Forty years ago, on 2 September 1982 – the year of Michael Jackson's Thriller and Steven Spielberg's E.T. – Glenn Gould's legendary second recording of the Goldberg Variation closed a circle that his revolutionary 1956 recording of Bach's masterpiece had opened. While his first recording is the exuberant, fast-paced work of a 22-year-old pianistic prodigy, his second is the measured, richly detailed interpretation of an experienced studio artist. just five weeks later, the Canadian pianist died unexpectedly, leaving the world a masterpiece of recording art that – awarded two GRAMMYs – is still one of the most listened to classical albums worldwide.
Across 11 CDs, the set includes the double GRAMMY-winning final release as well as everything committed to tape during the 1981 sessions, restored from the original ¼-inch analogue tapes and mastered using 24 bit/96 kHz technology. as well as the takes themselves, the session recordings include Gould and the producers' conversations, all of which are transcribed in a 216-page hard-cover coffee-table book which also contains an annotated score, extensive documentation and facsimiles as well as illuminating articles about the recording process – including the recollections of Richard Einhorn, one of the producers who worked with Gould on the recording.
With over 8 hours of previously unreleased music and talks, the listener gets an insight into the making of one of the best-selling classical albums in the world. When Glenn Gould recorded his first version of the Goldberg Variations in 1955, it was at a time when analogue tape material was comparatively expensive, and so the recording focused mainly on individual takes. it was completely different in 1981 : the digital recording process had only just been introduced, and so in addition to the digital recording devices, a set of analogue tape machines also ran at the same time, which generously documented Gould's working process.
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For the first time, the listener can accompany the great Gould on his journey to the final version of his Goldberg Variations, to take part in Gould's discussions and reflections and thus to experience the creation of a masterpiece in the studio up close.
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Glenn Gould
Plays
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
The Complete Unreleased
1981 Studio Sessions
The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Tracks
Cd. 1
1 Aria [take 1] 2:59
2 "A great take" 0:54
3 Var. 1 [take 1] 1:13
4 "Slightly too fast in relation to the Aria" 0:58
5 Var. 1 [take 2] 1:14
6 "I'd like to do one more time, please" 1:10
7 Var. 1 [take 3] 1:15
8 "I keep forgetting to get the soft pedal" - [Cue - Short false start - Long false start] 1:46
9 Var. 1 [take 4] 1:14
10 "Now, that sounded great, boy" - [Wrong feed] 2:25
11 Var. 2 [take 1] 0:50
12 "Not a bad take - "Glenn, would you mind doing it again for us ?" 1:45
13 Var. 2 [take 2] 0:50
14 "Damn it, there was a missed note just at the end" - [Var. 2 take 3 (' b) - False start] 1:17
15 Var. 2 [take 4] 0:50
16 "There was a 'wow' at the beginning of the second half" 0:49
17 Var. 2 [take 5] 0:50
18 "The first half was not good" [Anouncement take 6 ('b) - "Video wasn't ready" - take 7 (') false start] 1:40
19 Var. 2 [take 7] 0:51
20 "Okay ? - "That is great ! - Okay... come and listen to some of this." 0:57
21 Var. 3 [take 1 (B) Cut off] 0:13
22 "Again, please" 0:27
23 Var. 3 [take 2 (B) - Cut off] 0:25
24 "I Don't like it. Once again, please" 0:32
25 Var. 3 [take 3] 1:36
26 "I tried the fast version" 0:42
27 Var. 3 [take 4] 1:35
28 "How about that ? - Fantastic, fantastic !" [Preparation for next take] 0:57
29 Var. 4 [take 1] 0:51
30 "I forgot to put in a ritard. Dammit" - [Discussion - take 2, 3 and 4 (b) all cut off] 2:05
31 Var. 4 [take 5] 0:54
32 "Tremendous. - There I heard a note that wasn't quite bang on, again." 0:44
33 Var. 4 [take 6] 0:52
34 "Okay, we got a choice. Shall we take a look ?" [Preparation for next take] 0:34
35 Var. 6 [take 1] 0:19
36 "Sorry, I'm very sorry, Glenn" - [take 2 (b) - Cut off] 0:25
37 Var. 6 [take 3] 0:44
38 "Not bad" - [take 4 (b) - cut off] 0:41
39 Var. 6 [take 5 - Left channel drop out] 0:42
40 "That had loads of character. I messed up one of the stretti" 0:41
41 Var. 6 [take 6] 0:43
42 "How about that ? - That's fabulous" - [Preparation for next take - take 1 - 2 false starts] 0:49
43 Var. 7 [take 1] 1:21
44 "A wrong note near the end. But that was a very beautiful take" 0:39
45 Var. 7 [take 2] 1:19
46 "That was a hell of a good take" - [Preparation for next take] 0:29
47 Var. 9 [take 1 (B) - cut off] 0:17
48 "Oh, merde. take 2, please" 0:08
49 Var. 9 [take 2] 1:04
50 "Not a bad take. It was a wrong note in the first half" 0:25
51 Var. 9 [take 3] 0:22
