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Glenn Gould and Leonard Bernstein: Bach's Keyboard Concerto No. 1 (I) in D minor (BWV 1052)
A 1960 CBS clip in which Leonard Bernstein introduces and conducts Bach's Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor with a 28-year-old Glenn Gould at the piano. Gould's performance starts around 5:08.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a definitive Gould interpretation whose playing makes Bach's counterpoint clear.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- AntPDC
- Topic
- bach keyboard concertos
- Format
- music
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2024
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From the original HN conversations
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If anyone is interested in Bach's keyboard literature, it's hard to top the interpretations of Glenn Gould, a fascinating musician in his own right. Here, for example, is a seminal performance of the D minor concerto, conducted by Leonard Bernstein: [VIDEO]
siglesias on Hacker News · 2018-03
In Can any composer equal Bach?I find Osetinskaya plays so fast that it's difficult to make out the counterpoint. Have a look/listen at Glenn Gould's version, which makes the counterpoint really clear [1]. As you might know, this interpretation was controversial at the time. [1] [VIDEO]
ternaryoperator on Hacker News · 2019-01
In Debussy’s Radical Search for Simplicity
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