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Consort of Musicke by William Byrd & Orlando Gibbons; Sweelinck: Fantasia in D (The Glenn Gould Edition)
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Track Listing
- Fantasy in C major
- A Voluntary
- Pavan and Galliard for keyboard, No 01
- Pavan and Galliard, No 06
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #122642 in Music
- Released on: 1993-06-29
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
A Mystical Extension of the Pianist's Art
Only Glenn Gould, with his effusion of rhapsodic gifts, could effectively create this beautifully austere recording! The application of his genius to these pre-Baroque gems leaves one thunderstruck! The most effective review is to simply implore: Buy This Recording! The choice of pieces is the key, and Gould's abundant mind is everywhere upon them - the Byrd is overflowing, the Gibbons is painted like a mediaeval town, and Sweelinck's Fastasia is at once Stokowskian in urgent intent and regal in repose. There is more than piano playing going on here; Gould rather impersonates this music, so liberated from all confines is the final result. Gould's vision is complete and unutterably right. A perfectly brilliant, absolutely essential recording of which you will never tire.
Gould has never played so sublimely.....Sweelinck is amazing!
These recordings are absolute gems. In fact I daresay nothing like these performances has come before nor will come again. Gould is a genius, and the music he performs is timeless as well as historical. One can listen to this music and be transported to the 16th century, such is the power, beauty and effectiveness of Gould's interpretations. I cannot say enough of Gibbons and Sweelink, these masters are terribly underrated and unheard. Gould's touch is magical, technical virtuosity meets a true anachronistic artist. To the naysayers I say they have ears to ear yet do not hear, or in one ear and out the other. Anyone sensitive to true art will appreciate this music. Gould's performances and the composed music transcends banal quibbles like "he plays it too fast", or "it should be played on a virginal". Long live Byrd, Gibbons, Sweelinck and Gould!
Magnificent music, magnificent interpretation.
Glenn Gould is at his incomparable best on this release of recordings done as early as 1964, just previous to his retirement from the concert stage. If you love Gould, you must own this recording. If you love Tudor music, you will treasure Gould's interpretations.
