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Music : French Suites - 70th Anniversary EditionIn association with Amazon.com List Price: $11.98 Amazon.com's Price: $7.99 You Save: $3.99 (33%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0696998776425 Format: Limited Edition, Original recording remastered Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: September 03, 2002 Studio: Sony Sales Rank: 18945 MPN: 87764 Related Items:
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 Rating: - Glenn Gould Plays the French SuitesBach composed the French Suites, BWV 812 --817, in his late-30s between 1722-1725 while living in Cothen (before his move to Leipzig). The first five of the six suites were written for Anna Magdalena, Bach's second wife. Opinions differ on the "French" character of the suites. They did not receive the name "French" Suites until the mid-1700s to distinguish them from the "English" Suites. The French Suites tend to be shorter than the English Suites and they lack opening preludes. They also are ... Read More Rating:  - Techniq is not enoughUndoubtly Glenn Gould (1932-1982,Canada) was one of the very interesting and important pianists of the 20'th century and also a Bach specialist. His 1955 and 1981 Goldberg Variations recordings are a legend and still a reference. I also like his The Art of Fugue recording(not complete;each selected part was played by both piano and organ). Today, Gould's interpretations are very controversial but sometimes his harpsichord-style-playing gives us delightful moments: Superb techniq, transparent reading, ... Read More Rating: - Goulden BoyThere is no doubt - Bach and Gould make a utopian combination. I have just recently bought this disc and am loving it. Although some may argue about Gould's controversial take on tempo and interpretation, I think he has the right, after his years of devotion to this composer, to be a little elastic. Three cheers for early Gould! Rating: - So many insightsOf all the many French Suite recordings I've heard, in spite of its eccentricities, this is the recording I return to, because every time I hear it, I hear something new and fresh. It has everything - and no other recorded-performer comes anywhere near such understanding, enthusiasm and dancing-qualities. Rating: - realy, really fastGlenn Gould bach is really irregular. I love the three goldbergs (1954, 1981, an live recording in Salzburg), but these French suites are really, very fast, in the first minutes the music sound lively, and pretty, but almost an hour of staccato fast music, It's really like a ta ta ta ta ta ta ta sound. I much more prefer gould playing bach's fugues, he use to be more slow Browse for similar items by category:
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