Music

Gould launched his complete recording of the “Pianists’ Old Testament” on 10 January 1962. It would eventually occupy him for more than nine years. “We recorded ten or even fifteen different versions of some of the preludes and fugues. Nearly every one was perfect, note for note, yet still completely different. It was an amazing experience to witness how each version became something completely new in Gould’s hands.”
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I Volume 2, BWV 854-861
Released: 1964
- Prelude & Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854: Prelude
- Prelude & Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854: Fugue
- Prelude & Fugue No. 10 in E minor, BWV 855: Prelude
- Prelude & Fugue No. 10 in E minor, BWV 855: Fugue
- Prelude & Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856: Prelude
- Prelude & Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856: Fugue
- Prelude & Fugue No. 12 in F minor, BWV 857: Prelude
- Prelude & Fugue No. 12 in F minor, BWV 857: Fugue
- Prelude & Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp Major, BWV 858: Prelude
- Prelude & Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp Major, BWV 858: Fugue
- Prelude & Fugue No. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 859: Prelude
- Prelude & Fugue No. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 859: Fugue
- Prelude & Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860: Prelude
- Prelude & Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860: Fugue
- Prelude & Fugue No. 16 in G minor, BWV 861: Prelude
- Prelude & Fugue No. 16 in G minor, BWV 861: Fugue
Disc 1