他在三十二歲那年做了一個決定，從此改變了古典音樂的面貌。 格倫·古爾德，加拿大鋼琴家，一九五六年以一張哥德堡變奏曲驚動樂壇，被公認為二十世紀最重要的鋼琴演奏家之一。然而就在聲望如日中天之際，他宣布永遠告別公開演出，選擇只在錄音室裡彈琴，過著幾乎與世隔絕的生活。 他有很多怪癖。終身只坐一把低矮的折疊木椅，不管什麼季節都戴著手套，彈琴時會一邊大聲哼唱旋律。他討厭演奏會的掌聲，討厭舞台上的表演性姿態，相信錄音室才是音樂真正的家。 但在這些表面的怪異之下，古爾德是一個對音樂有著最深刻理解的藝術家。他比所有人都更早意識到錄音技術對音樂的革命性意義。他相信孤獨是一種選擇，而不是一種缺陷。 一九八一年，他重錄了讓他成名的哥德堡變奏曲。翌年因中風辭世，享年五十歲。那兩個版本的哥德堡，是他留給世界最美麗的對話。 今天Jenny要帶你走進這個一生都在逆流而行的天才的故事。 【英文影片簡介】 At thirty-two years old, Glenn Gould made a decision that changed classical music forever. A Canadian pianist who stunned the musical world in 1956 with his recording of the Goldberg Variations, Gould was widely regarded as one of the most important pianists of the twentieth century. Yet at the height of his fame, he announced his permanent withdrawal from public performance, choosing instead to spend his life exclusively in the recording studio, living in near-total seclusion. His eccentricities were legendary. He played on the same absurdly low folding chair his entire life, wore gloves in every season, and hummed audibly along with the music while recording. He despised concert hall applause, rejected performative stage gestures, and believed the recording studio was music's true home. But beneath these surface peculiarities, Gould was an artist with one of the deepest understandings of music ever recorded. He recognized earlier than anyone the revolutionary significance of recording technology for how music would be experienced. He believed solitude was a choice, not a flaw. In 1981, he re-recorded the Goldberg Variations that had made him famous. The following year, he died of a stroke at the age of fifty. The two versions of that work stand as the most beautiful conversation he left behind for the world. Today Jenny takes you into the story of a genius who spent his entire life swimming against the current. 【標籤】 格倫古爾德, Glenn Gould, 古典音樂, 鋼琴家, 哥德堡變奏曲, 巴赫, 沉思者J, Thinker J, 向大師致敬, 音樂史, 加拿大音樂, 錄音室藝術, 孤獨的天才, 古典鋼琴, 音樂哲學, Jenny, 人物傳記, 音樂人物, 二十世紀音樂