Article: Bach's Goldberg Variations demystified.

If pianists were to play a word association game in which a psychologist said, "Bach's Goldberg Variations," they would almost without fail respond with the name "Glenn Gould." Gould's landmark recording from 1955 has had both positive and negative impacts on modern performers. It has been positive because it introduces pianists to one of Bach's best works, which up to the time had been largely ignored. Thanks to the pioneering vision of Gould, and Wanda Landowska for harpsichordists, one now can choose from literally dozens of recordings by major artists on piano, harpsichord, organ, orchestral transcriptions and even synthesizers. (1) The negative impact of Gould's ...

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