Glenn Gould - Hereafter
The weird and the wonderful sides of Gould – and the weird wins out here
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Composer or Director: Glenn Gould, Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Carl Maria von Weber, Arnold Schoenberg, Jean Sibelius, Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Orlando Gibbons, Sergey Prokofiev, Paul Hindemith, Domenico Scarlatti, Fryderyk Chopin, (composers) Various, Johannes Brahms
Genre:
Instrumental
Label: Ideale Audience
Magazine Review Date: 11/2006
Media Format: Digital Versatile Disc
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Stereo
Catalogue Number: DVD9DM20

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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(20) Visions fugitives, Movement: No. 2, Andante |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Glenn Gould, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
(3) Pieces, Movement: No. 2, Intermezzo in B flat minor |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Glenn Gould, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer |
Goldberg Variations, Movement: Aria |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Glenn Gould, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
Goldberg Variations, Movement: Variation XV (Canone alla Quinta in moto contrario |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Glenn Gould, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(6) Partitas, Movement: No. 5 in G, BWV829 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Glenn Gould, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5, 'Emperor' |
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Glenn Gould, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 |
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Glenn Gould, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer |
Rondo capriccioso |
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Glenn Gould, Piano |
National Anthems, Movement: GREAT BRITAIN: God save the King/Queen (Anon) |
(composers) Various, Composer
(composers) Various, Composer Glenn Gould, Piano |
Lieberson Madrigal |
Glenn Gould, Composer
Glenn Gould, Composer Glenn Gould, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: A minor, Op. 10/2 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Glenn Gould, Piano |
National Anthems, Movement: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: The star-spangled banner Smith/Key) |
(composers) Various, Composer
(composers) Various, Composer Glenn Gould, Piano |
Symphony No. 5 |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer Glenn Gould, Piano |
Cantata No. 54, 'Widerstehe doch der Sünde', Movement: Aria: Widerstehe doch der Sünde (A) |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Russell Oberlin, Alto |
Pavan and Galliard in A minor, 'Lord Salisbury' |
Orlando Gibbons, Composer
Glenn Gould, Piano Orlando Gibbons, Composer |
Sonata for Piano No. 3 |
Paul Hindemith, Composer
Glenn Gould, Piano Paul Hindemith, Composer |
Sonatas for Keyboard Nos. 1-555, Movement: F minor (L475) |
Domenico Scarlatti, Composer
Domenico Scarlatti, Composer Glenn Gould, Piano |
(15) Variations and a Fugue on an original theme, 'Eroica' |
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Glenn Gould, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer |
Sonata for Piano No. 30 |
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Glenn Gould, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer |
Konzertstück for piano and orchestra |
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer Glenn Gould, Piano |
(Die) Kunst der Fuge, '(The) Art of Fugue' |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Glenn Gould, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(6) English Suites, Movement: No. 1 in A, BWV806 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Glenn Gould, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(3) Sonatinas for Piano, Movement: F sharp minor |
Jean Sibelius, Composer
Glenn Gould, Piano Jean Sibelius, Composer |
Sonata for Piano No. 6 |
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Glenn Gould, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer |
Fantasia and Fugue |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Glenn Gould, Piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Sonata for Piano No. 11 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Glenn Gould, Piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
String Quartet |
Glenn Gould, Composer
Glenn Gould, Piano Glenn Gould, Composer |
Phantasy |
Arnold Schoenberg, Composer
Arnold Schoenberg, Composer Glenn Gould, Piano Yehudi Menuhin, Violin |
Elektra |
Richard Strauss, Composer
Glenn Gould, Piano Richard Strauss, Composer |
Siegfried Idyll |
Richard Wagner, Composer
Glenn Gould, Piano Richard Wagner, Composer |
Author: Bryce Morrison
Gould’s early retirement from concert-giving and his decision to devote himself exclusively to recording is castigated by Menuhin, for whom the live concert is sacred. For Gould a mosaic of takes, often extending over many years, was a musical ideal, the result an “event” of permanent and defiant importance. Detesting audiences (“a source of poison”), he disdained human warmth and communication outside the studio, though later we see him singing and gesticulating before a startled herd of elephants.
True, there are valuable previously unavailable examples of Gould’s playing, with dazzling flights through Chopin (the second Etude), Weber and Hindemith, but the overall impression is of true genius diluted by perversity. As for Gould’s recorded legacy, it provides a no less bewildering mix of the eccentric and the transcendental. For one critic his reading of Beethoven’s Op 109 Sonata was “hysterical, sentimental, a shambles without real stature”, but for others such oddity was spirited away in a cloud of incense.
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