Glenn Gould - Bach's Instrumental Works

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Recording Reviews of Instrumental Works: Main Page | Organ | Keyboard | Solo Instrumental | Chamber | Orchestral, MO, AOF
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Glenn Gould Bach's Instrumental Works
Contents
Recordings of Solo Keyboard Works Recordings of Chamber Works Recordings of Orchestral Works Box Sets Recordings of Vocal Works	Glenn Gould - Short Biography
General Discussions: Part 1 Comparative Review: Bach’s English Suites: Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3 \| Part 4 \| Part 5 \| Part 6 Discussions: French Suites BWV 812-817 - played by Glenn Gould Comparative Review: Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier Book 1: Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3 \| Part 4 \| Part 5 \| Part 6 Comparative Review: Bach's Well Tempered Clavier Book II: Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3 \| Part 4 \| Part 5 \| Part 6 \| Part 7 \| Part 8 \| Part 9 Review: Bach's Toccatas for Harpsichord from Watchorn & Troeger (3 Parts) Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Glenn Gould Comparative Review: Bach's Goldberg Variations on Piano: Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3 \| Part 4 \| Part 5 Comparative Review: Round-Up of Goldberg Variations Recordings: Recordings \| Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3 \| Part 4 \| Part 5 \| Part 6 \| Part 7 Comparative Review: Bach's Die Kunst Der Fuge: Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3 \| Part 4 \| Part 5
Recordings
Recordings of Solo Keyboard Works

K-15	Glenn Gould: His First Recordings (1947-1953) The Young Glenn Gould (1947-1953)
Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 [12:10 / 12:07]
Glenn Gould (Piano)
VAI Audio Mastersound		Mar 1948	CD / TT: 46:44 CD / TT: 56:51
Recorded in Toronto, Canada. 1^st recording of Italian Concerto BWV 971 by G. Gould. Other works: not buy J.S. Bach. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

K-16	Glenn Gould - Bach (Original CBC Broadcasts)
1. Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829 [13:13] 2. Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 788-801 [25:42] 3. Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 [12:00] 3. Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 [22:27]
Sir Ernest MacMillan
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Glenn Gould (Piano)
CBC PSCD 2005		Oct 21, 1952 [3] Oct 4, 1954 [1] Mar 15, 1955 [2] Mar 29, 1955 [4]	CD / TT: 73:42
Recorded at CBC Studios, Toronto, Canada [1-3]; Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada [4]. 2^nd recording of Italian Concerto BWV 971 by G. Gould. 1^st recording of Three-Part Inventions BWV 788-801 by G. Gould. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

K-1	J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Piano Concerto, BWV 1052; Partita No. 5, BWV 829
1. Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829 [13:17] [Urania] 2. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [42:30 / 42:18] 3. Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 [22:36] [Urania]
Glenn Gould (Piano)
CBC Urania		Jun 1954 [2]; Oct 4, 1954 [1]; Mar 1955 [3]	CD / TT: 42:30 CD / TT: 78:11
Recorded at CBC Studios, Toronto, Canada. 1^st recording of Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by G. Gould. 1^st recording of Partita No. 5 BWV 829 by G. Gould. Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Glenn Gould Buy this album at: Amazon.com

K-2	J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
1. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [38:40] 2. From Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2 - Fugue BWV 883 [3:14], Fugue BWV 878 [4:17]
Glenn Gould (Piano)
Sony / World Classic		Jun 1955 [1]; Jul-Aug 1957 [2]	CD / TT: 46:11
2^nd recording of Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by G. Gould. Recorded at 30^th Street Studio, New York City, NY, USA. Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Glenn Gould Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

K-3	Glenn Gould live in Salzburg & Moscow - Bach: Goldberg Variations · Three-Inventions Nos. 2-15 Clenn Gould in Salzburg
1. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [37:07] 2. Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 788-801 [23:59]
Glenn Gould (Piano)
Sony Price-less Melodiya		May 1957 [2]; Aug 1959 [1]	CD / TT: 61:06 CD / TT: 10" LP / TT:
3^rd recording of Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by G. Gould. Recorded live at Salzburg Festival, Mozarteum, Austria [1]. 2^nd recording of Three-Part Inventions BWV 788-801 by G. Gould. Recorded live in Moscow, Russia [2]. The Price-less issue does not include the I&S. The original Melodiya issue includes only the I&S. Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Glenn Gould Buy this album at: Amazon.com

