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Music : Art of the Fugue - 70th Anniversary EditionIn association with Amazon.com List Price: $11.98 Amazon.com's Price: $10.99 You Save: $0.99 ( 8%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0696998775923 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: 19412 MPN: 87759 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Gould - Master interpretation of BachGould playing Bach? Need I say more? Beautiful and sublime.....Love these interpretations. Wondering why Glenn's own written liner notes were not posted on this CD. He normally included this, unless this was not an official release at the time. I am sure someone can comment on this. Rating: - The UlimateThis Art of Fugue is simply the best there is--Gould was born to play Bach and after having heard many different versions, nothing comes close to his performances in my opinion. Clear, compelling, natural, lyrical and musical. The combination of Gould on the organ playing Art of Fugue makes this a force of nature in all it's varieties--beautiful, powerful, delicate, searching. Rating: - Amazing, terrible, profound...Gould's final performances of the Art of the Fugue - particularly the final, unfinished Contrapunctus XIV - are absolutely stunning. They are probably as close to divine as music can aspire. His earlier attempt to master Bach's monumental work is on organ and it is a shocker - the first 10 tracks of this cd are worthy as a curio or for the perverse. But the last half of the album redeems the organ catastrophe and then some. Listen to the last fugue and realise that even ... Read More Rating: - Genius at workIt was not until recently thay I new of Glenn Gould I am sorry to say.I saw his trip to Russia and what the Russians thought of him.I have never heard anyone play like him!Every month I add something more to my collection!Since I am retired I spend a great deal of time in my workshop and listen to Glenn all day as I work.It seems like the notes from his playing just fill the room.His work is not boring by any means! Rating:  - Gould's Most Errant InterpretationMr. Khekoyan, who reviews this disk below, is quite correct that it is errant in tempi and in percussive interpretation. I'm not in agreement with him about Glenn Gould's stature as the foremost interpreter of Bach of the century. I'd suggest listening to the performance of Menno van Delft, which is included in the Bach Edition complete works produced by Brilliant Classics. There are any number of people who might nominate Gustav Leonhardt, Trevor Pinnock, or Bob van Asperen as more insightful interpreters ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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