Glenn Gould - Off the Record

Glenn Gould - Off the Record
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In this short documentary, Canadian concert pianist Glenn Gould enjoys a respite at his lakeside cottage. This is an aspect of Gould previously known only to the collie pacing beside him through the woods, the fishermen resting their oars to hear his piano, and fellow musicians like Franz Kraemer, with whom Gould talks of composition.

Directed by Wolf Koenig & Roman Kroitor - 1959
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Nabil Leal
Nabil Leal
3 years ago
Is Glenn Gould the Stanley Kubrick of pianists?

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today is not yesterday
today is not yesterday
4 years ago
you couldn't make a documentary like to this nowadays....now they would talk about his political views, sexuality, favorite ice cream, etc...talk about nonsense!!!!  here they talk music....

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Orlando Aponte
Orlando Aponte
5 years ago
16:59 "Is this shy music?" PLINK PLONG PLACK PING

The way he set that up was so hilarious. I love Gould

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Gorboduc
Gorboduc
2 years ago
1:46 "Nope, no, no.""Mozart or the piano?""Both."

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Jane Eastwood
Jane Eastwood
3 years ago
Glenn Gould is mesmerising his fingers and hands are beautiful - he seduces me with every note he plays - I become mesmerised and often in tears . What a shame he didn't live to see the internet how he would have loved it and the digital streaming and recording. Thank you so much for posting this incredible film - it is a treasure to watch

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SuperMagren
SuperMagren
5 years ago
Dear friends of Glenn Gould,
what a fantastic video about HIM ----- thousand thanks for posting.

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Mythagoras
Mythagoras
5 years ago
17:02 - 17:28 lol, I once made this my ringtone.

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Rachel Tauriainen
Rachel Tauriainen
5 years ago
Love the way he talks, everything about it. Heck, I like everything about him. Wish there was a man out there like that for me...

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Pogmog
Pogmog
6 years ago
This is brilliant. I've listened to a lot of Gould's playing, but never to him speaking. He seems like such a nice guy.

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paulus matusevicus
paulus matusevicus
2 years ago
Glenn Gould understood the essence of life itself: music and nature.

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TRAPPA SKUNK
TRAPPA SKUNK
3 years ago
I loved how he spoke of his dreams and their imagery.  It's a remarkably intimate view into his internal world.

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TwelfthRoot2
TwelfthRoot2
4 years ago
"variations on the same theme... which was a return to school" haha

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Marijane
Marijane
10 months ago
I love Gould’s recordings best when I can hear him humming alongside!  I got my first tape of Goldberg variations 40+ years ago and didn’t realize what that strange noise was in the background and didn’t like it.  Now after watching documentaries like this I have come to love him and the humming! He was a genius and wish we had more like him today...

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Marc Ruel
Marc Ruel
1 year ago (edited)
Wow. Thank you for this. If you told me 15 years ago that I could watch a Glenn Gould channel, I woulda looked at ya funny. This is all marvelous stuff.

Hallucinogenic speed at 8:30

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nik442
nik442
5 years ago
This is an excellent documentary. Glenn Gould is one of the greatest pianists to have ever lived.

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tanya leef
tanya leef
3 years ago
Exquisite playing of Bach , both in terms of clarity  and timing

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Mark Seibold
Mark Seibold
2 years ago
I really enjoyed the nostalgic images of New York City in the introduction, yet the passage Gould plays between 8 ~ 10 minutes on the time bar, is absolutely the most amazing facility that I've ever witnessed of live human hands on piano keys. You can see why Gould is in the history books.

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Sam Katrib
Sam Katrib
4 years ago
such a simple life
i'm jelouse

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pianopera
pianopera
6 years ago
The "special chairs" of Hofmann, Paderewski and Gould... I wonder where they are now?

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Josh R
Josh R
5 years ago
His ending of the Sinfonia from the Partita No. 2 in C minor is awesome each time. The amount of energy, just insane.

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LePredator1
LePredator1
3 years ago
He was almost sitting on another piano stool..... history making moment right there

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gabriel muniz
gabriel muniz
1 year ago
Gould: "what do you think it would happen if you kidnapped a child..."
Friend: frightened

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Beatbark259
Beatbark259
2 years ago
Gould's chair is I think in a museum in Toronto. I love this man so much RIP darling genius on this 35 th anniversary of your passing

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DiscerningKing
DiscerningKing
8 months ago (edited)
7:55-9:41.. Gould at practice..👍🏼

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Mari Christian
Mari Christian
5 years ago
Wonderful documentary. Gould could actually be very funny. Just loved the part where he and his friend were discussing Webern's "shy" music.

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raftom
raftom
4 months ago
8:40 He gets up but the music continues in his head, he returns to the keyboard some measures later and restarts from the point where the music is now. Many years ago, when I first saw this doc on TV I was blown away that he could get inside the texture at any point without preparation.

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simon beaumont
simon beaumont
6 years ago
A unique and fascinating artist.

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Edmond Dantès
Edmond Dantès
5 years ago
His description of his recurring nightmare as well as his performance of the fugue near the end were both haunting and mesmerizing. Truly a legend and inspiration.

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Mahasti AZ
Mahasti AZ
6 months ago
What an amazing portrait of an amazing artist.

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seattlevkk
seattlevkk
4 months ago
I’ve never heard someone singing lines like that while playing very complex passages.  Great video

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Paul Santa Maria
Paul Santa Maria
3 years ago
To young musicians: connecting the body to the instrument by singing may perplex recording engineers (technicians) but is in fact the one true way to reach a higher plane.

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Michel Delorme
Michel Delorme
4 years ago
Merveilleux - Quel génie que ce Glenn Gould ! Merci pour la référence.

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George deMan
George deMan
1 year ago
It's hard to remember that when Gould was first recording, Bach was still not a marquee composer for concert or career purposes. The high and late Romantics were the gold standard -- Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Rachmaninoff. It took a superlative combination of technique, vision, and self-promotion (in the best sense) for Gould to bring more or less "archived" Bach to the attention of listeners who were probably more than ready for something new even if it was older than Mozart.

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carl armstrong
carl armstrong
1 year ago (edited)
Priceless! A legend in top form.

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Brandon Macey
Brandon Macey
1 week ago
The guy who started up the power tool at 10 minutes ish despite the interview.. What a legend.



TheNewBlack
TheNewBlack
1 year ago
Is it me or does Gould’s speaking style remind anybody of James Baldwin?

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loven harmony
loven harmony
1 year ago
the most honest depiction of Gould u'll ever see

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Andrew Roberts
Andrew Roberts
1 year ago
It's been a lousy day, but it's redeemed itself with this gem

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oberon star
oberon star
8 months ago
i know where he is coming from. bless

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Matt Dufon
Matt Dufon
2 months ago (edited)
As much as I worship Gould you kinda have to wonder if he’s going to remember about that dog in time to feed it when he’s in the zone

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Кристиян V Мюллер
Кристиян V Мюллер
8 months ago
Hello, I am vegan!

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Chris Blodgett
Chris Blodgett
5 years ago
I assume that was his own transcription of the shy music, schubert's symphony

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today is not yesterday
today is not yesterday
4 years ago
I'm going to drive from NYC to his house here, if its still around!!   sure the area changed for the WORSE like everywhere else on the planet