Glenn Gould Archive
BACH: Goldberg Variations – Beatrice Rana – Warner Classics
J. S. BACH: Goldberg Variations – Beatrice Rana – Warner Classics 88018, 77:45 (2/24/17) *****: One of the great Goldbergs of our time by a young Italian artist An injunction I made some years ago has been largely ignored: No more recordings of the Goldberg Variations until all of the 555 sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti […]
Cameron Carpenter, pipe organ – All You Need Is Bach – Sony Classical
The latest from today’s replacement for Virgil Fox on the pipe organ. Cameron Carpenter, pipe organ – All You Need Is Bach [TrackList follows] – Sony Classical 88875178262 ****: Previous Carpenter albums were surround sound or videos or both, but this time we’ll have to be satisfied with a plain old audio stereo CD. (As […]
HANDEL: Piano Concertos – Matthias Kirschnereit, p./ Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss/ Lavard Skou Larsen – CPO
HANDEL: Piano Concertos, Op. 7 – Matthias Kirschnereit, piano/ Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss/ Lavard Skou Larsen – CPO multichannel SACD 777855-2; 75:02 (8-12-16) [Distr. by Naxos] *****: A wonderful surround recording of the Op. 7 piano concertos of Handel. In 2013, Matthias Kirschnereit recorded Handel’s Six Organ Concertos Op. 4 on piano, backed by the Deutsche Kammerakademie […]
Richter: The Enigma: A Film by Bruno Monsaingeon (1998/2014)
Bruno Monsaingeon addresses the mystery of Sviatoslav Richter, the pianist Glenn Gould called “a direct link from the composer to his listening audience.”
BACH-SITKOVETSKY: Goldberg Variations – Britten Sinfonia /Thomas Gould – Harmonia mundi
A Bach transcription for string orchestra that satisfies.
O’Riley’s LISZT, Blu-ray (2013)
The Blu-ray video release of an album that we liked earlier—a lot.
BACH: Goldberg Variations (Aria and 30 Variations) – Glenn Gould, piano – Columbia (1955)/ Pristine Audio (48/24 download)
A new hi-res digital remastering of Gould’s classic 1955 Bach: Goldberg Variations.
“Wagner Idyll” = Isolde’s Liebestode from “Tristan und Isolde,”; Fantasy in F-sharp Minor; Spinnerlied from “The Flying Dutchman,”; Siegfried Idyll – Vestard Shimkus, piano – Ars Produktion LISZT: Funérailles; Études d’exécution transcendante: No. 10. Allegro agitato molto; No. 11. “Harmonies du soir”; 3 Sonetti del Petrarcha; RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit; SAINT-SAËNS: Danse Macabre – Yevgeny Sudbin, piano – BIS
Two recitals in the grand tradition of the nineteenth-century piano virtuoso.
BACH, J.S.: 6 Suites for Cello Solo – Pieter Wispelwey, baroque cello and piccolo cello + one 52:00 documentary DVD in Dolby Digital 5:1 (16:9) ‘392’ – EPR Classics (2 CDs + DVD)
For lovers of Bach, the cello, great music, this DVD+CD set is a must.
Glenn Gould Plays Bach – 6 CD box reissue set – Sony Classical
A fine testament to Gould’s unusual way with Bach, in improved remastered audio and at bargain price.
* BACH: Sonata No. 1; Sonata No. 3; Sonata in g; Sonata in b; Sonata in E-flat: Siciliana – Lara St. John, violin/ Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp – Ancalagon
******** MULTICHANNEL DISC OF THE MONTH *******
Lara St. John is back with Bach—no surprise there—but this time with a most welcome twist.
The Spanish Masters – Works of ALBENIZ, GRANADOS & FALLA played by the composers with performers of today – Zenph Studios
More amazing re-performances; this time with three Spanish composers of the past accompanying soloists of today.
Glenn Gould plays BACH – with Toronto Sym./ Sir Ernest MacMillan – IDIS
Vintage Glenn Gould in the music of Bach, recorded in Canada just prior to and contemporary with his American “break-through” in the Goldberg Variations recording for CBS.
Oscar Peterson – Unmistakable – Zenph Re-Performance – Sony
The fourth in the series of Zenph Re-Performances.
Scott Ross, Playing & Teaching Yvonne Loriod, Pianist & Teacher (Harmonia mundi DVD series)
Two music documentaries from a series made for French TV
Genius Within – The Inner Life of Glenn Gould [Directors’ Cut] (2011)
One was left the impression from other films that Gould had no relationships with women, but this one clearly corrects that impression.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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