K-4	Bach: Partitas BWV 825-830 · Preludes & Fugues
1-6. Partitas BWV 825-830 [11:31, 15:17, 12:06, 25:06, 9:54, 23:02] 7. Six Little Preludes BWV 933-938 [1:19, 3:32, 1:25, 1:57, 1:26, 2:59] 8. Prelude & Fughetta in D minor, BWV 899 [2:27] Prelude in G major, BWV 902 [3:20] Prelude in G major, BWV 902/1a [0:53] Fughetta in G major, BWV 902 [0:55] 9. From 9 Little Preludes BWV 924-928, BWV 930 [1:47, 0:56, 0:49, 0:36, 1:08, 3:21] Fugue in C major, BWV 952 [1:17] Fugue in C major, BWV 953 [1:20] Fughetta in C minor, BWV 961 [2:25], Prelude & Fugue in A minor, BWV 895 [3:13] Prelude & Fughetta in E minor, BWV 900 [3:41]
Glenn Gould (Piano)
Sony		Jul-Aug 1957 [5, 6]; Sep 1959 [1]; Jun 1959 [2]; Oct 1962 [3]; Dec 1962 & Mar-Apr 1963 [4]; Oct 1979 [7, 8]; Jan-Feb 1980 [9, 10]	2-CD / TT: 147:56
Recorded at 30^th Street Studio, New York City, NY, USA [1-6]; Eaton's Auditorium, Toronto, Canada [7-10]. 2^nd recording of Partita No. 5 BWV 829 by G. Gould. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [1-3] \| Amazon.com [4-6] \| Amazon.com [Preludes & Fugues] \| Amazon.com [1-2 & IC] \| Amazon.com

K-5	J.S. Bach · D. Scarlatti · C.P.E. Bach
1. Concerto No. 3 in D minor (after A. Marcello), BWV 974 [9:51] 2. Fugue in B minor on a theme by T. Albinoni, BWV 951 [4:36] 3. Fugue in A major on a theme by T. Albinoni, BWV 950 [4:13] 4. Aria & Variations in the Italian Style in A minor, BWV 989 [9:42] 5. Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 [13:10] 6. Chromatic Fantasia in D minor, BWV 903 [6:20] 7. Fantasia in G minor, BWV 917 [2:59] 8. Fantasia in C minor, BWV 919 [2:13] 9. Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 906 [7:02]
Glenn Gould (Piano)
Sony		Jun 1959 [5]; Jun 1979 [1]; Aug 1979 [2, 3]; Oct 1979 [6]; Apr 1980 [7-9]; Apr 1981 [4]	CD / TT: 78:01
Recorded at Eaton's Auditorium, Toronto, Canada [1-4, 6-9]; 30^th Street Studio, New York City, NY, USA [5]. 3^rd recording of Italian Concerto BWV 971 by G. Gould. Other works: by D. Scarlatti & C.P.E. Bach. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

K-6	Bach: The Art of the Fugue · Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 (excerpts) · Prelude & Fugue on BACH, BWV 898
1. Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 - Contrapunctus 1-9 2. Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 - Contrapunctus 1, 2, 4, 14 3. Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 - Contrapunctus 9, 11, 13 4. Prelude & Fugue in B flat major on the name BACH, BWV 898 [5:21]
Glenn Gould (Organ) [1] [1960 Casavant] Glenn Gould (Piano) [2, 3, 4]
Sony		Jan-Feb 1962 [1]; Nov 1967 [3]; Apr 1980 [4]; Spring 1981 [2]	CD / TT: 69:36
Recorded at All Saints' Anglican Church, Toronto, Canada & Chapel of the Theological College, New York City [1]; CBC tevision broadcast, CBC Studios, Canada [2, 3]; Eaton's Auditorium, Toronto, Canada [4]. Includes only the first 9 Contrapuncti on organ; was intended as volume one of a complete recording, which was never finished. Contapuncti 1, 2, 4, 9, 11, 13 14 on piano from later recordings. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

K-7	Bach: The Well-tempered Clavier I
WTC 1: 24 Preludes & Fugues BWV 846-869
Glenn Gould (Piano)
Sony		Jun, Sep 1962; Apr, Jun, Aug-Sep 1963; Feb-Apr, Jun, Aug 1965	2-CD / TT: 106:39
Recorded at 30^th Street Studio, New York City, New York, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

