Title: The Goldberg Variations: The Complete 1955 Recording Sessions
Artist: Gould, Glenn
Label: Sony Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 888430148826
Genre: Classical Artists

The recording industry of the 20th century saw stars become legends and albums become icons of popular culture. Completed in a total of only four days and released in January 1956, Glenn Gould s début recording of Bach s Goldberg Variations is without doubt one of the most significant and successful classical recordings in the history of the gramophone record. Documenting with unprecedented completeness the events that unfolded in Columbia s 30th Street Studio during those four key days in June 1955, the present release allows listeners for the very first time to join Glenn Gould, his producer Howard Scott and sound engineer Fred Plaut as one of the greatest recordings of all time came into existence. Glenn Gould: The Goldberg Variations The Complete Unreleased Recording Sessions is probably the most comprehensive special edition ever dedicated to a single classical music album. It features Glenn Gould s complete recording sessions of Bach s Goldberg Variations on 5 CDs (including the studio conversations between him and his producer), restored from the original ¼-inch analogue tapes and re mastered using 24 bit / 96 kHz technology, plus the final album on both CD and heavyweight 180 gram vinyl, as well as an extra CD Glenn Gould Discusses His Performances of the Goldberg Variations with Tim Page. The edition comes with a 90 x 60 cm (36 x 24) poster and a 280-page hard-cover coffee-table book, featuring 45 sensational, newly discovered photos from the recording sessions, the complete musical score, several essays and an extensive documentation including facsimiles of more than 20 archival documents detailing how an analogue vinyl LP was recorded in the mid-1950s.

Tracks:
