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The Goldberg Variations - The Complete Unreleased 1981 Studio Sessions
| Label | Sony Classical – 19439977422 |
| Format | 11 x CD, Remastered Box Set, Special Edition, 11'' x 11'' 216 pages book edition in hardcover binding printed on artpaper, book includes full transcripts of studio talks and annotated scores |
| Barcode | 0194399774229 |
| Released | 30 Sep 2022 |
| Genre | Classical |
| Style | Baroque |
| Wednesday, April 22, 1981, Studio C | |||
| Aria | |||
| 1-1 | Take 1 | 3:00 | |
| 1-2 | "A Great Take" | 0:55 | |
| Variation 1 | |||
| 1-3 | Take 1 | 1:13 | |
| 1-4 | "Slightly Too Fast" | 0:58 | |
| 1-5 | Take 2 | 1:15 | |
| 1-6 | "I’d Like To Do One More Time" | 1:01 | |
| 1-7 | Take 3 | 1:15 | |
| 1-8 | "I Keep Forgetting" | 1:46 | |
| 1-9 | Take 4 | 1:14 | |
| 1-10 | "Now, That Sounded Great" | 2:26 | |
| Variation 2 | |||
| 1-11 | Take 1 | 0:50 | |
| 1-12 | "Not A Bad Take" | 1:45 | |
| 1-13 | Take 2 | 0:51 | |
| 1-14 | "Dammit, There Was A Missed Note" | 1:17 | |
| 1-15 | Take 4 | 0:51 | |
| 1-16 | "There Was A 'Wow' At The Beginning Of The Second Half" | 0:50 | |
| 1-17 | Take 5 | 0:51 | |
| 1-18 | "The First Half Was No Good" | 1:41 | |
| 1-19 | Take 7 | 0:52 | |
| 1-20 | "Okay?" | 0:58 | |
| Variation 3 | |||
| 1-21 | Take 1 B | 0:14 | |
| 1-22 | "Again, Please" | 0:27 | |
| 1-23 | Take 2 B | 0:25 | |
| 1-24 | "I Don’t Like It" | 0:33 | |
| 1-25 | Take 3 | 1:36 | |
| 1-26 | "I Tried The Fast Version" | 0:42 | |
| 1-27 | Take 4 | 1:35 | |
| 1-28 | "How About That?" | 0:58 | |
| Variation 4 | |||
| 1-29 | Take 1 | 0:51 | |
| 1-30 | "I Forgot To Put In A Ritard, Dammit" | 2:06 | |
| 1-31 | Take 5 | 0:54 | |
| 1-32 | "Tremendous" | 0:45 | |
| 1-33 | Take 6 | 0:53 | |
| 1-34 | "Okay, We've Got A Choice" | 0:35 | |
| Variation 6 | |||
| 1-35 | Take 1 | 0:20 | |
| 1-36 | "Sorry. I’m Very Sorry, Glenn" | 0:25 | |
| 1-37 | Take 3 | 0:45 | |
| 1-38 | "Not Bad" | 0:41 | |
| 1-39 | Take 5 | 0:43 | |
| 1-40 | "That Had Loads Of Character" | 0:41 | |
| 1-41 | Take 6 | 0:43 | |
| 1-42 | "How About That?" | 0:49 | |
| Variation 7 | |||
| 1-43 | Take 1 | 1:21 | |
| 1-44 | "A Wrong Note Near The End" | 0:39 | |
| 1-45 | Take 2 | 1:19 | |
| 1-46 | "That Was A Hell Of A Good Take" | 0:30 | |
| Variation 9 | |||
| 1-47 | Take 1 B | 0:18 | |
| 1-48 | "Oh, Merde. Take 2, Please" | 0:08 | |
| 1-49 | Take 2 | 1:04 | |
| 1-50 | "Not A Bad Take" | 0:26 | |
| 1-51 | Take 3 | 0:22 | |
| 1-52 | "Sorry, I Forgot The Legato" | 0:13 | |
| 1-53 | Take 4 | 1:03 | |
| 1-54 | "Also A Good Take" | 0:51 | |
| 1-55 | Take 5 | 1:02 | |
| 1-56 | "We Got Lots Of Choice" | 1:31 | |
| Thursday, April 23, 1981 | |||
| Variation 10 | |||
| 1-57 | Take 1 | 1:06 | |
| 1-58 | "It Was A Wrong Note…" | 1:07 | |
| 1-59 | Take 2 | 1:06 | |
| 1-60 | "I Seem To Be Incapable Of Doing That" | 2:12 | |
| 1-61 | Take 3 | 1:07 | |
| 1-62 | "A Sloppy Trill At The End" | 1:12 | |
| 1-63 | Take 4 | 1:06 | |
| 1-64 | "This Was Gorgeous" | 0:42 | |
| 1-65 | Take 5 | 1:05 | |
| 1-66 | "Too Many Little Things" | 1:01 | |
| 1-67 | Take 6 | 1:06 | |
| 1-68 | "Very Good Things" | 1:31 | |
| 1-69 | Take 7 | 1:06 | |
| 1-70 | "Also Very Good" | 0:51 | |
| 1-71 | Take 8 | 0:59 | |
| 1-72 | "Oh Shit, It Was Going Very Well Until Then" | 0:50 | |
| 1-73 | Take 9 | 0:15 | |
| 1-74 | "Sorry. Sorry" | 0:45 | |
| 1-75 | Take 10 | 1:04 | |
| 1-76 | "We’ve Got Lots Of Choice, Bruno" | 0:18 | |