K-8	Ba: Toccatas BWV 910-916
Toccatas BWV 910-916 [11:43, 11:13, 14:01, 17:08, 8:35, 8:44, 8:52]
Glenn Gould (Piano)
Sony		Apr 1963; Oct- Nov 1976; May-Jun 1979	2-CD / TT: 80:57
Recorded at 30^th Street Studio, New York City, NY, USA (BWV 914) & Eaton's Auditorium, Toronto, Canada (rest). Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [Part 2] \| Amazon.com [Part 1] \| Amazon.com

K-9	J.S. Bach: The Two- and Three-Part Inventions BWV 772-801
Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 [] Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 []
Glenn Gould (Piano)
CBS / Sony		Mar 1964	CD / TT: 50:04
3^rd recording of Three-Part Inventions by G. Gould. Recorded at 30^th Street Studio, New York City, NY, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

K-10	Bach: The Well-tempered Clavier II
WTC 2: 24 Preludes & Fugues BWV 870-893
Glenn Gould (Piano)
Sony		Aug 1966; Jan-Feb 1967; Sep, Dec 1969; Jan 1971	2-CD / TT: 103:51
Recorded at 30^th Street Studio, New York City, New York, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

K-11	Bach: French Suites BWV 812-817 · Overture in French Style BWV 831
French Suites BWV 812-817 [11:15, 9:26, 8:56, 9:07, 10:59, 10:28] French Overture in B minor, BWV 831 []
Glenn Gould (Piano)
Sony		Feb, Mar, May 1971; Nov, Dec 1972; Feb 1973 (812-817) Jan-Feb 1971; Nov 1973 (831)	2-CD / TT: 85:46
Recorded at Eaton's Auditorium, Toronto, Canada. Discussions: French Suites BWV 812-817 - played by Glenn Gould Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

K-12	Bach: English Suites BWV 806-811
English Suites BWV 806-811 [22:37, 16:07, 13:05, 16:43, 16:23, 26:31]
Glenn Gould (Piano)
CBS / Sony		Mar 1973 (1); May 1971 (2); June 1974 (3); Dec & May 1976 (4-5); Oct 1975 & May 1976 (6)	2-CD / TT: 111:45
Recorded at Eaton's Auditorium, Toronto, Canada. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [1-3] \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [4-6]

K-13	Bach: The Goldberg Variations
Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Glenn Gould (Piano)
Sony		Apr-May 1981	CD / TT: 51:14
4^th recording of Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by G. Gould. Recorded at 30^th Street Studio, New York City, NY, USA. Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Glenn Gould Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

K-17	A Bach Recital
Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828 [25:07] Toccata No. 5 in E minor, BWV 914 [8:35] Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 [13:12]
Glenn Gould (Piano)
Sony/Odyssey 42527		Jun 22-26, 1959 [BWV 971] Dec 11-12, 1962 & Mar 19-20, 1963 [BWV 828] Apr 4, 1963; [BWV 910]	CD / TT: 46:54
Recorded at 30^th Street Studio, New York City, New York, USA. 3^rd recording of Italian Concerto BWV 971 by G. Gould. Buy this album at: CD (1990): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

Recordings of Chamber Works

C-1	Gould Meets Menuhin
Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 4 in C minor, BWV 1017
Yehudi Menuhin (Violin); Glenn Gould (Piano)
Sony		Oct 1965	CD / TT: 47:35
Recorded at CBC Studios,Toronto,Canada. Other works: by L.v. Beethoven & A. Schoenberg. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

C-2	Bach: 6 Sonatas for Violin& Harpsichord; 3 Sonatas for Viola da Gamba & Keyboard
Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1014 [] Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 2 in A major, BWV 1015 [] Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 3 in E major, BWV 1016 [] Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 4 in C minor, BWV 1017 [] Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1018 [] Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 6 in G major, BWV 1019 [] Sonata for viola da gamba & keyboard No. 1 in G major, BWV 1027 [] Sonata for viola da gamba & keyboard No. 2 in D major, BWV 1028 [] Sonata for viola da gamba & keyboard No. 3 in G minor, BWV 1029 []
Glenn Gould (Piano); James Laredo (Violin); Leonard Rose (Cello)
Sony		1973-1974 [C&P]; 1975-1976 [V&P]	2-CD / TT:
Recorded at Eaton's Auditorium, Toronto, Canada. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

