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Johann Sebastian Bach - The Goldberg Variations (1741)
BWV 988, set of an aria and 30 variations for harpsichord
Variations 1-7
Performed by Glenn Gould, Second Edition (1981)

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Gould's first major recording, The Goldberg Variations, came in 1955, at Columbia Masterworks' 30th Street Studios in New York City. Although there was initially some controversy at CBS as to whether this was the most appropriate piece to record, the finished product received phenomenal praise and was among the best-selling classical music albums of its time.[30] Gould became closely associated with the piece, playing it in full or in part at many of his recitals. Another version of the Goldberg Variations, recorded in 1981, would be among his last recordings, and one of only a few pieces he recorded twice in the studio. The 1981 recording was one of CBS Masterworks' first digital recordings. The two recordings are very different: the first, highly energetic and often frenetic; the second, slower and more introspective. In the latter, Gould treats the Aria and its thirty variations as one cohesive piece. There are also two other recordings of the Goldberg Variations. One is a live recording from 1954 (CBC PSCD2007); the other is a live recording from Salzburg in 1959 (Sony SRCR-9500). [Wikipedia]

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Bach: The Goldberg Variations
Glenn Gould
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