52 "Sorry, I forgot the legato" 0:13
53 Var. 9 [take 4] 1:03
54 "Also a good take" - [take 5 (b)] - "Let me just play the end of seven." 0:51
55 Var. 9 [take 5] 1:01
56 "We got lots of choice." - [Improvisation - Preparation for next take] 1:31
57 Var. 10 [take 1] 1:06
58 "There was a wrong note" - [Preparation for next take] 1:06
59 Var. 10 [take 2] 1:06
60 "I Seem to be incapable of doing..." - [Rehearsal - Preparation for next take] 2:11
61 Var. 10 [take 3] 1:06
62 "A sloppy trill at the end" - [Preparation for next take] 1:11
63 Var. 10 [take 4] 1:06
64 "This was gorgeous - Yeah. That's it, that's it !" 0:42
65 Var. 10 [take 5] 1:05
66 "Too many little things" - [take 6 (')] 1:00
67 Var. 10 [take 6] 1:05
68 "Very good things. I have one trill that wasn't good" - [take 7 ('') - Various false starts] 1:31
69 Var. 10 [take 7] 1:06
70 "Also very good" 0:50
71 Var. 10 [take 8] 0:59
72 "Oh shit, it was going very well until then" - [take 9 - Cut off - Preparation for next take] 0:50
73 Var. 10 [take 9] 0:14
74 "Sorry, sorry..." 0:45
75 Var. 10 [take 10] 1:05
76 "We got lots of choice, Bruno." 0:17
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Cd. 2
1 [Rehearsal - Var. 11 - 2nd half - Preparation for next take - 2 false starts] 1:22
2 Var. 11 [take 1] 0:54
3 "I hope you got that" 0:32
4 Var. 11 [Insert 1 take 1 (bar three) ('')] 0:12
5 "That got it for the bar only" 0:20
6 Var. 11 [Insert 1 take 2 (''')] 0:17
7 "I'm not sure if the tempo was quite right on that one" 0:23
8 Var. 11 [Insert 1 take 3] 0:53
9 "Well, we've got the first two" 0:35
10 Var. 11 [Insert 1 take 4] 0:08
11 "That felt great" 0:21
12 Var. 11 [Insert 2 take 1 (for bars 21 & 22) ('')] 0:13
13 "We got the spot" - [Rehearsal - Improvisation] 1:00
14 Var. 11 [Insert 2 take 2] 0:10
15 "How about that one" 0:44
16 Var. 11 [Insert 2 take 3] 0:18
17 "Shit... Okay, well we got..." 0:26
18 Var. 11 [Insert 3 take 1] 0:07
19 "Haaah ! But it got the real spot, right ?" 0:27
20 Var. 11 [Insert 3 take 2] 0:10
21 "That, I don't know about the level" 0:29
22 Var. 11 [Insert 3 take 3] 0:09
23 "Alright, Glenn, we're one Db over now." 0:29
24 Var. 11 [Insert 3 take 4 (''')] 0:12
25 "Now, Glenn, I'm sorry, we're down a little bit again" 0:26
26 Var. 11 [Insert 3 take 5] 0:09
27 "I don't like the feel of the line" 0:49
28 Var. 11 [Insert 3 take 6 (''''')] 0:19
29 "You would like to turn on some more lights out here" 0:57
30 Var. 11 [Insert 3 take 7 (''')] 0:16
31 "Not very smooth. One more time" 0:33
32 Var. 11 [Insert 3 take 8 (''')] 0:17
33 "Once more" 0:20
34 Var. 11 [Insert 3 take 9] 0:07
35 "The last bar was no good" - [Rehearsal Var. 12] 1:13
36 Var. 12 [take 1] 1:32
37 "Bruno, there are a couple of wrong notes" 1:03
38 Var. 12 [take 2 B] 0:18
39 "Sorry. it was going well until" 0:28
40 Var. 12 [take 3 b] 0:09
41 Rehearsal - "Oh boy, great. Better have another feed." 0:40
42 Var. 12 [take 4 B] 0:29
43 "Sorry, once again" 0:49
44 Var. 12 [take 5 B] 0:54
45 "Sorry, this is a very tough piece" - [False start] 0:38
46 Var. 12 [take 6] 1:35
47 "Rather interesting, too." 0:51
48 Var. 12 [take 7 B] 0:19
49 "Again, please" 0:22
50 Var. 12 [take 8] 1:39
51 "One note missing at the end, but very good." 0:36
52 Var. 12 [Insert 1 take 1] 0:08
53 "Once more, please, with the same feed." 0:25
54 Var. 12 [Insert 1 take 2] 0:11
55 "How were the levels, Sam ?" 0:35
56 Var. 12 [Insert 1 take 3] 0:12
57 "Looked good, looked very good" 0:33
58 Var. 12 [Insert 1 take 4] 0:12
59 "Okay ? - Okay, good" - [Preparation for next take] 0:47
60 Var. 13 [take 1] 2:44
61 "Once more, please ! - [Rehearsal] 1:25
62 Var. 13 [take 2 B] 2:18
63 "Oh shit ! I was so good !" 0:33
64 Var. 13 [Insert 1 take 1 (Not listed in tape sheet !)] 1:23
65 "How about that ?" - [Preparation for next take - false start] 1:20
66 Var. 13 [take 3] 2:31
67 "I don't know if this is deliberate or not" 0:59
68 Var. 13 [take 4] 2:39
69 "How about that." - [Rehearsal] 1:00
70 Var. 14 [take 1] 1:07
71 "Not bad. about three wrong..." 1:01
72 Var. 14 [take 2] 1:01
73 "With a fix for the last two bars" 0:36
74 Var. 15 [take 1] 5:05
75 "This is glorious, Glenn." - [Preparation for next take] 0:43
76 Var. 15 [take 2] 4:43
77 "I think there was some conversation here" 1:10
78 Var. 15 [take 3] 5:04
79 "How about that ? Can we come... can we look at that ?" 0:09
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Cd. 3
1 [Preparation for next take] 1:21
2 Var. 16 [take 1] 1:39
3 "The first half was terrific" 0:58
4 Var. 16 [take 2 b - Cut off] 0:10
5 "Once again" - [Improvisation on J. S. Bach - Sarabande (from Partita n° 6, BWV 830)] 1:24
6 Var. 16 [take 3] 1:39
7 "The first half was no good" - [Preparation for next take] 1:11
8 Var. 16 [Part. II take 1 B] 0:29
9 "Oh shit, it was going well" 0:29
10 Var. 16 [Part. II take 2] 0:35