1.1 Aria Take 1
1.2 Aria Take 2
1.3 Aria Take 3 [']
1.4 Aria Take 4
1.5 Aria Take 5
1.6 Aria Take 6
1.7 Variation 1 Take 1
1.8 Variation 1 Take 2 (B)
1.9 Variation 1 Take 3
1.10 Variation 1 Remake Take 1 (B)
1.11 Variation 1 Remake Take 2 (B)
1.12 Variation 1 Remake Take 3 (B)
1.13 Variation 1 Remake Take 4 (B)
1.14 Variation 1 Remake Take 5 (B)
1.15 Variation 1 Remake Take 6 ('B)
1.16 Variation 1 Remake Take 7
1.17 Variation 1 Remake Take 8
1.18 Variation 1 Remake Take 9 [B]
1.19 Variation 1 Remake [Take 9A]
1.20 Variation 1 Remake Take 10
1.21 Variation 1 Remake Take 11
1.22 Variation 1 Remake Take 12 (')
1.23 Variation 1 Remake Take 13 (B)
1.24 Variation 2 Take 1 (B)
1.25 Variation 2 Take 2 []
1.26 Variation 2 Take 2[A] (B)
1.27 Variation 2 Take 3
1.28 Variation 2 Take 4 (B)
1.29 Variation 2 Take 5 []
1.30 Variation 2 Take 6
1.31 Variation 2 Take 7 (B)
1.32 Variation 2 Take 8
1.33 Variation 2 Take 9 [B]
1.34 Variation 2 [Take 9A]
1.35 Variation 2 Take 10
1.36 Variation 2 Take 11 (B)
1.37 Variation 2 Take 11A (B)
1.38 Variation 2 Take 11B (')
1.39 Variation 2 Take 12 (B)
1.40 Variation 2 Take 12A
1.41 Variation 2 Take 13
1.42 Variation 3 Take 1
1.43 Variation 3 Take 2 (B)
1.44 Variation 3 Take 2A [Announced] []
1.45 Variation 3 Take 3
1.46 Variation 4 Take 1 (B)
1.47 Variation 4 Take 1A (B)
1.48 Variation 4 Take 1B (B)
1.49 Variation 4 Take 2 (')
1.50 Variation 4 Take 3
1.51 Variation 4 Take 4
1.52 Variation 4 Take 5 (')
1.53 Variation 4 Take 6 (B)
1.54 Variation 4 Take 6A
1.55 Variation 4 Take 7 (B)
1.56 Variation 4 Take 8 (B)
1.57 Variation 4 Take 8A
1.58 Variation 4 Take 9
1.59 Variation 4 Take 10 ('B)
1.60 Variation 5 Take 1
1.61 Variation 5 Take 2 ('B)
1.62 Variation 5 Take 3
1.63 Variation 5 Take 4 (B)
1.64 Variation 5 Take 5 (B)
1.65 Variation 5 Take 6
1.66 Variation 5 Take 7 [B]
1.67 Variation 5 Take 8 (') [B]
1.68 Variation 5 Take 9 (B)
2.1 Variation 6 Take 1
2.2 Variation 6 Take 2 (')
2.3 Variation 6 Take 3
2.4 Variation 6 Take 4 (' ['])
2.5 Variation 6 Take 5 (B)
2.6 Variation 6 Take 6 []
2.7 Variation 6 Take 7
2.8 Variation 6 Take 8 (B)
2.9 Variation 6 Take 9 [B]
2.10 Variation 6 Take 10 (')
2.11 Variation 6 Take 11 [B]
2.12 Variation 6 [Take 11A] [']
2.13 Variation 6 Take 12 []
2.14 Variation 6 Take 13 (') [B]
2.15 Variation 6 Take 14
2.16 Variation 6 Take 15
2.17 Variation 6 Take 16
2.18 Variation 7 Take 1 (B)
2.19 Variation 7 Take 1A
2.20 Variation 7 Take 2 (B)
2.21 Variation 7 Take 3 [B]
2.22 Variation 7 Take 3A [B]
2.23 Variation 7 Take 4
2.24 Variation 7 Take 5
2.25 Variation 7 Remake Take 1
2.26 Variation 7 Remake Take 2
2.27 Variation 7 Remake Take 3 (B)
2.28 Variation 7 Remake Take 4
2.29 Variation 7 Remake Take 5
2.30 Variation 7 Remake Take 6 [B]
2.31 Variation 7 Remake Take 7
2.32 Variation 7 Remake Take 8
2.33 Variation 7 Remake Take 9 (B)
2.34 Variation 7 Remake Take 10 or 9A
2.35 Variation 8 Take 1
2.36 Variation 8 Take 2
2.37 Variation 8 Take 3
2.38 Variation 9 Take 1 (B)
2.39 Variation 9 Take 2
2.40 Variation 9 Take 3 (B)
2.41 Variation 9 Take 4 (')
2.42 Variation 9 Take 5
2.43 Variation 9 Take 6
2.44 Variation 9 Take 7 [']
2.45 Variation 9 Take 8 (')
2.46 Variation 9 Take 9
2.47 Variation 9 Take 10 (B)
2.48 Variation 10 Take 1
2.49 Variation 10 Take 2
2.50 Variation 11 Take 1 [']
2.51 Variation 11 Take 2
2.52 Variation 11 Take 3 [B]
2.53 Variation 11 Take 3A (B)
2.54 Variation 11 Take 3B (B)
2.55 Variation 11 Take 3C (B)
2.56 Variation 11 Take 4
2.57 Variation 11 Take 5 [B]
2.58 Variation 11 Take 6 [Not Recorded]
2.59 Variation 11 Take 7 [']
2.60 Variation 11 Take 8
3.1 Variation 12 Take 1
3.2 Variation 12 Take 2 (B)
3.3 Variation 12 Take 2A
3.4 Variation 12 Take 3 (B)
3.5 Variation 12 Take 4 (B)
3.6 Variation 12 Take 5 (B)
3.7 Variation 12 Take 6 []
3.8 Variation 12 Take 7 [B]
3.9 Variation 12 [Take 8 [B]]
3.10 Variation 12 Take 9 (B)
3.11 Variation 12 Take 10 (2nd Half Only)
