Bach / Glenn Gould - Variations Goldberg flac album

Bach: The Goldberg Variations is the 1955 debut album of Canadian classical pianist Glenn Gould. An interpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations (BWV 988), the work launched Gould's career as a renowned international pianist, and became one of the most well-known piano recordings. Sales were "astonishing" for a classical album: it was reported to have sold 40,000 copies by 1960, and had sold more than 100,000 by the time of Gould's death in 1982.

Bach: Goldberg Variations (Original Album, 1956). 12 more albums featuring this track. Gould's first performance to receive widespread attention was his 1955 recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations. His final recording, in 1981, was also of the Goldberg Variations – a much more studied and reflective interpretation of the work. Glenn Gould (Toronto, Canada 1932-1982) was a Canadian pianist most known for his interpretations of baroque keyboard music, particularly the works of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Variations Goldberg, Aria Et 30 Variations, BWV 988. (38:00). Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach. Liner Notes – Olivier Alain. Photography By – Hunstein.

With his 1955 recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, the young pianist made a compelling case for a work that, at the time, was considered an obscure keyboard composition by an otherwise imposing master of Baroque music. Gould made his counter-argument for the piece’s rightful prominence by taking wild liberties with the source. In addition to playing the work on a piano instead of on the 18th-century era-appropriate harpsichord, Gould rushed tempos and varied his attack with aggression. His body flailed up and down his creaky chair, displaying melodramatic physical gestures-the very cliche.

Glenn Gould recording Bach’s Goldberg Variations in 1955. The complete sessions have been recently released on disc. Glenn Gould recording Bach’s Goldberg Variations in 1955. Gould’s restlessness courses through every track (at least those I listened to). He begins by playing the opening aria at a gently lilting tempo and with pristine clarity, though a hint of intensity hovers within.

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Glenn Gould's 1955 recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations marks the commercial debut for the process; other piano discs, both classical and jazz, are on the way. The attractions of a modernized version of the Gould performance are clear: the original, still in print in several different forms, is one of the most famous recordings of the twentieth century, a complete rethinking of Bach's towering summation of the variation form as he knew it and gleeful infusion of his contrapuntal art into a form that was thought to be.