11 "A wrong note got in there" - [Preparation for next take] 1:26
12 Var. 16 [Part. II Insert 1 take 1 B] 0:15
13 "Once again" 0:24
14 Var. 16 [Part. II Insert 1 take 2 B] 0:10
15 "I keep doing that. Dammit !" 0:33
16 Var. 16 [Part. II Insert 1 take 3] 0:31
17 "There was a wrong note, but I think we can fix it !" 0:29
18 Var. 16 [Part. II Insert 1 take 4] 0:34
19 "How about that ? - That was absolutely clean" - [Preparation for next take] 1:10
20 Var. 17 [take 1 - Cut off] 0:36
21 "Oh shit... the first half was good" 0:29
22 Var. 17 [take 2 B - [Cut off] 0:42
23 "Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha" - [2 false starts] 0:49
24 Var. 17 [take 3] 0:55
25 "How about that for a second ? - Glorious !" 0:45
26 Var. 18 [take 1 B - Cut off] 0:40
27 "Too many things" - Strike the ladder - [Preparation for next take - false start] 2:10
28 Var. 18 [take 2 B - Cut off] 0:50
29 "Too many little things." 0:27
30 Var. 18 [take 3 B - Cut off] 0:34
31 ? "Shit ! I was doing wrong." [Rehearsal (Waiting for video team)] 1:57
32 Var. 18 [take 4] 1:04
33 "How about that ? - Great, absolutely perfect !" - [Discussion] 1:30
34 Var. 18 [take 5 B - Cut off] 0:14
35 "Again, please" - [false start] 0:31
36 Var. 18 [take 6] 1:07
37 "I don't like the take particularly" 0:22
38 Var. 18 [take 7] 1:04
39 "Okay, I still want to look at that one two back" 0:57
40 Var. 18 [take 8 - Cut off] 0:49
41 "Too many little things, but it was so good" 0:28
42 Var. 18 [take 9] 1:08
43 "One note was not quite right in" - [false start] 0:44
44 Var. 18 [take 10] 1:04
45 "How about that ? - Perfect !" - [false start] 0:41
46 Var. 8 [take 1] 0:54
47 "You buy about three wrong notes" 1:06
48 Var. 3 [(Remake) take 1 B - Cut off] 1:08
49 "Sorry, sorry, Glenn. I'm very, very sorry" 1:17
50 Var. 3 [(Remake) take 2 ('' b) 2 false starts - Cut off] 0:16
51 "Sorry, sorry, Glenn. Would You ? - Yeah" 0:33
52 Var. 3 [(Remake) take 3] 1:34
53 "How was that ? - That was glorious !" - [2 false starts] 1:10
54 Var. 3 [(Remake) take 4] 1:33
55 "This was okay" - [Preparation for next take - Wrong feed] 1:10
56 Var. 3 [(Remake) take 6] 1:33
57 "Also very good" - [Gg goes to control room] 0:31
58 Var. 1 [Insert 1 take 1] 0:11
59 "How did that look ?" 0:55
60 Var. 1 [Insert 1 take 2] 0:12
61 "I Thought maybe the level was a little less" 0:23
62 Var. 1 [Insert 1 take 3] 0:11
63 "I want just one more" - [Technical problems with feed] 1:29
64 Var. 1 [Insert 1 take 6] 0:11
65 "It's still a little bit soft" 0:21
66 Var. 1 [Insert 1 take 7] 0:12
67 "Okay, I'm sure one of those is gonna match" 0:27
68 Var. 1 [Insert 1 take 8 ('''')] 0:24
69 "How are we doing ?" 0:29
70 Var. 1 [Insert 1 take 9] 0:12
71 "That's it ! - That's it ? Okay, one more" 0:06
72 Var. 1 [Insert 1 take 10] 0:12
73 "Okay ? We've got a choice" 0:44
74 Var. 2 [Insert 1 take 1] 0:15
75 "How was that ? - It sounded quite nice, Glenn" 0:33
76 Var. 2 [Insert 1 take 2] 0:15
77 "How about that ? - Beautiful" 0:24
78 Var. 2 [Insert 1 take 3] 0:15
79 "I think that was a little closer in mood towards the end" - [Preparation for next take] 0:30
80 Var. 4 [Insert 1 take 1 ('')] 0:31
81 "How did that look ? - It's very good." 0:35
82 Var. 4 [Insert 1 take 2] 0:20
83 "That was a very good" 0:39
84 Var. 4 [Insert 1 take 3] 0:20
85 "Et cetera... How was that ?" 0:18
86 Var. 4 [Insert 2 take 1] 0:08
87 "How was that ?" 0:21
88 Var. 4 [Insert 2 take 2] 0:05
89 "How did that look ? - The level is fine on that, Glenn" 0:42
90 Var. 4 [Insert 2 take 3] 0:05
91 "How was that looking ? - Beautiful." 0:24
92 Var. 4 [Insert 2 take 4] 0:05
93 "I think we got pretty good choice" 0:09
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Cd. 4
1 [Announcement of next take Var. 6 from... Insert 1, for bar 31, take 1] 0:18
2 Var. 6 [Insert 1 take 1] 0:12
3 [Announcement of next take] 0:13
4 Var. 6 [Insert 1 take 2] 0:09
5 "No quite clean at the end" 0:14
6 Var. 6 [Insert 1 take 3 (''')] 0:19
7 "That was a good one" 0:20
8 Var. 6 [Insert 1 take 4 (''''')] 0:38
9 "Not in love with the way I'm doing the endings" 0:14
10 Var. 6 [Insert 1 take 5 (''')] 0:17
11 "I think we've got a very good choice" - [Problems with feed - Rehearsal] 1:28
12 Var. 7 [Insert 1 take ('''')] 0:19
13 "It is very difficult" 0:29
14 Var. 7 [Insert 1 take 2 ('''') - [Gg keeps on playing until mid of second part] 1:15
15 "Okay, the later trills were not good" 0:34
16 Var. 7 [Insert 1 take 3 (With 1 false start)] 0:28
17 "Okay, that one definitely got a very good opening" 0:33
18 Var. 7 [Insert 1 take 4 (''')] 0:16
19 "Okay, we've got the opening for sure" - [Preparation for next take Var. 7, Insert 2, local for bar 8 to 10, take 1] 0:24
20 Var. 7 [Insert 2 take 1] 1:02
21 "That was very good for us" - [Notes on the tape] 1:42
22 Var. 7 [Insert 3 take 1 ('''')] 1:24
23 "A very interesting take" - [Preparation for next take] 0:58