3.12 Variation 12 Take 11
3.13 Variation 12 Take 12 (')
3.14 Variation 12 Take 13 (B)
3.15 Variation 12 Take 14 [']
3.16 Variation 12 Take 15 (' B)
3.17 Variation 12 Take 16
3.18 Variation 12 Take 17
3.19 Variation 12 Take 18
3.20 Variation 13 Take 1
3.21 Variation 13 Take 2 (2nd Half F.S.)
3.22 Variation 13 Take 3
3.23 Variation 13 Take 4 [B]
3.24 Variation 13 Take 5
3.25 Variation 14 Take 1 [']
3.26 Variation 14 Take 2
3.27 Variation 15 Take 1
3.28 Variation 15 Take 2
3.29 Variation 15 Take 3 (B)
3.30 Variation 15 Take 4
3.31 Variation 15 Take 5
3.32 Variation 15 Take 6 (B)
3.33 Variation 16 Take 1
3.34 Variation 16 Take 2
3.35 Variation 16 Insert 1 Take 1
3.36 Variation 16 Insert 1 Take 2
3.37 Variation 16 Insert 1 Take 3
3.38 Variation 17 Take 1 (B)
3.39 Variation 17 Take 2
3.40 Variation 17 Take 3 (B)
3.41 Variation 17 Take 4
3.42 Variation 17 Insert 1 Take 1
3.43 Variation 17 Insert 1 Take 2 [']
3.44 Variation 17 Insert 1 Take 3 (B)
3.45 Variation 17 Insert 1 Take 4
3.46 Variation 17 Insert 1 Take 5
4.1 Variation 18 Take 1
4.2 Variation 18 Take 2 (B)
4.3 Variation 18 Take 2A
4.4 Variation 18 Take 3
4.5 Variation 18 Take 4
4.6 Variation 18 Take 5
4.7 Variation 18 Take 6 [']
4.8 Variation 18 Take 7
4.9 Variation 18 Take 8
4.10 Variation 18 Take 9 ['B]
4.11 Variation 18 Take 10 (' ['] B)
4.12 Variation 18 Take 11
4.13 Variation 19 Take 1 (')
4.14 Variation 19 Take 2 (B)
4.15 Variation 19 Take 2A
4.16 Variation 19 Take 3
4.17 Variation 19 Take 4 ['] (B)
4.18 Variation 19 Take 4A [']
4.19 Variation 19 Take 5
4.20 Variation 20 Take 1 [B]
4.21 Variation 20 Take 1A [Announced]
4.22 Variation 20 Take 2 (')
4.23 Variation 20 Take 3 [']
4.24 Variation 20 Take 4 (' ['])
4.25 Variation 21 Take 1
4.26 Variation 21 Take 2
4.27 Variation 21 Take 3
4.28 Variation 21 Insert 1 Take 1
4.29 Variation 21 Insert 1 Take 2 (')
4.30 Variation 21 Take 4
4.31 Variation 21 Take 5 (')
4.32 Variation 21 Take 6
4.33 Variation 22 Take 1
4.34 Variation 22 Insert 1 Take 1 (2nd Half)
4.35 Variation 22 Take 2
4.36 Variation 22 Take 3
4.37 Variation 22 Take 4
4.38 Variation 23 Take 1
4.39 Variation 23 Take 2
4.40 Variation 23 Take 3
4.41 Variation 23 Take 4 (B)
4.42 Variation 23 Take 4A
4.43 Variation 23 Take 5 [B]
4.44 Variation 23 Take 6
4.45 Variation 23 Take 7 [']
4.46 Variation 23 Take 8 (B)
4.47 Variation 23 Take 9
4.48 Variation 23 Take 10
4.49 Variation 23 Take 11
4.50 Variation 23 Remake Take 1 (B)
4.51 Variation 23 Remake Take 1A
4.52 Variation 23 Remake Take 2 (')
4.53 Variation 23 Remake Take 3
4.54 Variation 24 Take 1
4.55 Variation 24 Take 2 (B)
4.56 Variation 24 Take 2A
4.57 Variation 24 Take 3
4.58 Variation 24 Take 4
4.59 Variation 24 Take 5 (B)
4.60 Variation 24 Take 6
4.61 Variation 24 Take 7
4.62 Variation 24 Take 8
4.63 Variation 24 Take 9
4.64 Variation 24 Take 10
4.65 Variation 24 Insert 1 Take 1 (B)
4.66 Variation 24 Insert 1 Take 2
4.67 Variation 24 Insert 1 Take 3 (B)
4.68 Variation 24 Insert 1 Take 4 (B)
4.69 Variation 24 Take 11
4.70 Variation 24 Take 12
5.1 Variation 25 Take 1
5.2 Variation 25 Take 2 (B)
5.3 Variation 26 Take 1
5.4 Variation 26 Take 2 (')
5.5 Variation 26 Take 3 (B)
5.6 Variation 26 Take 3[A]
5.7 Variation 26 Insert 1 Take 1
5.8 Variation 26 Take 4
5.9 Variation 26 Take 5
5.10 Variation 27 Take 1
5.11 Variation 27 Take 2
5.12 Variation 27 Take 3
5.13 Variation 27 Take 4
5.14 Variation 27 Take 4[A]
5.15 Variation 28 Take 1
5.16 Variation 28 Take 2
5.17 Variation 28 Take 3 (B)
5.18 Variation 28 Take 4 (B)
5.19 Variation 29 Take 1
5.20 Variation 30 Take 1 [Announced]
5.21 Gould About Quodlibet, Improvisation
5.22 Variation 30 Take 2 (B)
5.23 Variation 30 Take 3 []
5.24 Variation 30 Take 4 (B)
5.25 Variation 30 Take 5 [Announced] [B]
5.26 Variation 30 Take 6
5.27 Variation 30 Take 7
5.28 Aria Remake Take 1
5.29 Aria Remake Take 2
5.30 Aria Remake Take 3
5.31 Aria Re