 | A State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations (1955 & 1981) [Read More ...]
Description: Glenn Gould's recording debut in 1955 of Bach's Goldberg Variations took the world by storm. His decidedly un-Romantic view, absolute technical skill, startling lucidity, and right-on rhythmic changes, combined with his eccentricities--audible humming, sometimes outrageously fast... |
 | Glenn Gould: The Complete Original Jacket Collection - Amazon.com Exclusive [Read More ...]
Description: The Glenn Gould Complete Jacket Collection" is presented to mark the brilliant pianist's 75th birthday and the 25th anniversary of his death. It is a fascinating, limited edition: all the artist's LP recordings in the "look and feel" of the original vinyl discs on 80 CDs. The C... |
 | Bach: The Goldberg Variations [Read More ...]
Description: The clear-cut rhythms, riveting articulation, and contrapuntal acumen of Glenn Gould's 1955 debut Goldberg Variations characterize this 1981 remake to strikingly different results. This later version is more deliberate in pacing, stark in expression, thoughtful with ornamenta... |
 | Bach: The Goldberg Variations 1955 Performance: Zenph Re-performance [Read More ...]
Review: A pale, antiseptic version of Gould.:I agree with all of the other reviewers who were disappointed by this CD. It's is a prime example of how computers can't really touch the artistry of a human being, at this point in time. I recommend his older recordings, which are lower fidel... |
 | The Glenn Gould Edition - Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I [Read More ...]
Description: It's rather amazing today, when recordings of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier practically fall of the shelves, to recall just how unusual it was back in the 1960s for a pianist to undertake to record this amazing work. It's probably fair to say that until Glenn Gould got his fingers... |
 | Art of the Fugue - 70th Anniversary Edition [Read More ...]
Review: Gould - Master interpretation of Bach:Gould playing Bach? Need I say more? Beautiful and sublime.....Love these interpretations. Wondering why Glenn's own written liner notes were not posted on this CD. He normally included this, unless this was not an official release at the... |
 | Bach: Greatest Hits [Read More ...]
Bach greatest hits:Good good CD with all Bach's greatest hits in good arrangements.
The different songs give a good impression of Bach's great works. |
 | Partitas 1 2 & 3 - 70th Anniversary Edition [Read More ...]
Review: Twenty years after, the genius still keeps shining!:The approach of Mr. Gould around Bach's music has always generated encountered positions. Many people regard him fascinating, irreverent and original, while others critic him his daring positions, his forced canto over the melod... |
 | The Glenn Gould Edition - Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II [Read More ...]
Description: Glenn Gould's Bach is by now so ingrained in the 20th-century musical consciousness that it's almost hard to remember just how unusual his devotion to this composer was back in the 1950s and '60s when he first started making records. That his Bach recordings are still the standar... |
 | French Suites - 70th Anniversary Edition [Read More ...]
Review: Glenn Gould Plays the French Suites:Bach composed the French Suites, BWV 812 --817, in his late-30s between 1722-1725 while living in Cothen (before his move to Leipzig). The first five of the six suites were written for Anna Magdalena, Bach's second wife. Opinions differ on the... |
 | Brahms: 10 Intermezzi for Piano; 4 Ballades [Read More ...]
Wow!:Gould delivers. He has a right style and attitude to give power to Brahm's late keyboard works. The sound is excellent. I hear every keystroke clearly.If there is humming, which I doubt, it never reaches the listner. This "oldie" will is still solid gold. |
 | Inventions & Sinfonias - 70th Anniversary Edition [Read More ...]
Review: FOR THE FAITHFUL:To get the terminology clear - the 3-part Bach `Inventions' also go by the name of `Sinfonias'. There are 15 2-part and 15 3-part Inventions, and on this disc they are presented grouped in pairs by key, one of each type per pair.
The liner-note makes rather a s... |
 | English Suites 1 2 & 3 - 70th Anniversary Edition [Read More ...]
Review: AS USUAL:My collection of Gould's Bach must be somewhere near complete by now, and my satisfaction at that is going to be tinged with regret when there is no more of it to discover. Through a fluke of the postal system I obtained the second disc of the English suites before this ... |
 | Partitas 4 5 & 6 - 70th Anniversary Edition [Read More ...]
glenn gould at the pinnacle:The most extraordinary Bach interpreter ever, not equalled until Russian pianist Ekaterina Derzhavina. Worth ten times the price. |
 | English Suites 4 5 & 6 - 70th Anniversary Edition [Read More ...]
Review: MONUMENT MORE LASTING THAN BRONZE:Forget bronze - all of Gould's Bach-playing that I have yet heard (probably most of it by now) is gold-medal stuff for me. However two thousand years ago another bachelor, Horace, was emboldened to claim permanence for what he left to us, and I d... |
 | Bach: Goldberg Variations (Gould's Exciting Debut Recording of 1955) [Read More ...]
Description: In the summer of 1955, a brash, eccentric, and awesomely gifted 22-year-old pianist swept the didactic cobwebs off this monumental opus, and a star was born. For listeners weaned on romantic Bach stylings of Fischer, Casals, and Landowska, the effect was like stepping into an ice... |
 | Build your baby's brain through the power of Mozart: Brain 2 [Read More ...]
Review: Enjoyable Classical Music:This cd is great because unlike other classical music cds made for babies, this one even adults can enjoy. Sometimes they change the song so that it sounds more like something a baby will appeal too, but this one just keeps the original song format which... |
 | Glenn Gould plays Bach: The English Suites (Complete) [Read More ...]
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 | Gould Meets Menuhin [Read More ...]
Almost perfect:A brilliant album, especially track number 1,6,7. I gave it it 4 stars because of the last two tracks of Schoenberg which I did not like. They were to "abstract", not melodious at all. I realize this is subjective, maybe you will love it! |
 | Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 24 "À Thérèse" & 29 "Hammerklavier" [Read More ...]
Description: Why this 1968 recording of Sonata No. 24 (Op. 78 in F Sharp) lay dormant until now is a mystery. Gould obviously relishes this little jewel, and plays up the two movement's contrasting qualities with exquisite poise and superb characterization. An unreleased CBC broadcast of t... |