| Variation 11 | |||
| 2-1 | "All Right, Glenn" | 1:22 | |
| 2-2 | Take 1 | 0:54 | |
| 2-3 | "I Hope You Got That" | 0:32 | |
| 2-4 | Insert 1 – Take 1 ′′ | 0:12 | |
| 2-5 | "That Got It For The Bar Only" | 0:20 | |
| 2-6 | Insert 1 – Take 2 ′′′ | 0:17 | |
| 2-7 | "I'm Not Sure If The Tempo Was Quite Right On That One" | 0:23 | |
| 2-8 | Insert 1 – Take 3 | 0:53 | |
| 2-9 | "Well, We’ve Got The First Two" | 0:35 | |
| 2-10 | Insert 1 – Take 4 | 0:08 | |
| 2-11 | "That Felt Very…" | 0:21 | |
| 2-12 | Insert 2 – Take 1 ′′ | 0:13 | |
| 2-13 | "We Got The Spot" | 1:00 | |
| 2-14 | Insert 2 – Take 2 | 0:10 | |
| 2-15 | "How About That One?" | 0:44 | |
| 2-16 | Insert 2 – Take 3 | 0:18 | |
| 2-17 | "Shit. Okay, Well, We Got..." | 0:26 | |
| 2-18 | Insert 3 – Take 1 | 0:07 | |
| 2-19 | "Hah. But They Got It, The Real Spot, Right?" | 0:27 | |
| 2-20 | Insert 3 – Take 2 | 0:10 | |
| 2-21 | "That… I Don’t Know About The Level" | 0:29 | |
| 2-22 | Insert 3 – Take 3 | 0:09 | |
| 2-23 | "Okay, Glenn, We’re 1 Db Over Now" | 0:29 | |
| 2-24 | Insert 3 – Take 4 ′′′ | 0:12 | |
| 2-25 | "Now, Glenn, I'm Sorry, We’re Down A Little Bit Again" | 0:26 | |
| 2-26 | Insert 3 – Take 5 | 0:09 | |
| 2-27 | "I Don't Like The Feel Of The Line" | 0:49 | |
| 2-28 | Insert 3 – Take 6 ′′′′′ | 0:19 | |
| 2-29 | "Would You Like To Turn On Some More Lights Out Here" | 0:57 | |
| 2-30 | Insert 3 – Take 7 ′′′ | 0:16 | |
| 2-31 | "Not Very Smooth. One More Time" | 0:33 | |
| 2-32 | Insert 3 – Take 8 ′′′ | 0:17 | |
| 2-33 | "Once More" | 0:20 | |
| 2-34 | Insert 3 – Take 9 | 0:07 | |
| 2-35 | "The Last Bar Was No Good" | 1:13 | |
| Variation 12 | |||
| 2-36 | Take 1 | 1:32 | |
| 2-37 | "Bruno, There Are A Couple Of Wrong Notes" | 1:03 | |
| 2-38 | Take 2 B | 0:18 | |
| 2-39 | "Sorry. It Was Going Well, Until" | 0:28 | |
| 2-40 | Take 3 B | 0:09 | |
| 2-41 | "Oh Boy, Great" | 0:40 | |
| 2-42 | Take 4 B | 0:29 | |
| 2-43 | "Sorry, Once Again" | 0:49 | |
| 2-44 | Take 5 B | 0:54 | |
| 2-45 | "Sorry, This Is A Very Tough Piece" | 0:38 | |
| 2-46 | Take 6 | 1:35 | |
| 2-47 | "Rather Interesting, Too" | 0:51 | |
| 2-48 | Take 7 B | 0:19 | |
| 2-49 | "Again, Please" | 0:22 | |
| 2-50 | Take 8 | 1:38 | |
| 2-51 | "One Note Missing At The End" | 0:36 | |
| 2-52 | Insert 1 – Take 1 | 0:08 | |
| 2-53 | "Once More, Please, With The Same Feed" | 0:25 | |
| 2-54 | Insert 1 – Take 2 | 0:11 | |
| 2-55 | "How Were The Levels, Sam?" | 0:35 | |
| 2-56 | Insert 1 – Take 3 | 0:12 | |
| 2-57 | "Looked Good. Looked Very Good" | 0:33 | |
| 2-58 | Insert 1 – Take 4 | 0:12 | |
| 2-59 | "Okay?" | 0:47 | |
| Variation 13 | |||
| 2-60 | Take 1 | 2:43 | |
| 2-61 | "Once More, Please" | 1:25 | |
| 2-62 | Take 2 B | 2:18 | |
| 2-63 | "Oh Shit, That Was So Good!" | 0:33 | |
| 2-64 | Insert 1 – Take 1 | 1:23 | |
| 2-65 | "How About That?" | 1:20 | |
| 2-66 | Take 3 | 2:31 | |
| 2-67 | "I Don't Know If This Is Deliberate Or Not" | 0:59 | |
| 2-68 | Take 4 | 2:39 | |
| 2-69 | "How About That?" | 1:00 | |
| Variation 14 | |||
| 2-70 | Take 1 | 1:07 | |
| 2-71 | "Not Bad. About Three Wrong..." | 1:01 | |
| 2-72 | Take 2 | 1:01 | |
| 2-73 | "With A Fix For The Last Two Bars" | 0:36 | |
| Variation 15 | |||
| 2-74 | Take 1 | 5:05 | |
| 2-75 | "This Is Glorious, Glenn." | 0:43 | |
| 2-76 | Take 2 | 4:43 | |
| 2-77 | "I Think There Was Some Conversation Here" | 1:10 | |
| 2-78 | Take 3 | 5:04 | |
