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Glenn Gould: The Complete Original Jacket Collection - Amazon.com Exclusive

Glenn Gould: The Complete Original Jacket Collection - Amazon.com Exclusive

Glenn Gould: The Complete Original Jacket Collection - Amazon.com Exclusive
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By Glenn Gould

SONY CLASSICS, 2007, Audio CD

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The Glenn Gould Complete Jacket Collection" is presented to mark the brilliant pianist's 75th birthday and the 25th anniversary of his death. It is a fascinating, limited edition: all the artist's LP recordings in the "look and feel" of the original vinyl discs on 80 CDs.

The Canadian Glenn Gould (born in Toronto 25 September 1932 - died there 4 October 1982) was without doubt one of the most important pianists of all time. Even today, the idiosyncratic interpretations and the eccentric personality of the "James Dean of the piano" exert a continuing fascination.

In good time to commemorate the artist's birth 75 years ago on 25 September and his death 25 years ago on 4 October 2007, the Sony Classical label is launching a special project in honour of the double anniversary: "The Glenn Gould Complete Jacket Collection" transfers all the artist's recordings for LP on to 78 CDs, from Glenn Gould's legendary 1955 recording of the Goldberg Variations to piano works by Richard Strauss released posthumously on 4 April 1984, and of course, not one of the brilliant artist's legendary Bach recordings is missed out.

Each of the 60 single and 9 double CDs consists of the exact recordings as first issued on vinyl and looks like a miniaturised form of the original disc: the CDs are in cardboard slipcases in the original design, and the CD itself is designed to look like a LP.

Supplemented by two bonus CDs, the limited "Glenn Gould Complete Jacket Collection" comprises 80 CDs mounted in a high-quality display case with a booklet of more than 240 pages. This booklet contains a new, detailed essay by the German Gould specialist Michael Stegemann on Glenn Gould and the LP recording era along with texts and repertoire details to all recordings in the edition, plus a listing and depiction of the records with reissue dates for repertoire that has appeared before.

The bonus CDs include the last great interview that Glenn Gould gave the American journalist Tim Page in 1981 and an essay on Johann Sebastian Bach and the fugue that Gould recorded in 1972 for a bonus LP. They also feature a number of late recordings that never appeared on vinyl: fragments of the "Italian Album" and Wagner's Siegfried Idyll in its orchestral version — Gould's recording debut as conductor and his last recording of all, made on 8 September 1982 with members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Another rarity is Gould's own film music to George Roy Hill's Slaughterhouse Five from 1972.

