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![Glenn Gould: Bach: The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1955 Recording) [SONY CLASSICAL]](https://cdn.shoplightspeed.com/shops/621399/files/46856504/1652x1652x2/new-vinyl-glenn-gould-bach-the-goldberg-variations.jpg)
Glenn Gould's legendary 1955 recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, the debut that made the Toronto pianist an international star.
Glenn Gould's 1955 Goldberg Variations launched his career and became one of the best-known piano recordings ever made, with astonishing sales for a classical album.
Recorded in New York for Columbia when Gould was just 22, this brilliant, fleet-fingered reading transformed a then-obscure Bach work into a classical blockbuster, selling more than 100,000 copies over the following decades.
Gould's crisp articulation, rhythmic vitality and singular clarity make every variation sparkle, from the gentle opening Aria through the thirty variations. Pair it with his 1981 recording for a fascinating comparison.
He was 22 at the time, which is humbling for the rest of us.
Tracks
1. Aria
2. Variations 1 to 30
3. Aria da capo
On Sony Classical, the 1955 recording.
Info from Wikipedia.
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