| 2-79 | "How About That? Can We Come..." | 0:09 | |
| Friday, April 24, 1981, Studio C | |||
| Variation 16 | |||
| 3-1 | "Bruno?" | 1:21 | |
| 3-2 | Take 1 | 1:40 | |
| 3-3 | "The First Half Was Terrific…" | 0:59 | |
| 3-4 | Take 2 B | 0:10 | |
| 3-5 | "Once Again." | 1:25 | |
| 3-6 | Take 3 | 1:40 | |
| 3-7 | "The First Half Is No Good" | 1:11 | |
| 3-8 | Part 2 – Take 1 B | 0:30 | |
| 3-9 | "Oh Shit, It Was Going Well" | 0:30 | |
| 3-10 | Part 2 – Take 2 | 0:35 | |
| 3-11 | "A Wrong Note Got In There." | 1:26 | |
| 3-12 | Part 2 – Insert 1 – Take 1 B | 0:16 | |
| 3-13 | "Once Again." | 0:24 | |
| 3-14 | Part 2 – Insert 1 – Take 2 B | 0:11 | |
| 3-15 | "I Keep Doing That. Dammit!" | 0:33 | |
| 3-16 | Part 2 – Insert 1 – Take 3 | 0:31 | |
| 3-17 | "There Was A Wrong Note" | 0:30 | |
| 3-18 | Part 2 – Insert 1 – Take 4 | 0:35 | |
| 3-19 | "How About That?" | 1:11 | |
| Variation 17 | |||
| 3-20 | Take 1 B | 0:37 | |
| 3-21 | "Oh Shit. The First Half Was Good." | 0:29 | |
| 3-22 | Take 2 B | 0:43 | |
| 3-23 | "You Haven't Got A Change Of Shot By Any Chance At That Moment." | 0:49 | |
| 3-24 | Take 3 | 0:56 | |
| 3-25 | "How About That For A Second?" | 0:45 | |
| Variation 18 | |||
| 3-26 | Take 1 B | 0:40 | |
| 3-27 | "Too Many Things. Once Again, Please." | 2:10 | |
| 3-28 | Take 2 B | 0:51 | |
| 3-29 | "Too Many Little Things." | 0:28 | |
| 3-30 | Take 3 B | 0:35 | |
| 3-31 | "It Was Going Well. Ah! Noch Einmal." | 1:58 | |
| 3-32 | Take 4 | 1:04 | |
| 3-33 | "How About That?" | 1:30 | |
| 3-34 | Take 5 B | 0:15 | |
| 3-35 | "Again, Please." | 0:32 | |
| 3-36 | Take 6 | 1:07 | |
| 3-37 | "I Don’t Like The Take Particularly." | 0:23 | |
| 3-38 | Take 7 | 1:04 | |
| 3-39 | "Okay. I Still Want To Look At That One, Two Back." | 0:57 | |
| 3-40 | Take 8 B | 0:49 | |
| 3-41 | "Too Many Little Things, But It Was So Good…" | 0:29 | |
| 3-42 | Take 9 | 1:09 | |
| 3-43 | "One Note Was Not Quite Right In…" | 0:44 | |
| 3-44 | Take 10 | 1:04 | |
| 3-45 | "How About That?" | 0:42 | |
| Variation 8 | |||
| 3-46 | Take 1 | 0:55 | |
| 3-47 | "You Buy About Three Wrong Notes" | 1:06 | |
| Variation 3 | |||
| 3-48 | Remake – Take 1 B | 1:08 | |
| 3-49 | "Sorry, Sorry, Glenn. I'm Very, Very Sorry." | 1:17 | |
| 3-50 | Remake – Take 2 ''B | 0:16 | |
| 3-51 | "Sorry, Sorry, Glenn. Wouldn’t You…" | 0:34 | |
| 3-52 | Remake – Take 3 | 1:34 | |
| 3-53 | "How Was That?" | 1:10 | |
| 3-54 | Remake – Take 4 | 1:34 | |
| 3-55 | "That Was Okay" | 1:10 | |
| 3-56 | Remake – Take 6 | 1:33 | |
| 3-57 | "Also Very Good" | 0:31 | |
| Saturday, April 25, 1981, Studio C | |||
| Variation 1 | |||
| 3-58 | Insert 1 – Take 1 | 0:12 | |
| 3-59 | "How Did That Look?" | 0:56 | |
| 3-60 | Insert 1 – Take 2 | 0:13 | |
| 3-61 | "I Thought Maybe The Level Was A Little Less…" | 0:23 | |
| 3-62 | Insert 1 – Take 3 | 0:11 | |
| 3-63 | "I Want Just… One More…" | 1:29 | |
| 3-64 | Insert 1 – Take 6 | 0:11 | |
| 3-65 | "It’s Still A Little Bit Soft." | 0:21 | |
| 3-66 | Insert 1 – Take 7 | 0:12 | |
| 3-67 | "Okay. I’m Sure One Of Those Is Going To Match." | 0:28 | |
| 3-68 | Insert 1 – Take 8 '''' | 0:24 | |
| 3-69 | "How Are We Doing?" | 0:30 | |
| 3-70 | Insert 1 – Take 9 | 0:12 | |
| 3-71 | "That’s It." | 0:06 | |
| 3-72 | Insert 1 – Take 10 | 0:12 | |
| 3-73 | "Okay? We’ve Got A Choice." | 0:44 | |
| Variation 2 | |||
| 3-74 | Insert 1 – Take 1 | 0:16 | |
| 3-75 | "How Was That?" | 0:33 | |
| 3-76 | Insert 1 – Take 2 | 0:16 | |
