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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. Gould's First Performance To Receive Widespread Attention Was His 1955 Recording Of Bach's Goldberg Variations. His Speed Dexterity And Tone Revolutionized The Understanding Of This Piece And It Became Inextricably Linked With Gould For The Remainder Of His Life. His Final Recording In 1981 Was Also Of The Goldberg Variations -- A Much More Studied And Reflective Interpretation Of The Work. Gould Was Also Known For His Uncommon Views Regarding The Value Of Recorded Performances Vs. Live Performances He Stopped Performing Live In 1964 And Regarding Some Canonical Composers Particularly Mozart Whom He Referred To As A 'mediocre Composer' . Later In His Life Gould Also Became Known For His Work As A Radio Documentarian With The Canadian Broadcasting Company A Statue Of Gould Can Be Found Outside The CBC Headquarters In Gould's Hometown Of Toronto .
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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. Gould's First Performance To Receive Widespread Attention Was His 1955 Recording Of Bach's Goldberg Variations. His Speed Dexterity And Tone Revolutionized The Understanding Of This Piece And It Became Inextricably Linked With Gould For The Remainder Of His Life. His Final Recording In 1981 Was Also Of The Goldberg Variations -- A Much More Studied And Reflective Interpretation Of The Work. Gould Was Also Known For His Uncommon Views Regarding The Value Of Recorded Performances Vs. Live Performances He Stopped Performing Live In 1964 And Regarding Some Canonical Composers Particularly Mozart Whom He Referred To As A 'mediocre Composer' . Later In His Life Gould Also Became Known For His Work As A Radio Documentarian With The Canadian Broadcasting Company A Statue Of Gould Can Be Found Outside The CBC Headquarters In Gould's Hometown Of Toronto .
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It May Be That The Best Way To Experience Late Canadian Pianist Glenn Gould Is To Listen To One Of His Classic Bach Recordings Straight Through For In Addition To His Distinctive Not To Say Quirky Approach To Local Textures He Was A Formidable Architectural Thinker. Gould Has Receded Far Enough Into The Past However That There Must Be A Sizable Contingent Of Potential Buyers For This Essential Glenn Gould Collection. There Are A Lot Of Famous Gould Recordings On Here Humming And All. The Question Is Whether The 50/50 Bach/non-Bach Division The First CD Is All Bach The Second Devoted To Other Composers Is The Right One For This Collection. Gould's Bach Was Idiosyncratic But Widely Thought Brilliant. The Same Is Not True For His Readings Of Other Composers Which Start At Idiosyncratic And Decline To Downright Insulting. There Is No Reason To Include Gould's Recording Of Mozart's Piano Sonata In C Major K. 545 In A Set Of This Kind Gould Himself Said That He Recorded Mozart Only To Show That Mozart Died Not Too Soon But Too Late. His Scarlatti Also Marked By Dislike Is Hardly More Listenable And Even With Beethoven There Are Few Who Would Call Gould's Readings Essential. Not All Is Lost On Disc Two However Haydn Curiously Receives More Respectful Treatment And Gould Who Was Full Of Surprises Deliverd Several In The Form Of Little-Known Pieces That One Would Never Have Expected Him To Record. Especially Intriguing Is The Set Of Variations Chromatiques Of Bizet Which Achieves An Unsuspected Rhapsodic Intensity In Gould's Hands The Little Piece From Sibelius' Kyllikki Is Another Mostly Forgotten Find. The Bach Side Is Fine With A Complete Italian Concerto Reasonable Representations Of The Small Keyboard Works That Were Essential Components Of The Classical Listener's Living Room In The 1960s And A Good Chunk Of The Recording That Made Gould Famous The 1955 Version Of The Goldberg Variations BWV 988. The Aria Theme From Gould's Valedictory 1981 Re-Recording Of The Piece Bookends The Bach Program. It May Be That A 75/25 Proportion Would Have Allowed For Some More Extended Bach Excerpts. But It's Also True That Gould Was Nothing If Not Outrageous And That A Basic Collection Of His Music Should Embody That Aspect Of His Personality. Informative Notes Are In English And French And The Remastering Aided By The Fact That Gould's Recordings Were Obsessively Produced In The First Place Is Smooth.
Published: 06 Jun 2010, 21:38
It May Be That The Best Way To Experience Late Canadian Pianist Glenn Gould Is To Listen To One Of His Classic Bach Recordings Straight Through For In Addition To His Distinctive Not To Say Quirky Approach To Local Textures He Was A Formidable Architectural Thinker. Gould Has Receded Far Enough Into The Past However That There Must Be A Sizable Contingent Of Potential Buyers For This Essential Glenn Gould Collection. There Are A Lot Of Famous Gould Recordings On Here Humming And All. The Question Is Whether The 50/50 Bach/non-Bach Division The First CD Is All Bach The Second Devoted To Other Composers Is The Right One For This Collection. Gould's Bach Was Idiosyncratic But Widely Thought Brilliant. The Same Is Not True For His Readings Of Other Composers Which Start At Idiosyncratic And Decline To Downright Insulting. There Is No Reason To Include Gould's Recording Of Mozart's Piano Sonata In C Major K. 545 In A Set Of This Kind Gould Himself Said That He Recorded Mozart Only To Show That Mozart Died Not Too Soon But Too Late. His Scarlatti Also Marked By Dislike Is Hardly More Listenable And Even With Beethoven There Are Few Who Would Call Gould's Readings Essential. Not All Is Lost On Disc Two However Haydn Curiously Receives More Respectful Treatment And Gould Who Was Full Of Surprises Deliverd Several In The Form Of Little-Known Pieces That One Would Never Have Expected Him To Record. Especially Intriguing Is The Set Of Variations Chromatiques Of Bizet Which Achieves An Unsuspected Rhapsodic Intensity In Gould's Hands The Little Piece From Sibelius' Kyllikki Is Another Mostly Forgotten Find. The Bach Side Is Fine With A Complete Italian Concerto Reasonable Representations Of The Small Keyboard Works That Were Essential Components Of The Classical Listener's Living Room In The 1960s And A Good Chunk Of The Recording That Made Gould Famous The 1955 Version Of The Goldberg Variations BWV 988. The Aria Theme From Gould's Valedictory 1981 Re-Recording Of The Piece Bookends The Bach Program. It May Be That A 75/25 Proportion Would Have Allowed For Some More Extended Bach Excerpts. But It's Also True That Gould Was Nothing If Not Outrageous And That A Basic Collection Of His Music Should Embody That Aspect Of His Personality. Informative Notes Are In English And French And The Remastering Aided By The Fact That Gould's Recordings Were Obsessively Produced In The First Place Is Smooth.