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The Glenn Gould Edition - Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I | 
 enlarge | Artists: Johann Sebastian Bach, Glenn Gould
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 4430
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 1
MPN: 52600
UPC: 074645260020
EAN: 0074645260020
ASIN: B0000028NI
Release Date: January 11, 1994
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Disc 1
| • | Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846: Praeludium | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846: Fuga | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847: Praeludium | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847: Fuga | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp Major, BWV 848: Praeludium | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp Major, BWV 848: Fuga | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 849: Praeludium | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 849: Fuga | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 850: Praeludium | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 850: Fuga | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D minor, BWV 851: Praeludium | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D minor, BWV 851: Fuga | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in E-flat Major, BWV 852: Praeludium | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in E-flat Major, BWV 852: Fuga | | • | Prelude in E-flat minor and Fugue in D-sharp minor No. 8, BWV 853: Praeludium | | • | Prelude in E-flat minor and Fugue in D-sharp minor No. 8, BWV 853: Fuga | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854: Praeludium | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854: Fuga | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 10 in E minor, BWV 855: Praeludium | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 10 in E minor, BWV 855: Fuga | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856: Praeludium | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856: Fuga | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 12 in F minor, BWV 857: Praeludium | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 12 in F minor, BWV 857: Fuga |
Disc 2
| • | Prelude and Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp Major, BWV 858: Praeludium | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp Major, BWV 858: Fuga | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 859: Praeludium | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 859: Fuga | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860: Praeludium | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860: Fuga | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 16 in G minor, BWV 861: Praeludium | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 16 in G minor, BWV 861: Fuga | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A-flat Major, BWV 862: Praeludium | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A-flat Major, BWV 862: Fuga | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 863: Praeludium | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 863: Fuga | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 864: Praeludium | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 864: Fuga | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 20 in A minor, BWV 865: Fuga | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 21 in B-flat Major, BWV 866: Praeludium | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 21 in B-flat Major, BWV 866: Fuga | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 867: Praeludium | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 867: Fuga | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 868: Praeludium | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 868: Fuga | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 869: Praeludium | | • | Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 869: Fuga |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
It's rather amazing today, when recordings of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier practically fall of the shelves, to recall just how unusual it was back in the 1960s for a pianist to undertake to record this amazing work. It's probably fair to say that until Glenn Gould got his fingers around it, Bach's music was used for teaching purposes more than anything else. What Gould proves in this essential set is that Bach is decidedly not just a threat to hold over the head of budding pianists but a joy to listen to. One of Gould's very greatest recordings. --David Hurwitz
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| Customer Reviews: Read 39 more reviews...
 vigorous and exquisite Bach November 2, 2008
Richard N. P. Stewart (Beaufort, SC USA)
Glenn Gould is a legend and no collection with interest in piano or Bach should be without his playing. I never tire of it. He plays with little or no pedal achieving the delicacy of a harpsicord with the depth of the pianoforte. Some scholars and pianists may differ in their appreciation, but I have read of none that fail to respect him.
Addictive June 14, 2008
Ismael Valladolid Torres (Madrid (Spain))
Few music is as addictive as Gould's performances of Bach. Kind of a drug, but far healthier! When you start listening the first prelude in C major staccato-like just like nobody else played it before, you're sure you're listening to something unique.
A copy of this recording should be in each home.
Bach and Gould February 8, 2008
Julia Wilson
The Glenn Gould Edition - Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
Bach never fails to please! And Glenn Gould gives (to me) the ultimate interpretation. Each time I play either one, I find something new to enjoy
The genius of a madman August 11, 2007
D. Coyle
Of all the pianists in my collection Gould and Lipati stand out as men of unequalled genius.
How many times have you had a musically sophisticated guest have his mouth hang open, and ask again and again to hear a prelude from the WTC just one more time?
Sure Gould was nuts, but nuts with the gift of the gods.
Passion July 28, 2007
Jack D. Turken MD (Miami, Fl)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I recently listened to an MP3 recording of Bach's WTC Book I by Glenn Gould. I know the music well having listened so many times to the recordings by Andras Schiff and Angela Hewitt. Gould's recording was a revelation. While there is a considerable amount of backgound noise (perhaps Gould humming as he has in other recordings), the sound of the piano is bright and forward much to my liking and considerably better than the distant and muffled sound from Schiff's effort. What makes the recording remarkable, however, is the definite passion Gould seems to present in this recording. I do not at all agree with the review by Mr. Lee of last year. Gould was clearly an iconoclast in some ways; yet his approach to so many of Bach's great works using his unique sense of rhythm, timing, and emphasis brought out a living presence not found in the recordings of others that I have listened to (at least with the WTC). I hope to obtain a CD as soon as possible.
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