Tracks Information
  1. Goldberg Variations, Bwv 988
  2. Piano Sonata's No.30-32
  3. Concerto No.1 In D Minor, Bwv 1052
  4. Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major, Op.19
  5. Sonata No.3 In E Flat Major
  6. Sonata No.10 In C Major, K.330
  7. Fantasia And Fugue In C Major, K.394
  8. Concerto No.1 In C Major For Piano & Orchestra, Op.15
  9. Concerto No.5 In F Minor For Piano & Orchestra
  10. Sonata For Piano, Op.1
  11. Three Piano Pieces, Op.11
  12. Sonata No.3 For Piano, Op.92 No.4
  13. Concerto No.4 In G Major For Piano & Orchestra Op.37
  14. String Quartet No.1
  15. Italian Concerto In F Major & Partita No.1 & 2
  16. 10 Intermezzi Op.76, 116, 117, 119
  17. Concerto No.4 In G Major For Piano & Orchestra, Op.58
  18. The Art Of The Fugue, Bwv 1080 Vol. I Fugues I -Ix
  19. Concerto No.24 In C Minor For Piano & Orchestra K.491
  20. Concerto For Piano & Orchestra, Op.42
  21. Enoch Arden (Tennyson), Op.38
  22. The Well Tempered Clavier, Book I, No.1-8 Bwv 846-853
  23. Partita No.3 In A Minor, Bwv 827 & No.4 In D Major, Bwv 828
  24. Toccata In E Minor, Bwv 914
  25. The Well Tempered Clavier, Book I, No.9-16, Bwv 854-861
  26. Two And Three Part Inventions & Sinfonias No.1-15 Bwv 772-801
  27. Sonata No.5-7, Op.10/1-3
  28. The Well Tempered Clavier, Book I, 17-24, Bwv 846-869
  29. Songs For Voice And Piano Op.1, Op.2, Op.15
  30. Solo Piano Works Op.11, 19, 23, 25, Op.33a & B
  31. Concerto No.5 In E Flat Major For Piano & Orchestra, Op.73 'Emperor'
  32. Fantasy For Violin & Piano Op.47
  33. Ode To Napoleon Bonaparte Op.41 Et Al.
  34. Sonatas For Piano No.8-10, Op.13 'Pathetique', Op.14/1 & 2
  35. Keyboard Concertos No.3, 5 &7, Bwv 1054, 1056 & 1058
  36. Canadian Music In The Xxth Century
  37. Piano Sonata No.1-5, K.279-283
  38. The Well Tempered Clavier, Book Ii, No.1-8 Bwv 870-877
  39. Symphony No.5 In C Minor, Op.67 (Trans. For Piano By F. Liszt)
  40. Concert Drop-Out: Glenn Gould In Conversation With John Mclure
  41. Sonata No.3 In F Sharp Minor, Op.23
  42. Sonata No.7 In B Flat Major, Op.83
  43. Piano Sonata No.6, 7 & 9, K.284, 309, & 311
  44. Keyboard Concerto No.2 & 4, Bwv 1053 & 1055
  45. Piano Sonatas No.8, 14 & 23, Op.13, 27/2 & 57
  46. The Well Tempered Clavier, Book Ii, No.9-16 Bwv 878-885
  47. Variations For Piano, Woo.80, Op.34 & 35
  48. The Well Tempered Clavier, Book Ii, No. 17-24 Bwv 886-893
  49. A Consort Of Musicke Bye William Byrd & Orlando Gibbons
  50. Piano Sonatas No.8, 10, 12 & 13, K. 310, K.330, K.332, K.333
  51. Music From Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five
  52. Piano Concertos No.3 & 5 Bwv 1054 & 1056
  53. Songs For Voice And Piano, Op.3, 6, 12, 14, 48, 2 Lieder Op.Post
  54. Suites For Harpsichord No.1-4, Hwv 426-429
  55. Sonata In E Minor For Piano, Op.7
  56. Premier Nocturne In F Major, Variations Chromatiques
  57. French Suites No.1-4, Bwv 812-815
  58. Piano Sonatas No.11, 15 & 16, K.331, K.533/K.494 & K.545
  59. Fantasia In D Minor, K.397
  60. Piano Sonata No.1-3
  61. Die Meistersinger, Gotterdammerung, Siegfried-Idyll (Piano Trans. By G. Gould)
  62. Piano Sonatas No.16-18, Op.31/3
  63. French Suites, No.5 & 6, Bwv 816 & 817
  64. Overture In The French Style, Bwv 831
  65. Sonatas For Viola Da Gamba & Harpsichord No.1-3 Bwv 1027-1029
  66. Bagatelles, Op.33 And Op.126
  67. Piano Sonatas No.14, 17 & 18, K.457, K.570 &K. 576
  68. Fantasia In C Minor, K.475
  69. The Complete Sonatas For Brass And Piano
  70. Sonatas For Violin And Harpsichord No.1-6 Bwv 1014-1019
  71. English Suites No.1-6, Bwv 806-811
  72. Sonatinas For Piano, Op.67/1-3; 'Kyllikki' 3 Lyric Pieces For Piano, Op.41
  73. Das Marienleben For Soprano And Piano
  74. Toccatas, Bwv 910, 912 & 913
  75. Toccatas Bwv 911 & 914-916
  76. Preludes, Fugues And Fughettas Bwv 895, 899, 900, 902, 924-938, 952, 953, 961
  77. Piano Sonata No.1-3, Op.2/1-3 & No.15 Op.28 'Pastoral'
  78. Works By Scarlatti, C.P.E. Bach, Gould, Scriabin, Strauss & Beethoven
  79. Six Late Piano Sonatas, Hob.Xvi/42, 48-52
  80. Goldberg Variations
  81. 4 Ballades, Op.10; 2 Rhapsodies Op.79
  82. Sonatas No.12 Op.26 & No.13 Op.27/1
  83. Sonata Op.5, 5 Piano Pieces, Op.3
  84. Piano Quintet, Op.44 & Piano Quartet, Op.47
  85. Glenn Gould Discusses His Performances Of The 'Goldberg Variations' W/ Tim Page
  86. Fragments Of Bach's 'Italian Album' & Wagner 'Siegfried Idyll'
Product Details

Title: Glenn Gould: The Complete Original Jacket Collection - Amazon.com Exclusive
Sales Rank: 4441 in Music
Artist: Glenn Gould
Label: SONY CLASSICS, 2007-09-25, Audio CD, 80 Discs
Format: Box set, Limited Edition
Package Dimensions: 10.2 x 5.4 x 5.2 inches, 6.6 pounds

Customer Reviews
excellent Bach and Viennese School but...
If you are looking for good Beethoven or mozart interpretations, search in somewhere else, otherwise, you will be very disapointed. Mr. Gould did not like these composers and his ungangly playing in their works evidence that. Well, nobody is perfect, anyway...   More reviews
Beautiful box.
If you don't have any CDs with classical music yet, but would really have some, then this box is really a wonderful way to start with. Glenn Gould was a genius in his own way with a vanguard attitude to the interpretation of the "holy" works. If you know the pieces well, but never heard the Gould's versions, may be it's…   More reviews
Gould's wonderful legacy
The box, the booklet and everything related to the presentation of this collection is fine. The recordings are complete, with good information provided. The CD sleeves copy those from the original LP recordings. Sadly, as they are much smaller, you can hardly read the back cover original comments. But this is only a minor point. Definitely, this is a must…   More reviews
An Amazing Journey
Having grown up and studied music for a while in Toronto, one can get overwhelmed with people who claim to have known Gould's mother, father, piano technician, teacher or the man himself. Even more than a quarter of a century after his death, people still try to humanize Gould by finding professionals who feel that they are qualified to give him…   More reviews
Get it while you can
Glenn Gould lives up to the sound bite given by George Szell -- "That nut is a genius."
Gould's interpretations are controversial. Some detest his singing along with his playing. Others think he is too mannered, too idiosyncratic in his interpretations, still others regard him as too romantic, especially in his Bach.
However, more than anyone except perhaps Wanda…   More reviews
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