Music : Partitas 4 5 & 6 - 70th Anniversary Edition

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by: Glenn Gould, Bach

: Partitas 4 5 & 6 - 70th Anniversary Edition

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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0696998776821
Format: Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: September 03, 2002
Sales Rank: 53561
Studio: Sony

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Classic...but uneven. Perhaps 4.5 stars.
I've cherished Glenn Gould's Bach Partitas since I first found it from my father's old LP collection many years ago. I've listened to it ridiculosly many times in all formats--cassettes, CDs, and MP3s. (I now always carry it in my iPhone.) Gould's fiendishly exuberant playing is of course classic. He is most successful in Partitas 1 and 4. But his overall playing is uneven, and the recording sound itself is uneven, too. His Sinfonia in Partia 2 is ugly. His Praeambulum in Partita 5 is too fast; Toccata ... Read More

Rating:

- glenn gould at the pinnacle
The most extraordinary Bach interpreter ever, not equalled until Russian pianist Ekaterina Derzhavina. Worth ten times the price.

Rating:

- Glen Gould at his best
A compelling, even thrilling, performance. Satisfying in technical execution and sound engineering.Worthy of listening to over and over again.

Rating:

- Shallow and mechanical
Well, where do I start?

First thing I noticed about some of these recordings is a few arrangements sound a bit shallow and thin. Upon reading the liner notes, my observations were confirmed when I read that Glenn modifies his piano to play more responsively. He does this by "fixing the action - so that it is a shallower and more responsive action than the standard".

For the faster ones, this lends itself in some cases, and in others, you would expect more feeling in the music. ... Read More

Rating:

- ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING!!
The apogee of this recording is the toccata in e--the first movement of the e minor Partita, S. 830.

This is one of the first recordings GG made for Columbia--immediately after the Goldberg Variations in 1955, and made the same year.

Bach's "toccatas" contained three to five episodes generally following this formula: i) the toccata, proper; ii) an adagio or arietta section; iii) a fugue.

Bach's toccata in e consists of i) toccata, introduction; ii) fugue/aria; iii) ... Read More

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