24 Var. 7 [Insert 4 take 1] 0:07
25 "How was that ? - I don't know..." 1:16
26 Var. 7 [Insert 4 take 2] 0:12
27 "Was that too light, also ?" 0:43
28 Var. 7 [Insert 4 take 3] 0:08
29 "Okay, we've got lots of choice there" - [Preparation for next take - Annoucement Insert 5 take 1 (not played) - Improvisation] 1:54
30 Var. 7 [Insert 5 take 2 (b)] 0:10
31 "No good. Once more, please." 0:28
32 Var. 7 [Insert 5 take 3] 0:26
33 "I'm quite confidend that I did the line differently" 0:50
34 Var. 7 [Insert 5 take 4 '')] 0:32
35 "That certainly got the trill." 0:35
36 Var. 7 [Insert 5 take 5] 0:26
37 "I think that was quite good." 0:34
38 Var. 9 [Insert 1 take 1] 0:12
39 "How did that look ?" 0:40
40 Var. 9 [Insert 1 take 2] 0:12
41 "How was that ? - it was very good, but it's still a little too loud" 0:32
42 Var. 9 [Insert 1 take 3] 0:11
43 "I buy that one" 0:35
44 Var. 9 [Insert 1 take 4] 0:31
45 "How about that ? - good, very good !" - [Preparation for next take] 0:30
46 Var. 9 [Insert 2 take 1 (b)] 0:06
47 "I forgot to give you a level test" - [Level test] 1:04
48 Var. 9 [Insert 2 take 2] 0:16
49 "How about that ? - Fine. that's it." 0:31
50 Var. 9 [Insert 2 take 3] 0:15
51 "I think we've got a very good choice there. - Fine." - [Preparation for next take] 0:30
52 Var. 10 [Insert 1 take 1] 0:07
53 "About right ?" 0:31
54 Var. 10 [Insert 1 take 2 (''''')] 0:24
55 "I think several of those..." 0:33
56 Var. 10 [Insert 2 - Soft pedal down - take 1 ('''')] 0:17
57 "That was clean. I don't know, if the levels were any good." 0:14
58 Var. 10 [Insert 2 - Soft pedal down - take 2 (''')] 0:15
59 "Okay - good" - [Level test] 0:36
60 Var. 10 [Insert 2 - Soft pedal up - take 1] 0:06
61 "How was that - I think that's just fine" 0:33
62 Var. 10 [Insert 2 - Soft pedal up - take 2] 0:06
63 "I think that was good - Beautiful." 0:12
64 Var. 10 [Insert 2 - Soft pedal up - take 3] 0:06
65 "That felt good to me." - [Preparation for next take Var. 10, Insert 3, for the last bar, take 1] 0:40
66 Var. 10 [Insert 3 take 1] 0:10
67 "It was okay as long as we just use the last bar itself." 0:25
68 Var. 10 [Insert 3 take 2] 0:10
69 "You know something ? this one is gonna be really tough" 0:26
70 Var. 10 [Insert 3 take 3] 0:11
71 "How did that sound ? - Alright..." 0:16
72 Var. 10 [Insert 3 take 4 (''')] 0:21
73 "I think we got... - that will surely do it." - [Preparation for next take (var. 12, take 1) - Problems with feed] 1:07
74 Var. 12 [Insert 1 take 1] 0:20
75 "The second one was very good." 0:25
76 Var. 12 [Insert 1 take 2 ('''''')] 0:31
77 "I see why I'm doing that funny additional B in the bass" 0:24
78 Var. 12 [Insert 1 take 3 ('') (with 1 false start)] 0:41
79 "That was pretty good" 0:27
80 Var. 12 [Insert 1 take 4 (with 1 false start)] 0:40
81 "That's it." 0:19
82 Var. 12 [Insert 2 take 1] 0:32
83 "No discernible improvement" 0:22
84 Var. 12 [Insert 2 take 2] 0:32
85 "That was very good." 0:20
86 Var. 12 [Insert 2 take 3 (with 1 false start)] 0:43
87 "That was very good, that first half." 0:11
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Cd. 5
1 [Preparation for next take] - This is the Variation 13, for bar 23, Insert 1, take 1 0:28
2 Var. 13 [Insert 1 take 1] 0:44
3 "How about that one ? - I think you got them both" 0:30
4 Var. 13 [Insert 1 take 2 ('')] 1:16
5 "Not as good..." - [level test] 1:18
6 Var. 13 [Insert 2 take 1] 0:16
7 "I'm not sure that that got the right rhythm at all" 0:31
8 Var. 13 [Insert 2 take 2 ('''')] 0:27
9 "Once again, please." 0:23
10 Var. 13 [Insert 2 take 3 ('')] 0:15
11 "Once more." 0:18
12 Var. 13 [Insert 2 take 4] 0:18
13 "I think we got a choice." 0:26
14 Var. 13 [Insert 1 take 3] 0:25
15 "Oh, that has been so well" 0:25
16 Var. 13 [Insert 1 take 4] 0:42
17 "That's good !" 0:31
18 Var. 14 [Insert 1 take 1 ('''')] 0:31
19 "We got it. it was a little timid at first" 0:41
20 Var. 14 [Insert 1 take 2 ('')] 0:22
21 "It was quite good" 0:28
22 Var. 14 [Insert 1 take 3] 0:30
23 "That was great ! it was exactly even." 0:11
24 Var. 14 [Insert 1 take 4] 0:54
25 "Aha ! got everything except the last bar." 1:44
26 Var. 14 [Insert 2 take 1] 0:16
27 "Well I think it bussed a little bit at the end" 0:41
28 Var. 14 [Insert 3 for recording take 1 ('')] 0:14
29 "I Think, that got... - I believe so" 0:23
30 Var. 14 [Insert 3 for recording take 2] 0:08
31 "If we want to cut" 0:20
32 Var. 14 [Insert 3 for video take 1 (''')] 0:21
33 "The last note isn't totally together" - [Discussion] 1:07
34 Var. 14 [Insert 3 for video take 2] 0:06
35 "How was that ? - Fine." 0:16
36 Var. 14 [Insert 3 for Video take 3] 0:09
37 "Okay ? - Good." 0:22
38 Var. 14 [Insert 3 for Video take 4] 0:09
39 "Okay. They've got a choice." 0:44
40 Var. 16 [Insert 1 take 1] 0:16
41 "How were the levels ?" 0:31
42 Var. 16 [Insert 1 take 2] 0:10
43 "Glenn, I'm sorry, that's no good..." 0:41