| 3-77 | "How Was That?" | 0:25 | |
| 3-78 | Insert 1 – Take 3 | 0:16 | |
| 3-79 | "I Think That Was A Little Closer In Mood Toward The End…" | 0:30 | |
| Variation 4 | |||
| 3-80 | Insert 1 – Take 1 '' | 0:32 | |
| 3-81 | "How Did That Look?" | 0:36 | |
| 3-82 | Insert 1 – Take 2 | 0:21 | |
| 3-83 | "That Was Very Good" | 0:40 | |
| 3-84 | Insert 1 – Take 3 | 0:20 | |
| 3-85 | "Et Cetera. How Was That?" | 0:19 | |
| 3-86 | Insert 2 – Take 1 | 0:09 | |
| 3-87 | "How Was That?" | 0:21 | |
| 3-88 | Insert 2 – Take 2 | 0:06 | |
| 3-89 | "How Did That Look?" | 0:42 | |
| 3-90 | Insert 2 – Take 3 | 0:06 | |
| 3-91 | "How Was That Looking?" | 0:24 | |
| 3-92 | Insert 2 – Take 4 | 0:05 | |
| 3-93 | "I Think We've Got Quite A Good Choice." | 0:09 | |
| Variation 6 | |||
| 4-1 | "This Is Variation 6 From..." | 0:18 | |
| 4-2 | Insert 1 – Take 1 | 0:12 | |
| 4-3 | "Variation 6, Insert 1, Take 2" | 0:14 | |
| 4-4 | Insert 1 – Take 2 | 0:09 | |
| 4-5 | "Not Quite Clean At The End." | 0:15 | |
| 4-6 | Insert 1 – Take 3 ''' | 0:19 | |
| 4-7 | "That Was A Good One, Right?" | 0:21 | |
| 4-8 | Insert 1 – Take 4 ''''' | 0:38 | |
| 4-9 | "Not In Love With The Way I'm Doing The Ending." | 0:14 | |
| 4-10 | Insert 1 – Take 5 ''' | 0:17 | |
| 4-11 | "I Think We've Got A Very Good Choice." | 1:28 | |
| Variation 7 | |||
| 4-12 | Insert 1 – Take 1 '''' | 0:19 | |
| 4-13 | "It Is Very Difficult, Playing It This Lightly." | 0:29 | |
| 4-14 | Insert 1 – Take 2 '''' B | 1:16 | |
| 4-15 | "Okay. The Later Trills Were Not Good." | 0:35 | |
| 4-16 | Insert 1 – Take 3 '' | 0:29 | |
| 4-17 | "Okay. That One Definitely Got A Very Good Opening." | 0:34 | |
| 4-18 | Insert 1 – Take 4 ''' | 0:16 | |
| 4-19 | "Okay. We've Got The Opening For Sure." | 0:24 | |
| 4-20 | Insert 2 – Take 1 | 1:02 | |
| 4-21 | "That Was Very Good For Us." | 1:43 | |
| 4-22 | Insert 3 – Take 1 '''' | 1:24 | |
| 4-23 | "A Very Interesting Take." | 0:58 | |
| 4-24 | Insert 4 – Take 1 | 0:07 | |
| 4-25 | "How Was That?" | 1:16 | |
| 4-26 | Insert 4 – Take 2 | 0:12 | |
| 4-27 | "Was That Too Light, Also?" | 0:44 | |
| 4-28 | Insert 4 – Take 3 | 0:08 | |
| 4-29 | "Okay. We've Got Lots Of Choice There." | 1:54 | |
| 4-30 | Insert 5 – Take 2 B | 0:10 | |
| 4-31 | "No Good. Once More, Please." | 0:29 | |
| 4-32 | Insert 5 – Take 3 | 0:26 | |
| 4-33 | "I'm Quite Confident That I Did The Line Differently" | 0:51 | |
| 4-34 | Insert 5 – Take 4 '' | 0:33 | |
| 4-35 | "That Certainly Got The Trill." | 0:35 | |
| 4-36 | Insert 5 – Take 5 | 0:26 | |
| 4-37 | "I Think That Was Quite Good, It Was..." | 0:34 | |
| Variation 9 | |||
| 4-38 | Insert 1 – Take 1 | 0:12 | |
| 4-39 | "How Did That Look?" | 0:41 | |
| 4-40 | Insert 1 – Take 2 | 0:12 | |
| 4-41 | "How Was That?" | 0:33 | |
| 4-42 | Insert 1 – Take 3 | 0:12 | |
| 4-43 | "I Buy That One." | 0:36 | |
| 4-44 | Insert 1 – Take 4 | 0:32 | |
| 4-45 | "How About That?" | 0:30 | |
| 4-46 | Insert 2 – Take 1 B | 0:07 | |
| 4-47 | "I Forgot To Give You A Level Test On This" | 1:04 | |
| 4-48 | Insert 2 – Take 2 | 0:16 | |
| 4-49 | "How About That?" | 0:31 | |
| 4-50 | Insert 2 – Take 3 | 0:16 | |
| 4-51 | "I Think We've Got A Very Good Choice There." | 0:30 | |
| Variation 10 | |||
| 4-52 | Insert 1 – Take 1 | 0:08 | |
| 4-53 | "About Right?" | 0:31 | |
| 4-54 | Insert 1 – Take 2 ''''' | 0:25 | |
| 4-55 | "I Think Several Of Those..." | 0:33 | |
| 4-56 | Insert 2 – Soft Pedal Down – Take 1 '''' | 0:18 | |
