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by: Glenn Gould, Bach
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0696998776722
Format: Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: September 03, 2002
Sales Rank: 24876
Studio: Sony
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Classic...but uneven. Perhaps 4.5 stars.
I've cherished Glenn Gould's Bach Partitas since I first found it from my father's old LP collection many years ago. I've listened to it ridiculosly many times in all formats--cassettes, CDs, and MP3s. (I now always carry it in my iPhone.) Gould's fiendishly exuberant playing is of course classic. He is most successful in Partitas 1 and 4. But his overall playing is uneven, and the recording sound itself is uneven, too. His Sinfonia in Partia 2 is ugly. His Praeambulum in Partita 5 is too fast; ... Read More
Rating: - Twenty years after, the genius still keeps shining!
The approach of Mr. Gould around Bach's music has always generated encountered positions. Many people regard him fascinating, irreverent and original, while others critic him his daring positions, his forced canto over the melodic line and literally don't forgive him his refuse to have cancelled his public appearances since 1964.
But what we should notice and always to keep in mind resides in the fact was, whether or not he got to clean the intellectual patina around Bach's music. To be ... Read More
Rating: - The best playing the best
What more can one say when Glenn Gould plays J. S. Bach? Two masters bringing out each other's finest: Bach is the song and Gould the instrument that vibrates through our souls with messages from the divine. I tell my kids that one of the best ways to get their mental/psychic world in order is to listen to Bach, especially when performed by the Canadian master Gould. (And they're into it.)
These are non-religious, non-verbal sermons on the order of the universe. This is the pinnacle of ... Read More
Rating: - Gould on Bach
I also have other fine pianists' rendItions of the same Bach, Gould's is still unsurpassed. Gould's the one and only approach to Bach, or the other way around, Bach's approach to the mind of Gould is so unique, everything is just fitting the right spot. For the listener, you get the sense, the feeling and the perception of PERFECTION. And that is BACH.
Rating: - A pleasure to listen to
Great joy to listen to, as all others by him playing Bach. Ive listened to this a million times and it is as exciting and illuminating as the first time.
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