44 Var. 16 [Insert 1 take 3] 0:49
45 "That was very interesting" - [level test] 0:59
46 Var. 17 [Insert 1 take 1 (''''')] 0:22
47 "Got it, I Think" 0:24
48 Var. 17 [Insert 1 take 2 ('''')] 0:18
49 "Both of those last two got it..." - [Level test - Preparation for next take] 1:28
50 Var. 17 [Insert 2 take 2 (''Aborted)] 0:04
51 "Oh shit, you have to ..." 0:39
52 Var. 17 [Insert 2 take 3 ('''')] 0:18
53 "Oh God, this piece..." - [Rehearsal] 0:23
54 Var. 17 [Insert 2 take 4] 0:04
55 "Oh no, I'm getting..." - [Rehearsal] 0:39
56 Var. 17 [Insert 2 take 5 (''''')] 0:18
57 "That almost got it" 0:23
58 Var. 17 [Insert 2 take 6] 0:08
59 "Got it ! - Good." 0:35
60 Var. 17 [Insert 2 take 7 (''')] 0:13
61 "That got the notes again" 0:24
62 Var. 17 [Insert 2 take 8 (''''')] 0:20
63 "Okay, we got another one" 0:29
64 Var. 17 [Insert 2 take 9 ('''''''''')] 0:26
65 "Ah, shit. We've got it some place in there" - [level test - takes 1 & 2 not played] 2:13
66 Var. 17 [Insert 3 take 3 (''')] 0:25
67 "How was that ? - That was pretty good." 0:26
68 Var. 17 [Insert 3 take 4] 0:14
69 "There was a wrong note towards the end" 0:29
70 Var. 17 [Insert 3 take 5 ('''')] 0:39
71 "Okay, we got two" 0:23
72 Var. 17 [Insert 2 take 10 ('''''''')] 0:14
73 "Give me the Tempo one more time, please." 0:13
74 Var. 17 [Insert 2 take 11 ('''''''''')] 0:24
75 "We got two or three in there..." 0:30
76 Var. 8 [Insert 1 take 1] 0:08
77 "Okay, we got it ?" 0:19
78 Var. 8 [Insert 1 take 2] 0:08
79 "Too much accent on that one" 0:16
80 Var. 8 [Insert 1 take 3] 0:21
81 "Well, we certainly got it" - [Preparation for next take - level test] 0:58
82 Var. 8 [Insert 2 take 1 (')] 0:23
83 "That was very good, for all of it" 0:21
84 Var. 8 [Insert 2 take 2] 0:20
85 "Terrific - We got it." 0:14
86 Var. 8 [Insert 3 take 1] 0:04
87 "One more time, with the feed again" 0:17
88 Var. 8 [Insert 3 take 2 (''''''')] 0:24
89 "I think we got it in all perspective" 0:07
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Cd. 6
1 [Annoucement of next take] 0:10
2 Var. 19 [take 1] 0:58
3 "Once again, please" - [3 false starts] 0:21
4 Var. 19 [take 2 - Aborted] 0:18
5 "Oh God - take three" - [1 false start] 0:25
6 Var. 19 [take 3] 1:00
7 "I want to see both one and three and let's do it again" 0:10
8 Var. 19 [take 4 - Aborted] 0:06
9 "Five" 0:06
10 Var. 19 [take 5] 1:05
11 "I think that's it, Bruno" 0:37
12 Var. 19 [take 6] 1:05
13 "Okay, we've got a choice" 0:28
14 Var. 19 [take 7] 1:05
15 "We got a choice." 0:17
16 Var. 21 [take 1] 2:15
17 "That's the take, folks" 0:36
18 Var. 22 [take 1 (with interruption)] 1:08
19 "Hell of a good take !" 1:22
20 Var. 22 [take 2] 1:06
21 "A low note, the low G was wrong..." 1:12
22 Var. 22 [take 3] 1:07
23 "How about that ? - Bravo !" - [take 4 ('') false starts] 1:20
24 Var. 22 [take 4 (B) aborted] 0:32
25 "Don't like it. One more time" 0:59
26 Var. 22 [take 5 - Aborted] 0:49
27 "That's enough of that" - [Problems with feed - 1 false start] 1:17
28 Var. 22 [Insert 1 Take 1 ('')] 0:50
29 "That got both of them" - [Still problems with feed] 0:46
30 Var. 22 [Insert 1 take 2] 0:44
31 "We got it - I'm sure' - [Prep. for next take - Improvisation - (Var. 23) take 1 ('') 2 false starts] 1:25
32 Var. 23 [take 1] 0:59
33 "How about that ?" - [take 2 (''') false starts] 1:21
34 Var. 23 [take 2] 0:47
35 "Oh shit, it was going very well" - [take 3 (') false start] 0:43
36 Var. 23 [take 3] 0:58
37 "I messed up the last bar..." 0:41
38 Var. 23 [take 4] 0:58
39 "We got another last bar, that but all we got" 0:37
40 Var. 23 [Insert 1 take 1] 0:16
41 "Let's do another one" 0:26
42 Var. 23 [Insert 1 take 2] 0:11
43 "That was very good" 0:23
44 Var. 23 [Insert 1 take 3] 0:10
45 "One more time." 0:23
46 Var. 23 [Insert 1 take 4 ('''')] 0:21
47 "Did I hear some extremeous noise in there ?" 0:35
48 Var. 23 [Insert 1 take 5] 0:10
49 "Once more" 0:20
50 Var. 23 [Insert 1 take 6] 0:10
51 "Okay, we got lots of choice." 0:35
52 Var. 23 [Insert 2 take 1 ('')] 0:19
53 "Damnation" 0:17
54 Var. 23 [Insert 2 take 2] 0:14
55 "Don't know why I go on beyond bar 30" 0:15
56 Var. 23 [Insert 2 take 3 (''')] 0:30
57 "It sort of got it, but it was very timid" 0:41
58 Var. 23 [Insert 2 take 4] 0:17
59 ? "Privid" 1:15
60 Var. 23 [Insert 2 take 5 (') false start)] 0:09
61 "I forgot what I was doing" 0:21
62 Var. 23 [Insert 2 take 6 ('')] 0:28
63 "Okay, that made it sound just awkward enough." 1:15
64 Var. 24 [take 1 (Gg plays into Var. 25 until mid of bar 6)] 2:41
65 "Okay - Thank you, Glenn." 0:39
66 Var. 24 [take 2 (B) Aborted] 1:13
67 "We'll have to do a second half" 0:32
68 Var. 24 [take 3] 1:43
69 Var. 25 [(Coming from previous take)] 6:03
70 "Thank you, Glenn. I think you got both Variations in the can." 0:13
*
Cd. 7
1 [Annoucement of next take - "This is Variation 25, Insert, take 1 (May 13th)] 0:40
