B61zz139 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Anybody know where to get the full performance? This is really excellent!

haparku (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Nobady tell his musical understing is grea.i love his music.

ValhallFR (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Gould mastered Bach like no one else... He's living the music, each note is like a ripple through his body. Just look at him.Sheer magic.

pikoromagus (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

fucking awesome!!

rindyboo (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

that was beautiful!

shrekinasuit (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

They were clearly completely in the zone: clarity, sensitivity, precision. The orchestra was in great harmony with the soloist in terms of timing and mood, it's all very structured and to the point, very focused, at the same time very expressive. You can't really top that. You can, at best, interpret it differently, but this one works for me.

genomebasher (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Thank you very much for your explanation. I particularly like what happens at 2:10 of the piece where he and the orchestra begin to play different ways - they seem to support him while he delivers the message of the piece. Again I am not trained so I cannot use the correct musical terms.

psychoticpervert (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Er, "then HEAR Karajana..."

psychoticpervert (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

I heard the term de-crescendo being used by one of the best conductors of all time, Herbert von Karajan, in this video: /watch?v=Shc-4AZVaNkListen from 7:20 for the de-crescendo being played, then here Karajan discussing it. It's quite interesting watching a good conductor talk an orchestra through a piece.

psychoticpervert (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

You'll get no arrogance from me - learning should be fun, not a trauma. I'd be delighted to answer your question.A de-crescendo is where the intensity/volume of the music steadily decreases. In this video you can therefore hear one from, I guess, 1:11 through 1:37. A crescendo is obviously then the opposite: the intensity builds to a peak. You can hear a small one directly before he starts the de-crescendo.I particularly love it at 1:24 where he makes it echo away, just incredible.