Forty years ago, on September 2, 1982 - the year of Michael Jackson's Thriller and Steven Spielberg's E.T. - Glenn Gould's legendary second recording of the Goldberg Variations closed a circle that ...

Disc 1: 1. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria 2. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 1 3. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 2 4. Goldberg Variations, BWV ...

The Canadian pianist’s legacy is closely tied to his recordings of one of the great composer’s most complex and ambitious works. In 1955, an unknown, young Canadian pianist arrived at a recording ...

In January 1956, Canadian pianist Glenn Gould made a sensational record debut with J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations. Its sales ...

From the first notes you hear of any performance of J.S. Bach’s “Goldberg Variations,” it is impossible not to think of Glenn Gould’s interpretations. No one could have predicted that his two ...

Few classical recordings have aroused as much fascination as Glenn Gould’s 1981 take on Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations. Gould, whose first major-label recording was a classic 1955 account of the ...

In 1955, a little known Canadian pianist recorded the Goldberg Variations. The album launched Glenn Gould's career and popularized Bach's music.... The Gould That Didn't Glitter: New Box Set Of ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. I know next to nothing about classical music, so I leave it to our ...