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Besides Bach’s French Suites, Gould’s “artist contract cards” list the names of Mozart, Bizet, Skryabin, Wagner, and Hindemith. In short, he worked on six different recording projects in his studio at the same time, five of which were published simultaneously! Revealingly, his self-interview “Glenn Gould Interviews Glenn Gould About Glenn Gould” originated at roughly the same time …

Bach: The French Suites Nos. 1-4

Released: 1973

    Disc 1

  1. French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: I. Allemande
  2. French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: II. Courante
  3. French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: III. Sarabande
  4. French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: IV. Menuett I
  5. French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: V. Menuett II
  6. French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: VI. Gigue
  7. French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: I. Allemande
  8. French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: II. Courante
  9. French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: III. Sarabande
  10. French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: IV. Air
  11. French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: V. Menuett
  12. French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: VI. Gigue
  13. French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: I. Allemande
  14. French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: II. Courante
  15. French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: III. Sarabande
  16. French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: IV. Menuett - Trio
  17. French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: V. Anglaise
  18. French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: VI. Gigue
  19. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 815: I. Allemande
  20. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 815: II. Courante
  21. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 815: III. Sarabande
  22. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 815: IV. Menuett, BWV 815a
  23. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 815: V. Gavotte
  24. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 815: VI. Air
  25. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 815: VII. Gigue