| 4-57 | "That Was Clean. I Don't Know If The Levels Were Any Good." | 0:14 | |
| 4-58 | Insert 2 – Soft Pedal Down – Take 2 ''' | 0:16 | |
| 4-59 | "O[kay]." | 0:37 | |
| 4-60 | Insert 2 – Soft Pedal Up – Take 1 | 0:06 | |
| 4-61 | "How Was That?" | 0:33 | |
| 4-62 | Insert 2 – Soft Pedal Up – Take 2 | 0:06 | |
| 4-63 | "I Think That Was Good." | 0:13 | |
| 4-64 | Insert 2 – Soft Pedal Up – Take 3 | 0:06 | |
| 4-65 | "That Felt Good To Me." | 0:40 | |
| 4-66 | Insert 3 – Take 1 | 0:11 | |
| 4-67 | "It Was Okay As Long As We Just Use The Last Bar Itself" | 0:26 | |
| 4-68 | Insert 3 – Take 2 | 0:11 | |
| 4-69 | "You Know Something?" | 0:27 | |
| 4-70 | Insert 3 – Take 3 | 0:12 | |
| 4-71 | "How Did That Sound?" | 0:16 | |
| 4-72 | Insert 3 – Take 4 ''' | 0:22 | |
| 4-73 | "I Think We Got..." | 1:07 | |
| Variation 12 | |||
| 4-74 | Insert 1 – Take 1 | 0:20 | |
| 4-75 | "The Second One Was Very Good." | 0:26 | |
| 4-76 | Insert 1 – Take 2 '''''' | 0:31 | |
| 4-77 | "I See Why I'm Doing That Funny Additional B In The Bass" | 0:24 | |
| 4-78 | Insert 1 – Take 3 '' | 0:42 | |
| 4-79 | "That Was Pretty Good." | 0:28 | |
| 4-80 | Insert 1 – Take 4 '' | 0:40 | |
| 4-81 | "That's It." | 0:20 | |
| 4-82 | Insert 2 – Take 1 | 0:33 | |
| 4-83 | "No Discernible Improvement." | 0:23 | |
| 4-84 | Insert 2 – Take 2 | 0:32 | |
| 4-85 | "That Was Very Good." | 0:21 | |
| 4-86 | Insert 2 – Take 3 '' | 0:43 | |
| 4-87 | "That Was Very Good, That First Half." | 0:12 | |
| Variation 13 | |||
| 5-1 | "This Is Variation 13 | 0:28 | |
| 5-2 | Insert 1 – Take 1 | 0:45 | |
| 5-3 | "How About That One?" | 0:30 | |
| 5-4 | Insert 1 – Take 2 '' | 1:17 | |
| 5-5 | "Not As Good." | 1:19 | |
| 5-6 | Insert 2 – Take 1 | 0:16 | |
| 5-7 | "I'm Not Sure That That Got The Right Rhythm At All." | 0:31 | |
| 5-8 | Insert 2 – Take 2 '''' | 0:27 | |
| 5-9 | "Once Again, Please." | 0:24 | |
| 5-10 | Insert 2 – Take 3 '' | 0:16 | |
| 5-11 | "Once More, Once More." | 0:19 | |
| 5-12 | Insert 2 – Take 4 | 0:18 | |
| 5-13 | "I Think We Got A Choice." | 0:27 | |
| 5-14 | Insert 1 – Take 3 | 0:26 | |
| 5-15 | "Oh, Everything Went So Well, Exactly The Line I Wanted." | 0:26 | |
| 5-16 | Insert 1 – Take 4 | 0:43 | |
| 5-17 | "That's Good." | 0:32 | |
| Variation 14 | |||
| 5-18 | Insert 1 – Take 1 '''' | 0:32 | |
| 5-19 | "We Got It. It Was A Little Timid At First, I Think." | 0:41 | |
| 5-20 | Insert 1 – Take 2 '' | 0:22 | |
| 5-21 | "It Was Quite Good." | 0:28 | |
| 5-22 | Insert 1 – Take 3 | 0:11 | |
| 5-23 | "That Was Great. It Was Exactly Even." | 0:30 | |
| 5-24 | Insert 1 – Take 4 | 0:55 | |
| 5-25 | "Aha. Got Everything Except For The Last Bar." | 1:45 | |
| 5-26 | Insert 2 – Take 1 | 0:17 | |
| 5-27 | "Well, I Think It Buzzed A Little Bit At The End." | 0:41 | |
| 5-28 | Insert 3 – Take 1 '' | 0:14 | |
| 5-29 | "I Think That Got..." | 0:23 | |
| 5-30 | Insert 3 – Take 2 | 0:09 | |
| 5-31 | "If We Want To Cut. A Slightly Different One We Got..." | 0:21 | |
| 5-32 | Insert 3 – Take 1 V ''' | 0:21 | |
| 5-33 | "The Last Note Isn't Totally Together As It Was The First Time." | 1:08 | |
| 5-34 | Insert 3 – Take 2 V | 0:07 | |
| 5-35 | "How Was That?" | 0:16 | |
| 5-36 | Insert 3 – Take 3 V | 0:10 | |
| 5-37 | "Okay?" | 0:23 | |
| 5-38 | Insert 3 – Take 4 V | 0:09 | |
| 5-39 | "Okay. They've Got A Choice." | 0:44 | |
| Variation 16 | |||
| 5-40 | Insert 1 – Take 1 | 0:17 | |
