Glenn Gould in Moscow

Live recording of Glenn Gould’s meeting with the students of the Moscow conservatory in 1957. At that time he was not well-known to the general public and his performances demonstrated a degree of freedom in relation to the musical text that had never been heard before in Russia. The CD includes Gould speaking to the students and a Russian interpreter.

BERG, Alban (1885-1935)
Piano Sonata No.1 Op.1
1. Allegro moderato 8:27
2. Word, Spoken: Glenn Gould speaks on the composers of New Vienna School (demonstrating an excerpt from Pasacaglia for Orchestra by A. Webern) 5:18
WEBERN, Anton (1883-1945)
3. Variations for piano, Op. 27 4:43
4. Word, Spoken: Glenn Gould speaks on Ernst Krenek 1:23
KRENEK, Ernst (1900-1991)
From Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 62, No. 4
5. I. Allegretto piacevole, animato e flessibile 4:48
6. IV. Adagio 5:58
7. Word, Spoken: Glenn Gould thanks the listeners 1:25
BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
From "Die Kunst der Fuge," BWV 1080.
8. Contrapuncti 1, 4, 2 10:14
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988.
9. Variations 3, 18, 9, 24, 10, 30 7:25