2 Var. 25 [Insert 1 take 1] 0:20
3 "How was that, Richard ?"] 0:52
4 Var. 25 [Insert 1 take 2] 0:21
5 "How about that one ? - Perfect" 1:02
6 Var. 25 [Insert 1 take 3] 0:29
7 "Oh God, Bruno, I would love to do another take" 0:57
8 Var. 26 [take 1] 0:53
9 "I knew I was gonna mess up this ending" 0:53
10 Var. 26 [take 2 (B) aborted] 0:17
11 "Sorry, it was going very well" 0:08
12 Var. 26 [take 3 (B) aborted] 0:16
13 "I'm getting a block about it" 0:21
14 Var. 26 [take 4 (B) aborted] 0:16
15 "We may have to run to some other Variation" 0:26
16 Var. 26 [take 5 (B) aborted] 0:17
17 "Yeah, I'm not kidding, folks" 0:08
18 Var. 26 [Take 6 (B) aborted] 0:16
19 "Okay, we will leave this for later" 0:15
20 Var. 26 [take 7] 0:54
21 "We got most of it" 0:42
22 Var. 26 [take 8 (B) aborted] - Announcement "Nine."] 0:11
23 Var. 26 [take 9 (B) aborted] 0:08
24 "Now I'm getting the bug in the first tape right." 0:07
25 Var. 26 [take 10 (B) aborted - Announcement "Eleven."] 0:09
26 Var. 26 [take 11 (B) aborted] 0:08
27 "Yes, we may have to come and look at the one that we finally got through on" 0:16
28 Var. 26 [take 12 (B) aborted] - [Announcement] "This is take thirteen" 0:22
29 Var. 26 [take 13 (B) aborted] 0:18
30 "Let's look at the one that we sort of got through" - [take 14 (')] 0:31
31 Var. 26 [take 14 (B) aborted] 0:12
32 "We got the Two places we wanted and nothing else" 0:30
33 Var. 26 [take 15 (B) aborted] 0:13
34 "Once again, we got the two places we wanted" 0:29
35 Var. 27 [take 1] 1:23
36 "How about that ? - Wonderful, wonderful" - [Announcement] "This is Variation 27..." [take 2 (')] 0:27
37 Var. 27 [take 2 (B) aborted] 0:18
38 "Don't like it. Once again, please." 0:16
39 Var. 27 [take 3] 0:32
40 "I don't like it. Once more." - [Announcement "This will be take 4" (')] 0:30
41 Var. 27 [take 4] 1:23
42 "That was very good, except I had one wrong note about six bars from the end." 0:16
43 Var. 27 [Insert 1 take 1 (''')] 0:11
44 "Could we have you reposition..." 0:07
45 Var. 27 [Insert 1 take 2 (''')] 0:16
46 "I'm sorry." - [Insert 1 Take 3 (') false start] 0:07
47 Var. 27 [Insert 1 take 3] 0:28
48 "Not bad. Let me try one more" - [Insert 1 take 4 (') false start] 0:14
49 Var. 27 [Insert 1 take 4] 0:28
50 "Okay, we've got..." - [1 false start] 0:39
51 Var. 28 [take 1] 1:06
52 "God, that is a silly piece" 1:53
53 Var. 28 [take 2] 1:04
54 "How about that ? - That's lovely" - [into Var. 28 take 3 ('')] 1:07
55 Var. 28 [take 3] 1:04
56 "I kept going on in case I covered something" 0:38
57 Var. 28 [take 4] 1:05
58 "That also covered some things" 0:26
59 Var. 28 [Insert 1 take 1] 0:19
60 "That got the specific thing, I Think." 0:28
61 Var. 28 [Insert 1 take 2] 0:40
62 "Almost got to the third " 1:09
63 Var. 28 [Insert 2 take 1] 0:15
64 "I seem determine to mess up levels". 0:32
65 Var. 28 [Insert 2 take 2] 0:15
66 "We need nothing..." 0:55
67 Var. 28 [Insert 3 take 1 (''')] 0:21
68 "That was pretty good. - Excellent !" 0:19
69 Var. 28 [Insert 3 take 2 ('')] 0:18
70 "Okay ? - Bravo !" 0:33
71 Var. 29 [take 1] 1:05
72 "A Couple of wrong notes, but it got most of the things, Bruno" - [into Var. 29 take 2 (')] 0:39
73 Var. 29 [take 2] 1:04
74 "Sorry, I forgot about the non-connection..." 0:35
75 Var. 29 [Insert 1 take 1 ('')] 0:36
76 Var. 30 [coming from previous take - without take number] 1:35
77 "Thank you very much, this is beautiful" - [into Var. 30 Insert 1 take 1 (')] 0:23
78 Var. 30 [Insert 1 take 2] 0:40
79 "Okay, that's enough." 0:33
80 Var. 30 [Insert 2 take 1 ('')] 0:24
81 Var. 30 [Coming from previous take - without take number - Aborted during repetition of first part] 0:41
82 "Enough of that." 0:58
83 Var. 29 [Insert 2 take 2 (''')] 0:27
84 Var. 30 [Coming from previous take - without take number] 1:32
85 "Once more over Insert 2" 0:45
86 Var. 29 [Insert 2 take 3 ('')] 0:23
87 Var. 30 [Coming from previous take - without take number] 1:33
88 "Okay ? - Thank you, Glenn." 0:19
*
Cd. 8
1 [Announcement] 0:20
2 Aria da Capo [take 1] 3:39
3 "Thank you, Glenn. I think that this is glorious." 1:09
4 Aria da Capo [Insert 1 take 1] 0:14
5 "Don't like the phrasing of it..." 1:34
6 Aria da Capo [Insert 1 take 2] 0:28
7 "Another... I think that was good !" 1:38
8 Aria da Capo [Insert 2 take 1] 2:01
9 "I don't like the last eight bars..." 1:27
10 Aria da Capo [Insert 2 take 2] 1:56
11 "Not bad. - that sounded great !" - [Preparation for next take "This is Var. 20, take 1"] 0:27
12 Var. 20 [take 1] 0:52
13 "I never promised you it's gonna be easy." 0:39
14 Var. 20 [take 2 - Glenn Gould Announces "take three"] 0:11
15 Var. 20 [take 3] 0:29
16 "take four in a moment" 0:11
17 Var. 20 [take 4] 0:52
18 "How about that ? - Great" 0:27
19 Var. 20 [take 5 - Annoucement "take six"] 0:09
20 Var. 20 [take 6 - Annoucement "seven"] 0:13
21 Var. 20 [take 7 - Annoucement "eight"] 0:06
