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Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - The Historic 1955 Debut Recording [CD]

Glenn Gould, Charles Rosen | Format: Audio CD
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  • Composer: J.S. Bach
  • Audio CD (19 Jun 1995)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Sony Classics
  • ASIN: B0000266K2
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 150,098 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Ãœbung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Aria
2. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 1 a 1 Clav.
3. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 2 a 1 Clav.
4. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 3 a 1 Clav. Canone all'Unisono
5. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 4 a 1 Clav.
6. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Ãœbung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 5 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
7. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Ãœbung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 6 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Seconda
8. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Ãœbung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 7 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
9. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Ãœbung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 8 a 2 Clav.
10. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 9 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Terza
11. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 10 a 1 Clav. Fughetta
12. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 11 a 2 Clav.
13. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 12 Canone alla Quarta
14. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 13 a 2 Clav.
15. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 14 a 2 Clav.
16. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 15 a 1 Clac. Canone alla Quinta. Andante
17. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 16 a 1 Clav. Ouverture
18. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 17 a 2 Clav.
19. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 18 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Sesta
20. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variatio 19 a 1 Clav.
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5.0 out of 5 stars GOULDBERG 21 Aug 2003
By DAVID BRYSON TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD
For me, instruments were made for music and not the other way about. I have just been listening with intense enjoyment to the Goldberg variations played by Landowska and I find I can enjoy them equally as presented by Gould. That so wonderful an instrument as the modern piano is at their service is something that makes me grateful to have lived in the era I have.

This is apparently Gould's 1955 reading. If you have read a certain amount about his eccentricities I should put them out of your mind. Listening to this playing just for itself, the word that characterises it more than any other is 'aristocratic'. Michelangeli himself did not have more perfect control of his touch than Gould had of his. I find no eccentricity whatsoever in this account. What I do find is marvellous clean pearly fingerwork, virtually innocent of the sustaining pedal, and what seems like an inborn understanding of the composer. It surely can't all have been as effortless as Gould makes it sound. The theme is grave, poised and simply expressed. The brilliant variations are brilliant indeed, and #14 and #23 are still ringing in my memory. There is any amount of delicacy where required, as in say #7. There are excellent individual touches, like the suggestion of a heavyweight harpsichord at the start of #29. The minor-key numbers, not just the celebrated #25 but #15 and #21 as well, have the solemnity they call for. #25 itself, taken very slowly (the slower the better as far as I am concerned here) has the aching tension that a great performance brings out from it.

The remastering has been done in something called Sony's High Definition 20-bit sound, and the liner note will tell you something about that. It sounds very good indeed to me, but I am a music-lover not a high-fi buff and it may be that more expensive issues have done the thing even better. This one leaves very little to be desired as far as I am concerned and is excellent value as well. The disc is not exactly full to overflowing, but the inclusion of two fugues brings the total amount of music to a little over three-quarters of an hour.

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5 of 9 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars flat sound quality diminishes the dynamic range 25 April 2001
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Format:Audio CD
The recording has much of Gould idiosyncracies but his famous "singalong" style is really only apparent in the Aria. The recording dynamic is rather flat and one finds oneself straining to maintain interest throughout the whole recording. It is possible to dip in to one track at atime and still find the real Bach but other recordings give a better overview of the "theme and variations" construction. Not as exiting as Gould can sometimes be, but a valuable member of the Gould collection.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Goldberg Variations at their best 13 Sep 2003
By "mircealazar"
Format:Audio CD
This recording is one of my first classical music CDs. I have listened to various other renderings of the Goldberg Variations since I bought it, but I still haven't found its match. Incidentally, I also own a DVD with a later recording of Gould playing the same piece and I find that the 1955 recording is still the landmark for it.
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