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Glenn Gould: The Complete Original Jacket Collection - Amazon.com Exclusive
by Glenn Gould
from SONY CLASSICS

Features:

• Box set
• Limited Edition

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• excellent Bach and Viennese School but...
  If you are looking for good Beethoven or mozart interpretations, search in somewhere else, otherwise, you will be very disapointed. Mr. Gould did not like these composers and his ungangly playing in their works evidence that. Well, nobody is perfect, anyway...

• Beautiful box.
  If you don't have any CDs with classical music yet, but would really have some, then this box is really a wonderful way to start with. Glenn Gould was a genius in his own way with a vanguard attitude to the interpretation of the "holy" works. If you know the pieces well, but never heard the Gould's versions, may be it's time to breathe in some fresh fragrance from the known source.
  Pro: you have the complete studio recordings of Glenn Gould with original LP packaging artwork.
  Contra: the CDs are... more info

• Gould's wonderful legacy
  The box, the booklet and everything related to the presentation of this collection is fine. The recordings are complete, with good information provided. The CD sleeves copy those from the original LP recordings. Sadly, as they are much smaller, you can hardly read the back cover original comments. But this is only a minor point. Definitely, this is a must for any piano aficionados.

• An Amazing Journey
  Having grown up and studied music for a while in Toronto, one can get overwhelmed with people who claim to have known Gould's mother, father, piano technician, teacher or the man himself. Even more than a quarter of a century after his death, people still try to humanize Gould by finding professionals who feel that they are qualified to give him clinical diagnoses. Though it is understandable that one may feel the necessity to link themselves with this Titan, it becomes evident that no one could have known... more info

Tracks:

1. Goldberg Variations, Bwv 988
2. Piano Sonata's No.30-32
3. Concerto No.1 In D Minor, Bwv 1052
4. Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major, Op.19
5. Sonata No.3 In E Flat Major
6. Sonata No.10 In C Major, K.330
7. Fantasia And Fugue In C Major, K.394
8. Concerto No.1 In C Major For Piano & Orchestra, Op.15
9. Concerto No.5 In F Minor For Piano & Orchestra
10. Sonata For Piano, Op.1
11. Three Piano Pieces, Op.11
12. Sonata No.3 For Piano, Op.92 No.4
13. Concerto No.4 In G Major For Piano & Orchestra Op.37
14. String Quartet No.1
15. Italian Concerto In F Major & Partita No.1 & 2
16. 10 Intermezzi Op.76, 116, 117, 119

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