22 Var. 20 [take 8 - Annoucement "nine"] 0:04
23 Var. 20 [take 9] 0:52
24 "It got the last section" 0:35
25 Var. 20 [take 10] 0:50
26 "Unfortunately it had some wrong notes..." 0:17
27 Var. 20 [take 11] 0:50
28 "The first half of that was very good" 0:48
29 Var. 5 [take 1] 0:37
30 "Basically we got the first eight bars and the last eight bars" - "This is Var. 5 take 2 ('')] 0:59
31 Var. 5 [take 2] 0:38
32 "How about that ? it's getting close." 0:45
33 Var. 5 [take 3] 0:37
34 "Almost everything" 0:51
35 Var. 5 [take 4] 0:37
36 "Finally got the first four bars bang on." 0:37
37 Var. 5 [take 5] 0:42
38 "We finally got everything." 0:48
39 Var. 26 [Insert 1 take 1] 0:04
40 "How did that look ?" 0:46
41 Var. 26 [Insert 1 take 2 ('')] 0:13
42 "How about that ? - That looks very close." 0:39
43 Var. 27 [Insert 1 take 1] 0:11
44 "How did that look ? - That looked very good." 0:20
45 Var. 27 [Insert 1 take 2 ('')] 0:15
46 "How was that looking ? - Okay, fine." 0:24
47 Var. 27 [Insert 1 take 3] 0:11
48 "I think we got them" 0:45
49 Var. 27 [Insert 2 take 1] 0:48
50 "We got the second half, too" - [Annoucement "Okay. This is Insert 2, take 2 (not played)] 0:59
51 Var. 27 [Insert 2 take 3 (restart at beginning of 2nd half)] 0:57
52 "That last note keeps defeating me" 0:24
53 Var. 27 [Insert 3 take 1] 0:30
54 "Okay, I think we should come and listen" 1:45
55 Var. 29 [Insert 1 take 1 ('')] 0:19
56 "It was perfect for the bar that we needed" 0:31
57 Var. 29 [Insert 1 take 2] 0:08
58 "That was as clean as anything can be" 1:37
59 Var. 24 [Remake take 1] 0:20
60 "I don't like it too much" 0:40
61 Var. 24 [Remake take 2 ('')] 0:48
62 "Despite one wrong note near the end..." 0:47
63 Var. 24 [Remake take 3 ('')] 0:45
64 "Not quite together at the end" 0:39
65 Var. 24 [Remake take 4] 0:19
66 "Was that any better ?" 1:16
67 Var. 24 [Remake take 5] 0:42
68 "I know that wasn't any better" 0:41
69 Var. 24 [Remake take 6] 0:22
70 "Not good voicing at the end" 0:38
71 Var. 24 [Remake take 7] 0:41
72 "That got it as best as I can possibly do it" 0:34
73 Var. 24 [Remake take 8] 0:40
74 "Well, that had a certain charme..." 0:28
75 Var. 24 [Remake take 9] 0:41
76 "How did that sound ? - That sounded very nice, Glenn." 0:28
77 Var. 24 [Remake take 10 ('''')] 0:29
78 "It's getting silly, I'm gonna try it tomorrow" 0:25
79 Var. 30 [Remake take 1] 0:17
80 "Again - take two" 0:10
81 Var. 30 [Remake take 2] 1:21
82 "Not a bad take - very good." - [into Var. 30 take 3 ('')] 0:36
83 Var. 30 [Remake take 3] 1:23
84 "Okay ? - I liked that one very much, Glenn" 0:19
85 Aria [Remake take 1] 2:56
86 "The piano is hiccuping, I'm afraid." 0:42
87 Aria Remake [take 2] 2:50
88 "A lot of very good things." 0:18
89 Aria Remake [take 3] 3:08
90 "Well, can't do any better under the circumstances it is hiccuping." 0:05
*
Cd. 9
1 "Let me just clean my glasses for a second here." 0:25
2 Aria [2nd Remake take 1 - Aborted] 0:09
3 "Glenn, I'm sorry, we heard, we had noise from outside..." 1:06
4 Aria [2nd Remake take 1 (With restart in bar 25)] 3:11
5 "How was that ? - that's very good, Glenn" 0:32
6 Aria [2nd Remake take 2 (With 2 restarts in bar 21)] 3:32
7 "How about that ? - That's lovely" 0:59
8 Aria [2nd Remake take 3 (With restart in bar 16)] 3:13
9 "That had a beautiful opening" - [2nd Remake take 4 (') false start] 0:52
10 Aria [2nd Remake take 4] 3:09
11 "I cannot do it any better than that." - [Prep. for next take - 1 false start] 1:00
12 Aria [2nd Remake take 5] 3:02
13 "How about that for a stylish aria ?" - [Prep. - 2 false starts] 1:11
14 Aria [2nd Remake take 6] 3:02
15 "How about that ? - that's very fine." 0:44
16 Aria da Capo [Insert 1 take 1] 0:29
17 "How is the tempo ?" 0:35
18 Aria da Capo [Insert 1 take 2] 3:44
19 "How about that ? - that just may be the whole thing." 0:41
20 Var. 25 [Remake take 1 (2 restarts in bar 7 and 1 restart in bar 13) - aborted] 4:06
21 "No, I don't like it." 0:26
22 Var. 25 [Remake take 2] 6:06
23 "How about that ? - that's a very beautiful take, Glenn" 0:43
24 Var. 25 [Remake take 3 (Restart in bar 16)] 5:40
25 "What was the timing on that one ?" - [Announcement Var. 20, Ins 1, take 1 (not played)] 1:11
26 Var. 20 [Insert 1 take 2 (''''''''')] 0:13
27 "Did they look in the right..." 0:58
28 Aria da Capo [Insert into Insert 1 take 2 - take 1 ('')] 1:25
29 "The specific spot was fine..." 1:15
30 Aria da Capo [Insert into Insert 1 take 2 - take 2] 1:07
31 "Okay, I'm not persuaded that the..." 1:03
32 Aria da Capo [Insert into Insert 1 take 2 - take 3 ('')] 1:15
33 "We got them in all shapes" 0:10
*
Cd. 10
1 [Annoucement Var. 25, Insert 1, for bar 7-12, take 1] 0:33
2 Var. 25 [Insert 1 take 1 ('')] 2:21
3 "Until the hiccup this was absolutely gorgeous" 1:05
4 Var. 25 [Insert 1 take 2 ('')] 0:23
5 "I better have another feed." 0:50
