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The Goldberg Variations | 
 enlarge | Creators: Johann Sebastian Bach, Glenn Gould
Label: CBS
Category: Music
Buy New: CDN$ 13.99
New (11) Used (2) from CDN$ 10.78
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 3358
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 51 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 37779
UPC: 074643777926
EAN: 0074643777926
ASIN: B0000025PM
Release Date: November 15, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 11 to 13 days
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| Tracks:
| • | Aria | | • | Variation 1 | | • | Variation 2 | | • | Variation 3 | | • | Variation 4 | | • | Variation 5 | | • | Variation 6 | | • | Variation 7 | | • | Variation 8 | | • | Variation 9 | | • | Variation 10 | | • | Variation 11 | | • | Variation 12 | | • | Variation 13 | | • | Variation 14 | | • | Variation 15 | | • | Variation 16 | | • | Variation 17 | | • | Variation 18 | | • | Variation 19 | | • | Variation 20 | | • | Variation 21 | | • | Variation 22 | | • | Variation 23 | | • | Variation 24 | | • | Variation 25 | | • | Variation 26 | | • | Variation 27 | | • | Variation 28 | | • | Variation 29 | | • | Variation 30 | | • | Aria |
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| Editorial Reviews:
The clear-cut rhythms, riveting articulation, and contrapuntal acumen of Glenn Gould's 1955 debut IGoldberg Variations/I 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. Unlike Sony Classical's better sounding Glenn Gould Edition transfer, the original CBS Masterworks CD still has no banding cues. I--Jed Distler/I
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| Customer Reviews:
mortals, immortal/immortals, mortal February 23, 2004
cvairag (Allan Hancock College)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Gould was more than one of the great pianists in recorded history, he was a world teacher through sound. Both of the famous recordings of what has to be regarded a his signature performance (1951/81) are worth far more than what you would pay for the disc. Technics aside (and they are dazzling, as always with Gould), the purpose of music is to remind you that you do feel, to engage you in what is being communicated. Melancholy, in the richest sense, and then, at moments, the eptiome of serene dispassion, always profound, this performance is a deep exploration of feeling and truth, and creates a meditative ambience which can evoke in the listener higher realizations. An immortal rendering of great music.
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