Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Glenn Gould’s legendary Goldberg Variations Glenn Gould Remastered – The Complete Album Collection refurbishes Gould’s complete approved studio recordings using state-of-the-art Direct Stream Digital® (DSD) transfer and 24 bit/96 kHz mastering technology in a 81 CDs limited edition. The 416 pages book includes complete original liner notes (many penned by Gould himself), a wealth of facsimile documents, rare photographs, full discographical information, and a newly commissioned introductory essay by Gould scholar and biographer Kevin Bazzana. In 1955 Glenn Gould signed his exclusive contract with Columbia Masterworks, and remained with the label until his untimely death in 1982. Gould’s first release, Bach’s Goldberg Variations, released in January 1956, took the music world by storm, and immediately established the 22-year-old Canadian pianist as one of the most brilliant, original, charismatic and provocative classical performers of his time. Born in Toronto on September 25, 1932, Gould studied at first with his mother, and subsequently with Alberto Guerrero at the Toronto Conservatory of Music. He began concertizing as a teenager, while his first CBC radio recital in 1950 launched his “love affair with the microphone”. By his late teens Gould’s artistic persona was fully formed. Right at the start he favored unusual programs, with Bach, Byrd, Gibbons, Sweelinck, Haydn and Beethoven on one side, Schoenberg, Berg, Webern and Hindemith on the other, broaching the Romantics selectively. In 1957 Gould became the first North American to perform in the Soviet Union since World War II. After less than a decade of international concertizing, Gould retired from the stage at 31 in 1964 to focus on recording, television work, creating innovative radio documentaries, and writing articles and essays. Few pianists are so easily identifiable as Gould, whose rhythmic acuity, breathtakingly clean articulation and scintillating technical aplomb still leave a formidable individual imprint, from his brashly controversial Mozart Sonata cycle and spacious Brahms Intermezzi to his fiercely committed 20th-century music interpretations and, of course, his bracing, joyous and highly influential Bach.

Glenn Gould (piano)

Glenn Gould (piano), Jaime Laredo (violin) & Leonard Rose (cello)

从六十年代到七十年代，加拿大钢琴家格伦·古尔德在加拿大广播公司制作了一系列广播剧，开始是传统形态的广播剧，如广播剧《卡萨尔斯》和《斯托科夫斯基》。之后，古尔德不再满足于旧有套路，开始实验在广播中加入复调元素。在1967年问世的《北方观念》中，三个人声编织成一首叙述赋格。《北方观念》和其后问世的两部广播剧关注普通人，探讨地域环境对孤独心理的影响，史称“孤独三部曲”，在广播史上占有重要地位。该系列也是古尔德的创作抱负在演奏和作曲领域无法充分施展后的另一种流露。

Concerto no. 1, BWV 1052
Concerto no. 4, BWV 1055
Concerto no. 5, BWV 1056
Bonus tracks: Italian concerto, BWV 971
Concerto in D minor, BWV 974.

Ludwig van Beethoven - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.3 C Minor op.37
1. Allegro con brio
2. largo
3. Rondo (Allegro)
Jean Sibelius - Symphony No.5 E-Flat Major op.82
4. Tempo molto moderato - Largamamente - Allegro moderato
5. Andante mosso
6. Allegro molto