Johann Sebastian Bach 155-1750 Aria with 30 Variations “Goldberg Variations” BWV 988 Ara at 3 Veadernge ober ioe ‘Aree 3 vac ane Gabor 1953 Rearend a eee” Aria 2 Varia 1a 1 Clay 5 Vavalo 2a I Cl 2 Yatiatio 5&1 Cla Canone all Unisono 5 Varito 4 21 Clas, ‘© Variato 5 a1 overo 2 Chay 7 Varatlo 6a I Cla, Canone alla Seconda ' Vaiati 7a | oweto 2 Cav. Al tempo di Gige © Varia $22 Cla 4 Variatio 9a I Clay. Canone alla Trea 1 Varaio 10a Cla. Fugheia v2 Vavalo 1 a2 Cv, 1 Varitio 12, Canone alla Quarta 1 Variatio 152 2 Cl 55 Vario 1442 Cav 1 Vaio 151 Cla. Canon alla Quinta in moo cantar, Andante 1 Vavatio 16a I Cla, Ouverine we Yatitio 17 «2 Cy 1 Varatio 18a I Cla. Canone alla Sesta oe a nt 2 Varatio 19 a1 Ch, eae 2 Vavatio 20 2 Cl. vas 2 Varatio 21, Canone alla Settima be 2 Varatio 20 aL Clay. lla breve oan 2 Varatio 25 a2 Chav, ese 2 Vavaio 24 I Cla. Canone alfttava “si 2 Vataio 25 a 2 Civ es 2 Varatio 26 22 Cla o3 2 Vavaio 27a 2 Clv.Canone all Nona eso 2 Vavatlo 28 a2 Cl ut 1 Varatio 28a I ovvero 2 Cla. 10 5 Vavaio 30 1 Cla. Quodibet vs 3 Asia da capo 2 Glenn Gould pass nn 6 eed Sah, Sone Mn 8 7 ses 3 (st 4201 Sony a aa A sed,Just over a dozen years ago, a young Canaan planst made is fst recording for Columbia Masterworks At tat tine he was aot wellknown to United States concert audiences: His ftst appearances in this county bad taken place oly six ‘months eal, in fanuary 195, in Washington, D.C. and later the same month in Neve York City. He was completely unknown to the record market but Columbia Maserworks planned to remedy that station, A recoding session wth the 22yearold pans was planed forthe month af June 1955. Following i @ Columbia Records press release thal was seat out shorty after that historic session ~aelease that graphically caught some ofthe unique qualities of this young musician whose fst recording was to make history and who was soon fo become waa Life magaine called “The Music Words Young Wonder’ June 25,1955, [A GLENN GOULD RECORDING SESSION Columbia Masterworks reurding director and his engineering colleagues are sym: pathetic veterans who acep as pete natural all ats’ studio rituals, les or fances, But even those hardy souls were suprised by the arava of young Canadian planst Glenn Goud and is “recording eglpment” for his fist Columbia sesions. Mt: Gould was fo spend a week recording one of his ce pe ilies, Bach's Goldberg Variations Tt was a balmy June day, but Gould arived in cot, beret, mie and gloves. “Boupment” consisted of the cstomary musi orto, sos batch of towels, large botles of sping wate ive small bales of pil al difeent colors and pe scriptions) and his own spec pian chic ‘Towels it developed, were needed in plenty because Glenn soaks his hands and ams upto the elbows in hot wate for twenty minutes before siting down at the keyboatd procedure which quickly became a convivial group nual; everyone sat sound talking, joking, discussing muse, hterature and so frth whe “soaking” atl spring water asa necesty because Glenn can't abide New York tap swater Pls were for any nummer of reasons ~ headache, reliving tension, main taining good circulation The ai conitoningenginer waked a hard as the man a the recording studio control pane. Glenn is very senstive tothe slightest changes in temperature, so there was constant adjustment af the vas steio air conning sjstem, ‘Bul the callable chai was the Goldberg ube) variation of hem all tsa bridge chai basicaly with each leg adjusted inividuall for height so that Glenn «an lean forward, backward orto ihe side. The studio skeptics Thought this was wacknes ofthe highest order until recording got under way. Then they saw Glenn adjust the nt of his cai before doing his gil incredible crosshand passages In the Variations, leaning in the direction ofthe “ross” The chair was unanimously accepted a a splendid, logical device Gould atthe keyboard was another phenomenon ~ sometimes singing along with his plano, sometimes hovering low over the kes, sometimes playing with ‘ees closed and head flung back The contol 00m audence was entranced, and ‘even the ar conditioning engineer began to develop 2 fondness fr Bach, Bven at record playacks Glenn was in perpeteal motion, conducted rhapsody did ‘eriable lle fo the music For sustenance he munched anowroctbiscus, drank skimmed milk, frowned on the recording crews Heo sandwiches,Altera wee of cording, Glen side was sated with his recording sti, packed up his towels pl and bridge car. He went ound to shake hands with everyone ~ the rsording det, the engineers, the studo man, the at eondton ing engineer Everybody agreed they would mis the cheeril “soaking” sessions, the Gould humor and excitement he pills the spring water “Well said Glenn as he pat on is coal, bee, mur and gloves to venture out no the June ag, "You knaw be back in January” ‘And so he wll Te studio airconditioning engineer is geting ready forthe ‘workout Shor afer the slease of his fst album, Life magazine also noted that Goulds “flores reading of Bachis cull intricate Gong Variations was among te county's bes seling records” The nation’ press agreed: "Wis Goldberg Variations are Bach asthe old master hztel{ must have played with delight in speeding ike the wind jo in squeezing beauty out of exery phrase, and al the reshies ofthe spring water whic hyporhonriac Gould wed to wet his pies” - Time "A new plait sensation” - Baltimore Sun "Gould has sil and imagination he aso has a sharp clear technique tha enables him to tos ofthe contrapuntal intreaces of the wring with no apparent er. ‘Gould senses he romantic inthe muse an its piercing harmonies, and be lays tas musi, nol asa museum piece” ~ New York Times “Inti his debut recording, he demonstates is enormous technical and musi talents to a faethe well Whats mor, he has tase and temperament... Has off, gntlemen; make way for an ats who has few peers even a ths easly point Ini te” ~ American Record Guide “A temaskable peviormanc, Everything is beaufally phrased, and even the ‘most contrapuntal sections are cleanly and early articulated ~ High Fidelity “Few pianists ply the instrument so beautifully s lovingly, so mscanly a man ner and with such regard for ils real nature and its enormous Tierature. Glenn Gould ea pianist with rare gil forthe word... We know no Pianist anything ike him of any age" ~ Washington Post Times Heald