![]() ![]() As well as the takes themselves, the session recordings include Gould and the producers’ conversations, all of which are transcribed in a 216-page hard-cover coffee-table book which also contains an annotated score, extensive documentation & facsimiles as well as illuminating articles about the recording process – including the recollections of Richard Einhorn, one of the producers who worked with Gould on the recording. Across 11 CDs, the set includes the double GRAMMY-winning final release as well as everything committed to tape during the 1981 sessions, restored from the original ¼-inch analogue tapes and mastered using 24 bit / 96 kHz technology. Just five weeks later, the Canadian pianist died unexpectedly, leaving the world a masterpiece of recording art that – awarded two GRAMMYs – is still one of the most listened to classical albums worldwide. While his first recording is the exuberant, fast-paced work of a 22-year-old pianistic prodigy, his second is the measured, richly detailed interpretation of an experienced studio artist. – Glenn Gould’s legendary second recording of the Goldberg Variations closed a circle that his revolutionary 1956 recording of Bach’s masterpiece had opened. ![]() Forty years ago, on Septem– the year of Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Steven Spielberg’s E.T. Format: 11 x CD boxset Catalogue No.: 19439977422 Barcode: 0194399774229 Release Date: Genre: Classical Sony Classical is proud to present the release of Glenn Gould’s “The Goldberg Variations - The Complete Unreleased 1981 Studio Sessions” to commemorate the icon’s 90th birthday & the 40th anniversary of his legendary re-recording of Bach’s masterpiece for the keyboard. ![]()
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