Emperor
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Love him or hate him, Glenn Gould was always interesting.
I happened across this vide of him playing the Emperor.
What I particularly enjoyed was the extended shots of his hands at the keyboard.
The audio is so-so, but this video really shows Gould's approach to the "inner voices."
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I never understood how folks can actually "not like" certain musicians , though their musical ability is near god like. Hell give me more physical antics while playing I say. Show their human side. The hate for Lang Lang years ago, it was a real thing, and I never understood why. There must be some unwritten rules of decorum when playing in public I guess. Maybe some see it as showing off, I never felt that though. Gould is quirky yes, but my god, watch and listen, giminy christmas, this guy is so good, any piano player watching him immediately becomes a little bit better at what they are doing. For reals...
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