Prepared, shot, and edited over a period of five years from 1976 to 1981, the three-part series Glenn Gould Plays Bach has so far only been seen via the limited parameters of television transmission. Now, for the first time, this testment is made available with a sound and picture reporduction faithful to our original conception.
Glenn Gould's first recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations in 1955 had made his name legendary. This film, shot in New York in April and May 1981, marks his life--as if interpolated between the two peaceful Arias and the two recordings, the one opening, the other closing his career--with a symbol of cyclic perfection.
——Bruno Monsaingeon

在德裔苏联大钢琴家里赫特去世前一年，纪录片导演、小提琴家布鲁诺·蒙桑容（他因拍摄古尔德、梅纽因而成为音乐家纪录片领域内的大师）带着摄制组和传主同起居近一年，其成果是这部纪录片以及一本谈话录《里赫特：笔记与对话》见
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纪录片拍摄得非常朴实，传主本人对着镜头，用俄语讲述他的一生事件和艺术观念。态度和用语相当直率，据说在书中，保留了更多他的“粗话”。