The Best of Glenn Gould's Bach

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The ‘Best of Glenn Gould’s Bach’ has some of his greatest Bach recordings, an interesting and well written essay on Gould’s Bach, and as a real bonus a DVD of the complete 1981 Goldberg Variations... — Chris O'Reilly, Presto Music, 24th September 2012 More…

Release Date: 20th Aug 2012
Catalogue No: 88725421762
Label: Sony
Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

24th September 2012

Excerpt, Bach, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988

Work length6:57

$10.40

$13.60

Glenn Gould (piano)

Aria

Track length1:53

$1.30

$1.70

Variation 1 a 1 Clav.

Track length0:45

$1.30

$1.70

Variation 2 a 1 Clav.

Track length0:37

$1.30

$1.70

Variation 3. Canone all' Unisuono. a 1 Clav.

Track length0:54

$1.30

$1.70

Variation 4 a 1 Clav.

Track length0:29

$1.30

$1.70

Variation 5 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.

Track length0:36

$1.30

$1.70

Variation 6. Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav.

Track length0:34

$1.30

$1.70

Variation 7 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.

Track length1:09

$1.30

$1.70

Bach, J S: Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV825

Work length11:27

$7.80

$10.20

Glenn Gould (piano)

I. Prelude

Track length1:54

$1.30

$1.70

II. Allemande

Track length1:54

$1.30

$1.70

III. Corrente

Track length1:44

$1.30

$1.70

IV. Sarabande

Track length3:09

$1.30

$1.70

V. Minuetts I & II

Track length1:26

$1.30

$1.70

VI. Gigue

Track length1:20

$1.30

$1.70

Bach, J S: Chromatic Fantasia in D minor, BWV903a

Work length6:17

$1.30

$1.70

Glenn Gould (piano)

Bach, J S: English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV807

Work length16:02

$9.10

$11.90

Glenn Gould (piano)

I. Prélude

Track length4:32

$1.30

$1.70

II. Allemande

Track length1:33

$1.30

$1.70

III. Courante

Track length1:11

$1.30

$1.70

IV. Sarabande

Track length3:02

$1.30

$1.70

V. Bourrée I

Track length1:26

$1.30

$1.70

VI. Bourrée II

Track length2:00

$1.30

$1.70

VII. Gigue

Track length2:18

$1.30

$1.70

Bach, J S: Toccata in E minor, BWV914

Work length8:39

$1.30

$1.70

Glenn Gould (piano)

Bach, J S: Two-part Invention No. 1 in C major, BWV772

Work length1:32

$1.30

$1.70

Glenn Gould (piano)

Bach, J S: Three-part Invention (Sinfonia) No. 1 in C major, BWV787

Work length0:45

$1.30

$1.70

Glenn Gould (piano)

Bach, J S: Two-part Invention No. 8 in F major, BWV779

Work length1:04

$1.30

$1.70

Glenn Gould (piano)

Bach, J S: Three-part Invention (Sinfonia) No. 8 in F major, BWV794

Work length0:58

$1.30

$1.70

Glenn Gould (piano)

Bach, J S: Two-part Invention No. 11 in G minor, BWV782

Work length0:55

$1.30

$1.70

Glenn Gould (piano)

Bach, J S: Three-part Invention (Sinfonia) No. 11 in G minor, BWV797

Work length3:44

$1.30

$1.70

Glenn Gould (piano)

Excerpt, Bach, J S: French Overture in B minor, BWV831

Work length9:50

$1.30

$1.70

Glenn Gould (piano)

I. Ouverture

Track length9:50

$1.30

$1.70

Excerpt, Bach, J S: French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV816

Work length4:54

$3.90

$5.10

Glenn Gould (piano)

I. Allemande

Track length1:48

$1.30

$1.70

IV. Gavotte

Track length0:40

$1.30

$1.70

VII. Gigue

Track length2:26

$1.30

$1.70

Excerpt, Bach, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988

Work length5:17

$2.60

$3.40

Glenn Gould (piano)

Variatio 30. Quodlibet. a 1 Clav.

