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 ...
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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...
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