Glenn Gould Bach: The Goldberg Variations Columbia Masterworks LP 1956 VG Vinyl

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Glenn Gould
piano

Bach: The Goldberg Variations


Columbia Masterworks ML_5060 1956 LP  (USA)

Bach: The Goldberg Variations is the 1955 debut album of the Canadian classical pianist Glenn Gould. An interpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations (BWV 988), the work launched Gould's career as a renowned international pianist, and became one of the most well-known piano recordings. Sales were "astonishing" for a classical album: it was reported to have sold 40,000 copies by 1960, and had sold more than 100,000 by the time of Gould's death in 1982. By year 2000, the sale of his 1981 recording of the Goldberg Variations exceeded two million copies.

At the time of the album's release, Bach's Goldberg Variations—a set of 30 contrapuntal variations beginning and ending with an aria—was outside the standard piano repertoire, having been recorded on the instrument only a few times before, either on small labels or unreleased. The work was considered esoteric and technically demanding, requiring awkward hand crossing in various places when played on a piano. Gould's album both established the Goldberg Variations within the contemporary classical repertoire and made him an internationally famous pianist nearly "overnight". First played in concert by Gould in 1954, the composition was a staple of Gould's performances in the years following the recording.

Tracklist
A Variations Nos. 1 Through 16 
B Variations Nos. 17 Through 30 

Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Hollywood

Composed By – Bach
Piano, Liner Notes – Glenn Gould

Includes a second 'insert' cover with the continuation of the liner notes on one side and advertisements for Columbia on the other.

12" Vinyl is EXCELLENT (spindle marks, no marks on vinyl), in a hard card printed inner sleeve in a picture sleeve in EXCELLENT condition

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