| 5-41 | "How Were The Levels?" | 0:32 | |
| 5-42 | Insert 1 – Take 2 | 0:10 | |
| 5-43 | "Glenn, I'm Sorry, That's No Good, We Had A Click Right On It." | 0:42 | |
| 5-44 | Insert 1 – Take 3 | 0:50 | |
| 5-45 | "That Was Very Interesting." | 0:59 | |
| Variation 17 | |||
| 5-46 | Insert 1 – Take 1 ''''' | 0:23 | |
| 5-47 | "Got It, I Think" | 0:25 | |
| 5-48 | Insert 1 – Take 2 '''' | 0:19 | |
| 5-49 | "Both Of Those Last Two Got It, Especially The Last One." | 1:29 | |
| 5-50 | Insert 2 – Take 2 ''B | 0:04 | |
| 5-51 | "Oh Shit, You Have To..." | 0:39 | |
| 5-52 | Insert 2 – Take 3 '''' | 0:19 | |
| 5-53 | "Oh, God, This Piece..." | 0:24 | |
| 5-54 | Insert 2 – Take 4 | 0:04 | |
| 5-55 | "Oh No, I'm Getting A Block." | 0:39 | |
| 5-56 | Insert 2 – Take 5 ''''' | 0:18 | |
| 5-57 | "That Almost Got..." | 0:24 | |
| 5-58 | Insert 2 – Take 6 | 0:08 | |
| 5-59 | "Got It." | 0:36 | |
| 5-60 | Insert 2 – Take 7 ''' | 0:14 | |
| 5-61 | "That Got The Notes Again." | 0:24 | |
| 5-62 | Insert 2 – Take 8 ''''' | 0:20 | |
| 5-63 | "Okay. We Got Another One." | 0:29 | |
| 5-64 | Insert 2 – Take 9 '''''''''' | 0:26 | |
| 5-65 | "Ah Shit. We've Got It Some Place In There." | 2:13 | |
| 5-66 | Insert 3 – Take 3 ''' | 0:25 | |
| 5-67 | "How Was That?" | 0:26 | |
| 5-68 | Insert 3 – Take 4 | 0:14 | |
| 5-69 | "There Was A Wrong Note Toward The End" | 0:29 | |
| 5-70 | Insert 3 – Take 5 '''' | 0:39 | |
| 5-71 | "Okay, We Got Two." | 0:24 | |
| 5-72 | Insert 2 – Take 10 '''''''' | 0:15 | |
| 5-73 | "Give Me The Tempo One More Time, Please." | 0:13 | |
| 5-74 | Insert 2 – Take 11 '''''''''' | 0:24 | |
| 5-75 | "We Got Two Or Three In There That Have Got The Notes." | 0:31 | |
| Variation 8 | |||
| 5-76 | Insert 1 – Take 1 | 0:09 | |
| 5-77 | "Okay, We Got It?" | 0:20 | |
| 5-78 | Insert 1 – Take 2 | 0:09 | |
| 5-79 | "Too Much Accent On That One." | 0:16 | |
| 5-80 | Insert 1 – Take 3 | 0:22 | |
| 5-81 | "Well, We Certainly Got It." | 0:59 | |
| 5-82 | Insert 2 – Take 1 | 0:24 | |
| 5-83 | "That Was Very Good." | 0:21 | |
| 5-84 | Insert 2 – Take 2 | 0:21 | |
| 5-85 | "Terrific." | 0:15 | |
| 5-86 | Insert 3 – Take 1 | 0:05 | |
| 5-87 | "One More Time With The Feed Again" | 0:18 | |
| 5-88 | Insert 3 – Take 2 ''''''' | 0:25 | |
| 5-89 | "I Think We Got It All In Perspective." | 0:08 | |
| Tuesday, May 12, 1981 | |||
| Variation 19 | |||
| 6-1 | "Variation 19, Take 1" | 0:11 | |
| 6-2 | Take 1 | 0:59 | |
| 6-3 | "Once Again, Please." | 0:21 | |
| 6-4 | Take 2 B | 0:18 | |
| 6-5 | "Oh, God." | 0:25 | |
| 6-6 | Take 3 | 1:00 | |
| 6-7 | "I Want To See Both 1 And 3 And Listen To It Again." | 0:11 | |
| 6-8 | Take 4 B | 0:06 | |
| 6-9 | "Five." | 0:06 | |
| 6-10 | Take 5 | 1:05 | |
| 6-11 | "I Think That's It, Bruno." | 0:38 | |
| 6-12 | Take 6 | 1:05 | |
| 6-13 | "Okay. We've Got A Choice." | 0:28 | |
| 6-14 | Take 7 | 1:05 | |
| 6-15 | "We Got A Choice." | 0:17 | |
| Variation 21 | |||
| 6-16 | Take 1 | 2:16 | |
| 6-17 | "That's The Take, Folks." | 0:36 | |
| Variation 22 | |||
| 6-18 | Take 1 | 1:08 | |
| 6-19 | "Hell Of A Good Take." | 1:22 | |
| 6-20 | Take 2 | 1:06 | |
| 6-21 | "A Low Note, The Low G Was Wrong." | 1:12 | |
| 6-22 | Take 3 | 1:07 | |
| 6-23 | "How About That?" | 1:20 | |
| 6-24 | Take 4 B | 0:32 | |
| 6-25 | "Don't Like It. One More Time." | 1:00 | |
| 6-26 | Take 5 B | 0:49 | |
| 6-27 | "That's Enough Of That." | 1:17 | |
| 6-28 | Insert 1 – Take 1 ′′ | 0:50 | |
