[ Sony Classical Masters / 30 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Friday 7 August 2020
This stunning set is packed in a cube-shaped box and includes facsimile LP and CD Sleeves, a 240 page hardcover book featuring complete original liner notes (many penned by Gould himself) and an introductory essay by Michael Stegemann.
Gould's commercially released Bach recordings for Columbia Masterworks have been remastered from the original analogue tapes using state-of-the-art DSD mastering technology.
"I think that if I were required to spend the rest of my life on a desert island, and to listen to or play the music of any one composer during all that time, that composer would almost certainly be Bach. I really can't think of any other music which is so all-encompassing, which moves me so deeply and so consistently, and which, to use a rather imprecise word, is valuable beyond all of its skill and brilliance for something more meaningful that that - it's humanity." - Glenn Gould
Glenn Gould was one of the best known and revered pianists of the 20th century. His performances of works by Bach, Beethoven and Mozart received critical acclaimed and international adoration.
In addition to being an outstanding pianist, Gould was also a revered composer and conductor and recipient of numerous awards including three Juno awards and five Grammy awards.
Goldberg Variations, BWV988 (2 versions)
Fugue in E flat major BWV878
Two-part Inventions Nos. 1-15, BWV772-786
Toccatas, BWV910-916
Partitas Nos. 1-6, BWV825-830
Six Little Preludes, BWV933-938
Prelude & Fughetta in D minor, BWV899
Prelude & Fughetta in G major, BWV902
Prelude in C major, BWV924
Prelude in F major, BWV927
Prelude in D minor, BWV926
Prelude in D major, BWV925
Prelude in F major, BWV928
Prelude in G minor, BWV930
Fugue in C major, BWV952
Fughetta in C minor, BWV961
Fugue in C major, BWV953
The Art of Fugue, BWV1080
Prelude & Fugue in B flat major on the name B-A-C-H, BWV898
Three-part Inventions (Sinfonias) Nos. 1-15, BWV787-801
Klavierbüchlein für W F Bach
Prelude & Fugue in A minor, BWV895
Prelude & Fughetta in E minor, BWV900
French Overture in B minor, BWV831
French Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV812-817
Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV1052
Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major, BWV1054
Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV1056
Keyboard Concerto No. 7 in G minor, BWV1058
Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV1053
Keyboard Concerto No. 4 in A major, BWV1055
and more
Plus:
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19