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Glenn Gould

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1993 - Symphony no. 6, op. 68 "Pastoral"

1993 - Handel: Harpsichord Sonatas Nos. 1-4; Bach: Preludes & Fugue

1992 - "Eroica" Variations / Variations / Bagatelles

1992 - The Two and Three Part Inventions

1992 - The Glenn Gould Edition: Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Var

1992 - Piano Transcriptions, Symphony no. 5 & no. 6 (1st movement)

1992 - Glenn Gould Plays Contemporary Music

1992 - The Glenn Gould Edition: Mozart Piano Concerto

1992 - The 5 Piano Concertos

1990 - Piano Sonatas, Volume I

1990 - Piano Sonatas, Volume II

1989 - The Piano Sonatas, Volume II

1988 - Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 / Beethoven: Piano Concerto No

1988 - Glenn Gould: W.A. Mozart - L. van Beethoven

1986 - The English Suites / Overture in the French Style

1986 - The Well-Tempered Clavier

1984 - Glenn Gould plays William Byrd and Orlando Gibbons

1983 - Ballades, Op. 10 / Rhapsodies, Op. 79

1982 - Goldberg Variations (1981 recording)

1975 - Johann Sebastian Bach / The Well-Tempered Clavier (Glenn Gou

0 - Glenn Gould at the Cinema

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Toronto, Canada

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Pianist

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1932

Active
--- 1982

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Glenn Herbert Gould (25 September 1932 – 4 October 1982) was a Canadian pianist who became one of the best-known and most celebrated classical pianists of the 20th century. He was particularly renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard music of Johann Sebastian Bach. His playing was distinguished by remarkable technical proficiency and capacity to articulate the polyphonic texture of Bach's music.
Gould rejected most of the standard Romantic piano literature and, after his adolescence, avoided Liszt, Schumann, and Chopin. Although his recordings were dominated by Bach, Gould's repertoire was diverse, including works by Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Brahms, pre-Baroque composers such as Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, and such 20th-century composers as Paul Hindemith, Arnold Schoenberg and Richard Strauss. Gould was well known for various eccentricities, from his unorthodox musical interpretations and mannerisms at the keyboard to aspects of his lifestyle and personal behaviour. He stopped giving concerts at the age of 31 to concentrate on studio recording and other projects. Gould was the first pianist to record any of Liszt's piano transcriptions of Beethoven's symphonies (beginning with the Fifth Symphony, in 1967).
Gould was also known as a writer, composer, conductor, and broadcaster. He was a prolific contributor to musical journals, in which he discussed music theory and outlined his musical philosophy. His career as a composer was less distinguished. His output was minimal and many projects were left unfinished. There is evidence that, had he lived beyond 50, he intended to abandon the piano and devote the remainder of his career to conducting and other projects. As a broadcaster, Gould was prolific. His output ranged from television and radio broadcasts of studio performances to musique concrète radio documentaries about life in the Canadian wilderness.