| 6-29 | "That Got Both Of Them." | 0:46 | |
| 6-30 | Insert 1 – Take 2 | 0:44 | |
| 6-31 | "We Got It." | 1:26 | |
| Variation 23 | |||
| 6-32 | Take 1 | 1:00 | |
| 6-33 | "How About That?" | 1:21 | |
| 6-34 | Take 2 | 0:48 | |
| 6-35 | "Oh, Shit. It Was Going Very Well." | 0:44 | |
| 6-36 | Take 3 | 0:59 | |
| 6-37 | "Messed Up The Last Bar, But That Was A Great Take." | 0:41 | |
| 6-38 | Take 4 | 0:58 | |
| 6-39 | "We Got Another Last Bar." | 0:38 | |
| 6-40 | Insert 1 – Take 1 | 0:16 | |
| 6-41 | "Let's Do Another One." | 0:27 | |
| 6-42 | Insert 1 – Take 2 | 0:11 | |
| 6-43 | "That Was Very Good." | 0:23 | |
| 6-44 | Insert 1 – Take 3 | 0:10 | |
| 6-45 | "One More Time." | 0:23 | |
| 6-46 | Insert 1 – Take 4 '''' | 0:21 | |
| 6-47 | "Did I Hear Some Extraneous Noise In There?" | 0:35 | |
| 6-48 | Insert 1 – Take 5 | 0:10 | |
| 6-49 | "Once More." | 0:20 | |
| 6-50 | Insert 1 – Take 6 | 0:10 | |
| 6-51 | "Okay. We've Lots Of Choice." | 0:35 | |
| 6-52 | Insert 2 – Take 1 '' | 0:19 | |
| 6-53 | "Damnation." | 0:18 | |
| 6-54 | Insert 2 – Take 2 | 0:15 | |
| 6-55 | "Don't Know Why I Go On Beyond Bar 30." | 0:16 | |
| 6-56 | Insert 2 – Take 3 ''' | 0:30 | |
| 6-57 | "It Sort Of Got It" | 0:41 | |
| 6-58 | Insert 2 – Take 4 | 0:18 | |
| 6-59 | ... | 1:16 | |
| 6-60 | Insert 2 – Take 5 '' | 0:09 | |
| 6-61 | "I Forgot What I Was Doing." | 0:21 | |
| 6-62 | Insert 2 – Take 6 '' | 0:28 | |
| 6-63 | "Okay. That Made It Sound Just Awkward Enough." | 1:15 | |
| Variation 24 | |||
| 6-64 | Take 1 | 2:42 | |
| 6-65 | "Okay." | 0:39 | |
| 6-66 | Take 2 B | 1:14 | |
| 6-67 | "Ah. We'll Have To Do A Second Half." | 0:32 | |
| 6-68 | Take 3 | 1:43 | |
| Variation 25 | |||
| 6-69 | Variation 25 | 6:03 | |
| 6-70 | "Thank You, Glenn. I Think We've Got Both Variations In The Can." | 0:13 | |
Booklet Editor – Jochen Rudelt
Booklet Editor – Marvin J. Deitz
Design – [ec:ko] Communications
Engineer – Bill Messina (CD 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Engineer – Edward T. Graham (CD 7)
Engineer – Jim Geras (CD 1, 7, 9, 10)
Engineer – Marty Greenblatt (CD 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Engineer – Stan Tonkel (CD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Engineer – Ted Brosnan (CD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Engineer [Assistant] – Bill Messina (CD 1, 8)
Liner Notes – Martin Kistner
Liner Notes – Richard Einhorn
Liner Notes – Robert Russ
Mastered By – Martin Kistner
Photography By – Don Hunstein
Producer – Richard Einhorn (CD 6, 7)
Producer – Robert Russ
Producer – Sam Carter (CD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10)
Production Manager – Miriam Rodriguez
Research [Tape] – Matt Fiveash
Technician [Studio Assistant] – Al Usher (CD 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 10)
Technician [Studio Assistant] – Bob Coleman (CD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10)
Technician [Studio Assistant] – Harold Tarowsky (CD 7, 8)
Transferred By – Brett Zinn
Transferred By – Matt Cavaluzzo
Transferred By – Matthew Steck
Translated By [Liner Notes] – Jean-Claude Poyet
Translated By [Liner Notes] – Josée Bégaud
Booklet Editor – Marvin J. Deitz
Design – [ec:ko] Communications
Engineer – Bill Messina (CD 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Engineer – Edward T. Graham (CD 7)
Engineer – Jim Geras (CD 1, 7, 9, 10)
