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Glenn Gould: The Young Maverick

Glenn Gould: The Young Maverick
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Disc 1:

  1. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Aria
  2. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 1 a 1 Clav.
  3. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 2 a 1 Clav.
  4. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 3 a 1 Clav. Canone all� Unisuono
  5. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 4 a 1 Clav.
  6. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 5 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
  7. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 6 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Seconda
  8. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 7 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
  9. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 8 a 2 Clav.
  10. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 9 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Terza
  11. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 10 a Clav. Fughetta
  12. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 11 a 2 Clav.
  13. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 12 Canone alla Quarta
  14. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 13 a 2 Clav.
  15. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 14 a 2 Clav.
  16. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 15 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quinta. Andante
  17. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 16 a 1 Clav. Ouverture
  18. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 17 a 2 Clav.
  19. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 18 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Sesta
  20. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 19 a 1 Clav.
  21. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 20 a 2 Clav.
  22. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 21 Canone alla Settima
  23. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 22 a 1 Clav. Alla breve
  24. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 23 a 2 Clav.
  25. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 24 a 1 Clav. Canone all'Ottava
  26. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 25 a 2 Clav.
  27. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 26 a 2 Clav.
  28. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations. 27 a 2 Clav. Canone alla Nona
  29. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 28 a 2 Clav.
  30. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 29 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
  31. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Variations 30 a 1 Clav. quodlibet
  32. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-�bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Aria da capo
  33. Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 14 in F sharp minor (WTC II/14), BWV 883 (BC L117): Pr�lude
  34. Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 14 in F sharp minor (WTC II/14), BWV 883 (BC L117): Fugue
  35. Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 7 in E flat major (WTC II/7), BWV 876 (BC L110): Pr�lude
  36. Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 7 in E flat major (WTC II/7), BWV 876 (BC L110): Fugue
  37. Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 22 in B flat minor (WTC II/22), BWV 891 (BC L125): Pr�lude
  38. Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 22 in B flat minor (WTC II/22), BWV 891 (BC L125): Fugue
  39. Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 9 in E major (WTC II/9), BWV 878 (BC L112): Pr�lude
  40. Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 9 in E major (WTC II/9), BWV 878 (BC L112): Fugue

Disc 2:

  1. Partita for keyboard No. 5 in G major, BWV 829 (BC L5): 1. Preambulum
  2. Partita for keyboard No. 5 in G major, BWV 829 (BC L5): 2. Allemande
  3. Partita for keyboard No. 5 in G major, BWV 829 (BC L5): 3. Courante
  4. Partita for keyboard No. 5 in G major, BWV 829 (BC L5): 4. Sarabande
  5. Partita for keyboard No. 5 in G major, BWV 829 (BC L5): 5. Menuet
  6. Partita for keyboard No. 5 in G major, BWV 829 (BC L5): 6. Passe-pied
  7. Partita for keyboard No. 5 in G major, BWV 829 (BC L5): 7. Gigue
  8. Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), for keyboard BWV 787-801 (BC L42-56): 1 C major
  9. Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), for keyboard BWV 787-801 (BC L42-56): 2 C minor
  10. Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), for keyboard BWV 787-801 (BC L42-56): 5 E flat major
  11. Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), for keyboard BWV 787-801 (BC L42-56): 14 B flat major
  12. Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), for keyboard BWV 787-801 (BC L42-56): 11 G minor
  13. Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), for keyboard BWV 787-801 (BC L42-56): 10 G major
  14. Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), for keyboard BWV 787-801 (BC L42-56): 15 B minor
  15. Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), for keyboard BWV 787-801 (BC L42-56): 7 E minor
  16. Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), for keyboard BWV 787-801 (BC L42-56): 6 E major
  17. Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), for keyboard BWV 787-801 (BC L42-56): 12 A major
  18. Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), for keyboard BWV 787-801 (BC L42-56): 13 A minor
  19. Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), for keyboard BWV 787-801 (BC L42-56): 3 D major
  20. Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), for keyboard BWV 787-801 (BC L42-56): 4 D minor
  21. Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), for keyboard BWV 787-801 (BC L42-56): 8 F major
  22. Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), for keyboard BWV 787-801 (BC L42-56): 9 F minor
  23. Italian Concerto, for solo keyboard in F major (Clavier-�bung II/1), BWV 971 (BC L7): 1 Allegro
  24. Italian Concerto, for solo keyboard in F major (Clavier-�bung II/1), BWV 971 (BC L7): 2. Andante
  25. Italian Concerto, for solo keyboard in F major (Clavier-�bung II/1), BWV 971 (BC L7): 3. Presto
  26. Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052: 1. Allegro
  27. Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052: 2. Adagio
  28. Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052: 3. Allegro

Disc 3:

  1. Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15: 1. Allegro con brio
  2. Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15: 2. Largo
  3. Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15: 3. Rondo, Allegro scherzando
  4. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19: 1. Allegro con brio
  5. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19: 2. Adagio
  6. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19: 3. Rondo: Molto allegro
  7. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19: 3. Rondo: Molto allegro

Disc 4:

  1. Bagatelles (6) for piano, Op. 126: No. 1 in G major: Andante con moto
  2. Bagatelles (6) for piano, Op. 126: No. 2 in G minor: Allegro
  3. Bagatelles (6) for piano, Op. 126: No. 3 in E flat major: Andante
  4. Bagatelles (6) for piano, Op. 126: No. 4 in B minor: Presto
  5. Bagatelles (6) for piano, Op. 126: No. 5 in G major: Quasi allegretto
  6. Bagatelles (6) for piano, Op. 126: No. 6 in E flat major: Presto - Andante amabile e con moto
  7. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: 1. Allegretto ma non troppo
  8. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: 2. Vivace alla marcia
  9. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: 3. Adagio, ma non troppo, con affetto
  10. Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major ('Grand Sonata'), Op. 7: 2. Largo, con gran espressione
  11. Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49/1: 1. Andante
  12. Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49/1: 2. Rondo. Allegro
  13. Piano Trio in B flat major ('Allegretto'), WoO 39
  14. Piano Trio in D major ('Ghost'), Op. 70/1: 1. Allegro vivace e con brio
  15. Piano Trio in D major ('Ghost'), Op. 70/1: 2. Largo assai ed espressivo
  16. Piano Trio in D major ('Ghost'), Op. 70/1: 3. Presto

