This sumptuous, extraordinary set gives us every take of every variation in Gould’s historic 1955 recording of JS Bach’s masterpiece
March 2015
Readers recommend
Readers recommend: songs about control
Whether losing, gaining, maintaining or fighting it, let the music take over and name songs about all emotional, physical or practical ways we take on turmoil, says Peter Kimpton
December 2013
Top 10...
Top 10 biopics
Cinema has always liked telling a good life story, and all kinds of biography – from the humblest to the starriest – have been given a filmic going-over. The Guardian and Observer's critics pick the 10 best in a very crowded field
November 2013
BBC Philharmonic/Mena – review
Nobuyuki Tsujii showed signs of Glenn Gould-like brilliance in his performance of Grieg's Piano Concerto, writes Alfred Hickling
June 2013
On my radar
On my radar: Rebecca Front
The actress and writer tells Gemma Kappala–Ramsamy her current cultural highlights
December 2012
Glenn Gould Plays Bach – DVD review
This remarkable, affecting set gathers together the three films the pianist made between 1979 and 1981, writes Tim Ashley
October 2012
The Art of Instrumentation: Homage to Glenn Gould – review
It could all seem supremely tacky but the best of the arrangements are extremely skilful and seriously musical, writes Andrew Clements
January 2011
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould – review
This documentary about Glenn Gould corrects some of the wilder myths about the astonishingly talented pianist, writes Peter Bradshaw
Edward Greenfield enjoys a contrast of styles in Kevin Bazzana's biography of Glenn Gould, Wondrous Strange, and Susan Tomes's meditation on the art of the piano, Beyond the Notes
October 2003
Glenn Gould - The Alchemist
(EMI)
September 2002
Bach: Goldberg Variations (recorded 1955 and 1981): Glenn Gould
