Bach: Goldberg Variations (recorded 1955) plus Partitas Nos 5 & 6 & 2 Fugues

(Goldbergs) "in terms of sheer keyboard wizadry …a remarkable performance" (Penguin Guide)

"Gould's pianistic skills have been universally and freely acknowledged … he was supremely skilful in showing the patterns woven by its contrapuntal threads….As an exposition of the music's mechanism this is remarkable" (Gramophone)

(Partitas): "the young eccentric who walks on stage with a big handkerchief flapping, who seats himself on a chair only a few inches off the floor, who sings along and makes terrible faces. But he can play the piano. Here we see neither the chair nor gestures nor faces; but we do hear him singing along; and we also hear polished, superbly controlled, rhythmically alert piano playing. Two fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier are included on the disc." (Gramophone)