Engineer – Marty Greenblatt (CD 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Engineer – Stan Tonkel (CD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Engineer – Ted Brosnan (CD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Engineer [Assistant] – Bill Messina (CD 1, 8)
Liner Notes – Martin Kistner
Liner Notes – Richard Einhorn
Liner Notes – Robert Russ
Mastered By – Martin Kistner
Photography By – Don Hunstein
Producer – Richard Einhorn (CD 6, 7)
Producer – Robert Russ
Producer – Sam Carter (CD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10)
Production Manager – Miriam Rodriguez
Research [Tape] – Matt Fiveash
Technician [Studio Assistant] – Al Usher (CD 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 10)
Technician [Studio Assistant] – Bob Coleman (CD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10)
Technician [Studio Assistant] – Harold Tarowsky (CD 7, 8)
Transferred By – Brett Zinn
Transferred By – Matt Cavaluzzo
Transferred By – Matthew Steck
Translated By [Liner Notes] – Jean-Claude Poyet
Translated By [Liner Notes] – Josée Bégaud
Contains previously released material on CD 11, all other material on CDs 1-10 previously unreleased.
Product description:
Forty years ago, on September 2, 1982 – the year of Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Steven Spielberg’s E.T. – Glenn Gould’s legendary second recording of the Goldberg Variations closed a circle that his revolutionary 1955 recording of Bach’s masterpiece had opened. Just five weeks later, the Canadian pianist died unexpectedly, leaving the world a masterpiece that – awarded two GRAMMYs – is still one of the most listened-to classical albums worldwide.In addition to the original album, this edition includes for the first time Gould’s complete recording sessions, carefully transferred from the original ¼-inch analog tapes and mastered at 24 bit / 96 kHz. The listener is thus offered fascinating insights into the working methods of one of the greatest musical personalities of the twentieth century. The 216-page book includes co-producer Richard Einhorn’s recollections of the days at Columbia’s 30th Street Studio, a detailed introduction to the pro ject, the complete transcript of all studio conversations, sheet music illustrations, photographs, and facsimiles.
Product description:
Forty years ago, on September 2, 1982 – the year of Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Steven Spielberg’s E.T. – Glenn Gould’s legendary second recording of the Goldberg Variations closed a circle that his revolutionary 1955 recording of Bach’s masterpiece had opened. Just five weeks later, the Canadian pianist died unexpectedly, leaving the world a masterpiece that – awarded two GRAMMYs – is still one of the most listened-to classical albums worldwide.In addition to the original album, this edition includes for the first time Gould’s complete recording sessions, carefully transferred from the original ¼-inch analog tapes and mastered at 24 bit / 96 kHz. The listener is thus offered fascinating insights into the working methods of one of the greatest musical personalities of the twentieth century. The 216-page book includes co-producer Richard Einhorn’s recollections of the days at Columbia’s 30th Street Studio, a detailed introduction to the pro ject, the complete transcript of all studio conversations, sheet music illustrations, photographs, and facsimiles.
Barcode – 194399774229
Label Code – LC 06868
Label Code – LC 06868