The fact that he already such a UNIQUE sound at such a young age is truly ASTOUNDING. You might like it or no, but having such a distinct musical identity at 19 is a wild feat. He will forever be my favorite.

I did not know this recording existed! Just listen to the mature nuance, musical sense and assured technique at the age of only 19!

You can tell this is like an opera scene, a monolog. Wonderful melodic lines.

One of the greatest moments in the history of piano....

My GOD! How quickly one forgets what an incredible pianistic genius he was -- when he CHOSE to display that side of himself. Transcendent -- INCANDSCENT -- virtuosity of the highest order.

Спасибо огромное!!! С любовью из России!!!

Music, so heavy, so deep, so speedy! So young as a genius is.

Young man, but unique sound had already emerged. This is with the Toronto Symphony: "Playing in New York, a sort of debut-town, bothers me not at all; playing in one's hometown is sheer hell."

впечатляет,просто супер,и это в 18 лет...👍👍👍

Wonderful

simple amazing genius glenn gould

Wonderful performance…..

What a great post! Thank you - Gould was very special - an astonishing performance.

love it. glenn never disappoints.

Tremendous intensity! Glenn´s musical range of expression, particularly in the introduction is so amazing, his technique in the 'Konzertstück' brilliant and staggering. What a pity that the piano was not tuned properly! :-(

Thank goodness for this precious recording. Gould probably would have dismissed Weber's Konzertstucke as too "showy" later in his life.

Quando suoni emani freschezza pura , e gioa.

So Gould was only 19 when this was recorded...sheesh!!!

Gould probably bought the sheet music for this and thought it was Webern, not Weber but then he just decided to roll with it.

Thanks so much for the post! Been looking for this particular performance for a LONG time (ever since I heard a short clip of it in a Gould documentary and was blown away by it); was it ever issued in any form to the public (official/bootleg/whatever?)?

@StockhausenIsMyCat of Gould? yes some rare live recordings, but now are avaible also on cd. in my channel you will find some of them.

Thanks for posting this; I didn't even know it existed! Do you have anything else unusual?

Unrealy! Please, have you Goldberg music?

6:33 to 6:37 kind of sounds like Bridge Over Troubled Water

Excuse me, it's "Konzertstuck" (singular).

for non musical noise it can't be beat ..awful