Glenn Gould: Plays Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - COMPACT DISCS

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Plays Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Artist:

Glenn Gould

Label:

Sony Classical Imp

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

887254118220

Genre:

Classical Artists

Release Date:

2012-10-30

Number of Discs:

2

Additional Details:

UNITED KINGDOM - IMPORT

Glenn Gould Plays Bach: Goldberg Variations [1955 & 1981] The clear-cut rhythms, riveting articulation, and contrapuntal acumen of Glenn Gould's 1955 debut Goldberg Variations characterize this 1981 remake to strikingly different results. This later version is more deliberate in pacing, stark in expression, thoughtful with ornamentation, and tightly organized (if a mite theatrical) in terms of tempo relationships. Whereas there are no repeats from 1955, Gould now observes "A" section repeats in the canons, the Fughetta, and other fugue-like variations. The rapid, cross- handed sequences still dazzle with pinpointed fingerwork, yet the slower tempos better serve the music's dance-like qualities.

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