1, 2016 at 5:12 pm

Fabulous!

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Herasmus Bedragon says:

January 1, 2016 at 6:05 pm

Terrific! His knowledge of the score is superb.

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William Morrison says:

January 1, 2016 at 6:14 pm

Given Gould’s aversion to public performance, I don’t suppose many readers can say that they’ve seen him play live…but I saw him very early in his career, about sixty years ago, when I was a schoolboy in Hamilton Ontario. He played in one of the downtown theatres at a recital put on for young people, and must have been in his early twenties. I wish I could remember how he sounded, but of course at that time he wasn’t famous, and I didn’t realize I was watching a genius. All I remember is how strange he looked on his chair with the short legs, reaching up to the keyboard as it seemed…a memorable image….

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John McInerney says:

January 2, 2016 at 10:15 pm

Out of this world !! I believe he made his D.C. debut on this day (1/2) in 1955. I also believe that in most of his chamber music videos, he plays from memory. It’s a shame that he didn’t live to bring his music to the Internet.

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