Name: Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1981 Recording)
Brand: Glenn Gould

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IMT5029919

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2016-11-16

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Sales:8.875

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888751028111

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Glenn Gould

Genre US

Modern Composition

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Sony

Glenn Gould was a Canadian pianist known for his eccentric piano technique and personality. He recorded numerous works by composers such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schoenberg, Sibelius, Bizet, Richard Strauss, and Hindemith. In addition to being a pianist, Gould was also a composer, writer, lecturer, and producer of radio documentaries and television programs.
Gould had a unique approach to his performances and often assumed the roles of fictional characters in interviews and articles. Some of these alter egos included a British conductor named Sir Nigel Twitt-Thornwaite, a German critic named Dr. Herbert von Hochmeister, and a New York cab driver named Theodore Slutz of Brooklyn Heights.
Throughout his career, Gould made significant contributions to the world of classical music through his recordings and artistic endeavors. His legacy continues to inspire musicians and music enthusiasts around the globe.

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 ornamentation, and tightly organized (if a mite theatrical) in terms of tempo relationships. Whereas there are no repeats from 1955, Gould now observes "A" section repeats in the canons, the Fughetta, and other fugue-like variations. The rapid, cross- handed sequences still dazzle with pinpointed fingerwork, yet the slower tempos better serve the music's dance-like qualities. Unlike Sony Classical's better sounding Glenn Gould Edition transfer, the original CBS Masterworks CD still has no banding cues.

Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1981 Recording)

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