Record Details

Artists:	Johann Sebastian Bach / Glenn Gould
Title:	Glenn Gould - The Goldberg Variations - The Complete Unreleased Recording Sessions June 1955
Format:	12"7xCDReissue
Label:	Sony Classical
Cat No:	88843014882
Released:	1 Sep 2017
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Genres:	Baroque
Condition	Mint
Status	Have
Added To List	25th June 2025

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Product description: Documenting with unprecedented completeness the events that unfolded in Columbia s 30th Street Studio during those four key days in June 1955, the present release allows listeners for the very first time to join Glenn Gould, his producer Howard Scott and sound engineer Fred Plaut as one of the greatest recordings of all time came into existence. Glenn Gould: The Goldberg Variations The Complete Unreleased Recording Sessions is probably the most comprehensive special edition ever dedicated to a single classical music album. It features Glenn Gould s complete recording sessions of Bach s Goldberg Variations on 5 CDs (including the studio conversations between him and his producer), restored from the original ¼-inch analogue tapes and re mastered using 24 bit / 96 kHz technology, plus the final album on both CD and heavyweight 180g vinyl, as well as an extra CD Glenn Gould Discusses His Performances of the Goldberg Variations with Tim Page. The edition comes with a 90 x 60 cm (36 x 24 ) poster and a 280-page hard-cover coffee-table book, featuring 45 sensational, newly discovered photos from the recording sessions, the complete musical score, several essays and an extensive documentation including facsimiles of more than 20 archival documents detailing how an analogue vinyl LP was recorded in the mid-1950s. Produced by Robert Russ in cooperation with the Estate of Glenn Gould and Glenn Gould Limited, Stephen Posen and Faye Perkins Booklet Editor: Jochen Rudelt, texthouse Design: [ec:ko] communications Tape Research: Anthony Fountain Document Research: Michael Panico Negative Film to Digital Conversion: Che Williams CDs 1–5: Analogue Tape Transfers by Matt Cavaluzzo, Battery Studios Mastering by Martin Kistner and Matthias Erb, b-sharp music & media solutions using 24 bit / 96 kHz technology CD 7: Analogue Tape Transfers using Direct Stream Digital® (DSD) and Mastering by Andreas K. Meyer, Meyer Media LLC 12′′ black vinyl (180g) produced at GZ Media, CZ Contains previously released material · CDs 1–5 previously unreleased Cover/ Backcover Photos and Photos pp. 0, 2/3, 7, 8, 17, 18, 22, 25, 27, 28, 43, 48, 56, 61, 65, 69, 104, 105 top right, 116, 117 top right and bottom left, 119, 124, 128, 132, 139, 140, 146, 154, 178, 200, 206, 209, 210, 234, 244, 253: Dan Weiner (C) John Broderick Photos pp. 4, 5, 12/13, 38, 44, 52, 54, 62, 66, 70, 75, 76, 82/83, 89, 90/91, 97, 98/99, 105 top left and bottom, 109, 110, 112/113, 150/151, 159, 168, 174/175, 182, 185, 193, 196, 213, 214, 224/225, 231, 232, 239, 240, 248, 267, 269, 272: Fred Plaut, from The Frederick and Rose Plaut Papers MSS 52 at the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library, Yale University, with kind support by Richard Boursy, Archivist and Jonathan Manton, Librarian Photos p. 39: Jock Carroll (C) Carroll Family Archives; pp. 33, 34, 40, 58, 256, 257, 258, 259, 270: Don Hunstein; p. 254 (C) Sony Music Entertainment; pp. 201–203, 220, 260 left: Robert Russ; p. 274 (C) Library and Archives Canada, Estate of Glenn Gould and Glenn Gould Limited Facsimiles pp. 30, 49, 50, 59, 101, 102, 106/107, 108, 111, 115, 204, 207, 208, 211, 212, 215–219, 221, 223, 226–230, 235–238, 260, 263, 264, 266, 267 (C) Sony Music Entertainment 88843014882 This compilation (P) & (C) 2017 Sony Music Entertainment. Distributed by Sony Music Entertainment. All trademarks and logos are protected. Made in the EU. “Direct Stream Digital”, DSD and their logos are trademarks of Sony Corporation. Sony Classical and "Sony Classical" are trademarks of Sony Music Entertainment. www.sonyclassical.com www.glenngould.com

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