Disc 5:

  1. Variations (6) on an original theme for piano in F major, Op. 34
  2. Variations (15) and fugue on a theme from 'Prometheus' for piano in E flat major ('Eroica Variations'), Op. 35
  3. Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37: 1. Allegro con brio
  4. Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37: 2. Largo
  5. Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37: 3. Rondo - Allegro

Disc 6:

  1. Piano Concerto, Op. 42: 1. Andante
  2. Piano Concerto, Op. 42: 2. Molto allegro
  3. Piano Concerto, Op. 42: 3. Adagio
  4. Piano Concerto, Op. 42: 4. Giocoso (Moderato)
  5. Pieces (3) for piano, Op. 11: 1. M��ig
  6. Pieces (3) for piano, Op. 11: 2. M��ig
  7. Pieces (3) for piano, Op. 11: 3. Bewegt
  8. Suite for Piano, Op. 25: 1. Pr�ludium - Rasch
  9. Suite for Piano, Op. 25: 2. Gavotte - Etwas langsam, nicht hastig / Musette - Rascher / Gavotte da capo
  10. Suite for Piano, Op. 25: 3. Intermezzo
  11. Suite for Piano, Op. 25: 4. Menuet - Moderato / Trio / Menuet da capo
  12. Suite for Piano, Op. 25: 5. Gigue - Rasch
  13. Piano Sonata, Op. 1: 1. M��ig bewegt
  14. Variations for piano, Op. 27: 1. Sehr m��ig
  15. Variations for piano, Op. 27: 2. Sehr schnell
  16. Variations for piano, Op. 27: 3. Ruhig flie�end

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #112569 in Music
  • Brand: CBC Products
  • Released on: 2007-11-20
  • Number of discs: 6
  • Format: Box set
  • Dimensions: .52 pounds

Editorial Reviews

Album Description
Glenn Gould exploded onto the Canadian classical music scene in 1956 with his exciting and energetic interpretations of a wide variety of classical standards. In Glenn Gould: The Young Maverick, travel back in time to hear a very young Gould perform classics like Bach's Goldberg Variations and Beethoven's Piano Concertos.

Customer Reviews

The Birth of a Giant5
These recordings all date from the early 1950s when Glenn Gould was between the ages of 18 and 22 and well before he had been discovered by the music world at large. The performances here are taken from live radio broadcasts and thus there is both a sense of spontaneity and a danger of flubbed notes; both those things exist here but the former is by far the more common. As Amazon has not as of the date of this review listed the contents of these 6 CDs, I shall do so.

CD1: BACH: Goldberg Variations - 21 June 1954 (a year before the Columbia disc of the Goldbergs that made Gould a 'star') & four excerpts from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II - February 1954 and October 1952

CD2: BACH: Partita No. 5 - October 1954; Three Part Inventions - March 1955; Italian Concerto - October 1952; D Minor Concerto with the Toronto SO with Sir Ernest MacMillan conducting - March 1955

CD3: BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1, TSO, MacMillan - no date given; Piano Concerto No. 2, TSO, MacMillan - no date given; the Third Movement of PC No. 2, Startime Orchestra, Paul Scherman conducting - no date

CD4: BEETHOVEN: Six Bagatelles, Op. 126 - September 1952; Piano Sonata No. 28 in A, Op. 101, October 1952; Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat, Op. 7 - Largo movement only - October 1952; Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor - October 1952; Allegretto in B flat, WoO39, with Alexander Schneider, vln, and Zara Nelsova, cello - July 1954; Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 'Ghost' - with Schneider & Nelsova - July 1954

CD5: BEETHOVEN: Six Variations on an original theme, Op. 34 - September 1952; Eroica Variations, Op. 35 - October 1952; Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 - CBC Symphony, Heinz Unger, cond. - February 1955

CD6: SCHOENBERG: Piano Concerto, op. 42, CBC SO, Jean-Marie Beaudet, cond. - no date; Drei Klavierstücke, Op. 11 - no date; Suite für Klavier, Op. 25 - no date; BERG: Sonata, Op. 1 - no date; WEBERN: Variations for Piano, Op. 27 - no date

These performances certainly indicate that Gould was a fully-formed artist from the earliest dates here. And all the characteristics of his playing that we learned to appreciate in later years are here if sometimes a bit inchoate. The incredible ability to draw out contrapuntal voices, the détaché playing in Bach, the rhythmic vitality and drive are all here. For those of us who admire Gould these are valuable documents, as well as being satisfying musical experiences.

All these recordings are in mono and the quality of the sound is about average for its time. And just look at the price! Can't be beat.

Strong recommendation for its intended audience.

Scott Morrison

Very very nice4
I am a fan of Glenn Gould and this CD has brought to me some pieces I had never heard from him. A real pity that the Goldberg variations are comboed with the set of CDs, as many fans of Bach and/or Gould already have them in all of their versions.

The Young Maverick1
This purchase was a complete waste. The publication is made up of bits and pieces of video that was not used elsewhere, to make as many dollars as possible from the Glen Gould legend.