Today (25 September) marks 92 years since the birth of Glenn Gould (1932-1982), a famous Canadian pianist and renowned Bach interpreter, so I would like to share the following recording of Gould playing Allegro from J. S. Bach’s musical masterpiece Keyboard Concerto No. 1, one of my all-time favourite pieces, which is also said to be inspired by Vivaldi’s Grosso Mogul. Incidentally, 25 September is also the birthdate of composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) (see my other post on his sublime Piano Concerto No. 2).
Thoughts on Papyrus 
These were written for harpsichord but I like how Gould plays the piano kind of like a harpsichord, without too many dramatic extremes.
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Many thanks! I love Bach’s keyboard works! Like you, I’m also fond of Glen Gould’s interpretations with one exception: his speed trip through the Goldberg variations!
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Sure! Half of the piece’s beauty is in the slower tempo.
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We are as one on favoring a slower Goldberg! Do you have any favorite recordings? Although I’m musically uneducated & thus unaware of the finer points, I like an older Andras Schiff recording (he’s my favorite Bach interpreter); Angela Hewitt’s version & one by Simone Dinnerstein (the only thing of hers that I like)!
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Schiff has an amazing clarity. I also like Hewitt’s, and also Rosalyn Tureck.
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Ignas Maknickas. You have to listen to him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaqaAMOghCY&list=PL4dq4OIlORScUDFmHx0IR89H1ZoKoWru1&index=60
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