GLENN GOULD *The Goldberg Variations* Rare SEALED 2-LP Set Ltd. Edition of 500
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Description
EVERYTHING'S EVENTUAL VINYL
"OUT OF PRINT"
STILL SEALED!!
This is the only one I've seen!
Limited Edition of 500 copies
2nd Disc is Gould's Last Interview
"GLENN GOULD"
**BACH: THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS**
Bach* - Glenn Gould ?– The Goldberg Variations
Label: CBS Masterworks ?– IM 37779 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, GatefoldCountry: Canada Released: 1982 Genre: Classical Style: Baroque
Tracklist
A Aria & Variations 1-15 24:14 B Variations 16-30 & Aria Reprise 27:06Companies etc
- Mastered At – Columbia Recording Studios
- Manufactured By – CBS Records Canada Ltd.
- Distributed By – CBS Records Canada Ltd.
- Pressed By – CBS Records Canada Ltd. – Don Mills, Toronto plant
Credits
- Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach
- Engineer – John Johnson*, Martin Greenblatt*, Ray Moore, Stan Tonkel
- Other [Cover Design] – Henrietta Condak
- Photography [Cover] – Don Hunstein
- Piano, Producer – Glenn Gould
- Producer – Samuel H. Carter
Notes
Digitally recorded using the Sony System. Mastered from the original digital recording in the CBS Recording Studios, New York on the CBS DisComputer System.Poly-lined cardboard inner sleeve labeled CBS MASTERWORKS.
Gold coloured embossed foil sticker.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout: Side A) DAL 37779-1BE COLUMBIA NY DM 8
- Matrix / Runout: Side B) DBL 37779-1AG COLUMBIA NY DM 7
Bonus Disk: "Take Two: The Goldberg Variations Revisited"
In 1982, the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould sat down with the critic and broadcaster Tim Page on WNYC’s “New, Old and Unexpected” to talk about the composition that came to define his career more than any other.
Gould’s recording debut in 1955 of Bach's Goldberg Variations took the world by storm – 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. His decidedly un-Romantic and highly personal approach elucidated Bach's music in a whole new way. In 1981, he revisited the Goldberg Variations and delivered a new interpretation far more introspective, with more calculated phrasing and ornamentation.
Here Gould explains how he re-listened to his 1955 account before recording the new version. "I was really curious about what I would find,” he tells Page. “I found it was a rather spooky experience. I listened to it with great pleasure. I found it had a real sense of humor, for instance – all sorts of perky, spiky accents and so on that gave it a certain buoyancy. I found that I recognized the fingerprints of the party concerned.
“But I couldn’t identify with the spirit of the person who made that recording. It really seemed like some other spirit involved and as a consequence I was really glad to be doing it again.”
He adds: “As I’ve grown older I find many performances – certainly a great majority of my own early performances – just to fast for comfort.”
Technical issues aside, the interview also offers insight into Gould's eccentric humor and unique outlook on music. The pianist died of a stroke later that same year.
***CBS MASTERWORKS Records***
RARE LIMITED EDITION 2-LP SET!
SEALED!
Tracks Include : please see above
CONDITION
Jacket: NEW NM
Vinyl: NEW
OUT OF PRINT 'SEALED' Pressing of
***GLENN GOULD***
***THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS***
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