6 Var. 25 [Insert 1 take 3 ('')] 1:29
7 "Well, I think we've got it." 0:51
8 Var. 25 [Insert 2 take 1] 0:19
9 "Again, please" - [Rehearsal] 0:57
10 Var. 25 [Insert 2 take 2] 1:24
11 "Oh, Sh.. Well, we got the first one." 1:11
12 Var. 25 [Insert 3 take 1] 2:09
13 "I thought I give you one of the big climax once" 0:48
14 Var. 25 [Insert 3 take 2 ('')] 1:18
15 "That was certainly good at the spot" 0:55
16 Var. 25 [Insert 3 take 3] 1:16
17 "I think that one may turn out to be the one that saves us" 0:45
18 Var. 5 [Insert 1 take 1 (''')] 0:22
19 "That got the hiccup note, too" 0:30
20 Var. 5 [Insert 1 take 2 ('')] 0:16
21 "That certainly felt very close." 0:40
22 Var. 5 [Insert 1 take 3 ('')] 0:21
23 "Okay, you got one till the end" 0:56
24 Var. 24 [Remake Insert for 2nd half take 1 (''')] 0:49
25 "This piano is not made for such things" 1:22
26 Var. 24 [Remake Insert for 2nd half take 2 (''')] 0:49
27 "That had a very good beginning" 0:41
28 Var. 24 [Remake Insert for 2nd half take 3 ('')] 0:46
29 "I think that got it" - [Trouble with feed] 1:09
30 Var. 24 [Remake Insert for 2nd half take 4 (''')] 0:39
31 "Okay, this one was" 0:29
32 Var. 24 [Remake Insert for 2nd half take 5] 0:36
33 "Well, I think the one two back is still it." 0:27
34 Var. 10 [Remake Insert 1 take 1] 0:07
35 "I had forgotten how fast I played it" 0:40
36 Var. 10 [Remake Insert 1 take 2 ('')] 0:12
37 "How did that sound ? - Sounds good" 0:34
38 Var. 10 [Remake Insert 1 take 3 ('''')] 0:21
39 "One more time, please." 0:14
40 Var. 10 [Remake Insert 1 take 4 ('')] 0:11
41 "That got it very, very..." - [Rehearsal - Preparation for next take] 1:21
42 Var. 10 [Remake Insert 2 take 1] 0:07
43 "It sounded good - Fine" 0:34
44 Var. 10 [Remake Insert 2 take 2] 0:05
45 "Okay, we got a choice - very good" 1:52
46 Var. 10 [Remake Insert 3 take 1] 0:08
47 "You know, that felt a little bit fast to me" 0:26
48 Var. 10 [Remake Insert 3 take 2] 0:09
49 "I think one thing you're hearing is ..." 0:32
50 Var. 10 [Remake Insert 3 take 3] 0:08
51 "Very good - Okay ?" - [Annoucement of next take missing] 0:15
52 Var. 10 [Remake Insert 3 take 4] 0:09
53 "Okay, that is as loud as I would have played it" 0:27
54 Var. 14 [Insert 1 take 1 ('''')] 0:13
55 "That's too slow." 0:28
56 Var. 14 [Insert 1 take 2 (''')] 0:11
57 "Some place in there we got it" 0:33
58 Var. 14 [Insert 1 for CBS take 1 ('')] 0:12
59 "You know something, I should have been coming out of 1-4 for CBS" 0:28
60 Var. 14 [Insert 1 for CBS take 2] 0:08
61 "Okay - good" 1:24
62 Var. 25 [Remake Insert 1 take 1] 0:46
63 "Yes, Sam - Yes" 1:30
64 Var. 25 [Remake Insert 1 take 2] 0:43
65 "Okay, I think that one got the thing" 1:10
66 Var. 25 [Remake Insert 1 take 3] 1:03
67 "Okay, I think we have a choice" 0:48
68 Var. 25 [Remake Insert 2 take 1] 0:44
69 "That certainly got what we're looking for" 1:16
70 Var. 25 [Remake Insert 2 take 2 ('')] 2:12
71 "Well, we got another one" 1:31
72 Var. 25 [Remake Insert 2 take 3 ('')] 2:04
73 "How about that ? - a very dramatic ending" 1:04
74 Var. 8 [Remake Insert take 1] 0:14
75 "Believe it or not..." 1:04
76 Var. 8 [Remake Insert take 2 ('')] 0:32
77 "Ya, well, we got the bars again" 0:46
78 Var. 8 [Remake Insert take 3 (''')] 0:41
79 "Ya, I'll do it one more time" 0:37
80 Var. 8 [Remake Insert take 4] 0:30
81 "Not bad, considering I have..." 0:40
82 Var. 8 [Remake Insert take 5 ('')] 0:19
83 "We got the bars, finally we got the bars" 0:38
84 Var. 8 [Remake Insert take 6 (''''''')] 0:58
85 "Okay, between all these things..." 0:35
*
Cd. 11
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
1 Aria 3:04
2 Var. 1 a 1 Clav. 1:10
3 Var. 2 a 1 Clav. 0:49
4 Var. 3 a 1 Clav. Canone all'unisono 1:30
5 Var. 4 a 1 Clav. 0:50
6 Var. 5 a 1 Ovvero 2 Clav. 0:37
7 Var. 6 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Seconda 0:40
8 Var. 7 a 1 Ovvero 2 Clav. 1:16
9 Var. 8 a 2 Clav. 0:53
10 Var. 9 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Terza 0:59
11 Var. 10 a 1 Clav. Fughetta 1:04
12 Var. 11 a 2 Clav. 0:53
13 Var. 12 Canone alla Quarta 1:37
14 Var. 13 a 2 Clav. 2:38
15 Var. 14 a 2 Clav. 1:04
16 Var. 15 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quinta. Andante 5:01
17 Var. 16 a 1 Clav. Overture 1:38
18 Var. 17 a 2 Clav. 0:54
19 Var. 18 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Sesta 1:03
20 Var. 19 a 1 Clav. 1:02
21 Var. 20 a 2 Clav. 0:50
22 Var. 21 Canone alla Settima 2:12
23 Var. 22 a 1 Clav. alla Breve 1:03
24 Var. 23 a 2 Clav. 0:57
25 Var. 24 Canone all' Ottava a 1 Clav. 1:44
26 Var. 25 a 2 Clav. 6:02
27 Var. 26 a 2 Clav. 0:51
28 Var. 27 a 2 Clav. Canone alla Nona 1:21
29 Var. 28 a 2 Clav. 1:03
30 Var. 29 a 1 Ovvero 2 Clav. 1:01
31 Var. 30 a 1 Clav. Quodlibet 1:30
32 Aria da Capo 3:47
*
Glenn Gould - p
Recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York ; April 22-25 & May 12-16 & 29, 1981