Recordings of Orchestral Works

O-1	J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Piano Concerto, BWV 1052; Partita No. 5, BWV 829
1. Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829 [13:17] 2. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [42:18] 3. Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 [22:36]
Sir Ernest MacMillan
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Glenn Gould (Piano)
Urania		Jun 1954 [1]; Oct 4, 1954 [1]; Mar 1955 [3]	CD / TT: 78:11
Recorded at CBC Studios, Toronto, Canada. Buy this album at:

O-2	J.S. Bach: Concertos for Piano and Orchestra Nos. 1-5 & 7
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 [24:12] Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 2 in E major, BWV 1053 [19:03] Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 3 in D major, BWV 1054 [16:27] Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 4 in A major, BWV 1055 [14:04] Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 [10:25] Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 7 in G minor, BWV 1058 [13:38]
Leonard Bernstein [1]; Vladimir Golschmann [2-5, 7]
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Glenn Gould (Piano); Charles Libove (Violin) [2, 5]
Sony		Apr 1957 [1]; May 1958 [5]; May 1967 [3, 7]; Feb 1969 [2, 4]	2-CD / TT: 107:50
Recorded at 30^th Street Studio, New York City, NY, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [1, 4, 5] \| Amazon.com [1, 4, 5] \| Amazon.com [2, 3, 7] \| Amazon.com

O-5	Glenn Gould plays Bach, Vol. 2
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 [10:19] Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 [21:28] Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 [25:21] = [K-16]
BWV 1056: Nicholas Goldschmidt BWV 1050: Paul Paray
BWV 1056: CBC Symphony Orchestra BWV 1050: Detroit Symphony Orchestra/
All: Glenn Gould (Piano) BWV 1050: Misha Mishakoff (Violin), Albert Tripton (Flute)
Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS-6643		BWV 1056: Sep 11, 1957 BWV 1050: Oct 13, 1960 BWV 787-801: Mar 15, 1955	CD / TT: 57:33
Recorded in Toronto, Canada [BWV 1056]; Detroit, Michigan, USA [BWV 1050]; Toronto, Canada [BWV 772-801]. Buy this album at: IDIS CD (2012): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

O-3	Glenn Gould Live in Leningrad 1957
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 []
Conductor: Ladislav Slovak
Orchestra: Leningrad Conservatory Academic Symphony Orchestra
Glenn Gould (Piano)
Sony		1957	CD / TT:
Recorded at the Grand Auditorium of the Leningrad Goverment Philharmonic, Leningrad, USSR. Other work: by Lv. Beethoven. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

O-4	Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, 1960-1970 [O-3] Clenn Gould in Salzburg [Price-Less] [O-3] J.S. Bach: Piano Concert BWV 1052 – Goldberg Variations [Urania] [O-3] The Young Glenn Gould: Bach: Concerto BWV 1052/Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 37 [Cedar] [O-3] Bach-Beispiele [Orfeo D’Or] [T-5] [O-3]
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 [20:03 / 19:42 / 19:48 / 20:19]
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
Glenn Gould (Piano)
RCO Live 5001 Price-Less 15119 Urania URN-22.344 Cedar Orfeo D'Or 6		Aug 10, 1958	14-CD / TT: 1044:50 CD / TT: 71:28 CD / TT: 75:25 CD / TT: CD / TT: 75:26
Buy this album at: Recorded live at Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria. RCO 14-CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Price-less CD: Amazon.com Urania CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de \| Amazon.de Urania Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.de Cedar CD: Amazon.com Orfeo D’Or CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

Box Sets

B-1	Glenn Gould Plays Bach [Box Set]
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Glenn Gould (Piano)
Sony		12-CD / TT:
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (May 2006 - February 2013)
Thanks to contributors: Matthias Hansen (June 2007), Daniel Moerner (December 2011), Teri Noel Towe (April 2007, December 2008)

Glenn Gould: Short Biography | Recordings of Instrumental Works | Recordings of Vocal Works
General Discussions: Part 1
Reviews of Instrumental Recordings: Bach's Toccatas for Harpsichord from Watchorn & Troeger (3 Parts)
Discussions of Instrumental Recordings: French Suites BWV 812-817 - played by G. Gould | Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by G. Gould

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