Track length1:31

$1.30

$1.70

Aria da capo

Track length3:46

$1.30

$1.70

Bach, J S: Italian Concerto, BWV971

Work length13:10

$3.90

$5.10

Glenn Gould (piano)

I. [ ]

Track length4:11

$1.30

$1.70

II. Andante

Track length5:56

$1.30

$1.70

III. Presto

Track length3:03

$1.30

$1.70

Bach, J S: Aria Variata in A minor, BWV989 ‘alla Maniera Italiana'

Work length9:40

$1.30

$1.70

Glenn Gould (piano)

Bach, J S: Keyboard Concerto in D minor (after Marcello), BWV974

Work length9:50

$3.90

$5.10

Glenn Gould (piano)

I. [ ]

Track length2:26

$1.30

$1.70

II. Adagio

Track length4:47

$1.30

$1.70

III. Presto

Track length2:37

$1.30

$1.70

Excerpt, Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

Work length7:09

$5.20

$6.80

Glenn Gould (piano)

Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846

Track length2:24

$1.30

$1.70

Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846

Track length1:56

$1.30

$1.70

Prelude No. 5 in D Major, BWV 850

Track length1:07

$1.30

$1.70

Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 850

Track length1:42

$1.30

$1.70

Excerpt, Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2

Work length11:10

$5.20

$6.80

Glenn Gould (piano)

Prelude No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 883

Track length3:24

$1.30

$1.70

Fugue No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 883

Track length2:48

$1.30

$1.70

Prelude No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 886

Track length3:02

$1.30

$1.70

Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 886

Track length1:56

$1.30

$1.70

Bach, J S: Prelude & Fugue in B flat major on the name B-A-C-H, BWV898

Work length5:22

$1.30

$1.70

Glenn Gould (piano)

Excerpt, Bach, J S: The Art of Fugue, BWV1080

Work length11:50

$3.90

$5.10

Glenn Gould (organ)

Contrapunctus VII à 4 per augmentationem et diminutionem

Track length3:50

$1.30

$1.70

Contrapunctus VIII à 3

Track length4:55

$1.30

$1.70

Contrapunctus IX à 4 alla duodecima

Track length3:05

$1.30

$1.70

Bach, J S: Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV1056

Work length10:16

$3.90

$5.10

Glenn Gould (piano)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Golschmann

I. -

Track length3:34

$1.30

$1.70

II. Largo

Track length2:56

$1.30

$1.70

III. Presto

Track length3:46

$1.30

$1.70

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Recording of the Week, Glenn Gould

24th September 2012

To mark the eightieth anniversary of the birth of the extraordinary Canadian pianist, Sony Classical present two sets celebrating his legacy: The Schwarzkopf Tapes from 1966 (previously unreleased), and a handsomely-documented 38-CD box of his legendary Bach recordings.

So much has been written about the sensation caused by Gould’s first studio recording of the Goldberg Variations in June 1955 that it is hardly necessary to repeat the story of this “birth of a legend” here. But even though it was this recording that laid the foundations for Gould’s international reputation as a Bach interpreter, its roots lie much further back. From the very outset his Bach had been as unconventional as it was distinctive – and so it remains, in spite of regular attempts to enthrone a “new Glenn Gould”. (Conversely, this has meant that every new recording of Bach’s keyboard works is judged by Gould’s standards.) His habit of slouching over the piano, the expansive gestures of his hands and arms, his stabbing nonlegato (almost always without the use of the sustaining pedal), his breathtaking polyphony and his often extreme tempi all result in a kind of pianism that seems to come from another planet, reminding us of Stefan George’s poem in Schoenberg’s Second String Quartet, “Entrückung” (Rapt Otherworldliness): “I breathe air from another planet.” [...]

DVD: The Goldberg Variations (1981) directed by Bruno Monsaingeon

Picture format: 4:3

NTSC; colour; DVD-5

Language: English (with subtitles in French and German)

This is a mid-priced release on the Sony Classical label, containing x2 CDs & a DVD, packaged in a ltd edition, deluxe, hardbound book.

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24th September 2012

The ‘Best of Glenn Gould’s Bach’ has some of his greatest Bach recordings, an interesting and well written essay on Gould’s Bach, and as a real bonus a DVD of the complete 1981 Goldberg Variations directed by Bruno Monsaingeon. To be honest this is worth buying for the DVD bonus alone!

The Best of Glenn Gould's Bach

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