HARD-COVER BOOK WITH 10 CDS OF NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD AUDIO FROM
THE RECORDING SESSIONS PLUS THE DOUBLE GRAMMY-WINNING FINAL ALBUM.
In Gould’s 90th anniversary year and 40 years since the second album’s first release, Sony Classical is
proud to announce the release of Glenn Gould: The Goldberg Variations – The Complete Unreleased
1981 Recording Sessions, a uniquely detailed window into the creation of this classic recording.
Across 11 CDs, the set includes the double GRAMMY-winning final release as well as everything
committed to tape during the 1981 sessions, restored from the original ¼-inch analogue tapes and
mastered using 24 bit / 96 kHz technology. As well as the takes themselves, the session recordings
include Gould and the producers’ conversations, all of which are transcribed in a hard-cover coffee-
table book which also contains an annotated score.
Gould’s home city of Toronto will also be honoring his impact with several activities throughout the month of September. In addition to an official proclamation from the city, The Glenn Gould Foundation will be awarding a standout individual in the arts on September 25, 2022. The Glenn Gould Prize, selected by a jury panel of Canadian music figureheads, will be presented on what would have been Gould’s 90th birthday.
More information on these celebratory events can be found HERE.
Screening of Glenn Gould: The Russian Journey, a 2003 documentary about 24-year-old Glenn Gould’s galvanizing 1957 concerts in Moscow and Leningrad at the height of the Cold War. Director: Yosif Feyginberg. With Glenn Gould, Mstislav Rostropovich, Vladimir Ashkenazy. Register here.
Following the film, a panel discussion on the geopolitical importance of cultural diplomacy and soft power during times of global conflict.
World premiere of The Lord of Toronto, His Pavin, a work for cello and piano dedicated to Glenn Gould by Canadian composer, Daniel Hass, and Bach’s Sonata in G-minor for Cello and Keyboard, BWV 1029. Register here.
The Canadian premiere of Dear Glenn, developed by Yamaha Japan in consultation with The Glenn Gould Foundation. This deep-learning technology has analyzed the elements of Gould’s performing style and can produce a performance or any repertoire – delivered in the style of Glenn Gould (including music never performed by Gould in his lifetime). Register here.
Following Dear Glenn, a panel discussion on the implications of Artificial Intelligence for the future of music and human creativity. Are creative artists an endangered species?
Glenn Gould’s Legacy of Technology: Classical Music Meets TikTok. In tribute to Glenn Gould’s everlasting fascination with technology, cellist and popular TikTok artist Andrew Ascenzo leads a demonstration to show how classical music can thrive in the TikTok universe. Register here.
Screening of The Goldberg Variations (1981), which documents Gould’s historic second traversal of this monument of musical literature. Director: Bruno Monsaingeon. Register here.
Film introduced by Tim Page.
Performance by Leila Josefowicz, Canadian-American violinist, winner of a 2008 MacArthur Fellowship and the 2018 Avery Fisher Prize. Register here.
Alma Deutscher conducts The Glenn Gould Festival Orchestra in a concert of her own music. Alma stole Toronto’s heart with her glorious melodies and effervescent personality when The Glenn Gould Foundation presented her Canadian debut in 2018. Now, she’s back to help celebrate the 90th birthday of another great prodigy, Glenn Gould, with the 60-piece Glenn Gould Festival Orchestra under her direction. Book your tickets here.
Screening preceded by a brief piano performance by Rowan Sawarna-Small: J.S. Bach: Partita for Keyboard No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825
Director: George Roy Hill. Starring Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Valerie Perrine. Adapted from the novel Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death, by Kurt Vonnegut. Music by Glenn Gould.
Screening preceded by a brief piano performance by Rowan Sawarna-Small: J.S. Bach: Partita for Keyboard No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825
Director: François Girard. Screenplay by François Girard and Don McKellar. Starring Colm Feore, Katya Ladan, Don McKellar, Yehudi Menuhin. Premiere of the dazzling new Criterion 4K restored print.
Screening preceding by a brief piano performance by Sam Shashaani: J.S. Bach: Toccata for Keyboard in C minor, BWV 911.
Following the screening: Atom Egoyan and François Girard in conversation.
